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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1891
Page
5
Fragmentary notice notes Pontoffice open for general delivery with hours and a money entry. Unclear location or date due to OCR errors. The readable elements imply a public service posting about mail or postal location hours and related procedures.
Fragmentary notice lists times and names with a Pacific time reference. Mentions Ben Williams and travel like departures and arrivals, unclear context.
Local notes cite talk of a proposed Miles County cutting into Cochise and Graham counties, with debate over taxation and accessibility for Wilcox residents. Other items include a jail term for meat theft, travel notes on D. S. Patzke and Fort Huachuca, a Copper Queen exhibit weighing five tons, an Emil Sydow engraving promotion, and a lottery mail matter alert to Tombstone residents.
A match game of base ball will be played on Military Plaza today between some eastern ball players and the home Tombstone team under captain E. W. Sump. Manuel Drachman will explain for the Turson nine. Purse of $25. Also reports on county division talks, railroad notes, and local mining news from Tombstone and nearby towns.
Mir B J Waruman in Tucson on General Land Office business. Hart ewes says Fred W. Duth, former Land Office Receiver in E city, is living in Montreal and can be pursued by the U S Marshal. The town reports arrivals, deaths, and local travel updates, with mentions of Wilcox, Tombstone, and San Francisco travel plans.
The article notes work is to begin on the Comstock, hailed across the Pacific coast for spurring deep mining. It recalls that five years earlier the betta of the combination shaft found ore at the 3300 level, with a quartz vein promising as rich as the Chollar croppings. Hydraulic and Cornish pumping plants of the Combination pumped 4,200,000 gallons daily.
Report from the Larrimore group in the Swisshelm mountains notes a new rise just over Ye Whale-Mammoth hill. Prospecting bondholder C F Hines is involved. The ore is a soft lead chloride with an ashy yellow tone, yielding both lead and silver. Over twenty tons have been extracted so far.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a long trusted teething remedy for children, claiming quick pain relief and calm sleep. The piece also previews General Carr’s Sioux campaign account, crediting the president for avoiding war and praising Miles for restraint, citing military prudence and restraint.
The Star argues division of Pima is a strong fight with talk of attaching Southeastern Pima to Cochise. It favors creating Miles county if economical for all, noting Patagonis may become a county seat with Nogales as seat two years hence. The paper stresses rights and equities of affected residents.
February 2 189? report from Washington Camp Pina Co A T notes resumed work on leading properties Duquesne mine, Mowry area and Olive mine, eight men now at work with plans to add more. Rankin to manage boarding house. Hex endorf interests shipping ore via burro trains. Weddings brighten camp. Tombstone question raised by Nic Bersich. ore shipments increasing to Deming from Sierra Madre region.
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