Graham County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Clifton Mining District 1881
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CLIFTON,  GRAHAM COUNTY.

  This justly celebrated copper district is situated on the San Francisco River,
at a point some fifteen miles above its mouth. The developments of copper ore
here are remarkable; the veins are very wide, with distinct croppings, which can
be followed on the surface a distance of three miles, and where broken into they
appear more like quarries without any limit to the quantity of ore. At one
point, where the cafion cuts across the vein to a depth of 1,000 feet, the ore
is shown in the same quantity and quality. The ores are red oxide, grey and
green carbonates, and copper glance. These readily reduce' into soft copper,
equal in quality to that of any other portion of the world. The yield is from 20
to 50 per cent.

  The Longfellow and Copper Queen, owned by Lezmsky & Co., are unsurpassed by
any upon the continent, and are being successfully worked. Seven miles of
narrow-guage railroad connects the Longfellow mine with the reduction works at
the town of Clifton. 14,000 pounds of copper per day is the usual yield of this
mine.

  The Metcalf Copper Mountain, in the same district, might well be classed with
mineral wonders. Extensive tunneling is being done here, but no ore is yet being
reduced. Besides the above mentioned mines, there are hundreds of others located
which must prove valuable when opened.

  The Placer gold mines, situated upon the San Francisco River, begin at the
town of Clifton, and extend up the river 15 miles. The gravel on both sides of
the river is gold-hearing, showing good prospects on the surface, while the
bed-rock has shown some rich specimens of coarse gold. A Boston company is now
making preparations to wash these placers by the hydraulic process.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

ARIZONA BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER;
CONTAINING THE
Names and Post-Office Addresses of all Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional
Men in the Territory of Arizona;

TERRITORIAL, COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN OFFICERS.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT MINING DISTRICTS AND THE NAMES OF MINING
SUPERINTENDENTS.

ALSO, A GAZETTEER OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS,
Giving a full exhibit of their Mineral, Agricultural and Manufacturing Resources.

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS IN
THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

W. C. DISTURNELL,
COMPILER AND PUBLISHER,
534 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
BACON & COMPANY, PRINTERS.
l88l.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,
By W. C. DISTURNELL,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.


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