Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-10
EARLY DAYS IN BISBEE
DISCOVERED BY GEO. WARREN AND LOST IN A HORSE RACE
 YEARS AGO.
piscoverer of Warren Dlctrict Wager cd His Claims Against $foo That He Could Beat George Atkins' Pony and Lost.

Little by little, like the lingering
 drops of molten gold from the mint
 mans dipper, the sacred and juicy -pId pioneer history of Arizona is put on record
 This story has been told in some
 form over and over, but the exact
 facts in regard to the manner in which
 George Warren parted with the orig
 nal Copper Queen mine may be told
 again.
 Two years ago succeeded in find ing the humble resting place of the father of the Warren district, and
 Photographer Humphries repaired to
 the spot with me and took view of
 it. which recently appeared in the
 Bisbee Miner. A movement was at one time set in motion and liberally
 subscribed to to erect modest monu-
 ment and a fountain in the heart of
 Bisbee to the memory of George War
 ren, and substantially to the memory
 of the grand old fighting days. but 1t
 fell through. through sheer neglect,
 and the little weather beaten board,
 marked "G. w., 24," alone marks the
 place in the Lowell cemetery where
 George Warren laid down his burden.
 Twenty-seyen years ago the ap-
 preaching Fourth of July, something
 significant to the present. and to all
 subsequent generations, occurred on
 the banks of the San Pedro. Charls-
 ton, the mouldering walls of which
 are contemplated with reverence by the lover of pioneer lore as glimpsss of them are caught through the in- terstices of the mesquite foliage, was a turbulant, seething pioneer camp. Tombstone was in her glory, the mills were on the river, and the town of Charlston congratulated itself that 'dobe walls were practically bullet proof Jerry Barton was central figure, and it must have been great, could We reel back the time and min gle in those old associations
 The spirit of patriotism was ram pant, the fluid that puts rollers under
 the most sedate was flowing as free V as the turbuiant waves of the rush ing San Pedro after a cloudburst. Among the attractions on that mem
 orable day was Q race. Now. every man is a born sport. He would "bet lis pile" on anything from a duel to l the death between pair of gray backs 70 a pitched battle. George Warren Ado NuSIt- bGCISG MOuiu CFllhy anu is conceded by all the past masters T the ethics of inebriety that the man who drinks at all will sometimes drink too much George was no exception. His courage and his good opinion of | himself were the first factors in his netaphysical makeup to become stim-
 ulated. ...-- .-. .-.. . George had 10 money, but he owned he original Copper Queen claims. He l lad seen the green carbonates stand | ng out of the ground as with his long | Eared servants he had packed pre- sious provisions through the passes of l the Mule mountains He had seen the urking Apache, shrinking into the 1 shade of the great iron reefs, He had l located these claims, he knew not
 why. for pr0spectors those days hon I pred copper not with a second glance, | yet it occurred to him that some l sweet day copper might be valuable. ,. Now, George Atkins wagereG Geo. l Warren enc hundred dollars cash l against the Copper Queen claims that | Atkins had a pony which could run | fifty yards, turn a stake and return to the starting point before Warren could Go the same act. Warren ac- l cepted. He was drunk, they got him
 drurker; the race came of, George Warren fell down. He promptly signed over his rights in the Copper Queen claims. The grantee sold the property to Ballard & Martin, of San | Francisco. who cleaned up q neat lit
 tie fortune, and then conveyed the
 property to the Phelps-Dodge combi-
 nation.
 1 And that was really the birth of the great camp of Bisbee.
 | Let Douglas do herself proud on the approaching occasion, ,and determine
 if she cannot set a mile post in the | history of Arizona and of this fair
 young city. FRANK ALLEY,