Arizona citizen., 1879-05-30
Tombstone correspondence.

on Tuesday. The belting is nearly all
 on and everything is trim and ship-
 shape It will commence crushing
 quartz on Monday without fail. The mill IS pronounced by competent Judges to be the best ever erected on the coast and it reflects the greatest credit on Superintendent Richard Gird. for to him is due the credit for the completion of its construction, dura- blllty and convenience of its general arrangements. It is the result of the study and experience of years, and such a triumphant continuation is a feather in Mr. Gird's cap that he may wear with pride for the remainder of his life. He has given it his constant attention and supervision from the time the first castings were made. He attended closely to its entire construc- ton at the Fulton Works, in San Fran. cisco, making changes here and there as the work progressed until he had one of the finest shipments of quartz machinery that ever left that city.
 During seventeen years experience in milling and smelting ores MT. Gird has never made failure and be does not propose to commence now.
 
 The first ore ran through will be- thIrd class ore, from cross-cut No. l.. on the Tough Nut. The object in milling the poorest ore first is to get all the cracks and crannies thoroughly filled before using high grade ore, thus avoiding the loss and waste of the lat ter.
 The jar and friction coincident to- the working of the new machinery will soon be overcome and the com pany will commence permanent opera tiOns on June l.
 MT. D. C. Field, formerly of the Sig nal, and for many years connected with Wells, Fargo & Co, iS secretary of the company and presides over the books and the assays at the mill. MT. John Ritner, a mill man of many years experience, is foreman of the mill MT. Ed. l.. Schietiiin is foreman and T. E. Walker assayer at the mine. NIT. J. s. Vosburg, who takes a lively interest in Tombstone matters. has been stopping here ali winter and is very much pleased with what he has seen.
 C. II. Light, the veteran freighter, has the contract for hauling ore from the mine to the mili and his drivers will crack their blacksnakes over the road for the first time Sunday,
 The mines become greater rivals of the Comstock every day. The Tough Nut is the biggest thing your cores DOndent ever had the pleasure of visit ing. The new strike in the west shaft Is the most important one ever made in he mine and a person who has not seen it can form but very mild idea )f its extent.
 The smooth porphyry hanging wall the steep pitching roof of house and the great masses of ore, hickly studded with rich sulphurets hat come tumbling down at every troke of the pick produces feeling hat would be most gratifying to us if we held q few shares of TOmbstOne Mill and Mining Company'S stock.
 Three miners break out this ore, run t through forty feet of drift, then up ixty-six feet of incline, then through me hundred feet more drift and up , orty feet more incline to the surface, { nd take out from five to seven tons ( Der day.
 The last visit we paid the Conten- I ion Superintendent White accompan- ed Us through the entire works. The our hundred odd feet of drift on the 1O-foot level is one of the most satis- actory pieces of work in Tombstone, !, nd the tremendous amount of fine ore :. xposed to sight gives the mine a which it justly deserves.
 The main shaft is down ITO feet, = ut further sinking will be postponed tt ntil the hoisting works-which are :, xpected in two or three days-arrive. |. IF. Fred. Raun returned from San :, francisco aad will preside over the ssay office. Ward Priest is still fore nan and takes as much pride in the \ line as ever.
 At the Lucky Cuss things are look a lg unusually fiattering. Large bodies Il f ore are being opened up and the h uss is outassayiHg the other boys con n derablv. The drifts now under way ill soon connect the main shaft with lafts No. ? and No. , at about 100 b ,et below the surface This will thor E lghly ven;ilate the mine and permit o hiking during the hot weather. To lC .cilitate hoisting two whims are h eing erected. Foreman Mccormack F eserves great credit for the large W mount of work accomplished under al is supervision in so short a time. b, Mir. Frank Corbin has built large la ld commodious house on the Lucky tn uss. with a double roof, low win m ,ws, verandah, etc. He says he has ar ,me to stay and evidently intends to ot , comfortable. MT. COrbin is the p'
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