The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1878-11-09


with the boundary line between the Uni
ted States and Mexico. The climate is
hot in the daytime during all portions OF
the year, but cool nights prevail from
October to March. The lands are fertile
and level, and might be devoted to high
order Of tillare. a. present they are
mostly covered with mesquit, cottonwood
and willow, while grass and wild hemp
grow in great abundance. Much Of this
land is oterf0wed during tie sumntcr
rains and frcshets, and it is fact that
three crops year may be raised in some
places. My informant, Captain Poole, an
old navigator Of the river from its mouth
to El Dorado Canon, says that corn and
beans and barley have matured and been
gathered ia eighty and nihety days from
the time they were planted. Melons and
sweet potatoes, and al kinds OF yegeta-
blcs, do well ald grow to prodigioHs size.
1t is believed ilnit rice, sugar cane, tdcacco,
ttjt:Gni aud even coffee, could be raised
with great st.ccess in these rich bottoms
At tie iiiolith of the river and below are
fcuud cli.lIs iii abundance, and some oys-
ters. Green turtles, Weighing Sometimes
200 pounds, are caiiy iyht from these waters;
and many Kinds Of fsh-nary a jew fish
having been caught by eXcursionists
Weighing from 800 to 600 pounds. BeaYer
and sea otter and lots OF water fowl also
! inhabit this section, while deer are some
times seen. Navigation is rendered quite
difficult at low stages OF water on account
of the shifting and changing of shoals and
isl.nds and bars. At the mouth of the
! river is Il bar nearly fourteen miles wide.
and two islands, which are the horror OF
/ navigGtofS.
FROM YUMA TO CASTLE ZONE.
From Tuna to Castle Dome the distance
is ihirty-iive miles, and at this season OF
the year the channel of the river is less
| than two feet in depth in many places,
ard sotnetiihes entirely thanse5 its posi-
ton in one night Castle Dome is in
Arizona, and is named after grOtesquc
elevation a few miles away. There are
8 me III mes short distance Off yieldiay
| argentiferOus ore, aid oIking about
forty men. This cnte; Prise keeps up a
store, a stage agency and po>tOiiice
The mountains are very attractive on both
Sides Of the river at this point, and 3trciiks
of groupings Of ore or quartz indicate the
treasures that are locked up within.
FROM CASTLE DOME TO EHRENBc39.
Ehrcnherg, also in Arizona, is ninety
miles above Castle Dome, and is the ship
ping point for Prescott, Wlckenbutg,
FheniX, and other sections OF central End
northern Arizona Ehrenberg is named
after the well-krtown German engineer
who came to this cojintry some years ago.
This place contains several stores, and Il
population of 400 people, not including |
Indians. All the way between Castle |
Done and Ehrenberg the Traveller is re-
galed with some exquisite aud magniti- |
cent mountain scenery and effects. Chm |
itey Peak is urrivdilcd in he;tttty aid I
gr0tesqueness, and looming up upon the |
California side, probably 1900 feet from
its base, il looks, Il short distance Oft, like
the ruins of some colossal cathedral It's
distance from Castle Dome is about fifteen
miles. II may be seen at Il distance up
the river o! forty miles, and in the soft
twilight assumes the proportions of some
grand old castle upon III Rhine. Near
Chimney Peak is gold mine and fifteen
stamp mill, owned by David Neahr. The
mill is on the California side Of the river,
directly upon the bank, and is built of
limestone. Ii is the handsomest structure
on the river. The mine is said to be Il
very good one, and the mill is run at very
little expense, as water is taken from the
riTer and wood only costs 50 cord.
4 few niles farther up the river aua
you come t. what i, called The Barriers
iorIued BY two great rocks, seventy feet !
apart, AID through which the channel
runs, and through which ali vessels must
pass \ short distance further and a ,
great co!u'nn stands in the very middle of
;ae strean. This is probably about 200 .
feet ii height, and is called the Light +
house. Between this column and the
Barriers IS Johnson's Landing. and back ,
Of The larding is 4 place where about iii. .
teen men are engaged in taking out ar s
sentifcrous ore. This ore is sacked,
packed to the landing by burros," and i,
sent down the river on return steamers. ,
Five miles further is place called )
Rhodes Ranch, but Rhodes is dead, aid :,
here only remains Spanish woman.
A NEW SETTLEMENT. {
At a further distance Of twenty miles, 0
,n the California side, is settlement o! q