The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-06-06
MUCH IMPROVEMENT
ABOUT CLIFTON
IS THE RULE
Big Work Being Conducted BY the
Arizona Copper Co.-Shannon
and Detroit Companies In
Fine Form.


week in the Clifton Morenci district
am satisfied that there is no other
mining section of the state showing
greater activity, or where all classes
are enjoying greater prosperity and
holding a stronger confidence for the
future. This increased confidence
and prosperity is builded on the vast
amount of work being done by the
mining companies, the Arizona Cop
the Detroit Copper company at Mo-
renci. ~
! A. C. Company Busy.
The great bulk of new work now
visible in this district is being done
by the Arizona Copper company. This
company. decided year and a half
ago on erecting modern Smelter
plant more exactly suited for the re-
duction of its ores. Heretofore this
company has smelted it's concentrates
with what little high grade ore Sc
new smelling plant will have only
reverberatory furnaces, supplemented
| by McDouglas roasters.
! The final plan of this new smelter
i was decided on after DR. l.. D. Rick
etts had paid visit to Edinburgh.
| Scotland, for consultation with the
directors of the company. The plans
follow closely those of the Cannaea
/ smelter and the one now nearing COM
i pletion for the Calumet and Arizona
I at Douglas The cost of the A G.
plant will reach very near $2,500.000
and it is expected that it will be
ready for operation not later than
October and very likely early in
September.
This new smelter plant is located
/ two miles below Clifton where the
4 company has a most convenient site
and controlling a large area of ground.
The men now at work on this plant
are hauled from Clifton in the morn
ing and hauled back to Clifton in
the evening by a train which has
been named the "Frijoles Special
and this means of transportation will
be continued when the plant is in
operation, only it will be arranged so
that trains will run more frequently,
so the town of Clifton will not be ma
terially affected by the new location
of the smelter except perhaps to
strengthen the demand for residence
property in what is known as Hills
Addition.
The new smelling plant is by no
means all of the construction work
being carried on by the Arizona Cop.
per company. At Morenci the con
centrator is being materially added
to and when this is completed all the
ores of the company will be reduced
to concentrates in this mill. An ore
railroad will connect with this mill
through tunnel now being cut from
the Coronado mine, an important
holding of the company. Besides this
new and economical features are be-
ing introduced in the mining of the
ore.
At Clifton on the east side of the
river, nearly opposite the old depot
site, great retaining wall is being
laid with Stag which will reclaim
considerable area that heretofore has
constituted pebbled beach reaching
the river. This is all to be filled in
with sand and there behind splen-
did boulevard will be erected a num-
Der of handsome residences to become
the homes of the department heads of
this company and of the A. & n. NJ,
railway company. A new freight
depot has been completed and al
planned and work started on its
foundation This building will be
two stories, the second floor to ac-
commodate the general offices of the
railroad. A new store building is
also planned and this is perhaps the
most needed, as the old building is
entirely inadequate to the needs of
the extensive mercantile business Of
the company
Morenci Southern Railway.
The most crooked railroad in the
Southwest, the Morenci Southern,
built to accommodate the Detroit Cop
per company, of Morenci, is soon TO
lose some of it's kinks. The lower
and the highest of four loops made
by this road going down Morenci
canyon in leaving Morenci, is to be
eliminated in the near future and a /
switchback is now going forward FOR
this change which will be made
probably by September first. The
line is changed for a mile before
reaching the canyon and will con-
tinue on the higher ground instead
of crossing the canyon where the
track is now nearly submerged in |
mill tailings which are held there. |
the change of the railroad as planned
timated to be of sufficient capacity to |
accommodate all the tailings that |
will come from the D. c. mill during
the next twenty years.
The Detroit Copper company is not |
engaged in any important conStruc- |
ton work at present, but it is rumor- |
ed that new smelling plant or some |
important changes and additions to
the old one are among the POSSIBLE |
ties of the near future.
The Shannon.
Everything on Shannon Hill where
is located the concentration and smell /
ter of the Shannon Copper company
looks spick and span and in sys-
tematic arrangement. The new store
building and the new general office
add to the appearance of the place.
This company is not engaged in any
work at the present time,
but it has been producing copper with
the regularity of town clock during
the past eleven years and during that
time has several times been able TO
lower its. production cost The ore
comes from the Shannon mine and