The Arizona sentinel., 1898-08-13

ssss extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, cut off centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing its waters to evaporate in this intense heat. Throughout all the country border ing the desert, including this section, lich 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 carly as the coming fall in an inroad of much capital. Experts are arriving every week and mines arc 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 a taker, but the tendency of prospectors is to go long dis tance off into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in 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 virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching ln its mountains its  mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses of our mountain ranges and their presence be almost unknown so vast is the extent of country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits, particularly in lodges, have given 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, COG per month This mine is situated about 90 miles southwest of the village of Yuma.
 Rich gold discoveries have also been made iii Castle Dome, Harqua Hala, Centennial, Palomas, Pot Holes, and other mining dis tricts, and, although the mining or look in the county was never better, still LiOst ol 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 Col rado and tn, Gila rivers there is roem for thousands Il 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 1 rec Guired; it lies almost ready for the blow Trees and shrubbery have so rapid a growtl that within eighteen months the immig~ an can surround his abode with attractiCY n which would require years to mature in les favored climates. Fruits ripen and ar ready for market full month before tn California products. The bright sunshin makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmos phere brings health to all who inhale it. Flo the establishment of colonies, such as ar made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities. Thousand of acres now pro6tlcss can be made produc tive by the construction of irrigating ditches . larger or more permanent returns,
 The statement in this article on Yum county are not exaggerated; in fact they fa1 short of doing justice in this wonderful bi of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds an waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasp berries, ackberries, currants, gocseberrieS and all varieties of small fruits can be sue cessfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma Count is not only the natural home of the citru and semitropical fruits, as almost ever fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetabl which can be produced in either tropic ( temperate zones will thrive in the rich an fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead ot tn town of Yuma and Yuma County there ca be no better investment for capital seeKin large and renumerative returns than Is a forded here With a matchess climate where ali forms of disease known to th damp and rigorous regions of the east an north are unknown, where the bright SUI shine kisses into bloom and fragrance ever form of vegetation, and where the clear day and cool and balmy nights are one long-cor tinued poem of happiness and delight, W can offer to capitalists an ideal field for ill vcstment and to home seekers a veritabl paradise in which to settle.
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