, 1880-05-22
PATAGONIA.
rha Most souther1y Mining Dis"
triot In Arizona.
,rh. Railroad from Tucson to Pantano
Tricks Of Prospectors.
. p,aes where tho Fostago"Fco Is Ten
Conts-Preaks Of Fortune.

p,a,s where tho rostago.Fcc Is Ten
(nnts-Preaks Of Fortune.
...l,a, f,or,e,pondencs af 7hs Chteaoo 1rsbtns.
r,s.so,, All, r., May 1S-LeavfnE Tue
.shs nthcr morning, by tho so-called 7 q.
soH, ,..in ,.u which in reality departed at $40,
~ ..a.c,,pd tho present rallroad.tcrmlnus,
T..t.no ~ Mt 10 o:yo,-preclscly 140 minutes for
ians"t ia.n..s"antv.ctuht-mtle stretch. In any other
-snt,v s" tlis enormous rate Of speed might
Ou o.,,s so7ne comment on tho part of passc1l-
e.. , Int It must bc recollcctcd that tho
psss,,tv az Arizona travellers hnyo been
Maae,"siomcd for years to jerkles, buckboards,
~ othcr vehicles, tho most protcntious OF
'Is,oh ~ the Concord coach, could never DO
Sn,s Ssrnsc.ed to approach the velocity Of that
.'.Tu to-wit: twelve miles IN hour. It
na,%' - u,so ho borne III mind that tho Southern
n"s,oc n'uI Railroad consider that Mt present
..s,. ara accommodating passengers by
.sn1snortlnp e1 them at NIL, the bulk OF tho train
..sra ,nodo ,,p OF material for the prosec,t-
~, ~ uork towards the San Pedro cross
w. ~ wh,cl, Is twelve miles from Tombstone.
ats,y ~, ,,eoplv arc calculating that this station
% - no Nan Pedro River, to be named Bell
"" Wv viii he opcncd for trafllc tllfs season;
~, s' racoj]octing the delay that took placc In
ssm,let,np the line to Tucson, atn Inclined
~ ',nabt whether Benson City ana station
,t;i cxist otherwise than on paper before
next yoar. ...,
t,a savernl stagefuls Of passengers for Tomb
,e ,,sne and two for Patagonia. While the
ma,ority Of the passengers were, rs above
.tsted. persons long accustomed to the dusty
and waserlcss plains ol AE'zof''' so' 'ieie
we're also not ,..,
r., 4 FEW "TENDERFEET,"
chiefly men from OIL City and other PENN
.lyas syiyanla towns, who Ind como out on tho
brilliant reports Oh son,e VI .uo.. a.. oHe.to" .,
citizens artl who wero elated Ut the prospects
o;bnilIiug up fortunes upon arock. The en-
taro,iso of these oil City men has really been
she primary CAUSE .. tnr" tbo 4A,1n n,nitn
coming 50 prominently pelote tuo pupns
within The past few months. Accustomed
ia spirit OF more or less wild speculation In
tse oiI business, they have been content 70.
y $500 o.t ~ osorv ~ory cosa ~ the J npiccs naid by
them would today be considered low for the
properties In question. Standing In Will,
eaen oaot' ui'se '..as o'tn na - 49, '1,t"1, avn
secure groups OF lhlnes lnahs u WHICH, NV
Of the greatest promise. use tao apovo a1.
preston adylsedly' since names inc majority
Of which are not yet developed even 70 Iae
is"i,tmatolv ha nrono,,nced. "a thew too often
Rsluss ,sts Inonaas =" ), uho.1,g cno,,nh orc In
Me. p'e oohall%, 1sme N, Suvutn ~ .a', =, +,
sIght to run twenty-stamp mill for years."
and "m!nes of unpnrallele1 wealth., H., ~ j., Is
hyperbole OF THIS kind Which ls to.uay ~.
duelng hundreds Of men Of slender means TO
rusA into mlnes Of the location Of which they
may even be utterly Ignorant - SUCH persons tPae
either do not know, or nave 1orgotten, tnat
The average life Of mining camp Is from
four to five years. aud Tint the Glass OF men men
called prospectors aEo among ne shIGwdess ,,'n 81
ready 70 do anything III ord er to make sale.
Only last week, q friend who had bonded q
series Of claims for considerable sum, hny-
tng determined to have them surveyed be-
fnro concluding the purchase, was not "
70 surprised, on going over the ground to
find that there were
THREE on FOUR PRIOR LOCATIONS
,cuottad n,or ,nrt,ous ~ tha rroncrtica he