El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-20
DUNCAN BELIEVES IN EDUCATION
AND HAS A SUBSTANTIAL SCHOOL
Business Boosters viii See Many Interesting Sights
They Loop the Loop Into Morenci- Clifton Always
Enthusiastic in Its Receptions to Ell Pasoans;
Fires Have No Terrors for City Builders
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, companies own all the ground, but
rental and many handsome homes have
been erected. Flowers and shrubbery
are everywhere apparent A good wa
ter and lighting system and a local tel
ephone exchange afford the people of
Morenci all the accommodations and
conveniences of a city. Perfect san
itary regulations are enforced.
Straight ahead from where the train
stops are the material yards, the shops
and the hoists and power plants of the
two mining companies, and, rising on
either side of these are more homes
and on one side number of stores, a
picture theater and other conveniences.
The big store of the Arizona Copper
company is located in this group A
tunnel carries the ore from the Arizona
Copper cOmpany's mines, through the
heart of great mountain, to its con-
centrator, where It is hoisted from a
shaft several hundred feet deep Elec-
trio haulage IS the system used in this
mine.
The Detroit Company.
The Detroit Copper company draws
its ores to the top of the mine and
transports them on narrow gage
railroad cars through the town to its
concentration and smelter- The smelter
has recently added an additional fur
mace, and its capacity at present is
equal to 100000 pounds of copper
per month. The biggest month in the
been operating since 1882, was IN Nay
last, when over 100000 pounds were
produced. The Smelter was not orig
inaIly located at MOrenci, but below
often massacred the employees. The
company has produced $4,000, goo
pounds Of copper since the mine was
first discovered, worth S54 900 900, fig
ured at an average Of Is cents.
Two Big Companies.
The mines of Morencl are operated
by the Detroit company and the Ari-
iona company but as the Arizona COM
pany's headquarters are at Clifton, the
administration of the town of Morenci
is left largely to the Detroit company
officials. The Arizona and Detroit
company each have shafts almost in
the center Of the great amphitheater
around which the town is built The
Detroits mill and several other shafts
are located beyond the town. Passing
through deep tunnel, straight ahead,
the tourist comes out on the far side
to find another settlement of consid-
cradle size, other mining shafts and
the concentration of the Detroit COM
pany.
most Interesting mining towns in the
country, not alone because of its pic
turesqueness, but because it is so well
kept, such a splendidly clean place. so
well lighted by night Contentment
and happiness evidence themselves in
the faces Of the Workingmen and their
families A city of 5000 people, Nor
enci is always peaceable- The mining
companies employ watchmen to pre-
serve the peace, but their services are
seldom needed. No liquor is sold in
the town except in packages, and it's
drinking is not permitted in public
Over to Clifton.
To Clifton, straight over the hill,
the distance is very short, but to reach
Clifton, owing to the precipitous hills
and the deep canyons that must be
avoided or carefully tTaversed. the
trip requires over an hour by convey
ance. The FL Pasoans will run back
down on the Morenci Southern a short
distance, and viii transfer to the mar
row gage line of the Shannon Copper
company, at its smelter below Cliff
ton and be taken into the town of
clifton over this line There they will
find their train awaiting them, as it
VIII proceed into Clifton over the Ari-
iona and New Mexico road after the
I'll Pasoans leave it at Guthrie The
FL Pasoans VIII be guests at luncheon
at the Morenci hotel before leaving