Bisbee daily review., 1905-02-05
DRAGONS ARE
 SHIPPING TO BENSON SHELTER
MUCH ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAIN MINING
 COUNTRY.
New Companies Going ahead With Work-capital Now Looking in Oi- rection of Other Properties-Glea- son Shelter a success.


 The Dragoon district continues daily to attack the attention Of outside cap itaI and during the past week three or four representatives of eastern min ing men have visited that section of the county and from present indica- tions there will be something doing in the near future. A number of in- dividual owners of properties have al ready commenced shipping ore to the Benson shelter which is to start up within a few days.
 Hale Mccormick. formerly connect ed with the Tombstone Consolidated company, has accepted the position as foreman of the Arizona Co1solidaJ- ed company who is operating a group of claims at Russelville. The company has now about fifty men on the pay roll and as stated last week will soon begin the shipping of ore to the Benson smelter. Parties coming from that camp say that things are picking up materially there.
 Steve Upton, the Tombstone lawyer, during the past week purchased the interest of W. H. de Washington, Of Douglas, to several promising claims Tn the Johnson district, and will en- deavor to interest capital to take hold of them. The Vein property is con tinuing to show up remarkably well and is very encouraging to the parties who recently bonded the same.
 The Old Terrible company is mak- ing arrangements to resume work on their property and will again start up the mill. Several other parues in that vicinity will have small runs made through the mill
 Tom Sorin is at work in the Co chise stronghold developing some promising claims and is much encour- aged over the showing that mas been made during the past week. Tom has been at work on these claims for years and is deserving of finding a good mine.
 At the April canm work of taking out ore continues and there is now quite an amount on the dumps. Owing ;o the roughness of the country in which the claims are located it is almost impossible to do anything with the ore until a good trail has been made up to the mines. The only way to get supplies in is by burro pack distance of several miles.
 At the Middlemarch camp nothing new is reported during the past week. The development work under MT. O'Gorman is still being done and con tinues to show an abundance of sui- phide ore.
 Mess-s. Swain, Weiser and Cox are doing development work on their group and are opening up some good ore bodies. This group is one of the most promising in the district and will no doubt develop into one of the larg est producers of that range.
 A survey is being made this week of the Copper Bullion in the South Pass and rumors are to the effect that arrangements are being made for the transfer of the property to eastern parties who will soon begin active work. There is considerable ore 1T sight on the property and there is nc doubt that if it is handled upon legitimate mining basis would make good returns to it's owners. The prop erty in the past was mismanaged an' a good deal of money spent in un profitable work. It is to be sincerel. hoped tha the rumors are correct ant that mining men will take hold of thu property.
 Messrs. Rider and SwayZee stil 2 bend their hopes to their old propertie m the South Pass and are doing nor deveIopment work They have beeI at work faithfully for nearly twentl years in that locality and are deseT wing Of making find that will repal them for their faith and perserveI ence-
 At the Barrett camp matters ar rather quiet but negotiations are pend ing the beginning of active work. Th' litigation troubles of the claims in tha locality are now being adjusted and a soon as these matters are fixed partie from the east are willing to take holt of them. The copper indications a this point are the best in the range
 At the Gleeson camp the past weel has seen no great changes. The nev