Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-20

'iain street s few minutes later pur. ued by third, a quarter of an hour ater q fourth car took the same route. )n through Main street and up into Tombstone canyon they passed and Sisbee was left behind. they were well on their journey to what it is lOped and expected will soon be elmed the old fields. The first three .ars were the Bisbee party and the ourth car was the Douglas party. all iOing 70 see work in actual operation, O look at the work of sinking well n the Lost Hills that is being done by the Arizona oil company.
 il was before eight o'clock that the first members of the inspecting party arrived at the Elks club which had been appointed as rendezvous and .t was but half an hour later that the honks were heard that plainly said all aboard for the oil fields The Parker Woodman car was the pathfinder and driven by Parker Jr.. but fifteen years of age and yet an expert driver, it set 6 merry clip that kept the other driY- CTS busy keeping mp with the pace maker, not breaking speed records but taking a steady pace that elimt hated distance rapidly
 Large Party Goes.
 IL had been arranged for party o' business men from this city and an other from Douglas should so 10 tho Lost Hills Sunday and inspect th' work that the Arizona oil company i: doing in exploring the field where they ha .nF nj of commercial value in marketable quantities. In the Bisbee party ther' were 6 dozen while the Douglas ca contained four besides the driver. Ou from Bisbee over a good road tho passed and the party were surprised as he climbed the road through th' hills to see snow up the hills sides The road was an excellent one Sn' progress was rapid. Reaching the turi to Tombstone the Bisbee party tool the turn 10 the left for Fairbank while the Douglas car took the Tomh atone turn and proceeded on to th' Lost Hills via the county seat neVc being seen by the Bisbeeites till bot parties had arrived at the driliin camp
 Road Is Good.
 From the turn to Fairbanks there a fair road but not nearly so good & the road to that point nor the roe from Tombstone 10 Fairbanks. Fror Fairbanks the road continued fSiri good until the river was crossed. | ou the. hillside to the right were Cl dumps that contained millions ! values which modern methods nav as yet found lt impossible to tres nrofitahly to recover the lost Sol1 There is an abandoned cyanide plan that has been worked but is now lyin idle at one of these dumps where Si.' is waiting recovery when methods ar found but under present method there Is 500 great a copper conten and too little silica for prolitaDi treatment On the party went throug deserted Charleston and the ruins what was once Contention. Down | San Pedro river and through it tn cars splashed and the journey Va nearly ended although the worst or
 was vet to come. After leaving Fai ] banks the work of the Fl Paso an : Southwestern where the line is beiu changed had attracted the attention the party. Camps were here and ther and the concrete pillars for the brid as well as concrete culverts, all which no matter how small are of ths material, brought expressions or a' miration from the party the appea ance Of stability and permanence b ing so manifest. Meantime off to th left in the distance the Huachucs had been looming Ekyward with th fort standing out clearly. After eros ! ing the river the road wound throug a wooded country for a time growth steadily worse, deep in dust, the cha acter of the soil being such that goo roads in that section seem an impo sibility. On past the ruins of an ol Spanish fort that silently hinted at Il history with its adobe ruins tfe parl sped and soon took the new railTe right of way for it's road for Ryan camp was the first destination. Tn camp is in, and here the raiiroe passes through the basin that Is D iieved to overlie the oil deposits vhic is being sought.
 | Looks Basin over.
 At Ryan's camp, which is onl about a mile in straight hne frol
 the oil rig, the party stopped Tor
 vas desired to look over some eou
 try at the lower end of the basin a-
 examine certain deposits Of shal
 From the camp the party wake
 about a mile and a half 10 that poir directly away from the point whel
 the drilling of a well has been D
 gun. looking over the country and ]
 indications of oil as they proceede
 Returning to the waiting cars, II
 party started for the drilling can proceeding over the road that VI;
 laid out by Walter Stoyail and othe
 and soon a high rig was before the
 with a cluster of tents at it's foc They were at their destination ar here they found the Douglas par which had arrived a few minutes b
 fore them. Appetites had been whe
 ted and a camp dinner was on Il
 program in advance of anything ell 1. and to this ample justice was don Then came the inspection of the vol