Evening star., 1901-11-09
Tombstone After Fifteen Years Tor.
por Resumes Business.
HISTORY OF 4 GREAT Ore DEPOSIT
Has Yielded Thirty Millions in Five
Years.
QUARREL STOPPED WORK
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
TOMBSTONE, Ariz., November 3, 1901.
Early in the spring of 1878 a solitary
miner. Ed Schieffelin by name, travelled
by night and hid by day, he prospected
for mineral in the Mule mountains of south
eastern Arizona. In course of time he
struck the bed of Walnut gulch, in which
is a stream, dry on ordinary occasions, and
during the torrential storms carrying a
raging flood into the San Pedro river, which
in turn empties it's waters into the ella.
The Apaches were on the warpath in the
spring of 1878, and it was a brave thing
for a man to prospect at that time of the
year, when the Indians were always at
their very worst Schieffelin, however, be-
lieving that he was in country where he
was likely to find the wealth for which he
was looking, persisted in his prospecting,
undergoing many privations and in con-
stant danger of losing his scalp.
His persistence was rewarded far beyond
his expectations, for on the slope of the
Mule mountains, about half way between
the summit and the bed of Walnut gulch,
he discovered the outcropping of what
proved in time to be a great bed of ore
which gave Tombstone it's worldwide repu-
tation. He staked his claim and christaned
the camI. Why he chose the name of
Tombstone" no man seems to know. 1t
was probably but freak idea induced by
the fearsome surroundings and the fact
that the entire country is covered with en-
ormous boulderS which might we'll mark
the graves of the dead of mighty city.
Schieffelfn made his camp on the top of
hill about a mile from where he discover
ed mineral There he stayed while doing
his prospecting work, and there he was
buried at his own request when he died
less than five years ago. 1t is a noble site
for a burial place, and his friends built for
him. with plenty of material close at hand,
great monument of rough boulders, in
the face of which Is set a tablet bearing
the following inscription:
ED. SCHIEFFELIN,
Died May 18th 1897
Aged 40 years.
A dutiful son-A faithful husband-A kind
brother-A true friend.
1t was a simple inscription and might
well have been added to, for not only was
he good citizen. but he was also the dis
coverer of ledge of ore from which in the
six years from 1879 to 1885 thirty million
of dollars in gold and silver were taken
1t was this thirty million dollars which
made Tombstone famous, though it must
be admitted that the name of the camp.
unique and picturesque as it is, added
somewhat to the worldwide notoriety
achieved in so short time.
Soon a Busy Place.
few months after the discovery of gold
by Schieffelin the surrounding hills were
covered with miners and prospect holes
pockmarked the earth for miles around
The ore deposit was soon outlined how
ever. and work was concentrated within a
comparatively small area.
The ledge was free milling quartz which
required stamp mills to crush it so the free
gold could be extracted. Six mills were
built the San Pedro river about ten
miles away, and three mills were built in
the camp Itself Water was the great uues-
ton, but the enterprising miners con-