The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-08

I'm 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 a reply
~ each correspondent, we Will al
kemut 10 answer their queries cullcc-
lively by giving n general resume OF
what may be consistently and truth
fully claimed for Our Territory.
CLIMATE. uEALTHFULNEss.
Wyoming is a Territory OF inn
ncnSe extent and hence must have Il
variety of climate. 1t IS also a
mountainous region and what Is r u
Of the climate of the valley and
plains would not lie true of the
higher elevations; hut, speaking gen
orally, and with special reference Ia
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-
fee;ly healthy, the air Is dry, pure
and bracing; there is no malaria and
hence no ague occurs here. WyOm-
ing is free from tho 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 Pcnusylva-
mia. Snow rarely falls to any on
siderable depth in the valleys, and
when il does, n warm sun or wind
usually takes it OF in "a day or two,
so that cattle have abundant grazing
the year round.
RESOURCES.
The special 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 prOductivcn's -. As
to mining, Wyoming has rich depus-
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 10 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 II scale HAT will surprise the
most sanguine.
Immense tracts of our Territory
ESTIMATED to cover 10000 square
miles, are undrrlaid with the finest
coal to be found west Of the Rocky
Mountains, 50 that a perpetual supply
of cheap fuel is Il certainty with Us.
Timber Of good quality is found in
nearly ailpa Is of Wyoming, consist
ing mainly of pine, cedar, hemlOck,
and COttDn-WuDl.
GRAZING PROFITS OF CATTLE
RAISING.
As n grazing region, it is generally
admitted by Western atOckmrn Of
experience that Wyoming has no
equal. It's superiority consists mainly
in this, that the grass is more ahumd-
ant and of better quality, the win
ters are miider 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 i'm
pOrtance to her inhabitants than al.
her gold and silver mines, rich a.
they are. 1t is certain that the ppcu.
culiar kind Of grass found here on our
plains and hilI-sidcS is more nu-
triti0u5 than Ohio timothy or the
best blue grass Of Kentucky. This
bunch or granma grass starts up
early in the spring, reaches maturity
in June and then cures where it
stands Tptnjninu oil itS n,trit;,1
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 LANDS not available for other pur-
poses.
We know of no business, open to
all corners, which nffers such solid in
duceinentS 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 h a the profits exceed
1our per cent. "A month, thus doub-
ling the capital in two years. 70
reap all the advantages Of the busi-
ness and make it fully worth an en-
terprising mans attention, il 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 Wvominp arc