The Phoenix herald., 1879-06-21
THE " TOMBSTONE.
Origin of the Name-A Rich Min
 eral District.

The il-omened title borne by this
 district indicates the ready wit of the
 hardy miners in coining names for
 new places, and also the pertinacity
 with which a name will stick to d
 man or place when it has once taken
 popular hold.
 The story as to the origin of the
 name given to the district is, that two
 young miners, brothers, named Schae-
 tlin, had reached Tucson in the early
 part Of last year, on a prosI ecting
 journey. While there they heard or
 some likely indications that had been
 seen on the hills around the San Pc
 dro river, about seventy miles away
 from Tucson, and made up their
 minds to go and prospect there. They
 were strongly advised by their friends
 not to go on what they considered
 fools crrand, and told them they
 would find tl,eir tombstones thelr and nothing else, "All right" replied the
 boys, s'tombstones let 1t be, ii we can't do better, but we will chance it."
 And away they went, up amongstthe
 wild hills where the attack of the treacherous Apache was no less prob able than the miners every day risk of accident and starvation. Butnone of these mishapS betel the brave lads; they were singularly fortunate in lighting upon a magnificent vein of silver ore, which piece of good luck was followed by the discovery of oth- CT veins equally valuable, in the same Aeighborhood A mining camp was immediately organized by the discov- crers, who, in derision of the dismal forebodings of their friends, gave it the doletul name of the Ombstone District"
 The Schaeflins had been in the Ter ritory since 1874, but this discovery was made as recently as February, 1878. Within the fourteen months since that time, some hundreds of claims have bien located and many Of them developed into mines ot the first magnitude; town numb bering a thousand inhabitants, Tn which not an idle or discontented man can be found, and mass of silver ore has been uncovered. rich and plenti u enough to pay of the national debt il it could on.y be converted into bull ion.
 It is the delay and expense attend ing this process of conversion, that saves the East from being flooded with silver, and that gives Eastern capitalists the opportunity of taking the lions share of the spells captur ed from Nature by tue impecunious miner. The necessity of procuring the bacon and beans of daily life | compelled many of the first locators ! in the Tom bstone District to sell their l claims, intransically worth millions, ! for less than Jacoh's mess Of pot | tage; but this process is about over i and most ot the mines are now held | at prices that bear d nearer relation [ to their real value.
 As the Shaeflins were the first 10 | prospect the district, SO they were also the first to let the world know Its worth General Stafford, who pre- ceeded General Fremont IS Governor | of the Territory, and who is man Cf great energy and executive ability, | associated himself with the Shaefins and their partner, Mir. Richard Gird, | in the formation of stock company 10 work eleven claims which they | had secured, and one of which they sold for $10,000 cash, on the beans and bacon principle referred 10 above.
 The stock of this first Tombstone incorporation was put at five million dollars. and Gov. Stafford then came to New England and delivered ser les of able lectures on the wealth and natural characteristics of the District Tine Governors vitality soon bore fruit by interesting | number of leading citizens in his undertaking Mr. W. A Corbiu, of New Britain, Conn.,, and his brother, Frank Corbin, of Philadelphia, in rested largely in the company. Mir. $. Vosburg, in connection with the Corbins, contracted to erect a ten ,tamp ore-mill, a saw-mill and other on the works. Thus n every respect the company has started with more hopeful begin ling than falls to the lot of most un- lertakIngs of similar character. This success we may fairly suppose, s mainly due to the fact of live man, of high charac- CT and influence, having devoted his energies to the matter. There are LOW several Arizona mines in the New York market as good as this of he Shaefins, whose future prosperi- Y is beng fooled away through the incompetence of the bunglers who lave thep in charge.