Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-12

val the Comstock Lode, and both gold
and silver are found over larger area
than in any other part of the world.
Even here in California there is but
little known of that territory, and the
prevailing opinion seems to be that
it is desert, devoid of vegetation,
trees and water, whereas it is really
fine agricultural country having a
proportionally larger area of tillable
land than California, abounding with
never failing streams, and having
known mineral resources of fabulous
extent and value.
A correspondent of the San Francis
co Bulletin who has travelled over the
entire Territory in an able letter to
that journal gives an elaborate descrip-
tion of it and presents many facts
that will be of interest to the people
of Los Angeles, The water supply is
exceptionally good. Rain falls near
ly every month in the year, all over
Arizona except in the Western part
where the Colorado flows. Rivers and
creeks are more numerous than in any
section near this Coast in the same
Ion gitude. The valleys of the Celia,
Colorado, Salt, Verde, Little Colorado
Big Sandy, Williams Fork, Santa
Cruz, San Pedro and Rillets Rivers,
and their tributaries, which are nu-
merous, are nearly all never failing
streams, and meander through rich
valleys capable of the highest culti-
walton. The mountain sides are
filled with springs, and artesian
wells at very slight depth can
be obtained over an immgnse
area. OF the 10000 square miles of
territory it is estimated that at last
10000 are capable of cultivation with
the present water supply. In the Gila
Salt, Santa Cruz, San Pedro and 9TH
er valleys two crops per annum can be
grown. The Gila valley is 400 miles
long and lies in latitude 800. Salt
Valley is SO miles in length by Is to
80 in breadth. The Colorado is seve-
raj hundred miles long and will fur
nish water for thousands of farmers.
The Verde river is l50 miles long and
flows through rich lands. The winter
rains are very heavy. Grazing facili-
ties are wonderful, as the mountain
sides are covered with vegitation. The
Mogallan range covering an area of
many thousands of square miles are
literally bubbling with springs,
and send many rushing streams from
their sides like the Truckee of Cali
fornia. Gen. Stoneman declared in
1870 on an inspection, that many mill
lions of money were being lost every
year for want of cattle and sheep to
Craze in these mountains. The rains
of July and August cause vegetation
to spring up all over the territory af-
fording splendid pasturage and 'ere
this is consumed, the November and
January rains renew it. Stock far es
as we'll in winter as in summer, es-
pecially South of the Celia; and, ex-
ceptiDg in the higher mountains, re-
quire no shelter. The sheep herds are
now very large in some sections and
have been augmented by one to two
hundred thousand driven from Cali
fornia this season. The Apache dep
relations have been great drawback
to stock raising, but this is now be-
ing overcome. All the valleys and
the mountains are generally we'll COW
cred with timber. Cotton wood, mes
quite, ash, cherry; walnut. pine and
fir are the predominating varieties.
The Gila valley for 400 miles is SO
thickly covered with mesquite timber
that it is great labor to clear off the
land. There is single belt of pine
timber in the Mogallen $50 miles long
"All in alp says our informant II
doubt if any of the territories, save
Washington, is so abundantly or any,
thing nearly so conveniently timber
ed as is Arizona"
The mineral productions will at
tract the attention of our people most,
we presume, for with rich mines to
feed her banks, Los Angeles will be
what San Francisco has become-a
great treasure house that will lure
thousands of people from all parts of
the world, a centre of exchange with all
its attendant commerce and wealth.
Gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, coal
and other minerals abound. Indeed
it is less difficult to tell where they
are known to exist than where they
are unknown. The silver deposits are
unequaled, but owing to the high cost
OF transportation, the freight on ore
to San Francisco being $l2O to S16O
per ton, only the richest ores can be
handled. In no other political divi
sion has SO much nearly pure silver
and copper been found in so many
places and at such distances apart.
In Mohave county native silver has
been extracted in several places, the
same has been done near Prescott and
in Pinal county. The Silver King
mine near Athens furnishes ore that
will run into the thousands of dollare
per ton ifproperly handled. The Sill
yer Queen mine in Pinal has an i'm