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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-22

Ion; standard city brands iO1llc per
gallon: country. is9l5c per gallon, as
% quality.
checse-Fuii cream fsls8isiac:sweit-
ger BIC; Limburger l2Ise; fac
tory 1l9lllkc.
Fish-No. mackcrsl. 100 dsh. Is ms,
81 so; No. extra macKerei. tubs, 90
ash. s. 90; new, 100 lbs. Si2 co. No. 9, 50
MS, 81 90; No. small 81 90 for 100
MS: No. large 100 ms. $40 90.
Seeds-Timothy 81 25dl 80 per bushel;
clover, small seed. "a 1904 50.
Salt-NO. 1'per barrel. 81 10; extra.per
Dbl, 81 %: dairy, fine. dve-bushel sacks,
81 per sack
Seed Corn-11c per n.
Wooden Ware-NO. tubs, 81 80: No.
2. IS 50: No. 3, s. 50: 2-hoop pals, 81 so;
3-hoOp, 81 TO-; single washboards, 81 So;
double do, 50 50; flne cFlmped double
DO, s. 70: single do. 81 IS.
Grain and Feed.
Grain-wheat CSC. new or old. Corn.
S5@4Oc per bushel. Oats out Of store,
western crop. S5c per bushel; home
crop. 2S9SOc per bushel.
Fecd-Bran SIS per ton; middlings
S1S per ton. Hay, No. timothy; baled,
$12; mixed, IS OO69 90: timothy hay,
loose, 80 009l1 90: straw, wheat, baled,
Sc; straw, wheat, loose, So.
Fruits and Produce,
Quotations b. Parker & Coz
Butter.-Creamery lib prints, fancy
22Q25c; tub 1S922c: country choice,
per 10, 1Sa20c; country. fair, 13@l5c.
Eggs-Firm; fresh In case google per
dozen.
Frults-Grapes, catawbas 12c per
basket; apples. 50 0092 %. Pears 81 500
l rs per bushel; So so per barrel.
spring chickens l21sc per pound; hens
Sc per pound
Tropical EruIt-Lemons. fancy,$3 500
"a 90. Bananas. 81 250l 30 per bunch.
Vegetabies-Native onions Soc per
bushel; 81 40 per barrel Tomatoes 75c,
Potatoes 4O96Oc per bushel. Cabbage,
81 % per baTreu. Sweet potatoes 81 loo
2 Is per barrel.
Miscellaneous.
Roots and Barks-GInseng, dry, per
H., s. 5083 %; some in market; sassn-
fras bark per ~. S6Sc; sassatras oil,
per H., 30960c; May apple root, per
NJ, 6lSG7c; yellow root. per No.. 4015Oc;
Seneca snake root, per H.. :cee OF top,
S063bc: West Virginia snake root, per
H., 2S635c: pink root. per ID. fine. 2o1
Csc: elm bark. per H., &c: wild cherry
bark. per ~. S8l2c.
Beans-PrIme new hand-picked. me-
dium 81 7561 SIS: prime new hand-pick-
ed 81 1901 IS; navy. 81 go
Wool-FIne washed 30GD32c; one-third
of for unwashed: one-fourth off for
uncondItioned: medium unwashed $50
zoe; medium washed S01S2c.
Wheeling Live Stock Market.
(Quotations be Goodhue 6 Coz
Cattle-Extra. 1000 to 1900 81 400
4 IS: good. 900 to 1000. 81 1914 40; 500 to
300. 50 9Oa4 Is, fair, 200 TO 500. 50 $50
3 20; common, 600 to 700. 50 $500 50;
ouiis, 292isc: cows. rEA3r.
Sheep-Extra, So 75di 90; good. So 500
rs: common, 50 OOd3 50: spring lambs
81 SOFAS so.
Hogs-Extra 50 9O64 90; good 50 $50
3 So: common 50 0OG3 so.
Fresh Cows-S259S5; calves 5A96l5c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-22
TERRIFIC BATTLE.
colombia Government Forces and
Revolutionists Fought Two Days.
1900 REBELS WERE KILLED.
Government Forces Victorious in One
Of the Most Stubborn ENGAGEMENTS
of the Observation-Disclosures
Rebel Leaders Killed and Wounded.

