Show TM TOMBSTONE nO f l lA IS A I p g r US After Years of Idleness the Mines Of This Famous Arizona Camp V Are Ac Being SOME BITS BIS OF EARLY HISTORY I Claim Is Made That flint District Has las Pro Iro dl II cd In I ii Past tion tiomi of oC IM Late Special Correspondence V Ariz uris Ore Dee Jj To tho Interested li lIt hi th t development of Jt the mining Industry or Jr tile Iho rehabilitation nf fC canto famous mines tames mini II camps a brief history hl lor ot or what sills and alI anu promises to soon eoon be bo beI again I ono ont of ot the Ih most moat mo t wonderful hll Ilig ng tulIps campH nf America may nia mn not let be le en entirely devoid nf of Interest With Wih this ob oh oi ct In view II the wrier will still 1 attempt a description of or time tho discovery develop ment decline and ond subsequent tuition of oC life and of the tho world famous camp antI city Tombstone SoUr KAHLY l AJ EVENTS In Iii tile the year IU a I man named nAm d Kd Ed Ht who luul b Len been on prospecting cUng for tor or nearly a n year ear In 11 l county took look advantage of ot opportunity to travel southward under tho the ampe pro lt N front from afforded teeton by b n a of ot United sol Nol diem diers who were going from rota Whipple Barracks Harracks near n lr Prescott to Fort Him Hll a I military post near tile tt south southern southern ern em boundary of ot tho lie territory HOW TOWN TON ClOT OOT GO ITS NAME Prom From tho the ot or the tile Huachuca V mountains Chill can be seen e 1 two wo ranges ot or of o elevation Int mind d extent to tho the tie the he Dragoons and to tu the southeast t tho 1110 Mull mountains About equidistant each euch range runge nod and 30 Irom Hu HI lb la Is It n a 1 low tango range of oC hills of oC not Importance 10 o 0 have hlo received a n mt prior lIner to the discovery dl coc of ut min mineral eral rol In thorn them These hills his 1 to have an In Inviting fascination for Cor Min and he finally dec In red his hid tion ton to jiro prospect them thel Those who wore better acquainted ed with wih time the danger at attending It attending tending such an nn undertaking I jokingly old loll him hll that among the I he hills he pro proposed 10 posed to prospect he ito might alight not a ii amine 1 mine hut hilt ha ho would louM almost t surely II find nd II 11 i tombstone Remembering this tills warn ing ng afterward the tho hirut tut claim which ho he located ho named l Tombstone hence tho the city cl derivation ot of the tho IhO of or the tie present DANGER PROM PHOM I INDIANS discovered II rich rih hoot In the gulches leading down from the hulls hl but lun did not make moko any locations nt It that time on account ot of tho the danger of ot being attacked by b Indians but hut re returned reo turned turl ll to 10 where whorl he haul had tile the of ot ore oro assayed by a friend named Gird The he result ot of the Ihu assays IY while hlo highly satisfactory were not divulged 1 to 10 any ono one except a 0 broth or er of ot ami a 11 In lii II the lie spring of oC the tile year accompanied by b GIld and the brother r Just JURt mentioned ment ned ho lIe returned to where he lie had 1101 found Cound the Iho float lot and they proceeded to locate ft a 1 number of ot claims After mocking making the locations location and having thum recorded at nt Tucson the of or tho tile new discovery spread rapidly 1011 and lul within a ii short hurl time u Ii 1 largo number of oC if prospector were on OIl 01 tho the ground making locations In Ill JI spite o ot of the tho fact of ut many encouraging encouraging aging prospect having been heen found and tho time further futher tact fact that hut the he ore oto was of oC oCer very er high grade train from tile tho grass foots down there thoro were WO the th Usual number of or knockers who either through disappointment dl op at nt not hot having reached the tu ground In time to secure choice loca locations lIons toll or through Ignorance declared thieve there was sins no n Indication