Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-24
ROEMER SAYS JOHNSON DIST.
 IS PROMISING
Dragon, Johnson & Northern Railroad Is Now Laying Track and Many Companies Are Ready To Ship Ore.

Hon. Steve Roener. of Benson. was m the city yesterday. Mir. RoeIDer-
 who IS in charge of the Weils-Fargo ofice at Benson. is taking lsy-off from ais duties and during the past
 week has hee1 'n the Johnson minins. district where ao has extensive in terests. being an owner in the Arizona Michigan mining company and also inc is vice president of the Johnson. Dragon & Northern railroad which is now nearing the district. Track laying Is now going on on tlis line; it will he ten miles long and u is expected Lhat it win be in operation about tho first of March Mr Roesrer says that as soon as ,be railroad Is ready to haul the ore he expects tbsi fhe output ol the district will smozrs ao lsot less than one hundred tons daIis
 The Johnson district Is destined to become one of the important producers m Cochise county" said NIT Roensci yesterday afternoon. Iii has alreadY produced more than S3 ees SdJ in ore shipped from the district
 When the panic came in i99z there were fully two hundred msa employed in the district doing development wotF and mining ore for shiuneat. Of course scarcity Of monev since the panic has caused many of ihe c7m- panies to stop work entirely and others to go very slow. and after the drdp in the pr5ce of copper shipments were -iisoont nued because of the cost cf hauling the ore Co iae railroad. distance Of more than ten miles. But is is known that at least five com panies will resume ore shipments ius5 as soon as they can load the ore on dhe cars.
 The Empire Gold & Mining company is sinking shaft which is now down more than 500 feet This company isas a well equipped hoist. and are pashing for greate< depth
 ''Tae Arizona Michigan company is working two shifts on an incline shaft This shaft Is now 460 feet deep. and ia the bottom is a vein Of good grade copper ore. Besides the incline they have a shaft 250 feet deep which will c0nBect with the incEne. The com pany has complete equipment. inlclud ing gasoline hoist of S5 h. p. The total amount of development work on this BreBerty amounts to more than 1000 feet As soon as the railroad Is ready this company expects to ship ore at the rate of fifty tons daily.
 '-The Black Prince company has now reacsed the depth of 300 feet with a shaft The last thirty feet Of this shaf1 has been in good copper ore, and the size of the body has not yet been determined. but it may be said that this property will soon be ready to send ore to the sonelters.
 The Johnson Cooper company is also sinking a shaft. The Keystone has .s valuable holding and are con tinuing at work. Tse old Peabody com pauy at the presens time is only doing development work. but this company has important ore bodies already d.- FeIoped from which they could easily ship fifty tons of copper ore daily. Ii is known that the owners of the Re public mine intend beginning shipping are as soon as the railroad is com pIeted
 '-I feel quite sure. said Mir. Roemer, That the day of renewed activity and prosperity is near al land for the Johnson district. and thaz the new railroad will begin operations with an ore tonnage of not less than one aun- dred tens daily"
 Mr. Roemer had no definite news about the probability of the early operation of the Benson smelter. but stated that all the ore from the John son district would naturally go to the Benson smelter. if it was ready to handle the business on terms as favor -abls as tde reduction works in Fl Pasc or Douglas.
 n is the intention of Mir. Roemer to make a visit to Phoenix next week and renew his acquaintance with the old legislative boys. with whom he has mingled and done business during the last four previous sessions, having twice represented Cochise county in the assembly and twice in the eoun- cil
 Mr. Roemer is the father of the re- form school at Benson and quite naturally feels considerable interest in The proposition To move it from it's present location. Speaking of the recommendation of the governor re sarding th's aIr. ROemer said:
 Tt IS not necessary to abandon the | present building for the purpose of l securing tiilabie land to be used in 1 raising all manner of vegetables l for use at the institution. Within | two miles Of Benson good land of the l character desired with an abundance | of water for irrigation, both from l artesian and from ryer canals can be | had at very reasonable prices. If 1t | is desired to sbaKdon the building | then I would suggest that a new ope be erected near Benson, in the Saa | Pedro valley, which Is one of the most | productive 10 be found fin the territory. l and where the climate is equal to any | to be fcund in Arizona
 -COchise county Is the largest in | the territory and our people would not | content to the taking away from 1t | the only territorial public institution
 MT. Roemer says he is<hot specially | interested In any legislation which | hss SO far been presented at Phoenix. but is going to the territorial capital simply for recreation and to meet h's old friends from t3e various secilons O. Arizona