Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-19

Richard Gird. in his story of the dis. oovery of Tombstone. like most others made errors. Whether it was done in- tentionally l do not know. He should have been sure that he was right be- fore he commenced his story History should be correct in all particulars as far as can be established. Dick Gmd, think was furnishing a story 10 please himself. or in other words. he was the big '1' and the other fellow the little "U."
 Note the following.
 Pima County Records. Book B--Gas Transcribed Records Bool; 1-I02
 Notice Is hereby that l. the under signed. have located and do claim 05sn fifteen hundred feet on this lode or ledge ni mineral bearing quartz. commeneing at this notice and running d5gO fifteen hundred feet In southwesterly direction to monument together with 1ll dips. angles and spurs. Also i9sl three hun dred feet on either side for working pur- poses This shall he known as the Tomb stone Mine. and Is located as follows:
 About 4 i-2l for and oue-half miles in a northeasterly direction from the Bron- co Mine and about gl four and about d-F ene-fourth mile from the foot of a low range of hills that runs from the northwest end Of the Mule Mountains in q northwesterly direction to within about two miles Of the east bank Of the san Pedro River.
 August 1st IS71. Pima County A T.
 Filed and recorded at rcqnest Of ". F. Griffith. Sep; ad 4. n. iSs7 at F min
 SIDNEY w. CARPENTER.
 County Recorder
 This notice is written as it appears on record. I think there must be a mistake in the time as 3:a5 a. m. is an unusual hour for recorders to be in office. and as I had some dealings with Mir. Carpenter. l cannot think he was an official who would 90 to his office at such au Hntimcly hour Per. sons reading the foregoing notice can. moi help but think as I do when they read Gird's story and compare them together
 More of Dick Gird.
 Could it be possible for Gird to be associated with the Schieffelin broth CTS for over three years and not know there was q Tombstone mine? The truth is Dick Gird was not the Simon Pure he is represented to be in his own story, At some future time We will give him more of our attention.
 At the time ! arrived in Mule Gulch the records show that there were very few claims located. and a very small amount Of work done The Hendricks mine had the most. and the work done on 1t. by the way il looked to me, could not have been more than one hundred and fifty dollars worth, and the amount done there would not be called good assessment work in these days; but the conditions that were existing at that time must be taken into consideration ;the country being new, and transportation facil. ities being limited. and supplies hard 10 procure does not make the work then done look so small, when com pared with the present existing cir. cumstances. Think. too, there were no stores, it might be said. nearer than Tucson, and the prospector had to get supplies from there as best he could; and maybe some of the time living On bacon and beans, and part of the time, it may be, on beans straight.
 l read an article in the Bisbee Daily Review of Feb. 4, 1909. reported to have been written by Prof. Douglas. that the men who did the work on the Copper Queen were like all pros pectors-acted the fool, as they most all do: They made a hole in the ground, and ran through rich ore. and SO thought they would stop and get what they could for it. rather than spoil the prospect, altogether. and get noth- ing: and. therefore, the Copper Queen sold for S20.0O0.
 Work Was ExpensiVe
 I cannot believe that Professor Douglas ever made such remarks. If he did, the professor was terribly mis- informed: and if he did not make them, the reporter made misstate- ment, and wrongfully reported the professor. The truth is that the work done was to fulfill the locatOrs' con tract with the government. according to the laws whereby the claim was lo- cated: 1t was done as the annual as sessment. to prove that they were holding it in good faith. and when they did what they thought was the worl, required they, like all persons doing the annual work on unpatented claims. quit, when they were done.
 Professor Douglas and l became ac- quainted thirty years ago, and no per son can make me believe that the professor made such a remark.
 There are few of these pioneers liy- ing today; they have nearly all p1ssed to the great beyond. Treat their mem ory for the good they have done in life as you would have after generations treat yours for the good deeds you may have done during your life.
 1t must be remembered that there was not more than one hundred and seventy miles Of railroad in the ter ritory-the Southern Pacific from Yu. ma east 10 a point between Marico9a Wells and Casa Crsnde. Tho Santa Fe was at this time at Las Vegas, New