of o about tho the prospects and that tile the camp would never nver amount to anything The Tha writer wrier of o this tills article artcle white at nt Globe Gob In ip July 1318 was isas Wi told by 11 a n man who wh had Md just JURt returned front from Cr m tho the new 10 camIl that ho ito would not give 10 0 tar for all al tho the ProsPects and mineral minerai V V there Notwithstanding nil all to the contrary additional development had hll time the effect to t Iho liow larger and richer bodies of oC ore and the tile of or time the now Ier extended to Iu nil all 11 hurts of oC the tile tamIng mining slates nod territories and the tile population to 10 Increase with wih amazing rapidity that thul In lImo Die Ile sum summer HUI mer 1100 ot of ISSI Il It was estimated to bo be HAD MEN mN IN CAMP lAII AD 46 I I I naturally to bo be b expected In lit 11 doss Ony I till community was WIS Infest InCest Infested ed ell by y I a large number n U nf fC 1 bad bril men 1011 and desperadoes tin tn horn hor gam guilli gamblers 11 bler and gun KII gIl fl atOne t and the lie I result was WIM ii IL l number of oC armed I Im Ill In ill which several lives were sere Ne lost With Wih iti perhaps mm flume exception In III nil ni every ono one of or tho tile par lint parties ties of the I he class C I whoso taking ta k lOR off fl tl Would Inure 1110 to time th benefit of oC society Tho noted of C was WUI tho tile rOsult I of ot falling out with cacti other anut resulted In iii 1 ridding tile the territory of both With the lie ex cx of ot the danger traIn from hostile Apaches the tho lives jives and 1111 of o goo gao KOo law In abiding IlIg citizens WIS as Oi wife sate Ino as os In iii II any allY part of or tho the United States and much Ilch safer thou than at present In iii 11 the larg larger InrI er cities of or California n a nl aal CAPITA al l lr A l I imp ill M 21 IJ B I NT r 1 Capital Pith I soon I hi lii the he I development of lit tile mines and anal within tile the year J ISSO o quartz mills ivero erected by tile the different companion at lt tho tiit Him Pedro riser niles miles distant 1101 tile the tallies mines and 11 tile the ores UTi Wu hauled there thero I for Cor or 1111 by bylaw tJ law 1 amalgamation o In I Ilton j In iii the Iho transportation tion of or the tho li tires ores some sollIe 1010 of ot time tho largest freighting audits of ot tho time Pacific coast COIt being employed Until III Ihl the year 1111 lISt the output of or ore unit 1111 the production of or bullion steadily 1 tho ho records ot of the different tile the to reached tIme the sum shill of ot WHAT UNIONS DID DIDAt nI At this Hum n fl disagreement l arose between tho time Miners union lIllian the tho thomine mine owners over 01 the wages paid imbi to tho lie lieI lop 1011 I Oh men lel Tho rho ro disagreement ill so culminated ed Id In a t I strike and the tue shutting down of ot tho thu principal mines An ht disaster which overtook tho tile camp soon afterward ln In the tho destruction by b tire lire Irl of oh the onion I Inn ami pumping plant of oC 0 tho Iho t lie 0 Central wormed to pound tw V Imel of ot mining Ill In lit 1 Tomb Tombstone stone Work ork was 11 continued however holover In a it I desultory way WiY on Oil 01 sow nl of ot tho mines until tho disastrous II slump In time the price of sliver silver hogan SIU In 1891 1811 11 V In j tho the days dRYS of ot its lly I ono one of ot the lending leading len In the thi development of ot tie fie mines was Mr lilt KII E K EIt 1 II It Gage Onge the general the thi At the time time of if o the thi trouble between 11 Ihl tIle he Miners ller union ant amId tho Wi th this II ny represent represented Ja ed eu by Mr Jago lago had nil In operation f n a pumping plant of ot to tc drain droll the time from rein ull cli ul tile tho mines 01 ot of the camp tile The other companies thus thu thul d refused to pay puy PlY their than of at the h of pumping titus thus another disturbing dl factor Seas 11 Intro Introduced