The Arizona sentinel., 1898-12-10
THE RED CLOUD MINE.
New York Capitalists Visit the Famous
 Property.

Charles J. Knapp and Gordon B Horton, of the Depost National Bank, Deposit, New York, sole owners oi the well-known Red Cloud mine of Silver district, Yuma county, with Taylor D. Mcleod, the mining man, made q fly ing trip to inspect the present condi- tion of that property, and to lPy out any future developments, that MT. Mcleod, in his judgement as an ex- pert, might suggest.
 This miRe has been in active opera ton since the inception of work in 1879. Messrs. Knapp and Horton, with their associates purchased the property from the original locators, Burnham and Rohyer in 1880 flor cash at $100,000. Before this Burnham and Rohyer, had taken out and shipped ore to a value of $35 900 from surface workings on outcrop. Immediately after purchase, the Red Cloud Mining company, incorporated, commenced active and extensive developments, erected a 20 ton Wsterjacket smelter at Nortons Landing, ) miles distant' from which under the management of Prof Thomas, skilled and prominent smelter, much bullion was shipped for several years. This property should have been a dividend producer from the first, after the New York ownership; but like many similar enterprises, a good mine was unskillfully supervised by managers with neither practical nor theoretical knowledge of mining and but little money returns resulted. Later the mine was worked by leasers on royalty almost continuously after the original "Red Cloud company" has ceased operations, and supported store and quite village of people at Nortons Landing, at fair profit. This work in desultary way, by leasers having nc special interest in protect ing the mine for future use, all waste of low grade concentrating varity was dumped back into the workings, so that to the 300 feet level it is practi- cally choked, and we are enformed 1t would be of doubtful utility to incur the expense necessary rehabitate these old workings.
 The ores of this property heretofore mined are straight smelling, a pre- mium ore, converted into white lead at the Selby & Co.,, smelling works, California, and in average shopping value above 65 per cent lead and so ounces silver per ton, with the great mass vet untouched @! good concen- tratjng ore
 Water is found t the 500 feet level (by vertical and inclined shafts,) below which water line, doubtless, the mag nifcent ore chambers found above will be duplicated, if not surpassed. The vein at this level is 8 feet thick, and no footwsll yet. Above the 300 level there remains much ore of good commercial value. The ore at the water level occures Tn seams of argen- tiferous galmas, and Tn all previous workings an unfailing indication of close proximity to extensive ore chambers is had in pockets and i'm pregnations through the firable gangue stuff, of the crystals of malybdate or "salts o: lead" for which this mine is famous.
 Mir. McLeod's report and maps are now being considered by Messrs. Knapp and Horton, who have returned to New York, and we have every req son to believe his adive will be acted upon, and this grand, old staying Red Cloud mine, by the judicieus expendi- ture of a moderate amount of capital will again take its place in the fore front of the silver-lead producers of the Pacific coast and Yuma county.