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Panama says:
Of1ctai a6vices from Bogota dated
November IS, report that terrible bat
lie between the government forces and
the revolutlonlsts was fought near
Bucaramanga, capital Of the repart-
ment OF santander, in which the gov-
eminent forces were victorious. 1t Is
stated that the battle lasted two days,
ending at noon Of November 16. More
than 1000 rebels were killed and 1000
we're wounded.
About 10000 men on both sides were
engaged In the fight. General Tribe
and General Juan Francisco Gomez,
prominent leaders Of the revolutlonlsts
we're wounded and 1t Is reported that
General Pablo Emilio Waller was
killed. on the government side Cen
eral Pena solano Pillemtzar and Gen
eraI Fernandez were wounded.
The regiments commanded by Gem
erals Holguin and Lujan are reported
to have occupied Buceramanga on Nov
ember IS. The place had been held by
the revolutlonists since the civil war Of
a month ago. The Nianavia, an Eng"
llsh steamer. arrived here yesterday
with 600 recruits from Buenaventure.
About 400 more recruits are expected
soon and or their arrival will proceed
to the Atlantic coast. the movement be-
ginning next month. No news has yet
been received from Tumaco.
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CHICAGO = Cattle. choice cattle
scarce and In demand: others dull and
slow: Texans steady; calf market
steady. Good TO choice IS 1905 so; poor
to medium 81 SOFAS So: mixed stockers
50 OOd3 70; selected feeders 81 2Og4 10:
good 10 choice cows SO 65G4 40; heIfers
81 SOFAS 50; Gamers 81 0OG3 90; bulls 81 10
G4 rs; calves "a O067 90; fed Texas
beevss 81 3505 so; grass Texas steers
SO 25D4 %; western range beeVeS 81 600
1 70. Hogs active and strong to DC
higher. Good choice mixed and butch
ers So SOdA 10; good TO choice heavy 81 %
al 10; rough heavy SO SOGS 30; light So SO
al 90: bulk Of sales SO 95G4 O5. Sheep
market dull. Sales mostly lOGl5c lower.
Native wethers 81 6Od4 40; lambs - 0OG
/ 70; western wethers 81 75G4 10; west
ern lambs 81 75Q5 10, Receipts-Cattle.
5000 head; hogs, $1,000 head; sheep. 1900
head.
EAST LIBERTY = Cattle steady at
unchanged prices. Hogs active and
higher; best mediums a 2594 20: best
Workers 81 20d4 %; light Workers and
pIgs 81 1914 10: heavy hogs a 2Od4 20;
roughs SO 6Od3 so. Sheep steady; choice
wethers 81 1904 95; common 81 5Oa2 80:
choice lambs 81 SOdi 10; common to good
81 OOT4 75; veal calves So 5Od7 %.
CINCINNATI - Hogs strong and
higher at 50 5Oa4 05.
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NEW YORK-FIouF, fecelpts Set'SS
barrels; exports 1852 barrels; market
generally firm on good demand Tor
winter wheat grades and low grades
spring: prices unchanged, but the mar
ket closed with an upward tendency
winter patents s. 6O9S So: winter
stralghts s. 1905 IS; Minnesota pat
ents So S5@4 10; winter extras 6Sg
3 90; MlnneBotR bakers - SVRS w
winter low grades 50 2592 40.
Wheat, receipts 2l2. 400 bushels; eX-
ports 1882 bushels: spot market firm;
No. red 73&c Z. o. b. atloat spot: NO.
Northern Duluth 77lsc I, o. b. Rfloat to
arrive: No, / hard Duluth 72&c (. o. b.
aaoat spot; No. 2 red 72kc elevator:
OPTIONS opened firm at unchanged
prices; closed firm at net advance OF
nose: May closed at 761Sc; December
Corn, receipts 19SO75 bushels; exports
1921. 479 bushels spot market flrm; NO.
| 2. IiNc I. o. b. afloat; 40hc elevator; OPP
tons opened firm at unchanged prices
to Nc advance; closed at a net ad-
vance Of itG1sc; May closed at S91sc;
December closed at 4Oc.
Oats, receipts 1880 bushels; exports
1885 bushels: spot market firm: NO: 2
2sMc: No. 3. zoe; No. white Sl'4c; NO
I 3 white SS&c; track mixed western 2sQ
3Osc: track white SOhQ3+c; options
nominally firmer, but no business.
Hay quiet. Hops steady. Leather
steadIer. Hides firm. Beef steady.
Cutneats duiet. Lard flrmer; western
steamed IS So; refined quiet; continent
81 65. Pork quiet Tallow weak. Cot
tonseed oil firm; prime crude 95ts326c;
do yellow 2SIs99sc. :.
RosIn steady. Turpentine quiet al
5ld5lkc. Rice steady. Molasses firm
Coffee, futures opened steady, with
prices five points lower: closed STEADY
4 Mt net rise of ten to fifteen points; to-
! tai sales, $4,000 bags.
Sugar, raw steady; refined steady.
BALTIMORE-Flou steady and I'M
| changed: receipts 10.430 barrels: eS.
ports BOSS barrels Wheat strong and
higher; spot and month 7O1A070ssc; De-
! cember 70NG7lc; May Tee asked; stea-
mer No. 2 red 6Slz@s6ic; receipts 1903
bushels: southern by sample 66@n42c;
/ southern on grade 61T7lc. Corn strong
/ and higher: mixed spot and month
3slsd3SSc; December 1914 639l5c; No.
/ vember or December. new or old, Sb44
3SaIc; January SS13Sac; February $50
/ 3sKc; steamer mixed 3sd3SAc; receipts
! 225, O92 bushels; southern white corn
! 34K a3Oc: southern yellow corn S4A9
3SAc. Oats firmer; No. white SZ@
S2iSc: No. . mixed 29829l4c. Cheese
steady. Butter firm. Eggs weak; fresh
I 21@22c per dozen.
CINCINNATI--Flour easy. Wheat
strong; No. ., tic. Corn active and
/ firm: No. mixed S2l8c. Oats strong:
/ No. 2 mixed 25Gc. Rye dull: No. 2. soc.
Lard flrmer at 81 s2l4. Bulkmeats firm
at IS 90. Bacon steady at IS Is, Whis-
| key firIa at 81 2SIa, Butter firm and
/ higher Elgip creamery 26l4G271Ec;
( Ohio 2lQ2Sc; dairy Ice. Sugar easy.
Eggs steady at 17c. Cheese quiet.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-22
WHEELING WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Weekly Change of Quotations in all
Lines of Local Trade.
Office Of the lntelligencer.
Wheeling, Nov. Il.


