Bisbee daily review., 1910-05-29

The Drae0on Mining District lies in the Central Northern part Of Cochise County and is situated be- tween the Johnson Mining District on the N E. and the Cochise Mining District on the $. ". It takes in part of the I-ittle Dragoon Noun. tains on one side. crossing the flats and the Southern Pacific Rail Road, and running well up into the Ora gOOn mountains on the South West
 The district has two Rail Road lines. the Southern Pacific, which cuts the district in two and the Dragoon Northern which cuts the Northern half in two quarters giving the district ideal R. R. facilities.
 The principal P O. and k. R. Stat ion is Dragoon at an elevation 4614 feet, the highest point in eleva ton reached by the Southern Pac fife on their lines from New Orlean to San Francisco.
 Topography.
 From the Rail Road tracks, goin towards the moutain range on eithe side. is a flat from to miles wide i This flat rises about loo feet to th mile giving the country good drain age and an ideal site on which L. build a city or any kind of reduction works.
 The mountain ranges reach ; height of about HOO feet higher tha the R. R. Station and are surrounde by easy rolling hills which make them easy of access.
 At one mine, which has a depth O $50 feet, not drop of water is il sight which goes to show that the
 are not yet down to where the ric' ore basin is, although this sam mine has four levels and has deyeloI ed an enormus tonnage of blue cal , bonate ore.
 The Dragoon District, clear acros the flats for distance of 12 m&s is full of rich stringers- of sulphid and oxide ores carrying copper. gol silver and some lead and silver or
 that presages ore bodies at depth. ,1 Formation.
 This district is only in the begin 2 ing of its development. but it's e couraging surface indications. al n favorable geology, have led expe n mining men to predict a great futu
 for the properties in the Distri ' The surface adjacent to the Moul
 aims on the Eastern end seems to
 mat of iron and lime full of strir !, CTS of silver-Iead ore while the G
 tral and s. ". end seems to be lave '' Of lime. iron, sehists. porpkyrp a
 sthingers of high grade copper or i Whilet the Central and s. W. e
 appearance of the Dragoon Mini ', District is identical with the origir " seems to be layers of lime, irC s schiTss. porphyry and strIngers ', other district of the region. u From a miners view point. [ 's appearance of the Dragoon Mini Ie Discrict is identical with the origin h. Copper Queen and 1t is as favorat r. for it's stage of development as a M other district of theregiOn.
 
 CT surface of lower earboniferious. Of ore-bearing limestone than any Ii 10 area. Like the North Western pa pr of the Warren District the cretaceo .l rock has been removed by erosiC Q. leaving only a lager of earboniferio u- rock of an approximate depth Of fro ei 70 to 200 feet to be penetrated befo ig reaching the sedimentary that cC ie tains the copper deposits le Mining Engineers and GeOlOgis to have come to The conclusion aft e. thirty years Of mining and geologic lg study. that if lower carboniferio Q. limestone exists in conjunction wi ut porphyrytic intrusion the possibil ts of ore bodies existing in the lime th and adjacent to the fault is estS5li Q. ed
 be When the surface Of such for he ation displays evidence of miner m- izarfon the existence of copper wi Is. in its body is considered certain. He The only element of uneertaii nd remaining being the size of the Ter ne and their total contents dependi -tz upon the area of the fracture and Ire qualifications beneath the surface up Now. as this district is bless le. with this very formation. all it nee he is few shafts sunk down to the wal ow level. and my predictions. as well ms the predictions of many mining m rg will come true.
 nd- In the proven mines Of the distr nd there are many underground caves ea- cavities. covered with beautiful eh uo- saIs formed by the agency of the wa les. at some distant time. In the ca Ills ern end of this district these cavit ed. are lined with a erystalized lead ak. nation. as at one time wa-er was ab ,m- dant near the surface. although yer believe now water will not be fo' the under 500 feet.
 ills From Johnson camp. where are are cated the Arizona United and Ids Johnson Development Co.,. two prod
 ing mines. across the flat where
 the Ceumrioa. ihe Texas & Arize the the Cleveland & Arizona. the Tet ,niv Stone: then in the DragOon Mounts tho where we have the Golden Rule