Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-12-04
TOMBSTONE
The Progress of Development in the Great Mining bistrict-Refutation ofa California !" Experts Slanders- His Intimate Relation with Local Benzine and the Natural Result.
TOMBSTONE. December 3

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 The rich developments of many of our mines have brought to this place many capitalists, from all parts of the United States, most of whom are in- vesting more or less money in the purchase of prospects, and in nearly every instance these investments have been profitable. The Three Brothers mining claim, which was purchased a short time since by Messrs. Know land and Conley, only had.-two pros pect shafts upon it when purchased, and within ten days after work was begun on the property, their labor was rewarded by rich strike of ore, which assayed upwards of s1000 per ton. A company was at once formed and work pushed forward on larger scale, and today the property ranks high in value, and is not for sale, as the owners think it too valuable 10 part with.
 The northeast exsentlon of this mine is the True Blue, owned by East ern capitalists, and it's merits are too we'll known to be further discussed. Hoisting works will soon be erected, and we may then look for further de- velopments.
 To the northeast distance of 2000 feet, lies the Fair Villa, upon which a shaft is being sunk and has already reached the depth of 45 feet. The ledge is about five feet wide at the bottom of the shaft, and some very good ore IS being taken out. This mine is owned by an incorporated company, and the stock finds ready sale at 90 cents per share.
 There are many prospects in the i'm mediate vicinity of the above-named mines which can be purchased at a reasonable price, and an equal amount of work upon them may prove them to be equally as good. One thing is certain, mining claims can never be proven until they have a falr deyel- opment.
 EThe hosting works upon the Brad shaw mine have been in successful operation for several weeks, and the company is sinking their main work ing shaft al very rapid pace. They will soon be at a depth of 200 feet, where they will again drift on the ledge, and the drifts upon the 100- foot level prove that they have vast body of rich ore. They already have oyer goo tons of ore upon the dump which will work over $50 per ton, and nearly 1000 tons in sight in the mine. This is the property which n correspondent of the San Francisco Stock Exchange referred to in letter 10 that paper some time since, calling it a worthless piece of property, and that the purchasers lost the $40, 900 which they had paid for il. Comment as unnecessary, as both the company and the mine speak for themselves. Circu instances prove that the writer was more familiar with the bad whis- key of Tombstone than he was with the mines, and had he taken as much interest in warning Eastern men against the whiskey as he did through the press Tn trying to turn their atten- ton away from the Tombstone mines, think it would have been Christ ian act.
 The Tough Nut Mining Company seem determined to have a village of theIr own upon their mine, as they have erected several new and very fine l buildings; some to be used as works upon the mine, others for offices, etc. With the workings underground I am | not very familiar, but 1 observe the | transportation of many tons of one i each day, and the regular shipment of | bullion from their mill.
 The Contention and Grand Central | look better than ever, and rich devel- opments are being made each day un- derground. The Contention contem- plates increasing the capacity of the mill, as the developments of the mine already warrant it. l doubt if the Comstock ever contained larger bo- nanza than these two mines will prove themselves to be.
 I observe that we are gaining quite a reputation away down in Maine, as the following quotation from the Maine Mining Journal shows:
 Tom bstone, Arizona, with its rich mines, abundance of wood and water and fine climate, seems likely to be- come the principal town in the Terri tory. The town is only two years old, yet contains over 5000 inhabitants. It is rich Tn saloons, having seventy five, and thirty stores. Two newspapers furnish news 10 the populace, who are bled and physicked by ten lawyers and twenty doctors, including dentists. etc.
 Three stages arrive in town every day loaded to the guards, and the main street presents a very lively ap- pearance all the time, while in the evening the sidewalks are almost Im- passable in some places.
 The townsite patent is exciting a interest, but we hope the title will be amicably settled in a short time. H. E. MANSON.
 The Grand Central.
 Tombstone Epitaph.
 On the Grand Central the ledge has been cut on the 9OO-foot level, but is ~. q, ,1o ]