Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-30
JOHNSON
 CAMPS
 HISTORY
interesting Notes As To lncep- ton of Mining in the Little Dragons, Flattering Fore cast for Future of Camp.

Tho following is an extract from an article on Johnson camp. written by F. H. Mitchell and Iublished in the CO , chise County Press:
 The Johnson camp Is situated in the western rart of Cochise county. Arizona. and lies among the lower foothills along the eastern slope or the Little Dragoon range Of noun tains, and is seven miles north O. Dragoon station and eight miles west of Cochisc both points being on the main line of the Southern Pacific rail road, while projected road has been ] graded into the camp from Dragoon station and is under actiye construc- tion at the present date.
 The camp lies at an elevation O. nearly 5000 feet above sea level and enjoys the excellent climate typical to such attitudes in Arizona.
 The general character of the forrla- | ton corresponds very closely to ths | same formations at the copper camps | of Globe and Ciifton-Morenci. where the mica scaist of Johnson Is called the Pinal schist. The Johnson quartz | itc is correlated with the CamBrian quartzite of those camps. and the Johnson iinestones occupy the same stratigraphical position above the 1 quartzite as the same limestcnes oc- cupy in those camps.
 The ores of the district consist chiefly of maiachifs. chysocolla, chal- eopyrite, bornite and chacocite. Azur- ite is represented to some extent but
 native copper and cuBritc very seldom.
 In the many outcrops Of ore in the camp the copper is foand in the form
 of carbonate, chiefly malachite wFtn
 chrysocolla- These ores extend to ya- rying depths in the different mines of from 50 10 150 feet. at which points
 the secondary enriched ores of chai- cocite and bornite are encountered.
 With the exception CT the ieacheL outcrops. the values of the ores are high, which fact has long since given the camp the reputation of being 8
 high grade producer. and the produc. tion of the Peabody mine. now the Bo-
 ''anza Belt. of over S2,DVo.uOO. has been made by shipments of ore which rarely went below i5 per cent in cop
 per with many carloads going up to 70 and 45 per cent metal.
 Johnson has been known as q con- per camp for oyer % years. and it's I worked in a primitive way by jn, Mexicans and hauled many miles to a point from which they could be ship ped. the Southern I-acific railroad moi at that time being built through Ari- l, zona.
 Later. after the railroad was built.
 a small sInclter was erected to treat
 the ores. but the primitive condition | FF rr fr D of coke and low concentration effect ,l ed caused . return 10 the shipping
 of the high grade ore. which snip ments were facilitated by the then operation of the Southern Pacific rail - road through to Fl Paso at which point were located tbc nearest suneit. CTS for custom ores. From that time ; on up 10 within th,. past two years ensucd d general scramble 10 gougC out and ship all surface and surfac, ores which could hs extracted at 8 minimum cost
 The Peabody mine. after producing 2 over s1 000.G was declared worked out at a depth of li.tlc over I50 feet and was thrown ia as g bonus on q ! cattle ranch deal The new and mol very enthusiastic owner promptk , turned it over 10 l-a@ers who opened up enough ore 10 allow him to dis pose of the propCT.y for $1GCco. and , 1 it subsequently produced nearly Si0U. GOO more and was again abandoEe,
 as exhausted al les than 900 lee , depth
 a The property has since passed int, {. rh" hands 0f the Bonanza Belt com q | paHy who after tx-ractiuc over $40 1 uOJ worth of ore lapsed into stat,
 l Ci coma, chiefly caused by interna
 dissens.uns among the stocknoidcrs
 Daring this time the other mine
 were contributing their quota of CT,
 chief aIGcng which was the Arizou
 CoEsoHdat-d Copper company, wort : ing fnc Republic and Mammoth mines This company ia credited with a prc ducti0a of nearly S-oU.00C. but Ek the uaojrity Of th- older companies
 an adequate fund for dcyelopemn
 purposes Was absent and the usual e - hausti0n of surface deposits and shut
 down occurred.
 Practically all of the operating con
 panics are cngagei In sinking vert
 cal working shafts. in charge of ski
 cd mining men. and are be'@N' s---
 with directness Of purpose which vll
 admit of no half gay soidtio ,i e,
 question of large and profitable or h' bodies underlying the Johnson earpl