Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-02
SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA.
SOME NOTES ABOUT TUCSON, TOMBSTONE
AND PATAGONIA.
Leading MINISTRIES of supplisa-Rates
OF Transportation-The New Town
of Benson-Etc.

very interesting and fiourishing city, and
about as cosmopolitan In its character as
frontier town can be. Just now it is warm
Just about rs warm as have felt it in
ST, Louis at so degrees, though 1t is over
1906 degrees here. The business prospects
of Tucson, am informed, never were bet
ter, the railroad going forward to Pantano
taking but little business from it. Parties
from San Francisco, ETC., on the way to
the mines generally stop day or so IN
Tucson before proceeding on their journey,
and spend more or less money before they
leave the last place where they can Obtain
all the comforts and even Injuries of life.
On entering the cars for Pantano the trav-
eler at once sees evidences of rough from
tier life in the appearance of his fellow
passengers. The garb OF civilization is
generally discarded, and you see the ma
jority of them wearing overalls, Jumpers,
cork hats, belts full of cartridges, immense
revolyers, rifles, rolls of blankets, etc.
PANTANo STATION, Etc.
This station is at Cienego, 2S miles from
Tucson by railroad. From Pantano the
stages leave for New Mexico, Tombstone
and Patagonia, and will do so until the new
town Of Benson is reached, which is prom
sed by the railroad people on the 22d.
The New Mexico and Tucson Company
runs stages daily for Fort Bowie and points
daily six-horse stages both to Tombstone
and Patagonia. Fare to Tombstone, 81 so,
which will probably be reduced to So when
the railroad is in running operation to Ben
son. Pantano consists of a dozen OF more
canvas tents and one or two adobe houses.
Upon the arrival OF a train from Tucson
the scene is one of great hustle and activ-
ity-stages loading mails and packages, and
passengers securing seats. The shotgun mes
sencer mounted beside the driver gives an
appearance of the dangers to be appre-
hended from road agents were it not for
these armed guards who accompany each
coach. The start is soon made, and in a
cloud OF dust the stage goes off on run.
Then the hard part of the journey begins.
After some hours whirling through dust
and jolting over rut holes the first hating
place is reached, which is OhIesorgens, on
the San Pedro river. Here good dinner
is procured for dollar This place is an
old stage station, and for many years was
used as fort, where the settlers would
flock for protection when rumors reached
them that there were
INDIANS IN TIE VICINITY.
1t consists of series of adobe buildings,
formed in square, with courtyard in
the center to hold stock. The new town
of Benson is about three. quarters of mile
west of Fort Bowie, and will soon assume
an air of as much Importance as any town
in Southern Arizona. Leaving Ohnesor-
gems, the stage route runs south along the
San Pedro river, which it crosses before
reaching Contention City, to which place
from Benson is about II miles. Conten-
ton City is simply the mill site for milling
the ore from the Contention mine at Tomb
stone, and it ships LOCO in bullion to
Tucson daily. The mill has twenty
stamps, and the owners are now putting in
five more. From Contention City to Tomb
stone it is ten miles, over good road,
with the one exception OF q steep grade in
leaving the first-named place. About three
miles from Tombstone number of wells
are reached. These supply Tombstone
with water, which is hauled in carts and
sold for half cent per gallon. a COM
pany is now laying pipes to take water
from some springs near the Dragon Noun
tains into Tombstone. This viii be a great
benefit to the place, as at the present rate
Of immigration the supply of water viii be
deficient if they have much longer only the
wells to depend upon, Freighting viii be
done from Benson to Tombstone at from 50
cents to 81 per 100 pounds, the former
price for heavy freight III large lots.
TOMBSTONE.
Tombstone Is situated on high ground at
the foot of a number OF lofty hills. The
mines are located in the hills, from a few
hundred yards to three and four miles dis
tant 1t has at present population OF
nearly 5000 people. The houses are prin-
cipally adobe one-story buildings. There
are a number of cabins made of rough, un.
dressed lumber. Quite large number OF
good buildings are in progress OF erection,
constructed OF adobe, with California red
wood finish. This style OF building, it IS
probable, viii shortly be changed and um-
Der wholly used, as the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company has recently made large
reductions in its rates, and agents say that
California must have the lumber trade of
the Territory. The greatest activity pre-
walls in building, and lots are in great de-
mand.
MlNEN
The Tough Nut, Good Enough, West
Side, Defense and Survey are owned by
one company. The shaft at the Tough
Nut is down 200 feet. The ore is shipped
to Charleston for milling. About ST. 900
per day is represented to be the product of
these mines. The Contention, it is said
produces 81, 600 per day in bullion, which
Is mlled at Contention City. The shaft is
down 3l2 feet. This mine has very fine
steam hosting works. Stations have been
fixed at 80 feet from the li2 foot level
and it is claimed that between 81, 600, coo
and S3,O00,000 worth of ore is in sight
The ASSAYS, it is represented. range from
$50 to 500 per ton. The Empire mine is
owned by Boston parties, who are sinking
shaft and building large hosting works.
The ore is rich, and it is said prospects
very good. The company is building a
mill at Charleston to crush their ore. The
Sulphuret mine has good prospects. The
owners are sinking a shaft and building
hosting works, and have plenty of ore on
the dumps The Sunset mine shows
good ore. Its operators are sinking
a shalt, with fine prospects. The follow
ing mines are sinking shafts and show good
prospects Grand Central, shaft 265 feet !;
Head Center shaft 272 feet; Contention,
shaft 100 feet; tranquility, shaft l40 feet,
and the Rattlesnake, Cincinnati. Randolph,
MerrImac and Visner, the details of which
| did not obtain. The latter is only & few
hundred yards from the main streets, and
its prospects are very encouraging. There
are about 500 locations made near Tomb
stone, and prospectors are continually find
ing leads in the Dragon range. Some of
the best prospects in the Territory are To-
Gated there. In the Mule Mountains. and
also in the Huachuea range, good locations
are being daily made, and the majority of
them will, in time, probably be developed
into good mines. Tombstone will be the
base OF supplies for all these points. There
is a number of large stores in Tombstone,
some OF which ship by carloads.
CHARLESTON.
This place contains about 400 inhabitants,
has two quartz mills for milling ore from
the Tombstone Company, one 10 and the
other Is stamps. and produces, | am in
formed, an average of 81, GOO in bullion per
day. Another mill is in the course of
erection, and will mill the ore from the
Empire nine Tombstone. Charleston con-
tains three large stores, which supply a
great number of prospectors, and also do a
good trade with Sonora. Two smelling
enn,, 10 ba aracta1 ono at