Tombstone epitaph., 1922-11-19
GRE SHIPMENTS FROM
 TOMBSTONE DISTRICT
 STEADILY INCREASING
,By ARCHIE KELLY)

cars daily that go out from the up per loading platform and the fact that the two lower platforms are now heaped with ore ready 10 be loaded
 only an increase in output of ton mage could create such a congestion and the increase was predicted last month.
 Even 10 the ordinary prospector. 50 much ore as is being shipped from Tombstone speaks pages of praise for the famous Old Camp.
 Almost any prospector will tell you that be has been looking for ship ping mine for from ten 10 thirty years and that shipping ore is mighty scarce article. And the prospector is right: shipping ores are few and far between. and the fact that there are not less than thirty shippers in the Tombstone district puts il far ahead of any gold and silver camp in the United States
 The fact that the mines of the camp have been working since 1878. and many Of the mines here are barely scratched, and the recent scratching of them has brought them to the front as shippers. is the echo of the early life of :Ao camp. as tl;e recent iy opened rich ore bodies are in claims right in the heart of the rich est part of the mineral zone and are surrounded by claims that are practi- cally untouched: with the famous old oregon mine right in their yard to the south the Emerald and Teie- phone claims on the East and South east. and the Lucky Cuss mine jam med against their north doors, it re- quires no stretch of the mental vision to see that some. about ten in num- Der. of the richest claims in the camp are vet to be developed. When one remembers the immense tonnage of good milling ore that must be left in the mines and on the dumps in order 10 get & shipping grade. it is readily seen that the best part of the mines is being left as d foundation for more lasting and a more lucrative prosperity. Only for the low grade copper ores. the copper mining indus try would have joined ancient history long ago.
 In the early life of Arizona. it was impossible 10 handle copper ore that welded less than 100 lbs. of metallic copper per ton oi ore treated. and to- day ores that only yield IS lbs. of copper per ton of ore pay good pro- ii' To mine and reduce them.
 As q matter oi course, advance strides in metallurgy and the econo- mic methods discovered for the re- duction of ores have enabled the miners 10 mine and reduce the low grade coppers at profit, and saved the copper industry as a nl.shty handy source af taxation during these hardest Of all hard times. And. it seems, in our hard game Of garnerins our simple existence were are trifle inclined to make too little of this fact.
 Now that the low grade coppers have been saved for the good of all concerned, the low grade gold and sil- yer ores will soon be crowding the coppers for first place as perman- ent source of wealth.
 Tests made continuously for the last year. of the ores of the Tomb stone district. show beyond the shad- ow of a doubt. that they readily yield to straight teaching by the cyanide process. Except the ores of this dis tcict that carry a high per cent of manganese, some of the most rebilli. ous ores of the camp have been treat ed by the cyanide process. and, in. credible as is may seem, recovery Of S per cent was obtained without the use of agitation. Had agitators been used in the process not less than % per cent would have been re covered.
 Many tests by the cyanide process Of the ores of the Tombstone district by Frank Cavanah. an experienced cyanider. gave satisfactory results beth in recovery of the values and cost of treatment.
 Frequent tests made by NIT. Cayan