The Arizona sentinel., 1895-09-14
THE COLORADO DESERT.
A Region of Wonderful Possibilities.

more than 100 miles square. It
 extends from the main range o1
 Sierra Madre, east of San Diego
 easterly to the Gila mountains,
 and from the San Bernardino range,
 north of Ind1o. south to the San
 Felipe mountains, an area of more than 6,000.000 acres of rich &gri-
 cultural lands, all of which can be
 irrigated.
 Mayor Carlson is we'll aware that
 with his San Diego road crossing
 this magnificent stretch of country
 to Yuma, thence on through Arizona
 to Phoenix, Flagstaff and to the 1 Denver & Rio Grande railroad sys-
 tenn at Durango, Colorado, with a
 branch from the Salt River valley
 to Tucson and Nogales; and with
 the connection at Yuma with the
 Colorado River railroad up it's west
 bank through the great gold sections of PicachO, Needles, Fl Dorado canyon and on to the vast coal 3gions of southern Utah, at Cedar City, tbat he has a line which in
 point of importance to southern California and all of Arizona, is second to no line ever built or pro posed on the Pacific coast. With such a country as the Colorado val
 ley with its rich soil, it's fine clim-
 ate, its vast surroundings of rich mineral belts of gold, silver, marble, onyx, mica and others, and with it's feeders at Yuma, what may he not expect in the way of traffic for his new line. That this new road and the great canal will both be built, no one who knows the country for a moment doubts. It is only a question of little time.
 Said 8 millionaire mining man and engineer from Denver to me yesterday at the Brewster: T was in Yuma and there heard of the proposed railroad across the Colo rado River valley to San Diego, and knowing the lively interest that our Denver people are now taking in mines and mining and in irrigation projects in Arizona and having a chance to come across the so called desert with a gentleman who had good team. l availed myself of the opportunity. l am perfectly surprised at what l saw. That great extent of rich country from Yuma for 100 miles west sur passes anything l have ever seen in the west. The soil rich a!luvial Ioam is from five to twenty feet deep and wherever water touches it, the and tree growth surpasses l ever saw. Build that railroad from San Diego to Yuma, Phoenix and on the Denver & Rio and that valley in twenty years will have Q million people. It is wierd, grand and sublime No one can describe it; to see it is 10 know it.
 I came from Denver to Flagstaff and Prescott, went over to Needles and down to Ehrenberg, Picacho, Castle Dome and Yuma. The de- around Prescott is won lerful. At Ehrenberg the great gold cement belt is attracting care 'uI attention and a vast amount of good work Is being done. Water is l the only question, or rather the lack : ]f 1t. Picacho leads the van in her great veins of free milling ores. Ii Veins one to three miles in length, sud from s to 100 feet wide. All 8 paying ore; good for $5 and e6 per on by mill process. The White Gold belt at Pioacho is wonderful. Castle Dome cannot be beat on lead md silver. Our Denver people are spending millions in Arizona. Around Prescott, down towards Phoenix and at Ehrenberg, they have a foothoId. Denver people secured the Africa mines twenty two miles west of Ehren berg and have taken some of the best prop critics at Picacho and are after more. The old mill and mines that turned out in nine years nearly S, 100000 in gold, will probably be In the hands Of Denver capitalists before the month ends. If so 8 100 stamp mill will be put up at once. Other nort,ns vi]l also put uD mills"