Flour-Fancy roller mill winter
wheat wood at 50 Go per barrel; paper
at 80 50 per barrel; spring wheat, Min
nehaha 81 % in cotton sacks, 81 % per
barrel, 81 O5 In paper sacks; Galaxy
- o. In paper sacks; "a 10 per barrei;
Gold Coin Hour 81 10 In cotton, or 50 30
In paper: Loyal u paper, 50 40; Reli-
ancc. 81 10 In wood; So 90 In paper;
Plsbury 81 10 In paper; 81 30 In cotton
svrupsEChoIce sugar syrnps. &c:
Fancy drlps 2Sc: Silver drlps l9c; New
Orleans molasses. choice new crop, 35c'
prime zoe. taIs. CSC; mixed good, New
Orleans. 2ec: bnllers good. lSc.
Provislons-Large S. G. hams vac
medium hams csc; small hams vac;
$. =. breakfast bacon 7isnSc' shoulders
ic sides, 6&c; ordinary beef lb3c;
ham dried beef 1870; knuckIes l9ci
family mess pork. 5-pound pieces. ~ %;
bean pork. bills, 80 90.
Lard-Pure refined ID. fierce. SIC:
jD.lb, tins. 6Ssc; the advance for
smaIln. packages Is as follows: 5O-fb.
tins &c over tIcrces, fancy TUBS sc; 90
n. tins &c; lO-ib. tins. Nc: i-ib. tins &c;
a-ih, tIa5 ic.
Sugars Cutloaf 562c; cubes. J.S7c:
powdered 5.3Oc: granulated standard
5.2lc: American A A.7ic, standard fine
g4unulated 5.24c. standard confcction-
ors. 4 5Soc; Columbia n 1866; standard
Windsor t.74c; white extra 4.A9c: ex-
ira e i,57c: fruit sugar $500.
Coffee Green COFFEE. fancy Golden
Rio, lGc: fancy green lac: choice green
nc, roasting grades lOisc; lava 2eIsc;
roasted In packages. Arrow l0.5ic; Pan.
handle lO.54c; Arbuckle & Co.'S roasted
lb,5ic. Lion, g5iC; bulk roasted PC; Old
Government Java roasted 29r; MOchh
and Java 29c: a grade Rio &c.
ToaS- Young HysOn, per 10. 3OQ55c;
Gunpowdcr. 3OI80c; Imperial t0W5jc;
Japan. 2s975c; ooIong 27gsOc; Sou
chang. 27T7Oc.
Candles-StRr full weight lOc; Para.
Hne. per No., SMc; Electric Light, pei
b. Sc,
VlntEar-chOIco cider i20ltc por gal.
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Wnnl

