The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-11

Wyoming has directed general at
tcntiOn TO our Territory, and letters
Of inquiry in relation to the climate,
resources, etc. Of our young common
wealth reach this office daily. As
we have not the time to pen a reply
to each correspondent, we VIII at
tempt to answer their queries coliec-
lively by giving IA general resume Of
what may be consistently and truth
fully claimed for our Territory
CLIMATE. HEALTHFCLNESs
Wyoming is a Territory OF i'm
mensa extent and hence must have a
variety of climate. 1t is also a
mountainous region and what is true
of the climate of the valley and
plains would not be true OF the
higher elevations; hut, speaking gen
orally, and with special reference to
the portions already settled and the
portion inviting settlement, we say,
without hesitation, there is not Q
finer.climate in the world. 1t is per
fec;ly healthy, the air is dry, pure
and bracing; there is no malaria and
hence no ague occurs here. Wyom-
ing is free from the extremes OF heat
and cold, the yearly average temper
allure being the same as hat of Ohio
and Indiana. Our winters are
usually warmer and far p%leasanter
than those of Illinois or Penusylva-
mia. Snow rarely falls to any con-
siderable !epth in the valleys, and
when it does, a warm sun or wind
usually takes il of in II day or two,
go that cattle have abundant grazing
the year round.
RESOURCES.
The special resources of Wyoming
are stock raising, mining and, in
some portions, agriculture. Farm
lands are abundant in all the valleys
and when irrigated are not surpassed
for fertility and productivenf s.. As
tomining, Wyoming has rich depos-
its7of gold, silver, copper, irUn, lead,
aud coal. Our mines are, of course,
less developed than those of the older
Territories, owing to the presence of
hostile Indians in the richest mining
districts of this Territory. When we
are relieved from the presence of our
red brethren, that is when the gov
eminent takes measures tOkeCp them
on their permanent reservation in
Dakota, The development Of our min
ing interests, especially iE the Black
Hills and Big Horn niomtIins, will
be on Il scale that will surprise tho
most sanguine.
Immense tracts of our Territory
ESTIMATED to cover 10000 square
miles, are undertake with the finest
coal to be found west of the Rocky
Mountains, so hat a perpetual supply
of cheap fuel is Il certainty with US.
Timber Of good quality is found in
nearly allparts of Wyoming, consist
ing mainly of pine, cedar, hemlock,
and cottonwood.
GRAzING-PROFITs OF CATTLE
RAISING.
As a grazing region, it is generally
admitted by Western Lstockmen of
experience that Wyoming mas no
equal. Its superiority consists mainly
in this, thai the grass is more abund-
ant and of better quality, the win
tiers are milder and the snow fills
less in ouTsheltered valleys than on
the elevated and exposed plateaux
further south. Good water is abund-
ant in Wyoming and the climate is
such that herds of all kinds of stock
Keep perfectly healthy, aud the in
crease is remarkably rapid and GER
tain. Many have expressed the
opinion that the stock growing in
dustry or Wyoming is of more inn
p%ortance Il her inhabitants than ali
liz gum nv oilNtl llliItS, llCil MS /
they are. 1t is certain that the peCu-
culiar kind Of grass found hereon our
plains and hill-sides is more nu-
tritiOus than Ohio timothy or the
best blue grass of kentucky. This
bunch or graInma grass starts up
early in the spring, reaches maturity
in June and then cures where it
stands, retaining all its nutritive
qualities and constituting the finest
autumn or winter feed for stock that
nature has anywhere provided. 1t
not only grows in the valleys, but
covers the foothills and the bench
lands, and frequently reaches the
mountain tops, thus furnishing un-
limited grazing throughout the year
on lanus not available for other pur-
poses. --.
We know of no business, open to
all corners, which ptfers such solid in
ducements as stock-raiSing in Wyo-
ming. With good management the
risks are few and the returns are
large. Men long engaged in the bus
mess assure US that the profits exceed
four per cent. a month, thus doub-
ling the capital in two years. 70
reap all the advantages of the bust
ness and make it fully worth an en-
terprising mans attention, it is
desirable to start with a herd costing
from five to ten thousand dollars.
Many, however, begin with less and
succeed well. The bushes of wool
growing, although now in its infancy
IN this Territory, is destined to be-
some a leading interest.
H INDIAN QUESTION.
The Indians in Wyoming are