The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1881-12-17
SILVER DISTRICT.

from Hon. Pat HamiltOn's " Re-
sources of Arizona:"
This district was first brought
to notice nearly fifteen years age
by Colonel Snively, the discoverei
of the Gila diggings. AS placers
were then the only mines which
were thought worthy any at
tentiOn, Snively and hisacOmpan-
ions abandoned the district and
it remained undiSturbed until
about three years ago. At that
time George SillS, Neil Johnson,
George W. Norton, and Gus
Crawford relocated many aban-
doned claims and organized the
district anew. Since then a great
many discoveries have been
made, some valuable properties
have been developed, several i'm
pOrtant sales have been cOnsum-
mated, and SILVER is to-day the.
leading mining camp of the cOuD-
ty. The district is situated en-
the Colorado liver about forty
miles above the town of Yuma,
and about five miles from the
stream. The formation of the
country rock is mostly g ranite and
porphyry, the surface showing
some traces of volcanic action.
The character Of the ore may be
generally described as an argen-
tiferous galena, carrying rich
sulphides, chlorides, and carbon
ates. The ore is generally found
in combination with spar and
quartz. There appear 10 be three
main ore channels traversing the
district, having northwest and
directions The veins
are we'll defined and continuous,
showing ore bodies of unUsual
The Red Cloud has the
most development of any mine in
the district. 1t is a large vein,
10 feet wide at bottom of shaft.
with immense croppiDgs. The
mine was purchased from the
IocatorS by the Red
CIoud Mining Company. At New
York incorporation. The cOmpa-
ny have sunk an incline follows
ing the dip of the vein 274 feet.
and have started working shaft
which is down 900 feet. The
vein is also opened by several
open cuts and drifts. 1t is said
tnat the yield of bullion has
already reached 100000. There
is 20-tOn furnace at the river,
five miles distant, which is
working satisfactorily.
The Black Rock shows an i'm
mense outcr0p, and ippears on the
surface to be nearl, 200 feet wide.
The property has been sold for
SI35, 900: A shaft has been sunk
loo feet, folio wing the foot wall,
from which very rich ore has
been taken. The purchasers of
the property are pushing the
work of development with energy
nd the pOspects for the opening
Of a valuable mineare net excel
ed anywhere. The Pacifia ad-
oins the Black Rock, and is own
I'd by the same company. 1t is
A vein similar to the latter, show
ng fine ore. The Iron Cap has a
shaft 200 feet deep, The vein be-
.Ween the walls in the bottom be-
ng fully so feet wide, showing
good ore. The mine is owned by
he Iron Cap Mining ComUany.
The Silver Glance has produced |
some very rich mineral, and is
,ne Of the finest properties in the
district. Like all the other
veins, it is large and Well defined.
A tunnel over POO feet in length |
has tapped the ledge nearly 150 |
'eet below the surface. The |
Nellie Kenyon adjoins the REQ
Cloud on the north. The vein III
some places SHOWS width of 30
feet. The ore is a rich gAlena,
with tuorspar. By as
say, the yield is 40 ounces in
silver. The mine is comparativ
ely unprospected, but gives every
promise Of becoming valuable.
About mile to the east ward