, 1877-05-01

by the lst of January neil 1t will be completed
to Tucson. give you this on the authority OIL
that such was the Company's intention: They
already have the rails for 40 miles OF that dis
tanre. Thence the ro2d will Dc continued 70
meet some Eastern outlet in New MeAfco or
Texas, with possibly 4 branch to meet tAe NAN
sas Pacific at Denver. Nowhere. else In our
country is there such vast railroad-building
enterprise in progress to-day.
AT YUMA,
the traveller will find much that IS strange ana
unique It is an abode town Of say l,2oo IN
habtants, Mexican and scantly-
attircd Indians, the balance whites. 1t has
several large wholesale houses and transporta-
tion companies, retail stores OF alt branches or
trade, two hotels, aud "wet groceries " almost
innulnerable Fort Yuma, gnrrisoncd by Two
companies Of regulars. is just across the rivcron
the high bluffs OF the California side. The
Ouartermas:cr's depot on this side, adjacent to
the town, is in command Of Col. e. w. Bradley,
q Chieagoan, who is very courteous and Los
pitable to strangers. especially to al who hail
military posts In the Territory, and Is for
that reason depot Of considerable i'm
portauce. There are a number OF finely
cultivated and productive ranches about Yuma,
but the area OF cultivated ground IS small.
Still, nearly all of the Colorado aud ella bot
toms arc susceptible Of Il high state Of pro-
iuctycness with irrigation. Sugar cane and
cotton grow luxuriously. The temperature
rarciv indicates 4 lower temperature than ~
degrees Fahrenheit, hut in summer degree ol
heat Is attained OF sufficient altitude to satisfy
the most exalted ambition.
Fortr-fyc miles northeast is the Castle Dome
mining district,-the oldest In the Territory,
containing mines that have been worked OIL
and OH for the past fourteen years, anu con-
tinuously for the past seven years. The orc
from these mines is principally argcuttferous
galcun, very rich, but not yielding as large Il
percentage of precious metal As tic more re~
Gently discovered mines In the eastern
will judge that they must be valuable
when 1t is known that the ores hare
nearly all been shipped to San Francisco for re-
luction, and have paid handsomely over and
above the expense. Some regard this as the
best district In the Territory, their confidence
doubtless being based on the iact that its mines
have been worked SO long with profit anu still
showing large bodies Of ore. The district needs
capital and machinery to develop its greatest
value. must reserve more particular mention
OF these mines for future letter.
Seven miles south Of Castle Dome Is the
Montazuma District,-yiclding copper, gold and
silver It Is not worked much now on account
Of lowness OF copper and want of water
Between here and Castle Dome there IS a
belt Of mountains where there Is very rich
placer gold mining. atm told that over S3,00O,-
U00 have been taken out by dry washing. a.
few men are now working there. It is all cuarsc
gold. At ella City piece OF placer gold worth
$l5S was found about four. months n@o.
About forty miles north Of here on the Cali,
fornia side is the famous Pacacho quartz gold
mine OF Frank Welcome. The shaft is down
about 100 fect in orc that goes about $40 per
ton, which is very high for gold.
North OF the Castle Dome, extending hun
drcls Of miles up the Colorado, are Other. very
coycries come from there, aud shall have more
to say concerning that region hereafter. The