Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-03-13
CHARLESTON TO BISBEE.
A Thriving Tswn-Among the COpPers The Wonderful BOnanZas of Bis- bee-MininE Notes.
Special Correspondence oi me CrrHES.
 TOMBSTONE. March 1.

EDITOR CITIZEN: 1 have returned
 from a very interesting trip to Charles
 ton and Bisbee, and if my letter is
 somewhat longer than usual, l must
 crave the patience of your readers for
 details Of what come under my notice.
 1 started to walk to Charleston, but
 owing to the courtesy of one of your subscribers, l got ride down for the ! greater portion of the way. About
 two miles from Charleston is the
 Bradshaw mine, which is sending a quantity of ore to be crushed ut the
 Boston custom mill, situated on the San Pedro river three miles from Charleston. The old Bronkow House
 and mine of the same name, are close to the road. It was here that old BrOnkOw and his party were mas sacred by MeXicans some years ago,
 and to this day the old adobe house has the reputation of being haunted, although from conversation wi;h the
 present resident, 1 think the rats have more Co do with the deadly noises
 heard at night than the appa:itions of
 the spirits Of the murdered men.
 Charleston Is d thriving town on the
 San Pedro river 10 miles south Of this
 place. It boasts of a good hotel, three
 large stores doing considerable bus
 ine-S with residents in the Mule
 NIr...t.rru,
 with Sonora. It has an ice factory
 and the usual allowance of saloons
 and beer houses. Here, on the other
 bank of he river are situated the Gird
 and COIbin mills, beiOnging tO the
 Tombstone Mill and Mining Company,
 where the Tough Nut and Good
 Enough ore Is haU.cd from the mines
 by lG-mule tehIas, each team drawing
 about l21s tons at cost of aLOut s
 per i.a. After a pleasant evening l
 bOu. ,4 next day for B.sbee. We had
 a tsO-hOise vehicle Co convey eight passengers and the driver over the 40
 miles distance; and had 1t not been
 our i0u-'.e to number among the pas
 ,cu-t.. .sr who had samples of morse
 iuIu.cLl, We sAOuld have been luhg
 time m reaching BisDee, as the axle on our cha tot got heated. As it was, we were uigl upon II hours doing these 40 miles. The only place Oi note is WEcr ..t horses were chang ed, a stau Al heTeatteI tO be known as Here.0rj. The Neptune Mill and Mining Company have secured a townsiJe here and con paper looks most imposing, witu its streets, hotel, schoo.HOuse, etc., but at present there Is no. hIug Co sLuH save couple of adobe houses aud corral. The above named company intend tD erect their sueiters on the San Pedro rIver close by and talk about bringing their ore ifom BIstee by a na. row guage Tai road, as the water supply ut Bisbee Is scant and uncertain.
 Bisbee is par excellence a mining village. l. lies iu the Mule pass Cam yOn, and has a narrow street, at the east rnd of which lies the (, ppcr Queen smelJing works. It has three ! stores and a place ot uccOmmudatI1u l called he Bisbee House, comb ua- ] jiOn of eating and lodging house. The 1 eating part Is good, but the rooms are l hot and iiI ventilated. Both depart l meut- cost more han they are wor h, and On my next visit 1 will take my l blankets and sle"p under one of the | shady trees with winch the camp Is l hlied.
 Mule Iass Canyon runs east and | west and the mountains on The south | sIdc is where the most mineral bl, | been discovered, although line hills | Tor miles around are covered with ! monuments of location. The copper | belt runs with the canyon OF the | south side and dips into tbe mountain | Directly south of thIs belt lies The | carbonate belt of silver ore, on which | some work is being done, and which, in the opinion Of,thOse who should ! know, will show up in the future. The l whole mineral belt Is from 2 Co 3 | miles wide and s miles lOng-what | 1ield for future enterprise! Water is | scarce at Pisbee, the Copper Queen | deriving it's supply through two small pipes from spfing about hail mile | from the town up the canyon, and the | town people carry their water from Il same spring, mostly on the back of burrOs in canvas bags, half the con tents of which are lost before arriving | at the destination. Phil. Kelley, | formerly of the placer mines in the Santa Ritas, is trying hard tO get water. Half way between the san Pedro and Bisbee he has sunk 60 feet, with good indications, and hopes soon 10 realize his pet scheme. He intends 10 hammer through, and if so wIll 1 benefit both himself and the cOmmu- nIty at large. Wood IS at present very plentiful and the canyon is full of oak ! and other trees which give the land scape a beauty very pleasing Co the eye.
 The pride of Bisbec is the Copper Queen mine and smelling works. IL is really wonderful how such a small and rude a shelter can have produced such an amount of bullion since start ing. l was told that in the first II weeks of it's working S95, 900 were produced, and that from tlfe goth of August to date lOlS tons of bullion were shipped, averaging 97 per cent. fine. They get through about 2S tons tNA1 VI oAN NNAlgr NAh NAAu'NN Al- ther developments have ore enough Co keep ihe works going for three years. The deposit of copper is enormous and it l describe it more of a quarry l than miur, l am ouly giving vent lo what must be the first inception ol many Ot it's visitors. A bar of copper every half-hour is the rate Gt which they are now working and She item Ot hauling of coke Go the works and bull lion therelrom is no i1cousiderIble business. The present Copper Queen va, nrst located on tbe l4,h of No ber, 1878, by Hugh J. Jones and J. $ Halcfo as the HalcrO mine, but a, thes lid DO work thereupOn wi bin the peiou required by law, it was jumped by the parties who af,erward Of it to the present pro prIetOrs.
 West of the Copper Queen lie the Copper King Copper Prince, Twi- Ugul, Daniel Webster, Payma-ter, Ho.comb and West Extension oi sfr-.5 5r5aEt