Arizona citizen., 1879-03-07
TOMBSTONE CORRESPONDENTS.
Retrospective NeW-0rganizaIon of the DistTct--its Growth an Prosperity Rich MiHes--Rew MtS-Towns--
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TOMBSTONE. Iarch l. 1876.

LDlIOh OlIlLEN .-A llltlc lCeS lldii a year ago a petition requesting the establishment of Tombstone Mining District was presentedt to the wonder ing eyes of Pima count officials. The petition was duly coBidered and the district established. ! was ridIculed as hoax, blackguahed as a fraud and subjected to the isual comments which a new mining district cannot escape. Prospectors son came Tn and the first disparaging ales, by parties who had never been within fifty miles of the district, were Iuieted, in fact completely squelched by the true re- presentations of its Etual wonderful mineral wealth. Sine the first dis covery by Ed Schi4felin the Tomb stone mines have beet a succession of the most startling m1eral discoveries the world evG kneS. The original petitioners for the establishment Of Tombstone District were Richard Gird, A. E. Schiehein, E. L. Schief- felln. T. E. Walker, l. Williams and Oliver Boye, The frst four named gentlemen are still ad lively engaged in mining operations the district and are too well known D need any con- ment. MT. Willian] is supposed t0 have sold out his enfe interest in the district and is not living in ele- gant style on the 5i Avenue in New York. Mr. Boyer, 4as Jack Friday, has taken up his resi- ience in Tucson, where he is kindly cfed for and shel- tered by the Sheriff friday stands con- yicted for the murd; of NJ. A. Swee- ney, which occurreCsarly in July last, the first and only 'agedy which has occurred in the distct.
 Among the first vo came in were NIT. J. H. White d W. c. Parsons These gentlemen e sull operating here and are inieresd in the far famed Contention mine, le Sulpheret, the Tranquility, and oilr A No. 1 claims.
 Other parties me or less noted, celebrated, or notdous, came, saw, | located, sunk shat, struck it rich, bonded, bought, s1 and got drunk, and soon the heduful mines and val leys where once achise roamed in his aboriginal freom, were convert cd into a ming S-5,....a If the true Pacific Coast Ger
 Early in Ma. the Schieffelin Bros. and Gird execuN bond with San Francisco parties,o ell them nine of their claims, melting the now justly celebrated Lucky Gs7and Tough Nut mines, for ninety tousand dollars. These parties failGl O produce the J money at the prupt time, and theI bond was allowed expire This was most fortunate curence for the owners They had priously sold the ], Contention, and wer6bundantiy SUD- piled with means. igOrous opera tions were commend immediately on the Lucky Cuss, 'ough Nut and Good Enough. WoI became conta gious and the whole strict went at ltI bald-headed. The cdinuous wonder ful developments creed a new sensa-
 ton every day. We lally became ac-
 customed to thes exbitions of wealth
 and today a TdntO:e miner can 4 gaze on mounla3 { high grade ore without the slightsthrill of emotion.
 Bonds were eXecle daily and sales became common pcarences. Scores of experts visited ts mines and de-
 parted with uii.rsally favorable opinion.
 To-day we have amplete ten-stampI mill on the ground al fifteen-stampl mill in course of obstruction Tn San
 Francisco, with hglgrade ore enough
 in sight to run tlmUr years. The ten
 stamp mill vii h rushing ore about i April ,, and tl, fteen-stamper will follow suit earl7 nJuly. A saw-mill in the HuachucI mountains, controll- | ed by Wm. K q and John McClos- key, IS turning ui from SIX thousand
 to eight thOusad feet of lumber Ter day. The first ills filled will be for the quartz-mils hd for the cOmpany'sI mining operails. Tbe permanent location of the own at the mines has not been decuS but a move in lhe right directiot expected soon. NIT. T A. w. Stowe Iiihe progenitor of a town at the mlAe called Charleston, , which bids fiirO be a success finan- cially and othtrse. We have plenty !, of buildings boreSent purposes, but until lumber cape had, visitors must refrain from iearks upon our archi-l ! lecture.
 The necessity ,nstituents to form a booming camp Q accommodating fast
 We have postcce, and triweekly mail service, win is carried on Saui ChildS' stylish a comfortable coach ] , es. Hon. T. J. Iwell IS Alcalde, W | A. Harwood Dety Sheriff, and A. J. . Mitchell residenngineer. Stores and !
 whisky mills ardenty and each gets a share of patiage. The aqueous
 fluid is supplie by our old friend Jersey, whose sie is like sunshine in the summer ie, and whose dispO- l sition is sweetersn pumpkins in San
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