goSTON.-The future Of the situation
In the wool market here Is uncertain ms
regards where the present boom In
priccs is going to end. Buyers are
plentiful and there Is an active demand
FOR all kinds Of wool, but holders are
uncertain ns to whether they shall
hold or sell. The weeks business
shows that over 100000 pounds
changed hands. against 100000 last
week and l5,OOO, 900 two weeks ago. II
has been several years since the mar
ket has been so strong. Territory
wool continues In the lead with prices
65d57c for fine medium and fine scour-
cd, while fine strictly staple calls for
65r. Medium woods are feeling the eff
feet Of the advanced prices and are be-
Ing taken moro freely. The Australian
market liz very active. with stocks light
and prices tending upward. Ohio and
Pennsylvania ticeccs y and above, Sla
S2c; XIX and NX aud above 33GS4c; de-
Iainc 2Sd3Gc: No. Comblng S5H36c; No.
. comblng 33G34c.
NEW YoRK-WoOl duh.
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West Virginia Gazetteer
and
State Business Directory.

r. L. Polk & Co. are now EnsEine
tho canvass for the 1900 edition Of
the West Virginia Gazetteer.
This publication has found much
favor with the business men of
West Virginia: its regular pnbllea-
tlon and Increased subscription list
from year to year commends its use
fitness to the business public.
The forthcoming volume Will DO
greatly enlarged and improved,
descriptive sketches Of the 1900
cities, towns, villages, railroad sta
lions, postofiieeS and settlements.
embracing items Of interest to ev-
cry business man. such as location.
population, distance to different
points, most convenient shipping
stations, products that are mar
keted. nearest banking facilities,
mineral interests, prices Of land.
etc. Each Of these sketches is fol-
lowed by the names Of all the bust
ness and professional persons To-
Gated there, and these names are
again listed under the classification
representing their particular line;
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NEW YORK-All divisions of staple
cotton goods continue strong. Ad-
vances Of &c in several lines OF east
crn brown sheetings and drills. No
further changes Of any moment in
blcached cottons. All coarse colorcd
goods scarce and tending upwards
print cloths have been advanced to &c
for regular 2S-Inch Gi-squarcs. Wide
goods in request and tending against
buyers. Demand for mems wear fab
rIcs quiet but fair for wooden dress
goods and market firm. Prints In good
demand and firm for new season.
Gmshams mostly held Mt value
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NEW YORE-The market was ir-
regular all day. closing with some de-
partments Nrmcr on good demand and
favorable cable news and others unset
tied unarp active selling pressure, dis
appointing news and scarcity OF buy
crs. At the close the metal exchange
called pig iron warrants neglected
but lower to sell; late copper unchang-
cd at Ei7 OOai7 Is Tin frmcr for spot
ut SCI S0d2S 90. Lead steady Mt "a Goa
as. Speter weak at 81 i0fli Co The
brokers' price for lead is 81 40. and for
copper Sl7 OOGl7 %.
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Murderer Killed.

