The Daily Tombstone., 1886-02-22
A Brief Review of the Mines In This District and
 in Bisbee.
Our Regular Weekly Report, Which Will Re Found Correct i'm Every
 Particular.

stone, when the town was crowded with mining sharps, when mining claims were located and sold the same day, when incorporation followed in corporation with never-ceasing rapid ity, this camp has suffered many Q reverse; but through it all Tombstone has always been and always will long continue to be the great mining camp of Arizona. The area covered by the known mineralized ground is very large, and much of it in locator's hands turned out worthless is now yielding good wages to the hardy and persevering chlorider, who having given up the idea of making "big stake" on his claim, has set down to work, taken out and assorted his ore, and with regular shipments to the smelter, is in surer way to "pan out" than eyer before.
 Our hard times have created these chloriders and helped them along wonderfully. The great mines on the hill and elsewhere employ goodly number of men, and without doubt, Tombstone is grounded on 3 surer foundation than it ever was. Num- bers of the claims owned by these evanescent companies have been pat ented and lie idle, which were they worked, would add to our bullion out put.
 What is wanted here are greater and cheaper facilities for working our ores, and as it is now an admitted fact that the bulk of these ores re- quires slnelters, the company who starts customs smelter would cause more mining to be done and increase prosperity.
 Why should we not carry out whaC Tucson has go often talked about and have q cooperative smelter? Charge fair price for smelling, and give the miner the utmost possible price for his ore Avoid transportation charges, patronize home industry and buy home ore? As is well known, there is lots of lead and manganese ore in many of the mining claims close to town which carry $40 to $6O per ton, coke is cheaper than ever, and wages are as low as they can be.
 GRAND CENTRAL.
 The past two months, during which the pumps have been stopped, has been no idle time at this mine. Much development work has been carried on, and many arrangements which ingenuity could suggest have been perfected for the future. The water question has been more thoroughly understood, and the result proves that the water formerly pumped from the mine filtered through and passed back again, causing double and end less work. To-day the water in the mine is twenty-three feet less thGn it was when the pumps started, and is rising at very much diminished speed than formerly.
 Shipments of ore continue daily to the mill, both from this and the
 EMERALD. MINE,
 where work on the lowest levels is regularly going on. The ore from this mine is very pockety, some rich punches being often met with, but the average of which is somewhat over $35per ton.
 CONTENTION.
 This mine, which is said to have been the best of the dividend-paying properties, still employs q small num- Der of men. Work can be resumed at the same time the Grand Central signals that she is ready. The Con- tention is one of the mines that has large reserve of low-grade ore waiting to be utilized as soon as the facilities for working it are ready.