Tombstone epitaph., 1922-12-03
RICH ORE ENCOUNTERED BY WORkMEN ON STREETS

street from First to Sixth streets. un- i covered what is believed to be brok- | en Assure vein running out from the famous old Vizina vein. which in the early days netted a considerable amount of rich silver-bearing rock. In excavating for the curbins in front of a vacant To; recently pur- chased from Mrs. Mary Costello. by J. |. Perry. workmen noticed pecu- liar sreenish color on a large boulder which had been torn up. Examina- ton revealed that the rock was liter ally covered with native CT horn silver"
 While no assays of the find have yet been made, old timers in the dis tric, and those who are acknowledged to be judges of the approximate value of specimens of this kind. this morn ing made various estimates as to the value of ore in silver content. All the estimates were very high.
 Ii seems that the vein on the Wis ina mining claim was lost. or appear ed 10 pinch out, after thousands of dollars were netted the owners. The finding of the outcropping yesterday is believed 10 be broken Assure run ming from the main vein.
 Whether or not the find would be further explored could not be learned today. but it has been declared by old timers in the district that such action would probably result in rich reward. For years prospectors, loasers aud miners have searched for another trace Of the lost Visina vein. but without success, and the announce ment last evening of the find made by the workers in the street occasiouei
  markably high values of the ores cx- tracted from the Vizina vein are well known to all in any way coynizsni with the history of the Tombstone mining district
 The Vizina mining claim. now the property of the Bunker Hill Mires company, was owned and operated in the early days by Homer Fisher. passing into the ownership ol he Bunker HNl Mines company when that company purchased the holfires of the old Tombstone Consolidate d Mining company several years ago. The T. C. M. Co. had purchased the Viz:na from MT. Fisher many years ago. and it was under thciE owner ship when patented.
 Prof ,. 4. Roekfeliow. piore.r sur yeyor and engineer, ran the lines of the Vizina when it was taken over by the T C. II. Co. The northeast cor ner lies practically in the center o' Fifth street. near the residence or O. Lnlybeck. formerly the Csntra! hote! At this point tho Vizinl adjoins the Goodenough clair. 1n which about D, feet southeast. lies he Million Dollar Stope. The southwest ccfncr lie; down the arroyo south of the rail-oad tracks. The southwest corner is stE marked by the remnants of monu ment in the center of the block just west of the Rockfellow residence ana the northwest corner is in the exac' center of First street, between AIler and Fremont.
 In this area are located many build ings. including the court house, th' E. P. & s. W. depot and many resi- dence houses. A good many of thes' were built on lots leased for perio' of 99 years, these leases being issued by NIT. Fisher when he owned thu vizina. All efforts on the part O property owners al that time to pur chase their lots outright were of nt avail, as yir. Fisher steadfastly re fused to sell certain lots. while h. readily disposed of others
 One peculiarly interested point re garding his action along this line. i that those lots which he refused t sell are in direct line with the spo on which the Assure vein was encour tered yesterday. and the approximat place wheer the old vizina vein dis appeared
 Thirty-five years ago the Vim mine, the main shaft of which iz ie csted on the corner near the cour house. was one of the largest silve