Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-15
AS OTHERS SEE US

DuIHlnS ol US pumping pldHls, ana TOT many years it lived only in the pas,
 but was spoken of with reverence and regret by miners in almost every camp on earth. However, Tombstone has been revived by Messrs Murphy
 and Gage. who wield a golden wand.
 They have commanded that the mines
 be unwatered, and they are un-
 watered; that shafts be sunk and mills
 be erected, and these also will apear.
 not in night, perhaps, but in short
 time, and then Tombstone, as of old,
 will proudly take her place a. the head
 of the great procession of producers of precious metals. In early days Tomb
 stone produced $40 1000 900. and would
 have doubled that amount many times
 ere this had the mine owners been able
 to agree on plan for handling the waI
 ter of the mines. Mir. Gage was one
 of Tombs;one's pioneers, and during it's
 years of idlenss he was busy on plans for the consolidation of interests which would throw the principal properties under one management It was al- most a life's work, but he succeeded, and is TOW in charge of the enterprise. The pumps are now lifting 2.150.000 gallons of water per day. no.her pump will be put in when the S0G-level is reacheI and still another at the 1000- foot level. which will solve the water
 problem. All of the old shafts are
 being cleaned out and retimbered. tedious but necessary labor in reviv- ing the old camp. With the building of the first railroad, which reached there last April, dawned the brightest day in the history of the old camp. Three cars of ore per day are now be- ing shipped to Fl Paso smelters, much of which comes from old dumps of by gone days, which then would not pay to work. but now yield handsome re- turns. About two hundred and fifty
 men are employed by the company,
 and the force is being increased as
 rapidly as places can be found them.
 But it will take time to put Tombstone
 on her feet again, and while she may
 never see the hurrah days of old, her
 future is rosy with promise. and can
 not long be delayed. When the new company commenced operations TomE- stone was like neglected grave yard. In fact the town was what its name
 implied, a monument to the departed
 But that has changed. The popula-
 ton has increased from a few hundreI
 to about two thousand Its situation
 is ideal, and it's climate is almost
 without an equal on the continent.
 .t,
 makes one feel that ii is good to be alive. The Tombstone water is the best and purest in the world. but that does not seem to be a source of pride to the average citizen. as they are eco
 nomical in the use of water as ber- craze.
 The oldtimers are coming back to Tombstone. Ben Goodrich, one Of the brightest and best lawyers in the west. has returned. and as for Judge Upon, well. he claims never to have left. ex- cept on temporary trips to Mexico, Central or South America. which were
 sometimes unduly prolonged. Judge Riley and Allen English. noted shin ing lights of the legal profession, as mater of fact. never did leave the town. They remained c0ntinuously and time dealt kindly with them, and they have each called the right num- Der on the wheel of fortune, but they
 are the same old boys of long ago.
 Mir Riley came to Arizona in 1847.
 but is still frisky and full of fun. Billy
 King, who before assuming family l cares was a gay and careless COW 1 puncher. is one of Tombstone's solid men. and has had honors thrust upon him. but he is still Billy to his | friends Johnny Specht, who is known in sporting circles from the | City of Mexico to Nome. is the pro-
 prietor of the Crystal Palace, which IS
 not excelled by anything anywhere. | not even in Clifton. The Tombstone ] Prospector, which has ever remained a daily, recently shock off it's robes of | ashes. and now apears in beautiful | raiment rehecting the tints of the rain | bow and scintilating with bright gems l of thought. It is under the able man agement Of Will Hatich. George | Washington Mcfarland is still stick
 ing type on the Prospec-or as he was | twenty-five years ago. but his wit, sar- casm and pathos can be traced through
 the columns of the paper. G. Wash i is known to every prOspector in Ari- zona. He has visited them in their | tents. and paTtaken freely of their i beans and bacon. and when they visit Tombstone they need no invitation to 1 sleep on the Brussels Of the sanctum,
 and Mes cocktail route" is always at their disposal. In fact Nc hasn't any
 use for it any more. for he has re- formed but keps in touch with it for
 old times sake and for the accommn- | dation of friends.