Arizona republican., 1898-12-14
FAMOUS RED CLOUD MINE
New York Capitalists Visit the Well
 Known Property.

Charles J. Knapp and Gordon B. Hor-
 ton of the Deposit National bank, De-
 posit, New York, sole owners of the
 we'll known Red Cloud mine of Silver
 district, Yuma county, with Taylor D.
 Mcleod, the mining man, made a fly
 ing trip to inspect the present condi-
 tion of that property, and to lay out
 any future developments that MT. Me
 Leod, in his judgment as an expert,
 might suggest.
 This mine has been in active opera tion since the inception of work in 1879,
 says the Yuma Sentinel. Messrs.
 Knapp and Horton, with their associ-
 ates purchased the property from the
 original locatOrS, Burnham and Roh- yer, in 1880, for cash at $100,000. Before this Burnham and Rohyer had taken cut and shipped ore to the value of S35,- 900 from surface workings on outcrop. Immediately after purchase the Red
 Cloud MiTing company, incorporated, commenced active and extensive devel- opments, erected a twenty-ton water
 jacket smelter at Norton's Landing, five miles distant, from which, under the management of Prof. Thomas, a skilled and prominent smelter, much bullion was shipped for several years. This property should have been a divi- dend producer from the first, after the New York ownership; but like many similar enterprises,a good mine was un- skillfully supervised by managers with neither practical nor theoretical knowl- edge of mining and bu5 little money returns resulted. Later the mine was worked by leasers on royalty almost continuously after the original Red Cloud company had ceased operations, and supported a store and quite vil- lage of people at Norton's Landing, at d fair profit. This work in desultory way, by leasers, having no special in terS in protecting the mine for future use, all waste Of low grade concentrat- ing variety was dumped back into the workings. so that to the 300-foot level it is practically choked, and we are in- formed it would be of doubtful utility to incur the expense necessary to re- habilitate these old workings.
 The ores of this property heretofore l mined are straight smelting, a premi- um ore, converted into white lead at the Selby & Go. smelting works, Cali | fornia, and in average shipping value | above 65 per cent lead and 80 ounces | silver per ton, with the great mass yet | untouched of good concentrating ore. |
 Water Is found at the 800 foot level (by vertical and inclined shafts) below | which water line, doubtless, the mag 1! nificent ore chambers found above will l be duplicated, if not surpassed. The ! vein at this level is eight feet thick, | and no foctwalI yet. Above the. 300 | level there remains much ore of good commercial value. The ore at the wa ter level occurs in seams of argentifer i 1us galrnas, and in all previous work lngs an unfailing indication of close to extensive ore chambers is had in pockets and impregnations through the firable gangue stuff, of the crystals of malybdate or "salts of lead" for which this mine is famous.
 MT McLeod's report and maps are low being considered by Messrs. Knapp ind Horton, who have returned to New fork, and we have every reason to be- ieve his advice will Ee acted upon, and his grand, old staying Red Cloud mine, ,y the judicious expenditure of mod ,rate amount of capital will again take ts place in the forefront of the silver cad producers of the Pacific coast and Yuma county.