Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-21
TOMBSTONE TOPICS.
Tie Uncertainties of Mining RHm0rS- GoSsip-PeOpie Waiting for Some. thing to Turn Up- BIackmailers- Mining Matters.
TOMBSTONE, August 10.-What truth spoke dear old Bobby Burns when he

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 heard the coming bona4za, the Girard,
 bad that m uiHg at 2 o'clock closed down osteI a1ly to hc pction of
 tho Su' ret in } ic and zee waV they fore he owI Ae nil, Whi pd they were -rlia- ID a.. SIS exist in this wicked Vaiil of u5 lls, Only the morning before ] wrote yo h e letter, and while laboring unde a spasm of faith in the sayings of my fellow men, I stated thar the Girard would soon build a mill. and l believe commented dn the benefits likely to result from sucll a move. and the expense that would be 4aved Tn haul ing ore so great a distancel Certain in- dividuals even now intimate very strongly that the entire talk was bosh and merely a scheme to bull the stoek. b 1t we must wait and see. Tn the mean time I take statements hear cum grino sails, and give them to you for what they are worth.
 I believe of late that I will adopt the rule of a wise philosopher. who said. !" Believe nothing you hear and only half that yOu sec" But in cOing this, what delights one must lose in anticipation The vagaries of the human mind are such that half the pleasures of life are derived from believing the frailties of our fellows and contrasting them with the high moral standard We have set up in our own minds and which We honestly think we follow in our dally lives.
 Just now certain denizens Of Tomb stone are anxious to find ont the indi- viduality of Clinton" the correspan- dent of the Tucson Star. Ii appears the aforesaid " Clinton has been saving a few unpleasant words about matters and things here. and the trouble is there seems to be a large amount of truth per vading his remarks, and certain parties are agog to discover his identity and threaten dire vengeance. Ev [ was forced to live for a few days crolitcd by a fe. with Heing Clinton" Eut that lliC ccusa on las frI rn to 'le ground .no nov s.eep ln peace auo quiet
 Thornton has left the Epitaph and Power has also left, as our worthy Mayor Cum concluded to run his own paper a while, and being a t-itie lonesome, called your correspondent 10 his assistance. Ou Tuesday evening Tombstone reyelad ID Che delights or domino pauv. Why is it that people cau ss- semblc in hall on hot August night, wrapped to the eyes in the uncomfortable folds of a domino. and a mask added tJ exclude what pos sible chance of air there might be, and then do the may and imagine they are having a wild amount of fun. passes my com areheusiOn. Perhaps I am grow ing trifie blaze, or, mayhap, ] am by nature laZy-quien sahe. l can enjoy a party or a winter night. where charming tiirtariOus may be had in COSY corners, or behind a pair of heavy curtains, and good rushing dance sends the warm blood cOursing through yoUr veins and gives life and za>- ones very existence; but from an Arut Iurl1i~h bath in this climate CXcU- me.
 Iomhstoue os late me very forc1I, lugs '.-. and som cy -a. 1 Rip - tops jaaC when t.as I.. red from its presel. i,-l8rl- .I. nHarz C- gentleman ,l, otlc. day struck me with peculiar force. He sad: "Nhv is it, with the mines looking so vel, and in a young town like this, there are so many people doing nothing, but walk around the streets, and, like MIcawber, wait for something to turn upY The truth is, there are more men in our city than can find employment, and, i'll my opinion, our community is inflicted with certain 4s la1 1g~ and they constitute a class of habitual growlers who work more injury to a camp than any one in 1t, eXcept, perhaps, that genus of human harpie who occupies his time iu inspecting the mining records and is constantly on the lookout for a chance to blackmail some industrious man who has a claim and has at last found a chance to sell it. These men are the greatest curse a mining com munity has Co contend with, and, from what ] can learn, this district is not as free from these as all good citizens who have the interest of the camp and Terri tory at heart would wish tO see.
 The mining news of the week does not offer anything particularly or attract i've. The Cincinnati mine last week closed down, reason not definitely known. Their hoisting works lie out west of the Empire, and with the hum of machinery silenced and the doors closed look particularly lonesome. For the good If the camp. l would wish to see every mine that is being worked in constant operation.
 From what I can learn, the ore upon the dump Of the Girard is not of suiii- ciently higl grade to be worked with profit when hauled to the mills and worked, thuu h a mll on their own property won be a D ng luvts-Il aut, and : hope iba water supply Cf the 5ul- lhuret may be sufficiently large ta en- courage the Girard people in carrying out their contemplated scheme.
 The Gentle Belle, owned in San Francisco, and which ] mentioned in one o- my carries letters, is now lool.iI- exceedingly promising. Iheir shaft k down l2D feet, wtl a five foot ledge. As they are merely sinking prospect shaft and following the ledge, it IS not as straight as it miglt be, but if the pros pect improves as much during the next lU0 feet as has for the last JO, ] hope to be able to chronicle at least small bonanza. The property is in the hands Ol AAAN AAAAAAAA AAAtAA III NaftAAAffA AAAflf and they will push matters to a succcss- ful issue if possible.
 Some of the mines here have experi- enced annoyjnce from bad air, owing to the cloudy days and tota; absence of wind. The Blue Monday had some lit- tie difficulty in this way, but Nr. Stout, the Superiutende1 ordered one of the latest improved blowers from San Fran cisco, and # having arr I'd been put m voIfi7- order be no troub' ir e-
 The ' .ia s be far some d.rsa. ah.l with hal H. lr is that the sui Cr tenn porary, and lcs VII soon ur work ag;in.
 At the new hOisting works of the Grand Central they are waiting for the arrival of the new cables. When that event oc- CUTS I expect work will be booming there and the quantity Of ore extracted
 srgely increased.