Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1889-01-10
EssE SgssY DISTRICT.

licrald-has been TO the new digging4
ana sends the following report to bis
paper which We reprint, knowing il
Will be of interest TO the public:
As re .uested send you a few lines
on the prospects of the new camp It
this point, the west end of the Harqua
Halla mountains.
The biz strike made by Harry Wat
ton, Bob Stein and Mike Sullivan is of
course the leading topic and the Mecca
OF all who come here. The gentlemen
who own them treat every one royalty
and show ali the bonanza, explaining
the whole situation, and in the case of
yeur correspondent winding up with
an invitation To dinner, which was
duly appreciated. The principal veins
OF rich gold ore is Of Il rosy red and
iron stained character, il many places
wholly decompOsci. The quartz is
very lively in character and seems To
cross very strong dyke Of lime and
quartzi'e that IS perhaps $50 to coo
!cet wide and extends across The couu-
Try fifteen or twenty miles. This dyke
Is walled by periphery and sha.c Of a
character much like slate. Lying in
the dyke are number OF veins or de
posts Of sand carbo2&tcs that 20 far as
tested siyc $40 10 SO each, gold and
silver though some tests are reported
TO run as high rs $1,000 OF the car
Donates. OF The quartz veins ASSAYS
run from 5000 to several thousand, in
fac! many sacks of quartz are full Of
free gold and many pieces Of rock and
nuggets that beyond question are 50
great in percentage 81 the yellow metal
that ordinary ASSAYS would not be the
correct thing but rather by the mint
system OF so much an ounce
There l. no question that the i'm
portance and extent OF this strike are
fully up to the best report. and from
the opinion OF those qualified to Judge, !
there is extracted and sacked i'll mug
gets and vein gold from $4,000 to
$4,000. To illustrate the richness OF
the claims, all who visit the Gold Hill /
claim spend little spare time looking !
ior pocket pieces which are rounded /
pebbles OF black quartz with vein gold |
running through it, if rot large or rich !
they Will do for memcntos. Your cor |
respondent mas very fine one. All |
this seems fabulous but is here TO be |
seen, and reminds ono of the silver
nuggets OF Richmond Basin where l
many thousand dollars in value of ST. /
yer were found III nuggets in a pure
state.
OF course there are many old loca-
lions including the Centennial group, |
several properties owned by Goldman
K Co, DGrghcr and other FHconicians
but the: ali seem to De located north I
of the bonanza lead or dyke The ca
bonale ores 81 this camp will be Of
great value 10 reduce, the Cry ores OF /
the vicinity OF PhcniE seem 10 exist /
here in great abundance, SO easy DO |
they mill that j; is ;he common test to
run them Govn in a frying pan Oh the |
camp fire.
There are now here about forty or
fifty people but no store, restaurant or
saloon, yet every day outfits arrive
from every direction which have been
delayed by the soft roads incident to
the storm. The best road from Phe !
nix Is by the Buckeye, upper ella Bend !
and Mullins Well for light rigs though |!
not well enough beaten for freight. |
The distance is about l0j miles; this |
might he shortened fully - or 20 miles |
and sholld be done to save Phenix the |
trade.