The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-03-20
A Now Deal.

Until the opening of the Tomb. stone camp mining in Arizona was prosecuted in an ignorant, unsyste' mat,c and spasrnodic fashion. We speak generally, for we can call to mind few bright exceptions. The Tip Top in our own county, the Sil- yer King in .Pinal, and Castle Dome in Yuma, are examples of what knowledge, experience and good management can accomplish. They flash out like beacon lights over the wrecks caused by incompetency and ignorance. The men who essayed the opening of mines and the run. ming of reduction works in thls coun- try for the past twenty years, were either theorists fresh from the schools or "miners" whose "practical" expe. rience has been gained by assiduous prospecting in the depths and sinu' osities of the mining b,ards of Calh fornia street.
 They came, heralded by a loud flourish of trumpe S; they secured control of some good properties and sanguine Arizonans were jubilant. When it was known that the great Prof. Stoughtenbotle, of Pumper- nickle, or the noted mining operator, De Bike Smith, was going to take hold of the famous "Gila Monster" mine, old Arizonans slapped each other on the shoulder and rejoiced that the country was coming out "next season." sure. But, alas, their hopes were only raised to be blasted. Tn short time it was discovered that the great Professor was no better than his name would imply, while the brilliant "operator" fully sus- tained h's former reputation. The Professor couldn't tell chloride from calc spar, and swearing there was "nothing in it," returned to his con- genial haunt, in the purlieus of Pau per alley. Merchants were defraud- ed, miners were cheated out of thelr hard earnings, and the country got another black eye.
 That this picture is not oyerdrawn, old residents will aver, and that this has been our long and bitter expe- rience cannot be denied. And yet, some of the very best mines to day in this territory are among the num- Der which have suffered from the ig norance and knavery of so.called mining men. And the most remark, able thing in connection with it is, how monied men of ordinary busi- ness capacity could entrust to such class the management of their affairs. But the fact remains chat hundreds of thousands of dollars were squsn- dered in this territory, ih times past, by parties whose knowledge of mines and inning was about equal to a Hottentot's conception of the origin of species.
 But new deal has been made, and mining in Arizona is now being con ducted in a legitimate, honest and systematic manner. Meh of brains and thorough experience have given place to the fools and frauds, who so long have-to use sporting phrase -cold-decked the country. Tomb stone has set the example, and it is spreading over the whole territory. Recent sales made in Yavapai, and others which are soon to follow, in- dicate that the right kind of men are at last getting hold of ou, mines. When they fall into such hands the result cannot be doubtful. Success and not failure shall henceforth be the order of the day, and many property now lying idle will soon, under the quickening impulse of careful management, and an honest administration, become steady bullion producers.