Arizona republican., 1899-11-21
THE DRAGONS.
Cochise County's Northwestern STIR,
of Mining Country.

Cochise Station, likewise Dragon
Summit. are the shipping points Of NE
Dragon mountains just east of Ben
son, Cochise county. Very little has
been said of the northern section OF
the Dragon range, gays the Tucson
Star, that portion lying below the
Southern Pacific railway line and what
has been said generally touched upon
the production of wolframite, ship
ments of which have been made during
the current year, not in vast quantities
but certainly a number of carloads.
Wolframite is a commodity that COM
mands from $500 20 $500 per ton. 1t is
not usually found in bodies, but in
pockets intermiXed with copper bear
ing ore and varying in weight per ton.
The Dragon range is copper in it's
general character and includes besides
those mentioned below, the Bartlett
Fits property on which is a smelter
operated by the Copper King Mining
company, which controls claims abut-
ting the Copper Queen at Bisbee and
also the Solomon Springs to the south
east of Bisbee. The Middlemarch is in
near touch to the Barrett at the south
end. The famous Pearce gold and sill
yer mine is within seven miles of and
east of the range IN the Sulphur
Springs valley, which extends up
through Wilcox to the Graham county
line.
Yesterday J. H. Knowles of Denver
was encountered and from the gentle
man a large grist of mining news re-
lating to the north end of the Dragons
was secured. Mr.. Knowles is inter-
ested in the ST. George copper mine,
which property was abandoned twelve
years ago. Mr.. Knowles took charge
last July and sunk 100 feet, opening up
considerable aside from the shaft
Since acquiring the st. George the own
ers shipped two carloads of ore weekly
to Ell Paso. Active work in develop
ing will be apparent two weeks hence.
Mr.. Knowles expressed himself as be-
ing well pleased with the property, 50
much so that he has secured options on
four abutting claims. Shipments are
made from the Summit station, four
miles distant.
The Peabody product of copper ore
goes through Cochise Station. This
property was in litigation during
brief period, and G. L. Fitzgerald re-
leased his holdings to George Jaycocils
of New York for the consideration Of
$25. 600. Jaycocks is president of the
Peabody company. He placed H. j.
Clifford in charge and Louis EzelNiels
of Tucson as his assistant. The COM
pany has an option on sixteen claims
adjoining the Peabody. Fifty tons Of
ore have been sent out daily to FL
Paso. The ore is high grade copper
carbonates and will average % per
cent. Fifty men are employed at the
Peabody President Jaycocls has been
associated with a big smelter prOpo-
sition at Ell Paso. Mr.. Knowles could
not speak intelligently of this matter,
however.
George Mulkey is doing considerable
work on twenty claims and is getting
out wolframite. The production is con-
tracted for up to January. Affairs are
in good shape to continue beyond this
limit. About sixteen rockers are en-
ployed in handling the ore.
The RusseIlville mining company
philadelphia capitalists) own ten
patented copper claims. Mr.. Campbell
of Pottstown, Pa, was on the property
this year and prospected to satisfy
himself as to the outcome. Found
good showing Following the exami-
nallOn OF OdInpDell report hoiA vii
be commenced on the claims probably
inside of thirty days.
The Dixie Copper Mining company
has FIVE claims two miles from ORA
COON station. Two buildings have been
put up. Development work Will com
rence in twenty days. The Dixie
company was organized under the laws
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