Bisbee daily review., 1918-03-31
TOMBSTONE MINES. NOT CLOSED DOWN SAYS PROSPECTOR.
County Seat Paper Denies and Brands as False Reports That Bunker Hill Will Never Open Again.

TOMBSTONE. March %. - Where the Associated Press representative got his dope on the mining situation in
 Tombstone. several days ago. is nOt
 Known here, but if he got ft out of his
 imaginative mind then he must have
 had a vicious inclination to damage
 Tombstone and the people of this
 camp
 The Associated Press last Saturday
 carried all over the United States the
 information that the Bunker Hill
 Mines. the old famous silver mines.
 had closed down, never to reopen
 again" We don't know who the As sociated Press representative is at
 Douglas, but whoever he is. he should
 first verify his stuff It is not the
 policy of the Associated Press to send cut "lies" or to permit their local men
 10 use the organization for interior
 personal motives, and after the matter
 was called to the attention of that or
 gaaizstion by the Tombstone Com
 mercial Club. they investigated and
 the following correction was sent out
 by the great news organization and
 given the same publicity as the mis- representation:
 "An erroneous report has been sent broadcast that the Bunker Hill Mines company has closed down all it's prop critics at Tombstone. The report was instigated. it is believed. by some un- reliable person who did not investi- gate the matter. No statement has been made officially but this is the situation. The mill and all the min es that furnished milling are to be tenn porarily closed as to the mill. but every claim is subject to lease Development work Of the big manganese ore body recently opened up will be continued.',
 When the first erroneous report was noticed. the Tombstone Commercial Club tcok the matter up with the ot- ficials of the Phelps Dodge company and learned that no such statement as the Bunker Hill mines were closed down never to be reopenCl was made by any representative of that company bu; on the contrary a statement was made, since the Douglas cansrd was sent out. that development work would proceed but the mill would be shut down owing to the fact that in treating the manganese ores. the sil- yer and manganese could not both be saved This is a logical conclusion as to the closing of the mill
 For an example. supposing mangan- ese ore running high in manganese is being treated and the manganese val ue Is being saved while the silver val ues are being lost it is almost a crime to let 10 Or 20 ounces of silver go to waste never to be recovered
 There is left but one conclusion, and that is that we ar3 of the opinion that the Phelps Dodge have. or soon will haze, a way to save all the values in the reported large manganese bod ies they have in the Lucky Cuss, Ore gon and Prompter mines in Tombstone Leasing will be done on larger scale than ever before The fact that min CTS taking leases now with the com pany state that clause in the lease forbids extraction of ores carrying ov- CT certain percentages of manganese. shows that the company expects to take care of the higher grade mangan- ese at a later date.
 The unautbentic news" sent out by the Douglas representative of the As scciated Press of the complete" clos ing down of the Bunker Hill proper ties never to reopen again. may hav2 done considerable harm 10 the old Camp. as unreliable reports must al- ways do. but it is hoped that the next time a similar matter comes up tha, the Associated Press will see that the comes from responsible source.
 In the meantime, business men and of Tombstone are biding their time, feeling confident that there is cnly a temporary delay. getting ready for the proper treatment of the man. ores. which will result in a better Tombstone. ..