The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-07
wyoming. rs climate. ne.oure,
and AtIraclIon-

wyoming. Its Climate, Resources
and Attractions.
The discovery of rich gold mines
in the Black Hills Of Northwestern
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 q reply
to each correspondent, we will at
tempt to answer their queries collee-
lively by giving a general resume of
what may be consistently and TRUTH
fully claimed for our Territory.
CLIMATE. HEALTHFULNEss.
Wyoming is a Territory of i'm
mense 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; but, speaking gen.
orally, and with special seference to
the portions already settled and the
portion inviting settlement, we say,
without hesitation, there is not a
finer climate in the world. 1t is per-
fec;Iy 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
AZURE being the same as hat OF Ohio
and Indiana Our winters are
usually warmer and far ~pleasanter
than those OF Illinois or Pennsylva-
mia. Snow rarely falls to any con-
siderable depth in the valleys, and
when ii does, a warm sun or wind
usually takes it off in 4 day or two,
so 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 productiven,ss. As
to mining, Wyoming has rich depos-
its of gold, silver, copper, irUn, lead,
and 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 to keep them
on their permanent reservation in
Dakota, the development of our min
ing interests, especially in the Black
Hills and Big Horn mountains, will
be on a scale that will surprise the
most sanguine.
Immense tracts of our Territory
ESTIMATED to cover 80, square
miles) are undertake with the finest
coal to be found west of the Rocky
Mountains, so that 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 stockmen of
experience that Wyoming has no
equal. Its superiority consists mainly
in this, that the grass is more abund-
ant and of better quality, 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 abund-
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 im-
portance to her inhabitants than al.
her gold and silver mines, rich as
they are. 1t is certain that the G
culiar kind of grass found here on our
plains and hiil-sides is more nu-
tritious than Ohio timothy or the
best blue grass of Kentucky. This
bunch or gramma 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 I'M
limited grazing throughout the year
on lanas not available for other pur-
poses.
We know of no business, open 10
all corners, which rtfers such solid in
ducements a s~tock-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. To
reap all the advantages of the busi-
ness and make it fully worth an n
terprisiBg mans attention, 1t is
desirable to start with a herd costing
from five to ten thousand dollars.
Many, however, begin with less and
gueeeed we'll. The bushes of wool
! owing, although now in its infancy
n this Territory. is destined to be-
m a leading interest.
THE INDIAN QUESTION.
The Indians in Wyoming are
known as "Treaty Indians" living
on a reservation away from white
settlements. The northeastern part
OF Wyoming is yet neutral ground,