Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-05-15
TOMBSTONE, May II, 1881

TosBsToXE, May Il, 1881.
 The question Is often propounded, and by men, too, not deficient in either judgment or practical mining experience, twill the mines of Tombstone prove permanent? Will they go down." Now these, though natural and proper enough queries,
 are not susceptible of being quite so easily answered. The permanence of d mine depends, of course, to a great extent upon the character of its lode and the geological formation enfold- ing il. But the permanence of mine depends, most of ali, upon the unbrokcn continuity of it's lode or run 10 the deep. Without depth there can be no peTmanence. No man can
 give any positive assurance of the ex- ister ce of valuable ore bodies bey ond
 the line of actual explorations but
 from a careful study oi the geological
 situation. and from the observations
 made in the working Of ore veins in
 geological formations of q similar
 character, the experienced miner may
 ue warranted in giving his opinion d.
 10 the probable continuity of such ore
 bodies to great depths. Upon depth,
 and depth only, is dependent the prospective value of mining prop
 erty, its carriage toward the deep oi
 as much good as had been known to
 exist in given areas of the portions
 previously explored. Depth, then,
 and the uuDroken continuity of it's ores and ycIn 10 the deep, are the true tests of mines permanence and
 prospective value. But to no man Is
 given the power 10 say to how great a distance may an ore body descend. There are geological structures, Of course, not al all favorable 10 the con-
 unuuUs descent of paying ore bodies, and in such formations they are liable tO be cut of al any time. No such danger exists hereabouts, and no good l reason, looking at matters from ge- ulogical or other standpoint, why the mines of Tom bstOne may not extend l 10 great. to indefinite depths. The ! conditions are all favorable 10 this
 view, and my opinion IS that Its mines will prove not only quite permanent, | but become much mere valuable in as l far as regards the quality of their ores towards the deep. The two deep | est shafts in the district are the Head | Center and the Suiphuret shafts, | which are J25 feet and 5l9 feet re- | spectively. In the latter of these, and 1 al a depth of 500 feet, in a drift ten ! feet from the shaft, has been cut a l strong, well formed ledge, carrying as ! fine grade ot ore as any yet found n ! the district. This discovery in itself \ goes far to sustain my opinion, for | when so large and fine an ore body Is ! found at SO great a depth, and in so l favorable q formation as inclOses IL, it IS certain that it is going 10 descend
 still farther and farther toward the l depth al which a mine may be looked 1 upon as likely to become permanent | aud prosperous. At what depth, then, l do these conditions become assured At any depth from 1000 10 300O feet. ! A mlDe cannot De sad 10 become per permanence, al 8 less depth than 300 | feet, and since several of our mines show depths ranging from 400 to over l 300 feet. we need not exhibit much uueasiness in regard to their future And the explorations at these ceplhs | show jar richer ores and better formed ! veins than existed elsewhere in the
 workings toward the top. That there i. a ~reai permanent and pros sperOus future ID store for this section Is as certain as that day succeeds night
 Had Nature endowed T. less Hoerally
 in both a geological and mineralogl- 1 cal sense, and had laid the foundation
 for prosperity less broad and deeI
 than she has, some excuse would have been furnished for doubt, whereas,
 under present conditions, there cal | be no doubt as 10 the complexion O
 its future fortunes. But Iom bston' nas not get reached to the full ZenltI
 f its prosperity; nor will It unu
 more capital shall be invested ID lt
 mines; more milling power furnished
 if. and until more dash and enierprls and unanimity of feeling and actlol
 come 10 be exhibited by its merchant and business men generally. Cpol
 the actions and enterprise of the latte , much depends, for if they manifes f no cprcf.rn in the interests ot the dls
 trict. or do nothing to benefit II Il the way of engaging Tn new project } or take no hand in the worth Oi sd E vcTtisinc it's vast mineral resource in the CeEters where enterprise an ? ] capital % hand in hand, then wi ! us interests suffer, its prosperity b . delayed and its progress and develop
 | mem be retarded that Il will tak
 wears instead of months 10 make u for their culpeble negligence an . supiueness. Here there appears = be no enterprise, and while it's bus :. mess men utter dolorous complaint
 of the dullness of trade, and the rC - stricled circulation of coin, they d 1t nothing toward bringing about dli 70 fcreut state of affairs; nor will man o of them even support an outside lou " nal 10 the extend of extending 10 u tbcii advertising and subscrlpuo 1T patronage despite its enorts m oeha L. of themselves and their district. no mining section with which l al p acouaintrd does there exist a le' "A public spirited class or LheICHaH' '' !, tuke them a a whole, than, l regrI e 10 say. may be found in the city {
 dolorous name. There is no ui o miuclnc matters. The truth may nt Is at all times be either palatable or pr q dent but even SO, 1 deem 1t better Q come out boldly and show the bus
 ness men of Tombstone wherein the e are foraetlul Of their duties to the II )t terests of the district in which the k do business.
 ! Money and enterprise are the tali
 man whose touch may be said to no' e mountains. Where neither the oi 1t nor the other of these requisites a ,- to be found there it is certain will , found chronic dullness. There exls > no finer field anywhere for a displi "a of enterprise, nor is there in al b quarter west of the Rockies presentr