Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1894-04-28
CITY OF YUMA
Where thes.Fat of the Land
can be had.
AGRICULTURAL PARADISE.
A Heavy Hay Crop-Rieh Min
eral Discoveries in the
ella Mountains.
AGRICULTURAL PARADISE.
Herald.

] A visit to west Yuma and down thu
valley surprises every Uuo- wro maKes
it to see what has been done during the
past year fills one with wonder how so
much can be done in so short time.
Landlord Gillespie, of the s. P. Hotel
and Chas, London, Of the Mohawk val
ley, began to work on Aug. 25th last
year to clear up this tract Of sixty five
acres. 1t is now all cleared and all
levelled expecting, about four acres.
They have in thirty acres of alfalfa and
barley which are now cutting, the barley
yielding 21s tons and the alfalfa from
IL to tons per acre, besides this they
have planted ten acres to fruit trees and
vines which consists Of five hundred fig
trees, three hundred apricots, eighty
lemons, twenty oranges, four hundred
and twenty five poplar trees and five
acres of grapes. They also have five
acres of vegetables and seven of melens.
They have eleven Jersey and six Dur
ham cows which furnishes milk for the
hotel and to parties outside. They
propose to put up twelve room house
where they can accommodate guesta
who wish to be away from the hotel in
quiet place where they can have the
fat of the land.
They are now sinking a large we'll
and will put large pump which will
supply the ranch with water in case the
water company does not do so.
q. W. Crane, near by, has 40 acres In
crops, fruit trees and vines and has
beautiful place. r. j. Duccan has 20
acres into alfalfa which has a marvel
Gus growth. Major Ingalls,, Supervis-
or Rsranthy, Sheriff Greenleaf, Gus
toms Inspector Powell, DR.. Gregory,
Gen. Summer, VIM. Pike, Ed. Msyes,
the Stamford farm with It's 400 acres of
vines, fruit trees. alfalfa, vegetables
and other plants, roots and trees, and
many others have fine places and show
wnat has been done in so short time
and also what the soil will produce with
water.
A visit to Yuma Heights on the Mesa
is no less gratifying. The progress
made, the growth of the vines and fruit
trees, alfalfa, vegetables and grain are
wonderful. The Heights have prednc:
ed this season the finest Strawberries,
cabbage, onions, asparagus and other
vegetables that have been in the Yuma
market. And the good work goes on.
The hay crop in southern Arizona will
be the heaviest and best ever cut. The
growth is grand one.
The richest gold mine ever struck in
Yuma county, was found last week, two
miles south of the Monitor placer mines
near Gils city. The vein is situated in
the rugged ranch OF mountains known,
as the Gila range, clear up in the sum-
NIT IN canyon 81 feet deep, which the
vein crosses On the summit the vein
is eight feet wide, in the bottom of the
canyon 600 feet below it is twenty feet
wide. The whole body of ore prospects
rich, while portions of it show very fine
specimens of free gold. The happy
finders are Glenn and LIE Baron, who
have been running the lime kiln for
Ewing.
Two Mexicans discovered another
very rich VEIN seven miles farther
south. 1t is four feet wide and is very
rich in free gold,
The Moreland mine at Gils city is
turning out very rich ore, and the mill
is doing good work. The developments
in the Sunrise and Bluebird mines are
good.
The Gold Book mine, sixteen miles
vest OF Yuma, is down 800 feet. The
vein is 100 feet wide at the bottom of
the shaft and turns out 800 per ton in
free gold in the company's 40 stamp
mill. Yuma's gold belt is coming to the
front.