The Arizona sentinel., 1899-09-02

extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, cut off centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- iag it's 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 pToduc- ing immense profits. In the neishborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs portend a great mining boom for this county which will culmiuate as early as the coming fall in an irroad 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 oral wealth has been lying at our very doors for so many years without @ taller, but the tendency of proepectors is to go lo1.g dis tance off into strange lands rather than to seel. for mines in Q 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 tow hundreds searching in it's mountains it's mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed businesses of OUT 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)-stanIp mill running night and day, and the production of gold averages S|5 COG per month. This mine is situated about 90 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 ais tricts, and, although the mining cp lcok iu the county was never better, still lAost oi the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.
 VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AMI
 CHA.
 Tn the valleys of the Coi, rado and th( Gila rivers there $ rocm for thousands. |
 is not too much to say tllat 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
 rec aired; it lies almost ready for the blow
 Trees and shrubbtry have so rapid a growtl
 that within eighteen months the imInig~an
 can surround his abode with attract;C1
 which would require years to nature 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 wbo inhale it. Flo the establishment of colcnies, such as ar made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities Thousand of acres now proftless caD be made produc tive by the construction of irrigatiug 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 faI short of doing justice ill thls wonderful bi
 of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds an waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasp berries, blac5borries, entrants, cocscberrios and al varieties of small fruits can be sue cessfully cultivated, Indeed. Yuma Count is not cnly the natural home of the citru and semitropical fruits, as almost ever fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetabl which ca. 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 Yu,na and Yuma County there ca be no better investment for capital seehin large and renumeratiyc returns than is al forded here. With @ matchlees climate where ali forms of disease known to th , damp and rigorous regions of the east ant
 north are unknown, where the bright sun shine kisses into bloom and fragrance ever. form of vegetation, and where the clear day
 and oocl and balmy nights are one long-con tinuod poem of happiness and delight, w can offer to capitalists all ideal field for in vestment and to home seekers a veritabl paradise in which to settle.
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