Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-02-04
The Tortillta Mines.

Much uLnecessary disturbance bss been orca, d iu New York by the con tending factions, over t3e iCrtiilts rliues Of ArIZJrB. The Star ss tne chanploY, and the Herald as opp nent, have given vast amOuut Oi publicity to caars,s aud counter ChsTyeF; the one asserting aud tho other hatiy contra dIctIuz the value of tb!s now noted prOper,y.
 Without entering upon the details. Q tFIef summary will sutice Co explain the nature Of this Much Ado About Nothing" During 1897 the TOrtilIta mine5 were eUid tO @ New York syT Tdl- cate, sui the stock Cffo ed Tor sale ln the market on blsis of Sl OOO,O1O. In July she Star pu: lished elrugthy article on the eubiect giving the facts then suC- mIited, and fciio oEed II up with Gener- Ou- supDor: of the enterprise. Its rep Tesentailve is sad to' have sxsmlned tbe property and fully satisfied himself, after careful ,xamInasiOn, that Sl5OOOO iu BuiliOn taken from the ores had been -hipped sn the Bank of CslifOrnIa. Upon the reports given. the SrSr commended the mins- to public confidence. There upon, ss as natural consequence, the stock began to boom. In October the New York Herald publi he'd two col umn article by one of is staff cores pondents, Mr. Ralph Miller. and @ re- port Ot the same length DJ Gen. Hal Saver, O' :his cit', whO WAS tmPloy ed by the Herald Co mske tue examination. Both we're uaravOrsUle The Star re- joined and the Heral1 reiterated until the war becsme hot and windy and has continu d with more or less yirulence to the present time.
 The Review, not becoming interested in th, controversy, but desiring 10 as- certain ,he truth, wrote Co number Ct persOnsl friends ln TuceUn, askIng their candid iudgmeUt of the mines ID ques- tion. The following replies indi ate that tbere has been considerable mis,epre- sen 's;io1 on both =ides, Al the request Cf tHe writers. their names are suppres- sed, but all sr, prOmInent citizens and sneak tservativelv.
 Tho ir-r, dated January lst, replies as follows:
 ..,"I will statc shat ] Lave been sRrpr;s- td st ,.e notice the Tcrtilli,s mines nave attracted recently, and more sur priced at the unfGyOTsble comments. l uave never been 10 the camp, but for seversi years we have looked uIOn # as cue O, the bet ID ues n this vicinity. The superintendent is B sober, earnest clau and It has been frequently remark ed that he attended tO hls business {, ,ric.ly. From the fact that the mines hay paid with the very small plant e -.smp-) for several years, Y Is reasOne- b @ tO suCpCs- that viih proper rRchm ery, theg could be made Co pay largely.
 .'RaplyIug mlss directly { your query, | e To- -Idered here good, sGd the coEplDy legitimate. l have Dever heard them unfsvJ.sHiy spoken uf in thIs section"
 The mex; c1--g-p2i dent Uritr- as fol- lows, -pea king Q; -s Fcsf;ila miass:
 "Itey sre uut E i-nri Dy a. rasnDsr O! uesu-. bat s-e far from being up to the standard. : notice on effort is being made Co tst-5 ish for them z rePutstI rlgal.iux that. of the old en.s-oee. of Sevals, and all tEst sort Oi stgff. The truth l. that they pay theIr way nicely snd lI;tls more, aUd with increased mi.hug capacity would do, probably, very much better. They make a fine 7tcwiEy, but are net up 70 the represen- ..tIous oi ;EeIr merits, nor GO they de serve the severe criticism made by ME S-yr.'
 TLc third eu5mlts this brief testi- mOny:
 "gbs mines you mention l know but 1 very iI.r!s sb ut. Ih-y age situated | about tlir'y n'l.s from Tucson, 10 a ! -, ctioc Cf c0unfry which I D vs- vI-i,cd. ! ! kuo=. ECgev-r, tLet regular uontrly ! shipments cG bullion have been mad, i the pra5gc, Of tive stamp uIIli, ,tF n ;lis 1 group pf mines, covering h period of tW.. srd rroOI Ibly three years.' SCNuABT; IL iz evident from the fore going tha: ths TOrtiliIta mines have "A suts snti-l value. The fact seems to be well established that they have produced c rs degsb.e bullion, probably the l mount clsimed-SlJ0,O00- the result | Oi ml'Ing with s very small concern of rnls five stamps AS to the strength O. ,he v-in or veins. and The average value nf ths ore, uOihiCG Is said. The people | of Tucson appear Co consider the groups fsvOrf ply from the facts which have { come tO their kuOwledEe. We Rssnme. ! that Ike a greHt many mining scheme, Jt has been fl 5rIdly colored in it's pros psctus, with s view of the rapid sale Of the stock FiDs ly, that the cOlorirg i matter lu th.s case, as ID the majority, l b~s been tuTDi-hed by the Nev York 1 ''prCm0te-s" and not by reputable ci';- zens of A'izlEa, who seem to take it ss a severe reelection upon legitimate min jug there and elsewhere, and they are crrrer,.-DeEv MiuIUg & Scientific | C vi44.