Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-06-24
THE TOMBSTONE EXHIBIT.
An Array of Ore specimens at the
 COmmjssiOner's Ofiice


 Yesterday evening an EpITAPn reporter
 took trip through the specimens of orc
 SO far collected in the Commissioner
 office. We venture the prediction that no
 mineral district in the Union will have
 such liberal evidence of its mineral
 wealth and richness. As yet the cabinet
 is far from being completed, but is being
 added to daily, and there is hardly doubt
 but by the time it will be necessary to
 start to the exposition nearly every claim
 Tn the district will be represented Mir.
 Sorin is tireless in his efforts to collect
 specimens, and his energy Is being re
 warded with success.
 The following is u partial list of the
 mines so far represented: The Tombstone
 M. and NJ. Company comprising the | Toughnut, Good Enough, West Side,
 Lucky Cuss, Owls Last Hoot and Owls l Nest, have splendid exhibit. From the 1 West Side there is specimen assaying
 3oS ounces in gold and 3,3391S ounces in silver, and another yielding PISS ounces
 in gold and 2,905.7 ounces in silver. Some Way Up specimens of grey carbonate from
 the dump, that may be called fair aver age, give 1895 in silver with liberal trace of gold. From the same dump there
 are specimens of brown and grey chlorides | combined, carrying l2.30 gold and 325.Sl silver. A fair average of the Way Up
 dump will assay 386.70.
 The lngersoll has also fine display Some large chunks of rock taken irregu- | larly from the face of the recent strike for ! a distance of five feet, will assay 200 | ounces in silver. Several five specimens of yellow chloride, are also on exhibition, | showing a respectable amount of gold and | I'll 44-100 in silver. Some specimens of green chloride, copper-stained, can also be seen that are not only attractive to the eye but worth several hundred dollars per ton. Some specimens of brown carbonate
 and yellow chloride can also be seen that
 assay 532 55-1O0 in silver.
 The Empire exhibit lies by the side of the Ingersoll, and makes'a very creditable | showing. A specimen taken out ASA feet from the surface will assay 2S per cent lead, 36.76 in gold and 63.9 in silver. A | ninety-poune specimen shows 56G6 gold 1 and 119.S5 silver. A specimen of green chloride from the 400-foot level gives 2l.7 in gold and 377.9 in silver Another fair sized chunk of ore taken from the 400 foot level assays 226S5 in gold and 1977.- i S5 in silver making total of 21S094 A specimen from the Bronco gives 58 per cent lead, d trace of gold and 1S4.37 in sil yer. The Eden Lass is represented by q specimen, assaying 1875 in silver. From the Dwarf, near the Bradshaw, there is specimen giving 2.07 in gold and 1851 in silver. The Sunset is represented by a specimen of green chloride and horn sill yer assaying 1S8S9 in silver. From the same mine there is specimen containing bor,, e;1var bot will aocou TdS %
 The Luck Sue makes very good show ing. This claim is stripped on the surface for 400 feet, and fair average assay pick ed out from the length will assay 259.10. A sample taken from five specimens of the Lena Consolidated, assays 363.63 Mr.. Sorin ,has also many fine samples and specimens of ore from Turquols, Huachu- ca, Lone Star and Chiriahua. Thirty fine mines in this district are engaged Tn preparing their exhibit, and it is expected that it will be on exhibition in few days
 Some fine specimens of fire clay from the northwest shaft of the Toughnut is also on exhibition. Fifteen of the district mines are so far represented and among those actually engaged in preparing specimens Tranquility, Sulphuret, Cincinnati and oth- CTS Ol tuc laiSc PiO"uSoiS' WV iSoih honi
 Mir. Sorin that the managers of the exposi
 tion are not crowding Arizona, so far as space is concerned. The exhibit
 will be displayed on tables, 30x63 inches
 in base, eight inches in front and eighteen inches in the back. He has already or dered the tables at Denver. They will be of ash top and pine bottom and back, with yale locks, and two glasses on top 30x2S Each specimen will be set by itself on a paper tray. The tables will be arranged
 in little groups, with interstices between to admit of spectators walking around them. It is also calculated to take some samples of ore from the bins, which will be placed in glass jars, so that spectators can see the ore as it goes to the mill
 Some very line ore will also be placed in glass tubes about an inch in diameter, for the curious to more particularly examine. The commissioner.general will provide 2 book in which the district commissioners are expected to enter minute description of every property from which they have ore specimens. The affair is being ably managed, and we have no doubt but Ari. zona will come out of the great exposition with flying colors. It is, however, matt ter of great necessity that every man own ing or managing mining claim in the district should hasten to supply the district commissioner with specimens of ore. There is not much time to loose now, and every mine and prospect in the district should "e represented.