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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1891
Page
3
The tale surveys vast ore shipments from Fairbank for the year ending 1890 totaling 35,441,000 pounds from Tombstone and Turquois mines, equating to 600 carloads. It notes cereal yields from Kansas, local clergy comings and goings, legal indictments, railroad and mining interests, and a flourishing southwest mineral boom with smelters overwhelmed by ore.
Iris reported that at a meeting the western Colorado congress a proposition will be made to divide the State with the line on the great continental divide. Towns in the west half claim they receive unfair railroad treatment and seek relief.
From San Diego to Salton via Warner's ranch is 125 miles and via Los Angeles 288 miles. The Cuyamaca road runs thirty miles from San Diego, leaving a 95 mile gap to provide Arizona with an outlet on San Diego bay. If San Diego residents understood the trade value, they would close the gap promptly.
Gov Menroy reports to the secretary of the interior the territory holds 3 344 668 acres valued at 4 002 121 with improvements 2 302 214 city lots 1 972 252 and improvements on them 2 347 424 47 912 horses worth 1 188 168. Territory owns 17 720 940 cattle and sheep heads and 1083 miles of railroad. Total taxable property value stands at 28 270 466.
A San Diego jury returns a manslaughter verdict in the Breedlove case involving a deputy US marshal who killed Sailor Brown of Charleston with a club last July. The piece criticizes San Diego actions and hints at possible war declarations and political consequences tied to union status.
The Silver City Enterprise urges New Mexico and Arizona to pursue statehood to end the alien law, gain funding for reservoirs, and unlock vast agricultural potential. Governor McXray reports copper gold and silver outputs, noting discrepancies and rising gold while silver wanes, with totals near three million.
In a reported incident at the Nadeau house in Los Angeles, J. B. Durkee, a rancher with extensive property, attempted to slash his throat during a drunken fit. He was restrained by hotel staff and later calm, leaving the scene with stabilizing care as friends in Arizona express concern and hope for recovery.
The Sea Foam carries Milton Larsen and Thurston from Yuma to the Gulf of California on July 4. They voyage 200 miles to Angel Island opposite Sonora, later cross to Lower California, establish a base, and prospect inland with limited finds. The return to Lerdo ends with Thurston and Larsen remaining in Arizona. Milton remarksArizona camps beat any found on the west coast.
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