Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-30
rOMBsrOSE. ARIZONA.


w;llstt Young. formerly Of Gold Hill
and lstterly q resident OF Tusearora'
took . trip across the country to Arizona
las. spring. and recently got back to
Tu.carora. He was glad to get back.
and gives his experiences and impressions
Of Arizona in q two. column commuuiea-
ton to the Times Rsuislc. His expert.
ence Of the country was from Fort Yuma
TO Tombstone. He describes the atm o.
phsrs as hot and ~sutfocating. like that
from a blast furnace. and the country
sandy and bsrren-"a vast, desolate
desert. with here and there on the river
banks . clump OF stuntsd willows" and
the water alkaline and unft for any use.
Tombstone il on the east side OF San
Pedro river. and at first sight presents
quite an attractive appearance. with wide
streets and quite an array OF q and
two.story frame and adobe houses. he
found more unemployed men there and
in a worse o., than he ever found any
where in Nevada.
Aside from mining and milling. he
says, there IL no regular standard oil
wage for labor. White men are forced
In every trade or occupation to compete
with the Mexicans and half-brsea In
dams, and nowhere does labor rise to
the dignity II maintains in Nevada. The
climate in summer is simply internal.
and in winter is varied by q little cooler
degree Of the same. ssusish and siekly.
Board. such as it is, at the restaurants,
10 from eight to ten dollars per week.
The Con,sn,ion and Toushnut are the
principal mines in the district and are
weekly making large shipments Of
bullion, but the general impression
wen among experts. is that they do not
with the other mines. at all justify such
town a. Tombstone has grown to be
ON the strength OF their shipments. The
entire country within q radius OF about
Atty miles about Tombstone has been
st.ked OF and located. PROJECTORS
have secured the county in every diree-
ton, bu, few strikes Of any importance
have ye. been made. Roughly estinst-
ing the number employed in prospect
ing. there are no fewer than 1000 in and
around Tombstone. the large majority OF
whom are, OF course. n~on.producers.
aud poor. In regard to the rich stories
coming from that section, Mr.. Young
says:
From tho discovery Of the mines at
Tombstone. the country west Of the Rocky
Mountains has been flooded with state
ments issued by paid agents OF the above
road concerning the vast resources OF the
mines. the wonderful richness OF the coun.
try, and the extraordinary Inducements II
held out to poor men, miners and pros
pectors. Hundreds OF men have listened
10 these stories. and now find to their cost
that they have been badly sold. The
towns population has been made by just
such lying letters as those referred to. A
word Of explsnAtion-it Is true that miners
when at work receive 81 per day. but
owing to the soft formation Of the mines,
after cutting the limestone eau. am
crsdably informed by old Comstoekers'
tha, one man does the work Of four or hve
that four men can easily keep . twenty
stamp mill employed. The consequence 10
that not more than half OF the miners can
get anything to do. Notwithstanding that
such 10 the fact. the railroad agents con.
tinus TO issue their lying circulars con-
eerning the pretended wonderful advant-
ages which miners aud others may expect
by going there. These reports are invari-
ably backed up by reference to the large
weekly bullion shipments. but never q
word 10 said about the cheap method Of
extracting the ore, working the mines and
raI-irv the mills.
Taken altogether. Mr.. Youug's de-
scription Of the Tombstone section OF
Arizona 10 not an a%lluIing one, although
ID IL very interesting. he Winds up by
saying; Tho niner. mechanic or labor
ing man who goes to Tombstone, de-
pending for his living upon his labor. ID
certain to meet with disappointment,
and heartily wish himself back in Ne.
vsda. Leaving Tombstone fer Calitornis
or Nevada they call 'goipg inside -
meaning to civilization. / have tried II.
and an most happy to nnd myself in.
side again."