, 1879-03-28

i Correspondents Tulls About tho Town OF
Tombstone md Soma Ieicl, atlnr. IN Tint
Locality with Understanding S,.'nes.
Sptetni Correspondence Of The Tribune.
TOMBSTONE, Pima Co., Arizoua, March g.
As Arizona's mines aro Of lato frequently
spoken OF In The TRIBUNE, a few words from
llcr most promising mining camp inny be of ir-
tcrcst.
Tombstone is locatcl On Tic cast hank Of the
San Pedro Riyur, In the cxtrcns southern
county Ut the Territory, md within thirty miles
u! the OLD Mexico line. Thu first discovery OF
rich mineral Ii. thIa locality was mule about
eighteen months ago By Mr. e. Sc.sclll1t.
Leaving 1t soou Afterwards, llo lid not return
until the sprlrg OF 1875 The discoveries which
were tnada by himself mt! party were at first
kcpt scrrct, n.ltl district was not organized
until In Mnrgll. Iii. as prosprCtors from other
camps happened to "dson IN u occasionally, thu
discoveries Of Mcssrs. schelIn mil t;trl suoE
became noted, md tnen from all parts came
fiuckl,y in, son,e to try unl yet hold Of Inlncs
a!scadY found, sonIu to find claims of ti,cir own,
mn. others u atart III business. Several mines
wcre snh!, nnc VI Which was the nuw-famo,,s
Content!un Ming. Thfs excellent ptGrc Ut prop
crty was suld for thu small consideration of
s,.u0o. At the time Of its aale It ,sns considered
US Il acCOIiu-Ehlt lneFH utllIr HltHCS
III III" hisirict shaving fully ia rlcl orc aud in
,n,lrl, tarGcr quantities. The purchasers Of thIs
1tinc werc nlr1t ttf enterprise. They went to
work IN gon1 s,apr.. sunk ehnft on ting vein
1i5 fce. III dentI. MD by 50 Ao!n. proved ttcir
rline lu bc Il tIrst-class For tint dupth there
was not onn inch Of the wny without gootl orb
tin, orc nu lcdgc Eefng Just as guod iii the hot
tom NJ tho sl,ntt M IN The surface.
OtlGr mines throughout The district httvl,g
hal work tlu1r On them link fully IA well. thu
| t,rtv i1,xS FTn1,Ftt1t Mtroa he{It+y In
most prominent. 'lhs a.ucky Cllss is II very
large vein u9 hfgl, vrnds orr showing orc ct.ousi,
o,l The snrfatu To lo classcts amongst the yrEy
hest. 'rlie Tuusllnut is the largcst yrin In ,hu
camp, ui,tl the ores wllcl. l,aya been extracted
fruni It are Of ~ lfCh srau as ally eynr totu,t
In such large bodies, tile nverago at Its Orc
dumps toirs far hetter than tllotc nj the great
Cotnstock aIhcs Of Virginia City, Nrv.
acruss the ledge, a,nl thsec shafts hare bre,.
s,luk. III isfu crnss.erlts thu ledge III fr.,l,,
twolyc tu twcnty-twa feet wftle, and nj 1le Ton
ot each SHAFT Is Il Largo dnn'r of cshnl ore.-llie
stzc Of eacl, dump uepenhnE 1ualulv u.,on the
depth ot The sha3t, ia most everything 80 far
which comes out Of illtln han been urr. It tns
brcn estimated that there |, ore e,oltgh Il, sight
On The surface III the Tonghuut' 10 rim u tell
STAMP mil oHG year.
Amongst TIC otur good rlalms Of The camp
is .I.a Sunset usnl tis l,tlrlc'gll ami Tussib!u
Aincs. Iilr Aunsnt shows l;o,t! vein Of Rich
nre. The SHAFT AltNk an II Is unlY twenty fret
deep, tho ltage showing better In Tho iottoln
thai, on the shriace,-the urc.lump averaging
user s;anI rrr ton.
'rhr Bur1cig', nnd Terrible are two ad]oinilIg
claims on the satna lctigo, nwslul hy one culnpn-
py. They show q continuous rcn nf ire M ilc
totrsu nf tic ledge for .i!stn,,co of l,carIy two
tho.lsi.d feel. Tin Ictre is not ns largo a.
some Ia thu district, hut tle length Of Its crop
riugs surpass anything yet discovered, nf.d tiln
nrus oxtrartr fully ctIlIsl t!,nse Of INV ntl!er
in!nc IN richness. Three lust mentioned mines
aru {lko many otllcrs fl this camp tn, property
Ut t'ut,r mcn,-proapcctnr rs,-.nen who depend
on uay's pay for 1fvcltnn.nl, and by days l,aY
iIlc hnnts OF u wealthy coll,,,,y, wi.., eaptn to
build r.sl,lrtio,l works n,ul work tlu n,ncs with.
out dsIuys. reducing. their ,useR ns they wrre
lakcn nut, tllesu ,ninrs would, think, nay tliyl-
dc,lds from, the hc0in,src.