RALEIGH, N. c.. Nov. ELK Sheriff
Pritchard and Jacob Blaylocker of
Mitchell county, yesterday attempted
to arrest an alleged murderer named
Hunneycut. Hunneycut yhot ana kill
ed Rlaylocker and Pritchnrd moment
later killed Hunneycut. Pritchard is a
brother OF United States Senator
Prltchard.
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conl compnnY chartered.

Special Dlspatch 70 the InIeIIIgcnceF.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. Nov. H.
The Alexander Coal Company was in
corporatcd here yesterday by Richard
W. and William II. Alexander, Of
Charles Town: Charles b. Alexander,
of Parkersburg. and Thomas NJ. Cath
rlght and Edward l.. Caldwell, OF
Monongah., The subscribed capital is
$4,000. ten per cent paid up, and au-
lhorlzed capital $4,000.
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onrnenter Fans Forty Feet.

Special Dispatch TO ,ne luttulsencer
CLARKSBURG, W. Va, Nov. 2l.---
Daniel Spencer, aged forty, carpen-
ter employed at the Lafayette Glass
Works, fell forty feet from the roof of
the building this afternoon and was
fatally hurt, His home was at shinns-
ton, Harrison county.
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OIL. CITY-Credit balances 81 So; corr
tIncates 81 80 bid for cash with no sales,
Shipments 6s,222 bbls.; average $3.50
bills; runs lOO.O66 bbls.; average %,a2l
bblp
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sOUTH-BoUND.

Electric cars Bridgeport to Wheeling,
Bellaire ana Martins Ferry. Consult
agents for best routes and lowest rates
10 ali points NJ, G. CARREL,
General Passenger Agent.
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REATEsT FACILITIES FOR T5 H.
y pTbmpt Compilation OF Orders ~ rs
,6T.ilIStneer Job Printing OncA.
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USHE MONoNGAH ROUTE Is THF
short Line between FNirmont and
iTaFkSburR. Quick Tlme--FAst Trains
sure Connections When travelling to or
rom ClarkEhurE or West Virginia and
Pittsburgh railroad points, see that your
iISEstG read via the MOnUnERhela River
Railroad. Close Connections Al FRlrmunt
with H. 4 D. trains, and at ClarksburE
with 3. 4 o. and W., v, 4 P. train. Tick
cts via this route on sale u all u. & o.
and W., v. q p. r. u. EtRtlOna,
HUGH G. BoWLES. GcpN, supt.
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WHEELING DAILY NTEIIIGENCE WEDNEsDAY NOVEMBER p 1883

dry salted shoulders boxed 5kT5lsc;
short clear sides boxed IS 1905 20.
Whisky-DistllleIs finished goods
per gallon 81 2Slz.
Clover-Contract grade IS 60.
Butter-Firm: cre1meries lbs@SSe;
diaries lG22c.
Cheese-Weall at 11is912kc.
EgEs-Firm: fresh lSc.
me leading futures ranged a. follows;
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NOW York Mining Stocks.


