The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04

mining engineers and mining men, and it is a matter of record that over thirty millions in times past were extracted from its reservoirs of silver and gold. Floods, fires and disputes caused an utter disruption of things in this once famous district and rack and ruin fol- lowed. With consolidated interests, one of the biggest pumping plants in the country unfiooding the mines atthe rate of nearly four million gallons per day; shafts going down as the water reCedes, and now down below the eight hundred foot level, drifts, crOss-cut- tings and tunnels showing in ore, eve rything looks well for Tombstone. A railroad now runs to the doors of it's I mines and has put the town within 1 easy reach of the traveller who can visit one of the most delightfully."- situ- | ated camps for air, scenery and grow ing business in the territory. Tomb stone is situated on a mesa about 5000 feet high and is said to have one of the most delightful climates in the world Judging from the rosy cheeks of the children, who are trotted out for in- spection as usual, it must be in about as healthful an atmosphere as could be desired. Passing on through the San Pedro valley, irrigated by arte- sian wells. the soil shows that it can produce something besides rocks and minerals. When the San Pedro river is damned, as the government is going to dam it, it is thought wells will not Glave to be resorted to-
 1 TUCSON AND PHOENIX. { 1 Tucson and Phoenix are model cities of ten to twelve thousand population each. Fine streets, business houses and public buildings and parks have a thriving look. The temperature is high, 80 to 90, but the air delightful and invigorating in these towns. The palms and tropcal foliage growing in
 the streets and in the yards of private residences give tropical air to the neighborhood, and 1t is common to see ! hammocks and beds on the verandas ! and porches. Many people sleep out of ' doors, especially during the warm sea- son. People with weak lungs often obtain a new lease of life in this cli- mate.
 Time and space will not permit a comprehensive description of either of these towns, but they are thriving, en- 1 terprising American cities thatdo cred 1t to the business, intellectual and in | telligent enterprise of the country. 1 The University of the territory at Tue 1 son is an institution comprising more l than a dozen substantial buildings. It J is the territorial school of mines and
 teaches not only the academic branch es, but mining engineering, laboratory 1 work and practical farming. The In 1 dian schools were also an object of 1 much interest; many hundreds of pu- \ pills obtaining instruction here which enables them to follow in the steps of their intelligent white brethren. At | Phoenix wonderful business develop 1 ment and progress is shown, educa- tiOnal features are of the best, farms are immense and everything belonging to semi-tropical and temperate zones fourishes. A thousand acres in or anges few miles from the city, at double the price of the Californian, fairly represents the conditions in the l lines of fruit and vegetables. Three hundred crates of canteloupes that beat
 Rocky Fords, off one acre, is the boast of one farmer here. The ostrich farms, cattle and sheep ranches also are important institutions. Irrigation l is the keynote to the success of this town and with it everything flourishes most luxuriantly.
 THE RICH MINES OF PRESCOTT. Prescott is practically a mining l town, receiving it's support from many mines in its vicinity. Everything is substantial, neat and attractive. Fine l roomy stores, handsome public build ings and private club which surpass- l es many an institution considered up- to-date in the East. In the vicinity of Prescott are many celebrated mines. l The Vulture mine, one of the richest gold mines ever worked in Arizona, l produced several millions before cav- ing in at the 400 foot level. Nuggets as l large as a mans hand were carried l under guard to California, and at one 1 time it is said were the medium of ex- change in Arizona. It is said that it 1 will be reopened and worked again. ] Then there are the Poland mines,
 where recently has been completed one 1 of the most heroic engineering enter prises, The Poland tunnel, as it is called, runs for over eight thousand feet clear through mountain, con- meeting one mining district with an-. other, and in the path cuts through many known veins of rich ore, which
 are at the present time being concen- trated at it's 20 stamp mill, soon to be 40.
 THE BRADSHAW DISTRICT.
 But few miles distant is the fa- mous Bradshaw district, where seven hundred thousand dollars has been taken out simply from the surface work. A tortuous, but astounding and picturesque ride, affording views al-
 most equal to those of the Grand Can yon, is taken to the summit of Brad shaw mountain, where are what are known as the Crown King mines In
 making the ascent ten switch-backs
 can be counted and the engineering feats accomplished simply astonish the weary mind, .