The Arizona sentinel., 1900-01-24

extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea, cut of centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, leav- ing it's waters to evaporabe in this intense heat. Throughout all the country border ing the desert. including this section, iich mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- ing immense profits. In the nsighborhood 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 irroad of much capital Experts ara 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 tauce of into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in 2 county as old as Yuma County and SC accessible. The greater the distance, the hardship, and the danger, the greater the fascination for the prospector. Distance seems, indeed, to lend snchant- 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 its mountains its mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, for thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses of eur 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 Ia Fortuna mine, recently put in ope, atiOn, has 2)-stamp mill running night and day, and the production of gold averages $75, 900 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 triots, and, although the mining or lcok in the county was never better, still lIost ot tho silver and lead mines ara idle, ewing to the low value of these metals,
 VALLEYS OF THE COLORADO AND
 CHA,
 In the valleys of the Colorado and the Gila rivers there is room for thousands. It is not too much to say that 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 is repaired; it lies almost ready for the blow. Trees and shrubbVry have 80 rapid a growth that within eighteeu months the immis ant can surround his abode with attractiC qs which would require years to mature in less favored climates. Fruits ripen and are ready for market Q 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 prehtless can be made produc- tive by the construction of firrigating 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. Pineapples, dates, almonds and waluuts will do well. Strawberries, rasp- berries, blackberries, entrants, gooseberries, and all varieties of small fruits can be sue. cessfully cultivated. Indeed, Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus md semitropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass, or vegetable which caH be produced in either tropic of temperate zones will thrive in the rich and ertile soils.
 With the bright prospects ahead of the own of Yuma and Yuma County there can | De no better investment for capital seeking arge and renunerative returns than is af- 1 orded here. With a matchless climate, where all forms of disease known to the lamp and rigorous regions of the east and forth are unknown, where the bright sun- hine kisses into bloom and fragrance every orm of vegetation, and where the clear days nd cool and balmy nights are one long-con- inued poem of happiness and delight, we an offer to capitalists an ideal field for in and to home seekers veritable aradise in which to settle.