introduced Into tho time mining economy of or time the camp co nJ NIm As Al 15 n 8 result of or Q cIt cir circumstances the ramp gradually de do declined Ie Culled The fhe busy tUH limn of or Industrial Ufa lra almost entirely 1 t rei ceased ta ed ami tho the once presented V a de do deserted sorted T great freight freightIng IlIg Ing outfits gave g e u an nil 11 four Cour horse hore wagon 1101 that hauled alt all the merchandise supplies required by b the fast decaying city Merchants sold out their stocks of ot goods or tr Ir moved movell them to n rt I more promising Hold Hie Eie guIlt gant gUit well I business houses ont were and 1111 It semel th tho tue attn aim of ut 01 lt prosperity pro haul had forever freol set get se I INo No cause however apparently hope hopeless less leu Is I without Its Is faithful adherents no or project of improvement but finds lInus Ind those willing witling to devoto en CO energy en energy ergy and capital l to tim II Its Is promotion To ro this fact Inns In be IK attributed the tho of ur Tombstone When It became apparent that tho tile Industrial troubles of tho the camp would bo be 10 qt QC Indefinite duration the stop stopping ping of lt the tho pumps haul had permitted the water to fill 11 time tho lower low r workings of ot thu I mines Mr Mm I K I 1 II I loge Gugo directed his hil energies and capital to other t amid finally 1111 ii ii I acquired n a large iii ge In III t In ill II tho ho Congress gold oll mule mine Ille In county COUlt which h under tinder hU hIs cure care careful ful UI and 11 prudent management 11 n Ael Il I lIes has h 1 bo br of or tile tho come comae cOle one omie of ot the tho most profitable 1110 t 1 many dividend paying mines mineM of or Ari MI Arizona zona zone and has hns demonstrated the often oCten disputed theory theer that the tho fissures of tt if the territory are arc of o unknown depths I CAME CAm I During nil 01 tue years CS from tho thio time ho Ml left Tombstone lono until Inti lit lie h returned turned r to 10 reopen tho the mints Mr GUi Cloie never loer loerI eased ceased I Iolen hoping to 10 bring about the rehabilitation of ot tho the mines and city In JI all ni his ills efforts to tl that end dILl enl rl he Was WIS ably Ibl assisted by b Colonel A 4 I Ii of ot Arizona and ono of ot draw a pioneer tr ole tile the th early enri nt at Tombstone Tomb lOII who Will hns hll hn always lent Ills hil best unit lIl most mod earnest earliest efforts toward the I lie development of ot tile the territory timid and Ild particularly Co Cochise chise county count Mr tr lages desire was to tu consolidate nil all 01 the tue mines Under one OllO ownership or 01 It management out ami Oll thus obviate the possibility l of oC any nn trouble In 11 tile the future over oser orr the matter of or un In consolida consolidation watering the tile mOines mines The cOl Ion tion was Wil finally Illy effected In 1901 under the tile name mc of oC the Tombstone Consolidated Gon ed t Mines MIleR Co and Immediately active nt to preparations began to reopen tho the tomes mines To ro those who ishio have IIo an nn Interest In imm a 0 thOo knowledge of or mining It I Is I only ully to that the equipments necessary nece sits of oC time tho new ness company are arc Oil all 1101 of the very leW best that the enterprise requites requires amid line has that American Inventive genius evolved The Tho principal shaft shAf IH is II n a four Cour compartment of oC more luCre ample proportions proportions than halt ordinary all ni the stations are lighted by 1 electricity The Th shaft Is IR now nOSY at nt n ft depth of or seven een hundred feet teel at itt which levil ore arc lre being Installed II two powerful pumps to be lie worked either cither as a unit or singly either cither elber be ng of oC IS capacity to raise all 01 t tit th i water wlter so 0 far Car encountered The dally daily records of or the time amount of o water irater now being raised 11 show sho hou an on average of oC 2 J gallons The