The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-06
wyoming. Its CItn tie,
and Attractions.

SAN
The discovery of rich gold mines
in the Black Hills az Northwestern
Wyoming has directed general at
tcntion to our Territory, an" letters
Of inquiry in relation To the iInaIr
resources etc. Of u young common
wealth reach this Office daily. ~
we have not the time to zen = reply
IN each correspondent, we Will at
kempt to answer their queries coiirr-
tyeiy by giving II grncfIrl resume Of
what may be runsi ,tputly and truth
huIIy claimed for our Territory.
CLIMATE. HEALTHFCLNEss
Wyoming IS a Territory of i'm
mems extent and hence must have Il
variety of climate. 1t is also Il
mountainous region and what i true
Of the climate of the valley aud
plains would not lie rue Of the
higher elevations; hut, speaking gen
orally, uad with special reference to
the portions already settled and the
portion inviting settlement, we say,
without hesitation, there is not a
finer climate in the weird. 1t j. per
feV:Iy healthy, the air is dry, pure
and bracing; there is no malaria ANA
hence no pgue occurs here. Wy0In-
ing is free from the extremes OF heat
and cold, the yearly average temper
ature being the same aS that of OhiO
and Indiana. Our winters ar
usually warmer and far plpasanter
than those of Illinois or Pennsylva-
mia. Snow rarely falls to any cOu-
siderable !epth in the valleys, and
when il does, n warm sun or wind
usually takes it of in Il 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 productiven' =. As
to mining, Wyoming has rich depns-
its of gold, silver, copper, ir"n, lead,
and coal. Our mines arr, 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 f or min.
ing interests, especially in the Black
Hills and Big Horn mountains, Will
be on n scale that Will surprise the
most sanguinc.
Immense tructs of Our Territory
ESTIMATED to cover $1,000 square
miles, are undrrlaid with the finest
C1Sal to De found west Of the Rocky
Mountains, 50 that II perpetual -appiy
of cheap fuel is II certainty with u-.
Timber of good quality j. found in
nearly aIlpart@ of WyuuiuE, consist
ing mainly of pine, cedar, hcm!ouk,
and COttUn-WOtVl.
GRAZING PROFITS OF CATTLE
RAISING.
As a grazing region, ii is generally
admitted by Western st0ckmcu OF
experience that Wyoming has no
. equal. Its superiority CONSISTS mainly
in this, that the grass is more ahuud-
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 abunl-
ant in Wyoming and the climate il
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
pOrtanCG to her inhabitants than ALI
her gold and silver miueS, rich as
they are. 1t is certain that the pccu-
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 graTnma grass starts up
early in the spring, reaches maturity
in June and then cures where it
stands, retaining all its uutritive
qualities and constituting the finest
autumn or winter feed for stock that
nature has anywhere provided. 1t
not only grows in the valleys, but
the foothills and the bench
lands, and frequently reaches the
mountain tops, thus furnishing un-
limited grazing throughout the year
on andSn not available for other pur-
PO5es.
We know Of no business, open to
all corners, which rffprs such solid in
duCementS as stOCk-raising in WvO-
ming. With good management the
risks are few and the returns are
large. Men long engaged i'm the has.
mess assure us that the profits exec. d
four per cent. a month, thus doub-
ling the capital in two years. 70
reap all the advantages of the bust
5 and make it fully worth an en-
terprising mans attention, it is
desirable to start with II herd costing
trnm 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.