The Arizona sentinel., 1899-11-11

extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert 1 was once an inland sea, cut eff centuries and perhars ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing its waters to evaporate in thls 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 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 are 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 tance 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 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 in it's mountains it's mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for { thousands upon thousands night be wander l 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 Ia Fortuna mine, recently pat in operation, has 2)-stamp mill running night and day, and the production of gold averages $75, ,OOO 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 or lcok in the county was never better, still most of the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.
 VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 CELIA,
 In the valleys of the Colorado and the Gila rivers there is roem for thousands. It is not too much to say that nowhere within the limits of this broad Onion can be found a more desirable region for the making of a home. No laborious clearing of the land ia repaired; 1t lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrpbo,ry have so rapid a growth that within eightet months the immig ant can surround his abode with attract;C IS which woulc require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market a full month before the California products, The bright sunshine makes life luxury, and the pure dry atmos- phere brings health to all who inhale it. For the establishment of colonies, such as are made in southern California, Arizona pre- sents unrivaled opportunities. Thousands of acres now prohtless can be made produc. tiveb by the construction of irrigating ditches, and there IS no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns.
 The statement in this article on Yuma county are not exaggerated: in fact they fall short of doing justice in this wonderful bit of country. Pincapples, dates, almonds and waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasp- berries, blackberries, entrants, gocseberries, and all varieties of small fruits can be suc- cessfrlly cultivated Indeed. Yuma County is not cnly the natural home of the citrus and semitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which caE be produced in either tropic of temperate zones will thrive in the rich and 1 fertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the town of Yuma and Yuma County there can be no better investment for capital seeking large and renumerative returns than is af- ferded here. With a matchless climate, where ali forms of disease known to the damp and rigorous regions of the east and north are unknown, where the bright sum- 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 veritable paradise in which to settle.