Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-27
TOMBSTONE.
manency-Appearauces of Prosper ity-The Mining Developments.
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 EDITOR CITIZEN: There is noI much to interest traveller on the stage ride from Benson to Tombstone. About ten mics out ycu see a Mormon set- clement. on the other side of the San Pedro river; five miles further you cross that river, and nine miles fur. lLer you reach this place.
 This town is well laid out, and Its principal streels, Allen, Fremont, Flf,h aud Sixth, are lined with good, substantial frame buildings, with here and there an adobe eGifige. There are plenty ot hotels, which rank lu the order uumtd- Grand, Cosmouol- IJan, Browns and Russ House.
 There ure plenty oi restaurants where suUstaullul food costs 50 cents per meal, Uul Tor Teal home comfort 1 would select the Cosmopolitan Res jauraut, kept by the attentive and busy Mrs. MArln, whose full tables speak of the favor her bill of fare ILLUS W AAA AAlI 44 AAA -AANAA AhhANs AiN saloons are iu many instances eie- gautiy tiJled up, and, iu truth, beat anything 1 have seen Iu Tucson. Many of the miners have CaOIus OI their own, which, beng placed almost herever there Is a ? cant spot, gives the town (wllh the exception of the principal slreeis) rather a miXed-up appearance. The population oi lle place is somewhere be- tween 25OO and 3OOO, and of this number 1 cannot find more than 4jO who are engaged Tn mining; what the remainder do It would be hard 10 say, but all seem To live, and for a mining community are quiet and we'll be haved. Not once have l hclTd piS- tol-shot in town, and it seems c. me that few drunks' g Uhey are pretty heavily fined for this) constitute lhe sum of UHenses committed.
 It is an inconvenience 10 have 10 get at the far end of 50 men and await your turn to get your letters at the pustCfiiCe, but this Is minor guev- EuCe.
 or the permanence of Tombstone as a mining camp am fully con- vinced, and although the town may be somewhat too large for the present requirements of the mines, sull the development now in progress will soon lead to the employment or a great many more men, and things Will probably settle down. IL IS the opin- ion of the oldest inhabitants and those most likely to know something oi the subject, that there is nc doubt Of the future of Tom mbstone, and when one considers that some few of the de- velCped mines can in the aggregate count up nearly $50, 100000 in ore visible, the least sangulne person might be forgiven for prophecylng an everlasting future tO this town ol wealth and prosperity. Wood costs here from $ 10 S9 per cord and water one cent per gallon. At present the town is principally supplied by the sycamore Water Company, who Oilng their water in pipes from distance of about seven miles, but l hear that project is on foot to bring water from the Huachuca mountains, 2j miles off. The survey has been made by Mr. Edwards, and of course the moving spirit in the matter Is Dick Gird, of Tough Nut fame. can ob- laiu but little information about this scheme yet.
 Two balls are announced to lake place here. One Costume eXpcctedl tthe Grand Hotel on the 22d, ana me other bv the Tombstone Turn Nerein later on.
 One sees many well dressed ladies on the streets. TwO-hor-e bugEles are moi scarce, and there is an amount of weII-lo-doedness visible all over The town, winch one would hardly cxpect to find ID two-year-0id town m Arizona.
 MINING NOTES.
 The Grand Central mine, which lies bevond the Contention, k one oi the most valuable properties m the dl>- lrici. Through the courtesy oi super iptendeut Gage 1 went over this mine wiib inc foreman, Mir. Charles Leach. The amount of ore visible Is really wonderful, and requires to be seen to he apDreciutei. Al present they nave over 1000 tons of ore on the dumps, ,raiiinr fer the starting up of the mllI to turn out regularly their q"oLum ol million. Then main shalt Is 5SJ iee' feel deep. but at present they have nnlv three levels in working order VIZ. at 100, 2O0 and 300 feet. On The 9OD-foot level. 910 feet south oi the sbatt. n large body of rich red looking ore Is found. This they are cutting through. but do not as vel know the evtrnf of. On the S00-ioot level, the nartb drift is quite a sight. The orc ,e-l.- ;s IAto 16 feet thick, and there