The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-09

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 our young common
wealth reach this office daily. 40
we have not the time to pen IeP'S
10 each correspondent, we wiz az
Iempt to answer their queries coiiecr
lively by giving a general resume VI
h may be C0nsi ,tentIy and truth
fully claimed for our Territory
HEALTHFCLNEss.
wyoming i a Territory of i'm
ncnse extent and hence must have Il
variety of climate. 1t is also Il
mountainous region and what Is true
Of the climate of the valley and
plains would not lie true Of the
higher elevations; but, speaking gen
srally, and 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 world. 1t Is per
feetly healthy, the air is dry, pure
and bracing; there is no malaria ANA
hence no ague occurs here. Myoln-
ing is free from the extremes OF heat
and cold, the yearly average temper
u JULIE u oNAAAN ~ AAh VI
and Indiana. Our winters are
usually warmer and far pleasanter
than those of Illinois or Pennsylva-
mia, Snow rarely falls to any con-
siderable depth in the valleys, and
when il does, a warn sur or wind
usually taxes it off in a day or two,
40 that cattle have abundant grazing
the year round.
prSoTrpCES
The special resources 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 prOductivenr -. 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 u
red brethren, that is when the gov
eminent takes measures to 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 a scale that will surprise the
most sanguine.
Immense tracts of our Territory
ESTIMATED to we 10000 square
mileS) are underlaid with the finest
coal to be found west of the Rocky
Mountains, so hat II perpetual supply
of cheap fuel is Il certainty with Us.
Timber Of good quality is found in
nearly aIlparts of Wyoming, consist
Inc n,ni,I,v ~f ,i,,n ,,,J1- I,, t.I-
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, hat the grass IS more abumd-
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 ~pIateaux
further south. Good water is -ubund-
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 OF Wyoming is of more i'm
portance to her inhabitants than ak
her gold and silver mines, rich as
they are. 1t is certain that the pecu-
culiar kind of grass found here on our
plains and hilI-sides is more nu-
tritiOus than Ohio timothy or the
best blue grass of Kentucky. This
bunch or gramma 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 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 pffers such solid in
ducements as ~stock-raising in Wyo-
ming. With good management the
risks are few and the returns are
large. Men long engaged in the bus.
lneSs assure US that the profits excend
four per cent. a month, thus doub-
ing the capital in two years. TO
reap all the advantages of the bust
ness and make it fully worth an en-
terprising mans attention, it is
desirable to start with a herd costing
rom five to ten thousand dollars.
MANY, however, begin with less and
succeed well. The bushes of wool
SIowing, although now in it's infancy
~ enls Territory, is destined to be-
some leading interest.
THE INDIAN QUESTION. L
knn ne INDIANS in Wyoming are