Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
N[W RAILROAD MAY | BE BUILT AT | CLIFTON
Graham County Mining Keeps Apace With
 Territory
tFrom Saturdays Daily)


 CLIFTON. Jan. 15. Assessment ark on the mining claims owned by he Cuprite Copper company is now well under way and Charley Stevens. xho has the contract for doing the ,otk. reports that ne has force of miners at work in order to push it through.
 ]. C. Hopkins, president of the Ari. ,Opa Copper Company, arrived in Chif- ,ou today on a short business visit. His visit to Clifton is of company m. ,ure. which has not been made public. He has many old time friends here who were glad to see him.
 \. L. Amster, president of the Shan. pop Copper Company, and wno is also heavily interested in the Globe dis ,riet, is now in Globe on n business visit, and before returning to the east will more than likely visit Clifton, when it will probably be announced on what date the Shannon-Arizona rail road will commence construction work CD ,he new road between Clifton and Meicalf.
 Edmund Bristol, M. P, managing director of the New England and Cliff. ion Copper Company, arrived this week from Toronto, Canada, on a short bus iress visit in connection with the company. Mir. Bristol is an aggres- .iye officer of the company and his wis i Co Clifton no doubt means that oth. CT new and important improvements are soon To be made. He is also in. ,erested in the new aerial tram now being erected by the company.
 r \. stevens, who recently reported a new strike of copper glance ore on ,he Kentucky claim in the Garfield country, which is owned by J. Leszyn. sky, says the ore still holds out as the tunnel progresses. The assessment work is now about completed and il will be possible to erosscut later, when ,he width of the vein as ascertained Tae Kentucky is situated in one Of ,he best portions of the district and those who are familiar with that coun try are of the opinion that a valuable discovery has been made.
 A number of mining claims have re gently changed hands in the Clifton Morenci district, and it now begins t' look as though 1909 will witness man! caanges in this country. The claim are drifting into the hands of partie who propose to do more extensive de yelopment work.
 $. $. Campbell of Brooklyn, Mass who is the promoter and heavy stock holder in the Chase Creek Coppe Company, arrived in Clifton last wee and is spending n short time here O business connected with the company The Chase Creek company owns a va uable group of mining claims in tn Metcalf district, on which some exec lent showings have been made. Tn company has expended considerabi amount of money on development wor during the past few years, having dri' en the Chase creek tunnel distan" of about 200O feet. The tunnel is b' ing driven with the expectation tha large body of low grade ore will | encountered at much depth when
 reaches under A big dyke on the su face This work, owing to the leng' of the tunnel, has cost much mone and it is estimated that another feet will have to be driven in order reach the objective point. NIT. Cam bell has announced that the compar will commence operations as soon possible and continue the tunnel
 tunnel to the 5000 foot mark. He al stated that development work IS pia ned on other claims belonging to U company. He will leave the la'' part of this week.