The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-04

,. .e.s:s .- .r-< - <:lnct oceans. The great Colorado leeart ,gas onee an inland sea, cut of centuries anu Derll.ps ages ago from the main ocean, ieav- ing it's waters to cvaporate in this intense heat. Throughout sn the country border ing the desert, including this section, 1ich mines are being constantly discovered, and some oi recent location are already produc- ing immense profits. In the neighborhoOd cf 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 early 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 taker, but the tendency of prospectors is to go long dis sance off into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in county as old as Yuma County and se 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 ill its mountains itt mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, fol thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses o our mountain ranges and their presence bt almost unknown, so vast is the extent o l country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits particularly in lodges, have given grea impetus to mining throughout the county. New locations are being constantly made and all show well upon the surface. The h Fortuna mine, recently put in ope, ation has 2)-stamp mill running night and day and the production of gold averages $75, 5,OO per month. This mtne is situated about 8 miles southwest of the village of Yuma.
 Rich gold discoveries have also been mad in Castle Dome, Harqua Hala. Centennial Palomas, Pot Holes, and other mining dis tricts, and, although the mining O. lcok il the county was never better, still l..ost c the silver and lead mines are idle, owin to the low value of these metals.
 VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AM CHA.
 In the valleys of the Colt rado and tn Gila rivers there is roem fol thousands. is not too much to say that nowhere withi the limits of this broad Union can be foun 0 more desirable region for the making of
 home. No laborious clearing cf the land repaired; it lies almost ready for the plov Trees and shrubbtry have so rapid growt
 that within eighteen months the immie ~sr
 can surround his abode with attractiC-
 which would require years to mature in le' favored climates. Fruits ripen and al
 ready for market full month before tt
 California products. The bright sunshir
 makes life 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; preftless can be made produ tive by the construction of irrigating ditche
 and there is no investment which assur,
 larger CT 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
 of country. Pineapples, dates, almonds ar waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasI
 berries, blackbcrrics, entrants, gooscberrie
 and all varieties of small fruits can be SUI ? cessfully cultivated. Indeed. Yuma Count
 is not only the natural home of the citri and semitropical fruits, az almost ever fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetab which can be produced in either tropic
 temperate zones will thrive in the rich an fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of tf
 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 matchless climat'
 where all forms of disease known to tf damp and rigorous regions of the east an
 north are unknown, where the bright su1
 shine kisses into bloom and fragrance ever
 form of vegetation, and where the clear day and COG, end balmy nights are one long-cor
 tinued poem of happiness and delight, " can offer to capitalists an ideal field for ill vestment and to home seekers veritabl paradise in which to settle.
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