Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-10-07
WEEKLY MINING REVIEW.

There is nothing absolutely new to re. port this week. The outlook is encourag- ing, but that is not new, as we have chron- lcled nothing but cheering news for months past. There is more work being done in Tombstone district at present than ot any time within its history. Assess. ment woik is being done, development is continued and the great producing mlnes ! are turning out bullion as usual. There were never so many miners employed in the dist,ict, and while we cannot encour- age miners intending to come here in pur. suit of work, still there are very few habit ual underground delivers to be found oul "f employment in the city,. This is, per- haps, the best gauge to go by in approxi- mating the amount of work being done in the emp. By inference to our d, tailed report published below, it will be seen lhit the bullion output nf last month, SO far as report d, has mere ased. This is nota- bly so n the Cont ntion and Head Center. The old reliable Grand Gent al is sti'l near 'he front, though correc' figures as !e' can nh be obtained. The utilization of man. ganese a, ilux in the smeIteI of the T. M. & M. Co, at Charleston, is something of vast importance to the dstr ct. Nearly all manganese ore carries more or less sil- yer which, under the new process, can al, m ,st all be saved, besides relieving smelt- ing companies of the expense of freighing ir,n ore. The quantity of manganese ore Iaying as was,e on the different dumps in this district is large, and under the new idea, can be made profitable Taking il all in all, the prospects of the camp were never brighter, and the coolest-headed men in the district mad never moe faith in its perpetuity
 T. NJ. & M. co.
 Incline No. in the Goodenough is oking very well. The West Side is al,u showing up extremely well Drifts have been started north aad south on the third level, and some very nice ore was encoun- tered in the soutl. drift a few days ago The stopes are looking as well as ever, and producing the usual amount of ore. During the week road was mpeted from the Wedge to the Lucky Cuss, in order 10 ia. cilit te the transportation of ore 10 ih smeltrr. Twelve men are employed at the Lucky Cuss extracting manganese ore. The furnace at Charleston is ranning along very satisfactorily, though not ar its full capacity, The successful introduction ol manganese as tluX has somewhat elated the man g, Is, and justly 90, a, it is most important discovery for the camp. Mr. Rhodes, the assistant suprrint ndent of tle Tombstone company, recently fund some valuable manganese ore on the dump of the had turned one side as waste. There is any quantity of ,h tt kind of ore in that locality that becomes quite qaluable in view of the recent discovery.
 EMPIRE.
 Started work on the 300 level, and drift ing north aud south. Drifts looking very we'll. All work being done is in the nature of explorations. w .rk continued on the 4, 0 and 450 levels. The mine is in excel lent condition. Only one shift working
 HEAD CENTER.
 Still stoping between the first and ,hird levels and taking out the usual quan. tity of ore. Timberlng somewhat ex- trnsively on the second level. The prospect, are very favorable for some ore in the north end. The bullion shipments for the month of September amounted to $25,191
 CONTENTION.
 Taking ont the usual amount of ore. The winze from the GOO level, struck a strong stream of water a few days ago. Wing. in very fair body of ore, when water commenced to flow. Cannot pro ceed further with winze until pumping machinery is erected. All twenty stamps of the Girarj mill at work on Contention, second class. Willprob bly finish milling second class this month. The bullion shipments for the month of September amounted to $l51 200.
 GRAND CENTRAL
 Everything running along about as usual, The drifts in the 600 level are making good progress, and show good in- dicaiions of ore, but nothing has been struck as ye, ho scver. The slopes all through the mine are looking good, and producing the usual amount ot ore. The exact figures of the bullion product of last month have mt been received as yet, but will exceed $100,000.
 TRANQUILITY.
 Working along as usual. The new hoist ng machinery is working admirably. Hoistng several tons of ore daily, but have shipped none to the mill for the Is week. Will resume milling ore in few days.
 INGERsoLL.
 Stoping out large quart ties of ore be- tween the first and SC cond levels, Started t) sink winze from the second level now down twelve feet in s'lid body of good ore. Timberlng the main incline and pre- p uing to l'y track. Still pushing the west drift m the S0foot level. The fol- lowing assays were taken by the assayer | f th,, Girnrl n,;tl fr n+