The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1898-09-10


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 cvaporate 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 arc daily being located, and all signs
pOrtcnI a great mining boom for this county
which Will eliminate as early as the coming
fall in an inroad Of much capital Experts
IRE arriving every week and mines are being
bonded at more than heavy prices. 1t
seems wonderful to believe that all this min
eral wealth has been lying at our very doors
for so many years without a taller, but the
tendency of prospectors is to 90 long dis
lance off into strange lands rather than to
seek for mines i'll 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 a 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
thousands upon thousands might lie wander
ing through the rock-ribbed businesses 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 a 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 $4,000
per month This mine is situated about 80
miles southwest Of the village of Yuma.
Rich gold discoveries have also been made
in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala. Centennial,
Palomas, Pot Hoes, and other mining dis
tricts, and, although the mining CT look in
the county was never better, still Lost OF
the silver and lead mines are idle, owing
to the low value of these metals.
VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
CHA.
In the valleys of the Col, RADIO and the
ella rivers there is room fot thousands 1t
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 is
required; it lies almost ready for the pillow.
Trees and shrubbery have 50 rapid growth
that within eighteen months the INNING ant
can surround his abode with attract;C rs
which would require years to mature in less
favored climates. Fruits ripen and are
ready for market full month before the
California products. The bright sunshine
makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmos-
phere brings health to all wh3 inhale it. For
the establishment Of colonies, such as are
made in southern California, Arizona pre-
sents unrivaled opportunities Thousands
Of acres now profitiess can be made produc
tive by the construction Of irrigating bitches,
and there is no Investment which assures
larger Or more permanent returns,
The statement in this article on Yuma
county are not exaggerated; iii fact they fall
short Of doing justice in this wonderful bit
OF country. Pincapples, dates, almonds and
waiuuts viii do well. Strawberries, rasp-
berries, bIackberries, cu'raHts, gocseberries,
and all varieties of small fruits can be sue
ccssfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County
is not only the natural home of the citrus
and semitropical fruits, as almost every
fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, Or vegetable
which ca: be produced in either tropic of
temperate zones viii thrive in the rich and
fertile soils.
With the bright prospects ahead of the
town of Yama and Yuma County there can
be no better investment for capital seeking
large ard renumerative returns than is af-
fordcd here. With matchless climate,
where all forms of disease known to the
damp and rigorous regions Of the east aud
north are unknown, where the bright sun
shine kisses into bloom and fragrance every
form Of vegetation, and where the clear days
and cool and balmy nights are one long-con-
tinued poem of happiness and delight, we
can offer to capitalists an ideal field for in
vestment and to home seekers a vcritablc
paradise in which to settle