Tombstone epitaph., 1908-07-19
PICKETT INTERVIEWED
The Colonel Tells of Tombstone and
 COchise County Operations
Silver City, \. M., Independent

Silver City, \. M., IEdepe pendent IColonel H. l.. Pickett who came ID ISiher City some i've nty.five years lagO and who for more than fifteen years of his residence here. was one ! Of the most prominent citizens and | lawyers Of the territory of New Mex leo. arrived here on last Saturdays ltrain and remained over until last Ieyeuigg. After leaving Silver City Colonel Pickett located in Salt Lake ICity and from thence went Tomb stone, AriZ., where he now lives and where he occupies commanding pO-
 sitiOn. Colonel Pickett still retains valuable property interests in Silver lCity. lie 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 fol- Q lowing 10 say:
 p The City of Tombstone is fast be- coming what it was in the early eighties. it is the most beautiful e city in Arizona. with a population of c twenty-five hundred to three thous-
 land lighted with both electricity and > gaS. It's cosy homes, beautiful shade n trees and is cold pure water brought
 from the Huachuca mountains thirty
 Hive miles distant, makes it an ideal O lefty The old Tombstone mines, fa- l. lmous in the eighties for their pro 10 3uctipa of forty millions Of dOlla s.
 are rapidly coming to the front again Ie IS producers Of the precious metals. ,e and recently a large body of sul-
 lI
 the Emerald mine at a depth of more
 than nine hundred feet which gives
 Assurance that the ore deposits are
 lpermaueut and extend 10 indefinite
 ideIth The Tombstone Consolidated
 Mining company is working a large
 force Of miners and practically own all .ir the mines at IOmbSOne. The dee pest
 workings are on. thousand feet and
 the company is stil! sinking, and
 Hhile there is much water in the
 lmiues i- is under control at the n, pumping capacity of two million gal
 Ions every twenty-four hours. There e. Is a branch railroad from Fairbanh ed 70 Tombsto distant nine miles lover which runs four trains a day
 each way The mining company has to in operation at Tombstone a two hun Dle dred ton cyanide plant. in which il Co.
 grade ore being shipped 10 Fl Pas' ed, for treatment. In the near futur, ,irl Tombstone will again be one of ta' = greatest producing mining sections II a' Arizona. Coclise county of whic Tor Tombstone is the county seat is th' s 9 most populous and wealthy county .I
 Arizona. It paid nearly One-third o '" the entire taxes of the territory il ,th 1907 or. To be more accurate. it wa ich as.-ssed for twenty millions of tn
 seyenty-seyen millions. the total as 'N' sessmeut of the territory. It has tn ng largest city Of the territory. Bisbee icb located in the heart of the cOppe
 section with a population of sever Eu teen thousand. and a pay roll Of fly ral hundred thousand dollars per montE hi. Also Douglas. the smelter city. wit
 a population of eight thousand an
 only siX or seven years old Here ar ore located the great copper smelters O .ba the Copper Queen and Calumet an ,, Arizona companies that give CT lie ployment to hundreds Of men. er- But if you want 10 go to the bes ,., climate in the United States an
 drink the purest water in the soutf 'nd west, brought from the snowy r, lile gions of the Huachuca mountains, an
 bask in the shade of the beautiful umbrella trees and see the greates Is gold and silver mines in Arizona tn. come to Tombstone
 ;o, Colonel Pickett is an ardent aG
 vOcate of single statehood for Ari :n zona as well as for New Mexico anC og- The Independent understands. is be o ling prominently mentioned in connec
 ton with a United States senatorSni leT from the sister territory when admit m- ted 10 the Union.
 D, Colonel Picketts New Mexican '" friends would heartily be glad to se' him so honored, recognizing his abil Ter ity and fitness.