Tombstone Exploration Corporation, the largest land holder in the Tombstone Mining District in Arizona, has started drilling at the Tombstone Silver Project.

The company has selected Layne Christensen, with its experienced staff and drilling equipment including 4×4 core rig, to drill the mine.

Encouraged with the initial findings from drill program, the company said that the drill hole TEMC-101 was designed to intercept two major silver-bearing manganese oxide structures of production. The hole is currently at 310 ft, just above the water table.

The company is using the triple tube technique to recover the maximum rock samples at the ore zones.

The drill result suggest that rock material is extremely fractured, showing significant rusty fractures and veinlets, carrying locally manganese oxides.

At approximately 235 ft., trace pyrite coated with black sulfide is disseminated in the limestone, while at 310 ft strong manganese oxides veinlets are observed.

Alan Brown, President and CEO of Tombstone, said they will have assay results in the near future will continue to report updates as the drilling program continues through the summer.