Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-20
LETTER FROM TOMBSTONE.


The following correspondence is from an
old citizen Of Eureka, and we can vouch for
his veracity:
TOMBSTONE, Arizona, July IA, 1886.
FRIEND BULLOCK: / reached here last
Saturday afternoon, after a very hard ride
from Yuma, the balance Of the way was
quite pleasant, but from Yuma to Benson,
where I took the stage for this place, it was
the worst i ever saw. 1t is one continuous
desert from early morning till the next
morning, with the thermometer, in the
cars, averaging all day LOT deg, and at sta.
ions on the road from 112 deg. to III deg.
in adobe buildings. Tombstone is the
pleasantest place l have seen, and that
amt saying much. During the hottest
weather it averages about 100 deg. in the
shade, and that's what it has been since I
have been here. The town is very well laid
out with wide, regular streets, and has q
population Of about 1900. The best mines
are located on the hill, about a quarter Of
a mile from the business street and on that
side of the town. The whole country is To-
Gated, from where the first location was
made to distance Of eight miles, all show
ing more or less mineral and some very
high grade. The fact Of the business is,
they get ore almost everywhere they go for
it. The deepest place l have seen, where
they had no ore, was 60 feet. II is q big
mineral country and no mistake, but most
Of the claims are owned by poor men, who
are not able to work them, and ask such
extravagant figures for them that men who
have a little money here can not buy. They
have no custom mill, but are expecting to
have one in working order by September,
when those having small money can get
their ore reduced in such quantities as will
help them along. There is one mill Of 20
stamps about nine miles from here, and
one of the same capacity at a place called
Charleston, and another at the same place
OF 10 stamps. These are about seven
miles from here, having to locate them
there on account of water. Miners get four
dollars per day, 10 hour shifts, and about
200 are employed by the best companies.
The Contention is the best mine, has ore
enough in sight on one location
to run their mill Of twenty stamps
two years. / am told that the ores
are very easily worked, working from 70 to
So per cent. The formations are princi-
pally limestone, and require very little
blasting.
AS to merchandising, it is pretty well
taken up. There are several stores that
eoii duitc hChNy btOChby Dub alC " uO-
ing the business they should for the stocks
they carry. They all anticipate a big boom
this fall, when the weather gets cooler, as
they expect a good many Eastern and Cal
ifornia mining capitalists will come in.
"Holes in the ground" are bringing big
figures. Several claims we're sold last
week for sums varying from ten to sixty
thousand dollars. 1t is my opinion this
will be a large place, but it is no place for
a man to come for work. A telegraph line
was completed to this place last night, and
a route for a narrow gauge railroad is sur
veyed, but they do not look for work upon
it before fall.
There are about thirty saloons in the
town, ten or twelve stores of one kind or
another, and the rest are restaurants and
lodging-houses. No church or school
house. Goods are mostly brought from
Tucson, by rail to Benson, and thence by
teams to this place. / nave seen several
Eurekans here, and they all seem pleased
with the looks OF things in this region.
Yours truly, p. M. W.