The Arizona sentinel., 1897-11-13

30 dry that precipitation IS absorbed as soon IS it reaches the surface of the body, and aft nc time in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.
 THE VILLAGE OF YUMA.
 Although the town of Yuma is the second oldest community in the Territory of Ari' zona, it is astonishing how little its re- sources are known to the world at large, and how slightly developed is the natural wealth of the county This is owing partly to Yuma's reputation for unbearable heat, and partly to the fact that, lying next to Cali fornia, is has been assumed that the county has been thoroughly prospected for mineral wealth, and prospectors have, in the malp' kept the travelled highN avs in crossing its Territory. As matter of fact one suffers less from the heat here than in almost all of the settled communities of the east. owing to the dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no healthier climate on Gods footstool.
 People labor out of doors from the rising to the setting of the sun, and suffer no in convenience There has never been known, in this section of country, an authentic case of sunstroke Our climate, taken in time, never fails to cure pulmonary complaints of any description. Disease such as smallpox, cholera, etc, rarely visit us, and then only in very mild form, and are never fatal ex- cept through the perversity of patients. Contrary to the belief of the uninformed, the dry heat of the summer months i> es- pecially conducive to good health and ex- ceptional vigor, acting naturally upon the human system with the same effect a. the artificial result of Turkish bath-purefy- ing and renovating it. As further matter of fact. this county has never been even superfcially suspected, and it is only now that people are beginning to search it's hills with any degree of systematic enthusiasm for the mineral wealth hidden there. Ow. ing to the falling of in the price of silver, deposits of gold only are being sought for; and the present result is little short of mar vicious. In all sections of the county from the Sonora line to Williams Fork discoveries are dail; yl;ng made, and the greater the development the greater the wealth dis played Wherever the prospector plants hls foot, iedges of gold confront hirn or are brought Co light by the investl gating strokes of his pick.
 Portions of the country traversed for years by commonl, travelled trails are devei- oping into rich storehouses of golden wealth. New and rich placers are constantly heing discovered, and shipments of placer gold from this point through Wells Fargo & Go B Express, are steadily increasing in value. From a mining standpoint Yuma County is rapidly leading the Territory, and yet as far as that industry is concerned, this section has received but little receg. milton.
 Agriculturally the country is vastly inn proving. Enterprises that have lain dor mant the last two years, owing to the gen. eral financial depression and consequent dearth of money for investment purposes, are waking up to new life and vigor. Money is being attracted in this direction, and on all sides can be distinguished that indefin- able stir which is the precursor of an indus trial awakening. Even within these last two years of financial stringency and de- pression there has been a steady if slow in- crease in agricultural development and wealth. 4 greater area of old farms has been put under cultivation, and new lands have been inclosed and new fields started. A large section of Baisdell Heights has been planted to fruit trees; fields of cereals and alfalfa have been added to the cultivated area on the Colorado river below town; the lands lying under thc Mohawk and Farmers canals have been made to yield heavy crops of every variety of agricultural products, as in other sections of the Gila valley, and the gardens of Yuma have been added to and beautified in fruits, flowers and shubbery to a more than appreciable extent Altogether we may feel proud of our progress during these last moaths of business depression and discouragement. It speaks we'll for the in. dustry and pluck of our people, and the showing made constitutes the best evidence of the merits of our soil and climate and the
 richness of our mineral resources Nature
 has done everything for our county, and all that is needed is touch of the wand of cap. | iSo1 fO hox billS nd an active life of remunerative industry that will last and endure forever.
 Some three years ago, through the energy of H. w. Blaisdell, the Yuma Water and Light Company was incorporated, and b, means of its large pumping plant, at tn. foot of Main street, the town is abundantl.
 supplied with water at reasonable rates, an,
 there have grown into existence new an,
 large gardens and orchards.
 MINES.
 There is no section of the United States or probably of the earth, more rich in min
 eral wealth than the County of Yuma. al the country north, east and south of Yum lies directly within the main gold belt tha commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico
 From the San Bornaydino mountains i.
 California to the Sonora boundary line th' mountains and hills are exceptionally rich il the precious metal, as though demonstratin; the theory often advanced that the richest gold. mines arc found bordering the he