Williams news. [microfilm reel] (Williams, Ariz.) 1891-19??, 1903-10-31

out from the seething cauldron
within this lofty peak. The main
ranges of the central portion of the
territory are generally primitive
rocks, but covered in many places
by the eruptive formations. The
southeastern part is mostly granite,
porphry and slate, together with
large beds of lime, gypsum, trap,
and other secondary rocks. The
GEOLOGICAL structure of the south
western corner of the county pre-
sents a curious medley; granite,
porphry, slate and quartzite are
found in juxtaposition with lime,
trap and basaltic rocks. Arizona
is land of marvels for the scien-
tist and the sight-seer. Torn and
riven by stupendous gorges, crown
ed by lofty mountains. adorned
with grassy plains, beautiful val
leys, and lofty table-lands, the to-
Biography of the country presents
picture of weird beauty and grand
eur, unequaled on the continent.
Fire and flood have left the indelli-
BILE marks of their visitations on
the face of Arizona, but it has only
added a new charm to her wild
beauty, and given added variety to
hill, mountain and vale.
Popular opinion has long con-
sidered Arizona a waterless region,
but the truth is that few countries
of the west are so abundantly sup
piled, says the Cattleman.
The principal rivers of the terri
tory are the Colorado, which washes
its western borders and divides it
from California, the Gila, the Salt
River, the Little Colorado, the San
Pedro, the Santa Cruz, the Verde,
San Carlos, Aqua Fria, and many
smaller water courses. The Color
ado belongs to that system of riv-
ers which have their sources in the
Rocky Mountain chain, and takes
rank among the great waterways
of the continent. 1t is formed by
the union of the Green and Grand
rivers in southeastern Utah, and
flows into the Gulf of California.
The Colorado drains the entire
territory, and every drop of water
which falls on the mountains and
plains, finds its way to the great
river. The river in its course forms
the "Grand Canyon" the most stu
pendous chasm on the globe. 1t is
tremendous gorge over 400 miles
in length, and from 1000 to 5000
feet in depth, cut through the erup-
tive rock by the river in its passage
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sea. This awe-inspiring and mighty
work of nature is becoming favor
ite resort of tourists anxious to
gaze upon a scence without a par
allel in either hemisphere. Next
to the Colorado, the Gila is the
principal river of Arizona, crosses
the territory from the line of New
Mexico, and joins the Colorado at
Yuma. The Salt River unites it's
waters with the Gila few miles
west of Phoenix. The valleys of
these two streams contain three
fourths of all the arabic lands in
the territory. Both have their
sources in the continental divide,
and drain the territory south of the
35th parallel. The former is an
erratic stream, which rises in So
nora, and looses itself in the thirsty
sands for more than half its course.
The Verde is the main tributary of
the Salt. 1t is a clear mountain
stream with a strong and rapid
current. 1t will thus be seen that
Arizona is not the waterless region
popular fancy has painted it, and
that in this precious gift nature
has not been ungenerous.
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