The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-24
YUMA'S MINERAL WEALTH
RICH MINES S-PRoFITAsLE MIN
 ING. ABUNDANCE OF ORE.
A Good Field for Investors.

Yuma County's mineral wealth has
 long been recognized and appreciated
 by those interested in such matters The different metals, gold, silver, lead copper, antimony and iron exist in immense lodges and in paying ]uanti- ties in various parts of the county. Opal, jasper, onyx and fre-agate are found in great profusion, and massive lodges of beautifully colored and mot tied marble are awaiting the industri- ous hand of man within twelve miles of the county seat. The placers of Yuma County county are productive and have been so for many years. The gold dust taken from San Pablo gulch, Laguna, Ehrenberg aud Gila City sells at very high figures, being nearly pure. The placers are worked in a primitive way, and yet the results have always proved profitable. At Gila City and the Laguna are great fields of gravel which carry coarse and four gold, and which would pay hand somely if hydraulicked. As gold camps these places are bound to be- come at an early day lively mining camps. At the points mentioned there is an abundance of water and fuel; labor is cheap and the ground easily worked. But few of the many valuable silver mines of this section are being worked, owing to the low price at which silver is quoted. Up- on the "whiue metal" reaching it's for mer value the hills and wales of Yuma County will echo and re-echo to the sound of the hammer and drill.
 SILVER DISTRICT. Is about 50 miles north of Yuma and from five to tenmiles distant from the Colorado river The formation Is granite and lime, and when sufficient depth is attained the veins are found to be assures in T! granite, The
 CLIP MINE was opened up in 1883 by A. C. Hub | bard, G. w. Bowers and H. Shipman, and worked continuously up to few ago, when the owners con eluded to shut down until such time IS silver would appreciate more in value. The mine produced over in the time 1t was worked, | md gave heavy profits to it's owners. The
 EXPECTATIONS AND ALBERTA mines are extensions of the Clip, | owned by T. D. Macleod and F., B. | Orr. These mines are in precisely the same formation as the Clip, and are undoubtedly on the same ledge. Ore las been struck on the Expectation averaging 50 ounces to the ton. Work will be pushed on the mine to determine extent of ore body.
 THE ROVER MINE ;ives promise of becoaiing a paying vein is wide and runs rom 40 to l50 ounces to the ton The development of this claim has 'een retarded owing to divided own .rshiI', but as now the entire mine is 'wned by Judge G. A. Ringwald, it will be opened up as quickly as possi- ,le.
 THE RED CLOUD
 called "The Bonanza" s an immense ledge with seams of high trade ore and an abundance of low grade rock. The mine is down 5l0 eet, and at the 800 feet level struck water, which will be handled by pumps that are now on the way from San Francisco. The Red Cloud was discovered in 1878, and the three orig nal locators took $6S,000 from the surface. The mine Is uow being worked by Messrs. Hubbard, Bowers Levy, and continues to prove profit lble. The vein is true Assure in granite, and carries chloride and sul- ohide of silver. There are numerous other mines in Silver District which merit attention, but space will not permit in this article. The Silver Glance, Burr, Klara, May Queen, Parnell, Elena, North Star md many others are being worked to he satisfaction and profit of their owners.
 CASTLE DOME DISTRICT. Is B miles northeast of Yuma and