lime he water Is tut now no 1 be hO beIng beIng Ing log pumped from the sump to the tho COO G sinking pumps i level by b three powerful nod from Cram there to the surface by hy n it pump hump of oC the tue capacity at f C those thole now boIng bo be 0 beIng Ing placed at nt tile the jo level The he nor normal normel mal mel water level Is II cell s sinco the tho pumping began begon this lids leVel leel has hus been ie IC Ie duell one hundred feet Coat Aj M A soon loon us as lS tho tim additional pumps are 1110 In Ill operation will be he resumed at nt tile the TOO level leol sinking Ind anul stations 70 cut rut out nt at t each ench hundred feet Cell of o depth There Ther are now three hundred men employed s dO 10 TO 0 BJ EL PASO ot V The ores orea extracted In tile the camp are arc Wing I shipped chipped to the smelter nt at Kl Ei JI Paso for Cor or tho the present during the month ot of o oNo November No tho thu shipments amounted to toi 72 12 cars cora The greater part of at this thiB amount i has been hiren taken out lit 11 the work of at re te reopening 11 opening and old oM slopes anti and drifts A proportion of oC attile the tile ores shipped two ore of or high grade the thc higher value being In gold the proper of ot gold to 10 sliver being bologna as n 10 GO ounces gold ton to 1000 ounces ounce sliver silver As Am eVer as os tile the development has h the tho stage of ot extensive sloping tho the company com pony will erect orect suitable reduction works ork on the OF The rite geological formation Is h shale old limestone o with nn mill In oc oe occasional Intercalation of or Tho Thu present work IB is II being Land done principally In Il the time shale formation Tho The veins eln have havea hlO a n 1 strike In n nn an ni easterly en SlId and westerly esterly we dl II and are aro nearly vertical al The Tue ho an al fold told of ot the superficial strata as aswell aswell well as us ni the time quartette and ami shale are ato I O evidence wel of ot tho the enormous dur during durIng ing lug the cooling process o of 01 the tue earths crust Another nother result of oC this Incalculable Is Intrusion lon In able pressure II n ii granite contact wih the shale and amid limestone on the ito western side tlde of ot the tho mineral zone sone another about 14 H miles to the east cast eastward ward between Ilet en these zone rones of oC granite tho the water has hOI been boon held helt for or unknown ages oges as In 11 It n reservoir TIme The operations MI fur far 11 hove hoo demonstrated that when hel JI this Is l exhausted the tile How of ent Clit water ater will wi be le much less le 1 than nt itt pres present present CAMP Ut IH IS 1 AGAIN The flit quietude of a ft 1 lead dead Cn 1105 been hoen broken 1 by h i trumpet call of or The Tho long vacant ant stores and dwellings ore being repaired and refurnished to tl I meet an LIlt U urgent demand Tho h ilo city Ily lots 1018 made lado by hy the lie re to toJ J of at C such luh of If t tho thIn houses as 05 n could build In tue he he ite removed to 10 other towns luwI years 1111 past arc lre again being hell covered by h better belter hll r houses hUlseR than those that t were re ra removed moved A railroad now hots connects tho the city with Ith tho the main line ln of or tile the Kl m Paso with wih four Cour dally daily trains trills 1 Everything Indicates tel a sure surl anti permanent revival of or the Ito good old oh days tile the turbulent element left teft nut alit From Ironi rol a ii population In lit II 1900 of at o GIG tho the city now nol numbers 2000 and 1111 la ts con COIl constantly stonIly Increasing Tho The confidence of or tho tue In lit tho the ulue of Ut time tho city Is derived from rolI mid stimulated by h the In tho the future of Ut the time mines mine as 11 shown Ihl by time the mines company In ill tile the auth extensive tot ter them of oC a tile the Improvement being made by Tho The clouds of t disaster l ler time the mists of oC doubt that obscured ob the |