Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-05

] first became acquainted with Dick Gird in the year 1875. at the Blackberry mine. where he was at that time run ming the mill. I met Al Sehieffelin first in the winter Of lS75-IS76 at the Silver King mine. also met W. K. Meade there the same winter.
 Al Schieffelin aud I worked at the Silver King mine. taking out very rich ore This was Al Schieffelin's first experience at mining. We worked as partners about =iN months. In 1876 Al Schieffelin went to the McCracken mine and ] went back to the Hackber- ry mine.
 In the spring Of 1877 troops with h. dian scouts left Prescott for southern Arizona This was prior to the estab- lishment Of Fort Huachuca. They were sent on account of the Apache Indians being so troublesome. Ed. Schiefelin secured a position with these troops; he was not enlisted. After arriving at Tucson they then pro caeded to the Huachuca mountains and established the Post in a canyon about seven miles from the New Mex ico. Arizona and Sonora railway sta ton, now known as the Huachuca siding. and twenty-siX miles from where the present city of Tombstone is located After the Post had been established Ed Schieffelin went 10 re- side at the ranch owned by the Bullet Bros, near the San Pedro river. In later years it has been known as the Herick ranch. IL IS situated a short distance above the present town s Fairbank
 His Life in His Hand.
 From this ranch Ed Schieffeln made daily trips on his mule. examin- ing and prospecting the various hills for miles. Often the Bullet brothers would caution him about the Indians. admonishing him to be careful. as they were very cunning and treacher- GUS, and that they would attack him without warning. Ed Sehieffelin was brave to almost carelessness and ap Feared to bear a charmed life. On ope oi his excursions in the hills night overlook him, and 1t was dangerous 10 try to make his way back 10 the ranch He concluded to make his bed and camped among the rocks. Ac- cordingly, he took the mule distance q way from where he made his bed, and picketed it out. After being i'll bed short time a band of Indians passed within ! few feet Of him. He could plainly hear them talking, and they were apparently trying to ind him; but they failed and Ed was safe. The following morning he made his way back to the Bullet brothers ranch, and on the road found the stringer on the claim that Gird and he afterward located, and called the Graveyard mine.
 -4w~sw. erf hsn a1.h "a uT ing unwell. and in short time was sick man, with the chills and fever, disease at that time very prevalent On account of not being able to se' cure medicine or medical attention. he left the Bullet brothers ranch and went 10 Tucson. In a short time he was much better, and concluded to make his way to Signal, where his brother Al was working. Being short of funds he went to the store of L. Zeckendorf, and told his condition. Zeckendorf gave him a few provisions. with which, and his mule, he made his way to Globe. He there obtained work chopping wood for couple Of weeks, making money enough to sup ply himself with the necessary proYis- ions to take him to Prescott. Alter arriving there the way was easy, as the government furnished needy per sons with provisions, from the sap plies at the various military posts. After replenishing his larder Ed pro eeeded to Signal, where his brother AI was working in the blacksmith shop, as related in the Gird story.
 Bsrron's Equipment
 In the meantime l was prospecunS in the Tip Top mine near Prescott. At the time Dick Gird and the Schief- felins started into the southern part of Arizona, ] started from Prescott and went to the Silver King mine. From there I proceeded to Globe. and from there to Tucson, from which lat ter place l made my way to where Tombstone is now located This was iu 1878 l met Dick Gird and the Schieffelins l stayed there, however. hut q short time being stricken with the intermittent fever. The country be- ing new, and 10 medical assistance obtaiBable, l left and went to Globe where I could get medicine and se- cure a doctor I was sick at that time for two months After recovering nay health returned to Tucson. Tbere was then considerable excitement about Orc Blanco. I went there and stayed until october, when came back to where Tombstone is now. l stayed with Gird and the Schieffelin brothers about two months, doing the annual assessment work on the mines. Cumpas. in Old Mexico, was next wis. tied by me. where I remained until April. 1879, when l received a letter from Al SchieffeliH, sent by courier, instructing me to come back-to Tomb stone district, and take charge Of the mines. while I was in Mexico a com pany having been formed.
 I took charge of the mines when 1 came back, on the 18th day of May. 1879. Prior to this Safford and Vos. burg had built a water power mill at Charleston, using a turbine wheel The min had a capacity of ten stamps. and was built with view oG milling all ores taken from the mines in the dis trict. In a short time it was found