Bisbee daily review., 1905-10-05
BENSON ASSURED
 SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH
Mines and Mining In North
 ern Part of County

Benson, Oct. 3.--Recent steps at Washington headquarters indicating favorable consideration of the San Pedro valley irrigation project, con templating a dam and storage reser- Yoir at Charleston, have given rise toI marked enthusiasm here and through out the valley. The feeling is gencr- al that if a government irrigation sys- tenn can be secured for the valley al great future. carrying wonderful inn mediate prosperity, will be assured. That the soil is rich and capable of producing most anything, while climat- ic conditions are favorable to most all kinds of agricultural and horticultural activity, are facts generally recognlZ- ed. The thing needed to make these natural conditions of the great value they might exercise is a source of steady and abundant water supply, which the government system now planned from Charleston would pro vide. These plans bring a main ca nal within few miles of Benson prop CT. Should the system be built Ben son anticipates that she will become the trade center of the great agrlcul- tural district that will be made. and that she will thrive wonderfully. This is all in the event that Fairbank does not suddenly sit up and commence taking notice of the fact that 'the world do move"
 Benson IS not yet without hope that she will yet become an important min ing center. Recent deveiopments ln the DragoOns and in other sections by nature tuDutary to the town add en- enlargement to the present outlook.
 Johnson camp continues 10 send in highly enthusiastic reports. People out there Deileye they nave the max Ing oG a great camp. some say it IS bound to rival BlsDee. None of the properties at Johnson are yet produc
 ing, put there are d couple aOouC ready to ship. They say that when the Ben son shelter starts JonnsOn ore will be { among that il receives. 1ne copper Belle mas resumed, ana IS shipping ore. ' Gieason sIaeIter, 1t is said, will soon aSin De In operation. In the Whet- i stones there have lately been some i hlghIY promising hDas. The el- i lowstone district IS holding forth rich | promises, and good many prospectoIs are active IF there. The Nantla Is ! working about p men. The shalt is down aDouI z5U feet, having the ledge all the way. 1t runs very strong in its rich streaks, which are said . be | liberal. These go from s250 to SS00 10 the ton. A standard fye-stamp mill is on the way to the property to replace the cross between a stamp and
 a roller which was originally install i ed a few months ago. It failed 10 deliver the goods from the beginning. ., The concentrator put in with the mill i gives excellent servIce and will be re- | tained.
 Just this side of Fairbank they are ! cyaniding the old dumps or the l Charleston mill with very good sue ! cess. The plant is in view of the rail. I road, and with steam up is a decided improvement to the scenery that has | location about the old ruins. In thls connection, Benson scenery would be i considered much improved by the | natives if it carried shelter smoke
 It is said on pretty good authority that | this feature will not now be long de | layed. There is about three weeks
 work remaining to be done before the
 smelter will be in shape to start up
 Report is that this work is to be pick
 ed up very shortly. Of course, there
 are all sorts of rumors about why il
 has not already been done, but there
 is nothing authoritative out on this subject The nearest approach to an authoritative statement is a story tC (Coatinued on Page Six.)