The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-18


 extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, cut off centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing it's waters to eyaporate in this inteRse heat. Throughout all the country border ing the desert. including this section, rich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- ing immense profits. In the neighborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs portend great mining boom for this county which will culminate as early as the coming fall in an inroad of much capital. Experts are arriving every week and mines are being bonded at more than heavy prices. It seems wonderful to believe that all this min eral wealth has been lying at our very doors for so many years without taker, but the tendency of prospectors is to go long dis tance off into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in a county as old as Yuma County and so accessible. The greater the distance, the hardship, and the danger, the greater the fascination for the prospector. Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- ment to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost 8 virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching in its mountains its mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for l thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed businesses of our mountain ranges and their presence be country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits, particularly in lodges, have given 0 great impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are being constantly made, and all show well upon the surface. The La Fortuna mine, recently put in operation, has 2)-stamp mill running night and day and the production of gold averages $75, ,OO( per month. This mine is situated about 3( miles southwest of the village of Yuma.
 Rich gold discoveries have also been made in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala. Centennial Palomas, Pot Holes, and other mining dis tricts, and, although the mining outlook ir the county was never better, still most O the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.
 VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AMI
 CHA,
 In the valleys of the Colorado and tn Gila rivers there is rosm for thousands. I is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Union can be found a more desirable region for the making of home. No laborious clearing of the land i required; it lies almost ready for the blow Trees and shrubbery have so rapid @ growtl that within eighteen months the i1nmigran can surround his abode with attraction which would require years to mature in les favored climates. Fruits ripen and ar ; ready for market 0 full month before tn California products. The bright sunshin makes fife luxury, and the pure dry atnos phere brings health to all who innale it. Fo ; the establishment of colonies, such as ar made iii southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities Thousand of acres now proftless can be made produc tive by the construction of irrigating ditches and there is no investment which assure larger or more permanent returns.
 , The statement in this article on Yum county are not exaggerated; in fact they ia
 short of doing justice in this wonderful bi of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds an waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasp berries, black berries, entrants, gooseberriea and all varieties of small fruits can be sue cessfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma Count : is not only the natural home of the citru l and semitropical fruits, as almost ever | fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetabl which can be produced in either tropic C temperate zones will thrive in the rich an fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of tn
 town of Yama and Yuma County there ca
 be no better investment for capital seekin large and renumerative returns than is al forded here. With matchless climate where all forms of disease known to tn 7 damp and rigorous regions of the east an north are unknown, where the bright sun l | form of vegetation, and where the clear day | and cool and balmy nights are one long-con tinued poem of happiness and delight, W can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in l vestment and to home seekers a veritabl 3 paradise in which to settle.