The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-03
wyoming. Its CIta 'to, son
and Attractions.

Tho discovery nr rich rorI r,ircs
In tho BLACK UiITs nr NSrfby-a-fnrn
WvnninT Inns Iir.,.,,.l ,~r,nay,I nj.
tcntion re our Tarrirnr,. TIr,I LETTER..
nF innuirv in r,.r,ti,r 1.-THE climate.
resnursas atr of mr. vnun,r common
1,anItb rearL nj IN, I,ilv- A.
Ive boya MT tba ,i,,n "a ran a rpply
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femnt 70 on.v.nr tbnir Iuerip. coIIcc,
lively by giving II general resume OF
Ill n IN nod for our TrrIitnrv.
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CLIMATE. HEALiiiF' LNi-7'
Wvo,rfu.r i u Territory ur i'm
mnnSa cvfant and hence p,I.t bavr a
variety of climate. 1t is u.-D a
mountainous rpr,3u and what i true
of the climate of the valley uad
Mains wouId not he trup of the
HIGHER elevations; hut. epenkiLr gen.
crafty aad with SpccitI reference 10
the horizons already settled and the
Dortion invftinr settlement we saw.
ithou hesitation. there il NOT n
fnpr climate in the wprl1 If il ner-
fan.Ix, ba,Ithv Tho dir e. dry r,u-n
and hrariuo. thrrp il N, malaria and
hence M a5r1n orcurs here Wyn,u-
inc H. FREQ TN no n~yiren,cs of bant
and COLI the yearly AVERAGE tru,rnr.
azure beino t6as Same ~ th-,t Of Ohio
and Indiana n,r Uirfnrs ara
nsnalIv w,arInpr and f,r ,,Ia,sortnr
than fbosn ~ IIii,ois or p.rngyIyo
mia. snow r,raIv E,IIs Ia ar,. con-
siderabIn tcnfb in mo ~,.,Ilay. on1
when If dnas a warm sun or wind
usually takes il Off i'm a d,v or two
so thai cattle have abundant pr,zing
the wear rDuud.
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gora r,rtio1s n~,rri.uItDrC. Harm,
lands are abundant ~ al the valleys
aud when irrigated are NOT surpassed
for fertility and prpducilEtn,sS. As
to mining wyoming mas IiCh dcpps-
its OF gold, silver, copper, nm, lead,
and coal. Our mines are, OF course,
less developed than those oi the older
Territories, owing To the presence OF
hostile Indians IN Tie richest mining
districts oil TINS territory. When we
are relieved from the presence of u
red brethren, that Is when the gov
ernment takes measures tokeep them
on their permanent reservation in
Dakota, the development 81 our MIN
ing interests, "SpeciuiIE In the Black
lllll5 ana Big Horn mountains, viii
be on a scale that Will surprise the
most sanguIn@.
Immense tracts of our Territory
ESTIMATED to cover 3p,O"O sTuar"
miles, arc un!rriud with tn" finest
coal to be found west Of the Rocky
Mountains, 80 that Il perpetual supply
OF cheap fuel iNa certainty with H..
Timber OF good Iuhtl'N j. found in
nearly aiIpb't- OF Wyoming, consist
ing manly OF pine, cedar, AruIiDCk,
and cottonwood.
"iA'AN" i"''lI9 vi 'Nl'i'H
RAISING.
ASS ~praziug rp,rion i, * penpraIIv
admitted by Western stockmcn of
experieuce that Wyoming mas no
canal. It's superjoritv cnnsists mainly
in this. that the grass is more abund-
ant and of better uuaIiiv. the win
tiers are milder and the snow falls
less in our sheltered valleys than on
the elevated and exposed plateauX
further south. Good water is ubuud-
ant in Wyoming and the climate is
such that herds of all kinds of stock
keep perfectly healthy, and 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 i'm
pOrtanCe to her inhabitants than al.
her gold and silver mines, rich as
they are. 1t IS certain that the pccu-
culiar kind OF grass found here on our
plains and hill-sides is more nu-
trltlous thar Ohio timothy or the
pest DIue grass oil kentucky. This
or graLnma grass starts up
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