The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-08
COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING
wyoming. Its elm tie, Resources
aud Attractions

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 Il young common
wealth reach this Office daily. 4
we have not the time to pen a reply
to each correspondent, we viii al
tempt 10 answer their queries collie
lively by giving II general resume Of
what may be consistently and truth
fully claimed for our Territory.
CLIMATE. HEALTHFULNEsS.
Wyoming is n Territory of i'm
menss extent and hence must have Il
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; hut, speaking 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
fecIly healthy, the air is dry, pure
and braeing; there is no malaria and
hence no ague occurs here. Wyou-
ing is free from the extremes OF heat
and cold, the yearly average temper
AZURE being the am a. that of Ohio
and Indiana. Our winters are
usually warmer and far p~leaSanter
than those of Illinois or PenusyIva-
mia. Snow rarely falls 10 any con-
siderable depth in the valleys, and
when ii does, a warm sun or wind
usually takes it off in a day or two,
so that cattle have abundant grazing
the year round.
RESOURCES.
The special resources of Wyoming
are stOck-raisiug, 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 depus.
its of gold, silver, copper, iron, 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 row.
eminent taxes measures tokeep them
on their permanent reservation in
Dakota, the development of our min
irg interests, especially In the Black
Hills and Big Horn mountains, will
be on II scale that will surprise the
most %sanguine.
Immense tracts of our Territory
ESTIMATED to $4,000 square
miles, are undprIaid with the finest
coal to be found west of the Rocky
Mountains, so that IL perpetual supply
of cheap fuel is II certainty with lis.
Timber of good quality is found in
nearly aIlparts of Wyoming, consist
ing mainly of pine, cedar, hcmIock,
and cottonwood.
GRAZING-PROFITs OF CATTLE
RAISING.
AS a grazing region, it is generally
admitted by Western st0ckmeu 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
ters are milder and the snow falls
less in our sheltered valleys than on
the elevated aud exposed p~lateaux
further south Good vale! is abund- |
ant in Wyoming and the climate is
such that herds of all kinds of stock
keep perfectly healthy, and the in
CreaS is remarkably rapid and GER
NNA' . q "NN ~ llNN0Nu AllN' ]
opinion that the stock growing in
Gnstry OF Wyoming is of more i'm
purlAnCo TO her inhabitants Dian nj.
her gold and silver mines, rica aa
they are. 1t is certain that the IeCu. /
cGliar 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 gramIna 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 tiue~t
autumn OF winter feed for stock that
nature has anywhere provided. II
not only grows in the valleys, bnt
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 no business, open to
all corners, which 'tfers such solid in
ducementS as stock raising in WyO-
ming. With good management the
risks are few and the rpturns are
large. Men long engaged in the bus
mess assure us that the profits exec d
iour per cent. n month, thus doub-
ling the capital in two years. 70
reap all the advantages of the bust
ness and make it fully worth an en-
terprising nuns attention, it 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.