The following quotations on National
Steel CO., American Tin Plate co. and
National Tube stocks are furnished by
Simpson & Tutum City Bank building:
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Exchange bank building;

The following quotations are furnished
by Howard Hazlett & Son. brokers, Ma
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Z. g. % cou......lcs IL. s. s. reg......lil
4. S. new g res ~ .. s. IS cou,--...iu
U. s. new is cou.ls2
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-05-27
OF INCORPORATION
THE DEL M0MTE@OPHiR GOLD
 MINES COMPANY

We, Stephen W. Dorsey and William II
 Reynolds, desiring to incorporate Ourselve.
 under the provisions of the Laws of the Territory of Arizona, and especially an act
 ot the Legislative Assembly thereof. emt:- tied 'An Act Concerning Corporations, D
 approved March Sth. 1897, for the purpose
 of engaging in the lawful enterprise, busi-
 ness pursuits and occupation hereinafter
 specified, do make subscribe and acknowl-
 edge according to law, these Articles of 1 Incorporation, and declare,
 | The name assumed bv this Corporation,
 and by which it shall be known, is THE
 DEL MONTE OPHIR GOLD MINES COMPANY, and the time of the com mencement of this Company shall be the day of the filing of these Articles in the ofhce of the County Recorder of the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five C25) years thereafter.
 II.
 The enterprise, business pursuits and occupation in which this Company pro- poses to engage is that of acquiring by purchase, or in any other lawful manner, mines and mining claims mining stocks franchises, industrial enterprises, water works, gas works, electrical works, street railways and other commercial enterprises; to develop, operate and maintain mines and mining claims, and deal in neGotia- tious of al kinds, options and bonds; to report on mines and undertake negOtia- tiOns of any nature, upon commission or otherwise; to enter into contracts for the construction and operation of railroads; to buy, seIl own and operate all kinds ol stores for the sale of general merchandise, mining machinery, steam and electrical appliances or devices; to operate mills and l smelters for the reduction of all kinds Of | ore; to acquire by purchase or otherwise | mill sites, tramways and water rights | patents, lands, franchises and all kinds of ! property, real, personal or mixed; to act | as agents, negotiatOrs and promoters fer other corporations or individuals, or on it's own account; to deal in bonds, stocks, notes, patent rights; to act as agents or trustees in behaf of corporations, estates pr individuals; to lay out, construct and acquire by purchase, or in any other lawful and possess, enjoy, operate and ISe franchises from any State or Territory | )f the United States, or any country of the world, or of any County or Municipal or private corporation. wagon roads, canals, mills, factories, houses, capital stock and ponds of corporations, chattels, goods. wares and merchandise, choses in action; o carry on the business of banking in all ts branches, borrowing and loaning money, lealing iu all kinds of negotiable paper, promissory notes, mortgages, cal and personal property, stocks, bonds, ity, school, county and other warrants, ,old, silver, copper, lead and other kinds fl bullion, and ore bills of exchange and 'ther evidences of debt, and bankable ,apers: hnyine. manufacturing. operating |
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-05-27

A.white man first set foot on what is now Yuma County in I'll. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects are however on foot. and in few years ex- pect to See Ylma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches of Arizona is that of the picturesque town of Yuma, which is snugiy situated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills. upon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization are crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway O arizona, the new empire of the West, upon whose undeyeloped riches the eyes of the sauntry are at present turned, and as such,
 is bcund to grow and prosper with a rapidity that at present can hardly be re- slised. But coupled with her geographi- cal position we find that she is the center of a country whose agricultural possibili- ties are practically unlimited, being sur- rounded by a soil the fertility of W hich exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting olly water to become paradise of bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious nuid have annually gone to waste at Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place ard many enterprises are on foot 70 supply the life giving waters of she yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-05-27

extinct oceans. The great Colcfado desert vas once an inland sea, cut of centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing it's waters to evaporate in this intense neat. Throughout all the country border ng the desert, including this section, lich mines are being constantly discovered, and some Of recent location are already produc- jng immense profits. In the neighborhood )f Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs oortend a great mining boom for this county which will culminate as early as the coming fall in an iEroad of much capital. Experts are 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 sor so many years without taker, but the endency of prospectors is to go long dis Cance off into strange lands rather than to eek 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- nent to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching Tn 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 ledges, 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 S75, ,O00 per month. This mine is situated about 30 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 tricts, and, although the mining c, look in the county was never better, still lost ot the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.