The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-02
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wyoming. E@ CIimItc, Resource.
and Attractions. O.

Wyoming. Us ella Hte, Rcsomrccs
and Attractions. a
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 i'm relation to the climate,
resources, etc. of Our young common
wealth reach this office daily. rs
we have not the time to pen a reply
to each correspondent, we VIII at
tempt to answer their queries cu!lCc-
lively by giving Il general resume Of
what may be consistently and truth
fully claimed for Il Territory.
CLIMATE. HEALTHFULNEss.
Wyoming is a Territory Of i'm
menss extent and hence mast have a
variety of climate. 1t is 50 "a
mountainous region and what i true
Of the climate of the valley AID
plains would not be true of the
higher elevations; hut, s~peakiTg gen
orally. and with special reference to
the portions already settled aud 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 j. dry, pure
and bracing; there is no malaria aud
hence no ague occurs here. WyOn-
ing Is free from the extremes OF heat
and cold, the yearly average temper
allure being the same as that of Ohio
and Indiana. Our winters are
usually warmer and far p~lcasaHter
than those of Illinois or PeuusyIva-
mia. Snow rarely falls to II con-
siderable iepth in the valleys, and
when ii does, a warm sur or wind
usually takes ii off in a 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 altthe valleys
and when irrigated are not surpassed
for fertility and productivrn,ss. As
to mining, Wyoming has rich depus-
its of gold, silver, copper, iron, lead,
and coal. Our mines are, of course,
less developed than those of the oil Ter
Territories, owing to the presence nf
hostile Indians in the richest mining
districts of this Territory. When we
are relieved from the presence of our
r~edbfethren, that is when the gov
eminent takes measures tn keep them
On their pernlunCnt reservation in
Dakota, the dereiOpmCnt ofOur min
ing interests, especially in the Bttck
Hills and Big Horn mountains, Will
be on a scale that Will surprise the
most Sauguinc.
Immense tracts of our Territory
ESTIMATED To owe 3u,GGG square
miles, are undrrllid with the finest
ana =, lao. ,st,4l N-T-s ,f fl.. fb-.E-.s
Mountains, 50 that u perpetual ~upI.N
of cheap fuel is u certainty with "a
Timber uG good Tuuiity i found in
nearly alIpa't- of Wyoming, cuu-i-t-
ing mainly of pine, cedar, HomIucE.
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 fllls
less in u sheltered valleys than on
the elevated and exposed ~plateauX
further south. Good wutef is abunl-
ant in Wyoming and the climate j.
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 OF Wyoming is of more i'm
portance to her inhabitants than. all
her gold and silver mines, rich aS
they are. 1t is certain hat the pecu
culiar kind of grass found here ON 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 nc business, open to
all corners, which rtfers such solid in
ducements as stock raising in WyO-
ming. With good management the
risks are few and the rPturn 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
C and make it fully worth an en-
terprisiug mans attention, it is
desirable to start with IA 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