Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-04
COL. PICKETT IS BOOSTING
 THE TERRITORY
Says a Good Word for Arizona, Tombstone, BiSbee and Co., Chise County on Visit to Silver City.
lSnecial to The ReviewN

SILVER CITY. N. NJ, July B. Colonel H. L. Pickett, who came to Silver City some twenty-five years
 ago and who for more than Gifteen years of his residence here was one Of the most pTominnt citizens and
 lawyers of the territory of New Mex ico. arrived here on last Saturdays train and remained over until last evening. After leaving Silver City Colonel Pickett located in Salt Lake City and from thence went to Tomb i.stone. -Ariz., where he now lives and where he occupies a commanding po- sition. Colonel Pickett still retains valuable property interests in Silver City. He was warmly greeted by his many friends during his short stay. who were heartily glad to see him. Colonel Pickett is very enthusiastic concerning Tombstone in particular and Arizona in general and when
 asked with reference thereto had the following to say:
 ''The City of Tombstone is fast becoming what it was in the early l eighties. It is the most beautiful city ! in Arizona, with a population of twenty-five hundred to three thOus- and, lighted with both electricity and 1 gas. It's cosy homes, beautiful shade
 trees and its cold pure water brought i from the Huachuca mountains, thirty | five miles distant, makes it an ideal ! city. The old Tombstone mines. ia nous in the eighties for their pro i duCtiOn of forty millions of dollars. i are rapidly coming to the front again | as producers of the precious metals, and recently a large body e sul- ] phidI copper ore was GisCOv6Tat T 1 the Emerald mine at a lepth of mOre than nine hundred feet, which gives | assurance that the ore deposits are i permanent and extend to indefinite depth. The Tombstone Consolidated ! Mining company is working a large 1 force of miners, and practically own | all the mines at Tombstone. The l deepest workings are one thousand 1 feet and the company is still sinking, and while there is much water in the mines it is under control at the ] pumping capacity Of two million gal ] Ions every 'twenty-fOur hours. There ! is a branch railroad from Fairbank | to Tombstone. distant nine miles. i over which runs four trains a day each way The mining company has 1 in operation at Tombstone a two hun 1 d.ed ton cyanide plant in which is treated the low grade ores. the higher
 grade ores being shipped to Fl Paso l for treatment. Tn the near future 1 Tombstone will again be one of the ] greatest producing mining sections in Arizona. COchise county, of which l Tombstone is the county seat, is the most populOus and wealthy county in . Arizona. It paid nearly one tdiTd Of [ the entire taxes of the territory in 1907, or. to be more accurate, it was ! assessed for twenty millions Of the l seventy-seven millions, the total as ! Sessment of the territory. It has the 1 largest city of the territory, Bisbee, 1 located in the heart of the copper | section with a population Of seven ! teen thousand, and a pay roll of five I hundred thousand dollars per month. ! Also Douglas, the smelter city. with
 Ia population of eight thousand, and only six or seven years old. Here are 1 located the great copper smelters of ! the Copper Queen and the Calumet and Arizona companies that give em- i iployment to hundreds of men.
 ! But if you want to go to the best climate in the United States and
 drink the puTest water in the south
 west. brought from the snowy re-
 gions of the Huachuca mountains. and
 bask in the shade of the beautiful um-
 brella trees and see the greatest gold
 and silver mines in Arizona come to
 Tombstone.
 l CoIou5l Pickett is an ardent sd- tvOcGta of single statehood for Arizona as well as for New Mexico. and. 5The Independent understands, is be ing prominently mentioned n cOnnsc-
 tio with a United States senItoTship from the sister territory when admit ItGd to the Union.
 ! Colonel Pickett's New Me Xicau friends would heartily be glad to sec him so honored, recognizing his GbfE tiy and fitness.