The Arizona sentinel., 1899-04-08

.. .--1s-ess ,xtinct oceans. The great Colorado desert vas once an inland sea, cut eff centuries and i perhaps aces ago from the main ocean, lea7- pg it's waters to evaporate in this intense leat. Throughout all the country border nc the desert, including this section tieh mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location ere already produc- ;nc immense profits. In the neighborhood # Yuma. claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs 2ortend a great mining boom for this county which will eliminate 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 mln- aral wealth has been lying at our very doors for so many years without talIer, but the tendency of prospectors is to go long dis tancc of 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 qreater 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 in it's mountains its mineral secrets arc still i'll effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastncsses 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, ard all show well upon the surface. The La Fortuna mine, recently put in operation, has a 2)-stamp mill running night and day and the production ofgold averages $75,OG( per month. This mine is situated about 3C 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 trict8, and, although the mining og lCok II the county was never better, still liost O the silver and lead mines are idle, owin. +o 4ha lou, va l1,o If thasa noatolc
 VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AMI
 CELIA,
 In the valleys of the Colorado and th Gila rivers there is room for thousands. is not too much to say that nowhere within | the limits of this broad Union can be foun' a more desirable region for the making of homo. No laborious clearing Of the land rec aired; it lies almost ready for the blow Trees and shrubbcry have SO rapid growt that within eighteen months the immig raII can surround his abode with attract;C1 which would require years to mature in les favored climates. Fruits ripen and ar ready fer market a full month before tn California products. The bright sunshin makes life a luxury, and the pure dry atmo; phere brings health to all who inhale it. Fc the establishment of colonies, such as al made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities. Thousand of acres now profItless cap be made produt tive by the construction of irrigating ditche' 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 b
 of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds an
 waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasr
 berries, blackberries, entrants, gocsebcrrie and all varieties of small fruits can be SUI cessfully cultivated. Indeed. Yuma Count is not only the natural home of the citry and somitropioal fruits, as almost ever
 fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetab which caE be produced in either tropic temperate zones will thrive in the rich az
 fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of u
 town of Yuma and Yuma County there ca
 be TO better investment for capital seekir
 large and renumerative returns than is a
 forded here With matchless climat where all forms of disease known to u 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
 ana cool and balmy nights are one long-col tinued poem of happiness and delight, W
 can offer to capitalists an ideal field for il
 vestment and to home seekers vcritab paradise in which to settle.
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