Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-11-03
Important Discoveries in the Colo
RADIO County.

Among the recent arrivals at Wash
ingtOn we regard us the most import
ant that of Colonel Samuel Adams. hi
the service of the War Office, from a
prospecting tour Of four years, with
a party OF eleven men, in the Colo.
RADIO country. We mean the exten-
rive region on the western flank Of the
Rocky Mountains drained by the
tributaries of the great Colorado Of the
Wesl--a region from north 10 south
through Colorado Territory, the north
west corner of New Mexico, and into
the heart Of Arizona, of some seven
hundred miles in length, with a width
Of three or four hundred miles. This
region froin 1915, when first crossed
by Fremont in the north, 10 this time,
has been crossed at various points by
Gunnison, Simpson, Sitgreaves and
other government explorers going
west in search OF a route for n Pacific
railroad but il was reserved for
Colonel Adams to explore it from
north to south, and with a special eye
to the resources Of this interesting
region.
Where Fremont crossed IL in 1875,
between laiiludes thirty-eight and
forty north, he has left upon the map
this endorsement -" Elevated plains,
fertile, gently rolling, with fresh
water lakes and timber" In the
report Of Simpsons detour further
south, 1919, we have numerous illus
.rations Of ancient ruins, inscriptions,
paintings aud pottery in the Canon dc
Chaco and Canon de Chelly, tributa-
iies OF the Colorado. On the line of
Sitgreaves' tour of 1852 in the valley
of the Colorado Chiquita, another
tributary of the great Colorado, we
have the localities marked Of numer-
Gus ruins. "San Francisco Forest, "
springs, &c. Colonel Adams from
north TO south has crossed all these
lines Of exploration, and discovered an
extent and variety Of natural resources
ia the country ''prospected' hitherto
unknown He found rich gold mines
that can be worked all the year round,
and in the central portions of Arizona
aud New Mexico he found the richest
country he has ever seen. lie saw
there wild wheat, rye, oats and barley
growing six feet high, and ruins Of
ancient cities built of stone, fortifca-
tions, canals aud abandoned mines.
The party also discovered oil wells,
tar wells, and salt and coal in abun,
dance. aud in one SECTION forests ol
splendid timber sufficient TO supply all
the wants Of the timberless regions OF
Southern Nevada, New Mexico and
Arizona, which are now supplied from
Oregon by way Of the Pacific aud the
Gulf Of California and lower Colorado
river.
Here, then, on tho western flank:
Of the Rocky Mountain chain we hav,
resources sufficient TO make Of the
Territories of Colorado, New Mexico
and Arizona, rich and prosperous
States in agricultural prOdacts anC
manufactures While, therefore, th,
lofty tabclands on both sides Of th,
/ great canon of the main Colorado fol
hundred or hundreds of miles may
be worthless, as described by Pro
fcssor Powell. il is disclosed by Colo
mel Adams, ihat eastward among thl
tributaries Of The Colorado, there is al
. extensive region which may be pro
nounccd among the richest in thl
Union in its natural products. witt
the finest climate IN the world. Thu.
, M the course of the development o
this beautiful mountain country, ever,
opening in the rhasm of the Colorado
torrent may be filed with mills, foun
dries and factories, and the torren
itself may be made available for tran:
porlaiion TO the sea.
Such is the value Of the intelligen
. explorer Of unknown lands in thes
( days Of the progress and expansion {
the civilized races Of the earth; an
still, within tho spacious boundsric
s OF the United States, we have much 1
? learn, leaving Alaska, from the repoT
: of General Thomas, rs only "a 90 b
J lolt out in the cold--N j. Herald.