El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-20
FL PASOANS co INTO COPPER STATE

, resting upon stilts on every available
spot The big. handsome company
hotel the recreation hall the school
| house, the store, with everything one
could ask for, in its stock, all received
( their share Of attention
Typical Arizona Welcome.
Officials of the mining companies-
I both the Detroit Copper and the Ari-
iona Copper are interested here
met the FL PaSoans, accompanied by
delegations OF Clifton and MOrenci
business men, and there was visit
while the band played concert for
the assem- bled citizens Work was not
suspended in the mines because we
came. but everybody who could get off,
did so. The welcome was sincere and
warm The only thing we missed were
the bottles of Bud" and Blue Ribbon"
they used TO serve US in the dining
room of Hotel MOrenci when We came.
Now, AIorenci, like the rest of Arizona,
Is so dry they don't even issue rain
checks at ball games The spirit of
the reception was there just as it al
ways has been. however, and many of
the people remembered former trips
and Joked with US about the old days
when the bubbles dubbed every time a
visiting party came TO town
everybody seems happy and con-
tented ana neither at Nlorenci nor at
1lGIon are there any outward evil
dences Of the great strike that tied I'D
the district a little over a year ago
and called the Arizona militia here for
\
working full time, all the concentra-
tors and smelters are going full blast
and the red metal is being turned out
Just as fast as it can be taken from
Smelted.
4 Pioneer Copper Region.
ms IS the pioneer copper mining
region Of Arizona, Clifton having been
the first camp in the state to export
copper TO market This was done when |
burro transportation was the only
method, Kansas City was the closest !
market and charcoal smelter was the !
only means of taking the values from |
the ores The mining was done in the I
early days in the vicinity of Morenci /
700, but II was all called Clifton then. |
MorencI as town came into being
much later. Both are so close together /
mat d there were no Intervening /
mountains. they would be virtually one /
ana the same. but, with the mountains
between and the existing necessity for
gong flrSt down, then up. then down 4
ana up few times more. the distance |
seems further than il Is especially If 1
your chauffeur or mule driver appears
more interested in the scenery than in
he road ahead OF him and you are a
pit nervous anyhow from one of the !
many causes of nervousness always en-
'ountered on trip such as this.
To Clifton BY Automobile
me r fasoans came over 10 Clifton !
rom Morenci by automobile. over a Z
PERFECTLY wonderful mountain road 4
constructed since We were last here. |
he trip was made in short time. re- !
.eraless Of the nerves of some Of our
party, and we reached Clifton in time /
or luncheon. prepared for busy after |
Don visiting the mines and smelters |
ND meeting the people Of the city /
mile the band played q concert in the J
andstand in front of the leading hotel /
Is n Wonderful Road
The new highway between Clifton
nd Morenci is a wonderful piece of /
DAD work Two miles o. il near Mo- |
enci cost $4,000. a state convict |
ang is at work on road from Clifton I
o Solomonville. which will give a short
onnection with the ella valley from
ere the distance being about 80 !
lilies. Eleven miles of road are vet to |
e built good road now extends to
'uncan, about 80 miles from Clifton.
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