Page "Tombstone, Arizona" Paragraph 42

Several mine managers traveled to San Francisco and met with the principal owners of the Contention Mine.

They talked about options for draining the mines, and found the only system available for pumping water out of mines below was the Cornish engine which had been used at the Comstock Lode in the 1870s.

They bought and installed the huge Cornish engines in the Contention and Grand Central mines.

By mid-February, 1884 the engines were removing of water every twenty-four hours.

The city merchants celebrated the continued success of mining and the transfer of funds to their businesses.

The Contention and the Grand Central found that their pumps were draining the mining district, benefiting other mines as well, but the other companies refused to pay a proportion of the expense.