The Arizona sentinel., 1879-11-22
Tombstone.
November nth, 1879. J

in general, SCI let me give you an idea OF
what there is here, commencing with
The Village proper, and what brought ii
up to that importance. Tombstone, like
too many other places, is run by gang
or CLIQUE, who have Impressed upon the
county functionaries that anything not
suggested by them is detrimental 10 the
common good, and to. their inclinatlohs
the people have bowedtswith humol- sun
mission. until very recently when they
concluded to take the matter into 'he''
oxn hands. and the result is Tombstone
| : ,unn.r The incorporated burghs OF the
Territory. as learn, these people nave
petitioned and begged the Board OF SUI
nrrvisors to fill up their official quota,
thing sadly needed sand with persist
ance known to no other body in thelIer-
ritory, they have rpigeon holed these
applications, and majority OF the time
the place has been without single OIL
cer-those who are acting beng sticks,
and in no way enjoying the public conf
dcnce. The absurdity Of the incorpora-
ton of place Of three or four hundred
people is apparent TO all who have lived
thus afflicted, and it will not take long for
these people to find out their mistake
The corporate limits embrace quart"
of mile wide by one mile long-l60
acres-and the element this new business
is intended to effect lies j list outside of
the limits, and, within so yards from The
main street Of the town, a criminal can
stand and laugh at the village authorities.
An election occurs on the 28th. inst, and
it is more than probable that the town
will get such a shaking up as she has not
had before Another thing that is gener-
ally complained of is, that private indvid-
uais have surveyed TOWNSHIP and fixed
exorbtant rates upon lots-bcing por-
ton of the rnsurveyed Government lands
which have prevented many good men
from taking hold and erecting good build
incs for business houses and establishing
themselves as permancncies in the camp.
In fact these parties have run their sur
yey across the ground of four or five
mining claims, and haze actually gone to
law because the claim owners opposed
their selling the ground for town purpos-
es, your penitentary may get subject or
two out of the squabble yet.
Among the mines find an activity
that is bound to result in great future
for Tom bstone District. The companies
here are working in a way that cannot
involve them in failure. For instance, the
The Contention Company, which is yea
orally recognized as the greatest mine IN
the district, have a working shaft near on
to $50 feet in depth, and drifts almost
the length of their claim, and having
found an abundance of ore everywhere,
they feel Justified, and undoubtedly are
Justified in the expense of a twcntY-st"mp
mill, which is now being put up, and
from which they expect yield OF S2O0ooo
per month. An examination of their
enormous dumns impresses one a: once
that their expectations" have been placed
at the lowest possible figure, and that
they do not intend to be disappointed in
the result At their 1853 foot level, about
700 feet of drift runs through orc and the
walls are not touched, except where they
have cros-cut to find the width, which has
ranged from to Is feet The ore in sight
at that mine has been ca efully measured
taking as a basis the average OF the
dump assay-and shows S5,000,O0O. What
do you think of it? The Toughnut, or
more generally known as the Tombstone
Mill and Mining Company, are pounding
away, employing more men now than all
the rest of the camp. and the result OF
their labors is manifest, as 1t passes you
almost every week en- route to the cOmpa-
ny's Office in New York. The recent
great strike in their mine, of ore that goes
SIS to the pound seems scarcely to have
been penetrated yet, the body undoubtrd-
Nv being the largest yet found, and from
which their mill will tell a wonderful
tale A grand producer which is now at
tracing attention, is the Head Centre, |
recently purchased by Parish and others
of San Francisco On recent visit there, |
| found a dump of ore that will undoubt- |
edly go way up into the thousands in gold
the rock being literally covered with that
metal, and, in addition to this, several
hundred or more dollars IN silver to the
ton. This comes from drift on the ledge
over 200 feet below the surface, The
same character of development is going
on in the Grand Central Mine, and with
equally good results. Be it said for the
reputation of the Territory that none of
these companies will ever add a feather
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