Yuma County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Silver Mining District 1881
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SILVER,  YUMA COUNTY.

  This district lies in the western part of the county, and is bounded on the
west by the Colorado River, and on the south by Castle Dome District. The great
heat and scarcity of water have undoubtedly been great drawbacks to the
development of the mineral resources of this section, but owing to the rich
discoveries which have been made, all difficulties will in time be overcome, and
the Silver District forced to yield up its hidden treasures of gold, silver and
copper.

  The Red Cloud is the most remarkable mine in the district. The croppings
present a solid body of ore, standing up to the height of forty feet, and are
200 feet in length, and twenty feet in width, asssaying from fifteen to 4,000
ounces of silver to the ton. The average of the whole mass is about $100 per
ton. It is said that three miners who arrived in Yuma with no other capital than
a shot gun, which they put up as security for supplies, went into this district,
where on the mesa at the foot of these croppings, they discovered in the soil,
nuggets of pure silver, of which they gathered in a few days, $9,000 worth, and
also located the ledge, which they sold for a handsome sum. The croppings are
being taken down by means of a wide cut running lengthwise of the whole ledge.
An incline shaft has been driven down on the hanging wall, 170 feet in depth,
all in ore. At 130 feet a crosscut shows the ore thirty feet in width, and as
good as at the surface. A vertical working shaft is now being sunk. The present
production of the mine is reported to be $50,000 per month.

  The Iron Cap mine has a shaft down 200 feet; the vein at this depth is fifty
feet wide, and said to be of the same character as that of the Red Cloud.

  The Chicago Company has large interests here, and is making arrangements to
commence work. The Silent is a silver mine, on which a large amount of
prospecting has been done in shafts, inclines and crosscuts. On the 193-foot
level is a large body of low-grade carbonate, carrying a narrow vein of
high-grade ore. The incline shaft is down 278 feet, at which depth ore is found
which gives 200 ounces of silver to the ton. The Emma, on the same ledge, is
extracting ore from a three-foot vein on the fifty-foot level. The Klara is a
silver mine of most excellent prospects. The croppings on this mine are wide and
rich. The crosscut at a depth of thirty feet, shows twelve feet of carbonate ore
which is said to give eighty dollars per ton. Silver Glance is being prospected
and opened by a tunnel, which is now in 100 feet. This mine shipped some
assorted ore to San Francisco, which yielded $1,000 per ton. The Black Rock and
Pacific are represented to have large quantities of good ore in sight. The shaft
in the Black Rock is down 100 feet. The Princess, Yuma Chief, Waco and
Wilmington are also considered valuable locations. In this district are also
found some immense ledges of lead ore, carrying more or less silver.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

ARIZONA BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER;
CONTAINING THE
Names and Post-Office Addresses of all Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional
Men in the Territory of Arizona;

TERRITORIAL, COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN OFFICERS.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT MINING DISTRICTS AND THE NAMES OF MINING
SUPERINTENDENTS.

ALSO, A GAZETTEER OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS,
Giving a full exhibit of their Mineral, Agricultural and Manufacturing Resources.

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS IN
THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

W. C. DISTURNELL,
COMPILER AND PUBLISHER,
534 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
BACON & COMPANY, PRINTERS.
l88l.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,
By W. C. DISTURNELL,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.


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