The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1911-06-16
FRISCO PLACER MINING co.
TEST RUN COMPLETE SUCCESS.
Forty Yards Of Gravel Ran Through The
New Process, With an Estimated
Yield Of $500.

The long looked for test run of the
plant of the Frisco Placer Mining
Company was made last week. The
result was a success even beyond the
expections of the company. The
plant installed, with a few slight
alterations, will be placed in steady
operation within a month or six
| weeks.
At the conclusion of the test run,
which consisted of 40 yards of gold
bearing dirt, the basin under the
second trommel was examined and
there before the eye, plainly visible,
was a yellow mass, intermingled
with the black sand. superintendent
Murray wOr glad smile at the con-
clusion of the run. The exact figures
of the result of the test run have not
been given out but it is sufficient to
say that the plant when in full
operation can be depended upon to
save not less than 80 per cent of the
values and it is ever estimated as
high as 80 per cent.
]. o. Baylor of Clifton was present
at the finish of the test run and ex-
pressed himself in the highest terms
as to the values received from the
limited amount of gravel run through,
stating in his opinion there was over
$500 dollars of the precious metal in
the lower basin alone. The Pierce
Amalgamator did not catch much,
as the basin under the second trommel
recovered nearly all the values.
AT present system of power cable
scrapers is being pue in. These COM
prise four scrapers attached to
cable carrie r, which will carry the
gravel direct to the machine and
trommels, thus doing away with
wheelbarrows and shovelers, and
much lessen the cost of handling the
dirt.
Mr.Lennox one of the original owner
was in town Tuesday and stated that
he had options on ground along the
west river front for sixteen miles.
Some two years ago A. D. Lennox and
E. G. Cook went to work on their
ground in a primitive way, and worked
along steadily, making enough to pay
their way and their hired help. Some
four months ago ]. NJ. Erickson be.
came interested with them and pro-
posed great deal larger plant, with
the result that c. B. Nonnamaker
and w. c. Crawford, together with
Mr.. Erickson and others, have
furnished the necessary capital to
put the property en- its present basis.
With this era of gold production in
the district will come many more
similar plants and the employ ment
of hundreds of men, which means
much for Clifton, its merchants and
craftsmen: One success of this kind
is a guarantee that others can do
likewise.
Clifton was first started as mining
camp, way back in the 7Os, but king
copper bobbed up with tremendous
power aud the yellow metal was lost
sight of only in a desultory way now
and then.
The gold wealth OF the world mas
been produced from placer fields, only
d scant one sixth being pounded out
OF the rock. This seems broad
assestion, considering the vast amount
of mighty machinery daily pounding
away an this mundane sphere, but
neve-less it Is a fact, and statistics
show it. IT is understood that the
group of claims, upon which the plant
is in operation, is under option to
eastern capitalists, who became in
terested through the representations
of Mr.. Murray who visited the hold
ings of the company several weeks
ago at which time he thoroughly
sampled the property and returned
two weeks ago to personally superin-
tend the first test run.