, 1880-02-07
ARIZONA.
A Visit to Tombstone City. the
New Great Mining.camp.
Aspects Of Life in That Lively Towu-Bar-
; Rooms, Keno, and Varieties"
Ths Principal Es1ghharias h'nts-Tough'ssl, Con.
teutlsn, Lu,kyruM, aud others.


teutlsn, LutkJFuss, and Others.
gptttal Correspondence of 1Ae CAteaeo Tribune.
Tucson, Aria, Jan. 6.-To visit Tomb
sto,lc, the new great mInfng-camp, of dufefMl
cognomen but lively characteristics, is the
recognized duty Of every ono exploring, In
ycs.igasing, or interested lit Arizona, this
new field of American enterprise; so OF
course 1 went to see and Judge for myself
for many men hnve many minds.
Tombstone Is scventy-llye miles from Tue
son, In southcrly direction; anil therc'are
two lines OF coaches on the ruad, which,
conlestlng with each other, lave reduced the
fnra to very low figure, to the great thank
tulncas Of the general public, WIN can now
travel for 81 where they recently Ind to pay
$40; md this very day llear It has been re-
duccd tn 50, and thers arc pcrsons who say
TINT passcngcrs will probably yet be taken
for nothing, and
GIVEN THEIR DINNER rnEE,
until one or the other company collapses,
when the weakened survivor, with Il grim
smile, will no doubt put tie fare up to $40
again, for sucl, Is {stage) life.
The roatl to Tombstone Is good for new
country and for natural roads. The sevcniy-
I'VE IlC3 hlC UlANC III 4b1oA* CaEsCu
all the glorious effect of free trade and COM
ty.four. At times It Is dusty, and my fellow
passengers tobacco Bmokc-three Of them In
sldo the coach, smoking like sIeam-engines--
Is not delightful, but all are good.nnturcd
md full Of information, and live through
II. Mark Macdonald ithe Ursus-Major OF
the San Francisco Stock-Doard), Senator
1uttrell, and other lions are also travelling to
SEQ those eccentricalIy-named mines: the
Lucky Cuss, Tough Nut, Contention, etc.;
which said mines, with othars, arc now at-
tracttng almost National attention. Much Of
the road Is over barren, uninylting country.
Tho mountains In the distance everywhere
nre, however, nll moro or less mineralbcar-
Ing, hut part OF tho road is through park-like
country, oak and mesqult trees, with miles
upon miles of tho finest kind OF grass, extend
ing to nnd up the mounlaill-sitles. Water
generally Is scarce. but, will, the digging OF
wells, tile great pastoral facilities Of the liIgi-
CT lantls call DO readily utilized.
This Is nearly mid-wiMser, and
TIE CLIMATE IS DEL1aHUFuI,-
cool III tho morning and evening, rendering
little fire acceptable, but ITO snoW, Ice, or
really cold weather. There arc no towns
md few settlers en- route, except little
Mormon affair on the San Pedro liver, tho
way-stations Of tho Stages, md three little
places between tho rising viiiage near the
Contention 1nill-slto and Tombstone, which
three places, a fcllow-passengcr, as
s|a,sa sHTs1 me- rso,Iefd u ts pSps1
wv, ,t9oo r,,,ot liz ~, aor IL,
some genius as inventive In adjectives as
Dennis kcnrney himself. Possibly however,
osav,Iie sU if n"ona % 1Get ritw .c osso ,,ran 19
tsn Snaaei,,a in's .s.,,sts2.. u,,,,,.. snit
oy 9 nme IL" ,oas 1manv ,ena 41itl,e,s Sas ~
s,,o3 ,3 rnaI For ,a hn"niSt ~ t,o rnsaior "
nr., fr,nnent,v vishln 1itdar a tren or ~ taa
Jmat, rnatlsitfo '1s'0'' "i'"oA a.o VI " e1''
o"sts tia l",,s,S 's ,nn,no co,,, ca,e onta,tto,,
civ ta,ld @ M Isre be Il bscryed % si that III ,ninue
rn,,t Io cn,,rtnrlIsv "otfmti "}tios nv hwtha r%ra
~ the prcsi.jent n,1;{ Tia t.,,stnn ~ te t'i,n.
trv9. we see tils lnrga ffannw0rk md nrena-
ltory masonry Of the Contention MILL. which
PROMISES to bo excellent and ilrst-class IN
cye1y respect. The machinery is calculated
crease to forty. Every mur. around seems
hopeful md cheerful, and full Ut confidence
rs TO the future.
We REACH TOMBSTONE CITY.
st,ff md dusty W. ot,~h,, and n crowd nj tho
ryaia 'ogA on syo o ~ ;nai IS = sn YM W.
Il IL ath1o eonutrv nin nsc co,'nnn
nrnrpssinn AMI u f's, sf refroeL"d snd ~ H.,
,nant" ~ ,lrrt invinv feiIan ,us s,ar} a',,} nmt
aas n aron o. n'Ene n eon ,xlg ,g iale W. M s,Ft nv
;mai u strnat ii"d Wv Viii, ndo,,e ~ ii,,|nra III
iapgn t"nts md rama "1m strncturao n,ss, H.,
nSo MnfS ,,nori1 ownrv hthnr h,.itiinl1 w
ln,son liz ;,,o ~, o,,s,tu utot r tl
sMspuoe 10 ~ o nraa,,}' nviont1, "isas nSa;
In,,a' Same nTe Mi ~ rourIsoiyn,, us,. ,,,e,,
t,'nrs IN "ttars ,.,tth t., ,,r,ii @ Mst II
Iunsa Mi0 ns,n n G'' n.,,,tr,. ~
iaIn".I;,r + t,,a nnc;vH t,rosg ~ ~, ,!p;n,,y p;n,y
., ~ .o , t,,oa a., - fsa Nv .s1
tlnljnrs horrt,yrcd fron, rnnrfna n,innra nnH
ni, occasional mining LOCATION TINT lie STUN
bles across, aa,d sells as so0n as lie can, 10
sl,qud tho proceeds In whisky aud gambling,
until, used up and exhausted, h6 pays tic
lust debt OF Naturo,-tho only debt Ile over
does pay,-a1ld is finally buried at the public
expense, or BY locai subscription. Gall,-
bling Ia in full blast, and tho lnonoton0us
calling Of numbers, With tle occasional cry Of