The Arizona sentinel., 1893-12-30

more so to see and eat your delici
Gus oranges, LINES and lemons, a &c
still more so at your excellent veg
etables. l dined today with ;
friend who picked the peas fol-
dinner from the vines, dug the
sweet potatoes in his garden from
which he took the radishes, lettuce
and all the vegetables on the table
A watermelon picked from the
vines today was as sweet and pal
ateable as any / ever tasted in
July. | saw in his and other gar
dens, in fruits, flowers and vege-
tables what I never would have
believed, that Yuma could pro-
duce, the last of December, had l
not seen them. Talk of Yuma,
she has grand future Her early
and late fruits and garden produc
tions alone will make her rich.
Her location cannot be surpassed.
Her advantages are unexcelled by
any town on the Pacific coast"
Capt. J. A. Mellon was the re-
cipient yesterday of a proposition
from the Boleo Mining Company
of San Rosalia, and from the San
Juan Mining Company of San An
tonic, Lower California, to run a
steamer from Yuma down the
gulf to those two points, in order to
supply those great mining COM
panies with fat cattle, -four, fruit,
vegetables provisions and mining
supplies. The former employs
$500 men in town of $500 people,
the latter 400 men in two towns.
one of 1000 and the other of 5000
inhabita nts. The Boleo Co. turns
out 100 tons OF copper per day be-
sides its gold and silver. The San
Juan Co. has yielded as high as
$500 per day in gold and silver.
Several parties in town from the
Cocopah mountains, state that
there are about 60 men at work in
the placer mines. Some very rich
gold quartz has been found 20
miles west of Block Butte OH the
north side of the range. Deer and
antelope never were so plentiful in
the mountains. The lakes and
streams are covered with ducks,
geese, cranes, snipe, curlew and
other water birds. Wild hogs by
the hundreds exist all along new
river, and on both sides Of the Col
orado. Feed is good, water in
abundance, cattle are fat and the
miners taking out some gold,
enough to live on.
Col. J.Blanco's four-horse team
took notion Thursday, that it
would wait no longer, and away
it went, while the driver. Ed Her
ron had stepped into the Office for
a moment. They took a turn
down to the big corral and up the
old road to T. B. Wilkinsons, where
they jumped hole from which
sand had been excavated. and then
climbed the bank, leaving the
carriage bchind, with a broken
pole and four bows. No one was
hurt. Damage about 500.
Maj. R. s. Lewis, of the End
Battalion, reached Yuma Sunday
morning, to inspect Co. H. The
Co. came out in good shape and
did more than we'll. Maj. L. was
we'll pleased and expressed him.
self in the highest terms. 1t i.
seldom that one meets with Ia more
agreeable gentleman gaining the
of all with whom he
met. Capt. Ingalls, aid Co. II,
deserve great credit for bearing so
good an inspection.
Geo. B. Kelley, proprietor of the
Monitor placer mines near ella
City, returned to Moberly, Mo-,
via Denver, Col. He writes us,
Il was surprised to see the deep
interest felt in Denver. in regard
20 Yuma and her future. Her
good mines and early fruits have
awakened deep interest in the
L inds of Denver Capitalists which
will result in much good. They
are wide awake as to the future
for Yuma.
r. E. L. Daniel, of Jackson, Miss.
eft Yuma for the Indian Agency
at Parker, where he takes charge.