, 1879-07-18
ARIZONA.
Tho Prineipa, si,ver-Mines in the
:. Tombstone District.
A Mjnertl Bolt from One ind q Half to
Two Miles Wide, and Ten Miles
=" Long.
Usrk Dsro sn farioss lodcs...Rfshness Of Tho
eres-.Stsmp. .Mltls--l1ines Blended ~
CbitasoaaA

TOMBSTONE, Ari. Ter, July 1.-Jnst QUO year
ago to-day l frst 4takcd snY tent in Tombstone.
At thnt tIma nothing more favorable could bavo
Gccp sntd OF tic district thnn TINT there MAS
more rich orc IN sight on the surface than had
aver been found In my other mining camp. The
Contention and Grand Ccntrat Mucs had been
sold: and tho mines belonging to h[cssss.
ScbcfIlin atll Grid, VIZ: Tougll-Nut. Lucky
Cusa, WcstSide, and Ecvtn others, wore bonded
fot 10000 This bond was not taken up, and
echc!htu and Gird went to work In good earnest
on their own account. It frequently fs tho case
that, ,uhcrc mtncs are bonded for lnrgc amount,
and the ssle does not come OIL, the camp there
BY rccaiyestn heavy setback. But 10 this
case It Was just the Ecvcrsc. For every
dollar expended ia tsieee mines, $40 was
1sft In sight, At thsa Same time tho
Coutention, Company were rattling away at
their great mine, and trying to find bottom TO
II, II II had ono.
~. 'nuT THEY .YA1LED TO FIND IT;
and, IN mg optn!on, they might Us well try to
6nh bottom to the Comstqck.
Ever since 5iHtpE for gold and silver became
8 branch Of indnsFK$, men have tried to find tho
bottom OF mines. Nhcro ono has fai!cd Ito find
bot.oml tncnt5-yea, >flfty-hays suceecdc.l.
Tombstone will be no exception to the rule but
Tombstone will bo Nh exemption to so,ue other
rules. :,
In most mining distttcts throughout the West,
tic permanent silver or collaborating veins ase
confined 10 ono ledge or vein. Or to i narrow
Ia ~ rtlfe. This the ~-y viii r,f IN
ee.s y. ,,1.s.~~. call belt from olts ~,
..1i 10 two miles wide a narrow Gelt.
Work enough has been dono to prove that
there Is quite a number Of permanent mtf1os
here; md, in the coutsc os elk mooths pore,
seve.h BY, n'ofe' WHICH aso ho" ea4'eo prospects,
kill 30 pronounced
TRUE FIssuRE-yElNs.
This r,ay be looked ,lpon by some as1n opcn
scf,,nco ~ e.,oh,ishct lawn on1 con.noro,,,1,.
:s'.s ti...,mn D.. - ss",
es.t'oS. "s,.'. a",. 49, ~ @''e M =.
ot ueso snset'ueaeiae FcEns' tlle eauhc o. MI
tlctr spurs, tho pockets, to1dcposits, c!l!tn-
nj the nrinc,nal o1 s.mo1her yrin., vim. hass
~ a. trfox, -. .ve.,, tho ,toor,.. ~ s,,,...1
~ W 'u'o'ua III e1eop' '''s l"e".cs " ot"erss
ana snese tncof7es arc continually *'ns npset.
IN Tombstone there arc thrcn unlto distinct
formations, running parallel With each otl,er IL
ior ns t,orn,l1,, m lie a,,rf,er.n ,1Ista arco ~
'.i 10 't.ss W. SA .r,'" ''1sa'ea III
eooht seu 'R''es' Ing eo'iase II Itoin
northeast to southwest. The southuE-
" ssae is auastxile, the northcsly
tifle Ia nornhrrr. md ,je centrc sventte sou RI
~ IN >,.r,.;,. ,,e.,,,,,s ,,.. h.a t,,,,,,a 49,,
" wv st0a'tANs "ot""s n+' "x*o 'u""a' A''.
north ~ lhc pofphSfy a'tfo. bnt, u eacs' ot
thtsc tnrsn formations; Vo;'i mineral. III supa-
rate, distinct. well'de1ned letlEek, has been
lt'tarid, the tull 'ength anu width nt the belt
hnl It etcms 10 me marc logical to SUPPOSE
ihat tnaro 20 e. Tina one 81 ,rso ve!ns arr deep
seated III lho hoHn!s nj tila earth tnnn to sli1f-
roae them only shallow formed,
~ tnu not.u hnE e',G'ec! A''t Seo'otlst,
,:nirni ,,n: ro"uI ,yith III, ,,tchsr t;iisn,,
.,on,, ,ro.f,"I A"" "" o''' '''@"o' '''''''s
-" :: r1,,. rr,,rn,,-,o>, ro,,,.