The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-10-30


The following is from the Denver
-Ne~s Of the 2i: George Grant Of the
Victoria Colony, on the Kansas Pacific,
who was i'll Denver last week looking
after the affairs Of his ranch, is going to
Europe ill about five weeks, to arrange
for the bringing gu of more people and
Il lot Of high-bred stock, which he will
exhibit mt the Centennial, with the
intention ultimately of shipping it TO
Victoria, with the purpose Of showing
what can be doTe i'll the West. Mr..
Grant owncs the largest farm in the
world. with the exception, perhaps, of
that of the Duke of Sutherland, of
Scotland, whose broad acres consist
largely Of hill and heather. Mr.. Grants
domain covcres SIC, 900 acres in the
heart Of Kansas, about go miles west
OF kansas City. The colony has large
~ swelled this season by immigrants,
and another English company has just
bought 10000 acres adjoining the
Victoria Colony. One Of the New York
Gunthers has started with 5000 acres.
and Mr.. Dickinson of st. Louis has
bought two square miles, and is there
now making arrangements for putin z
up Il h"lse. Alr. Grant says he is more
than satisfied with the produce of his
crops this season. The rains have been
abundant, but lasl year the grasshop-
pers swept everything. One field of
eighty acres Of Hungarian grass OH
his farm hRs produced 72S tons of fod-
der and 5,ll4 bushels Of seed, giving a
proiit Of more than 800 per cent. OH
the cost Of putting in the seed. lie put
Ill 100 acres Of n~lfnlfn. The lind will
grow three crops of this grass IN q year,
ut the rate of six tons to the mere, but
1t affects n deep, dry soil. Mr.. Grant
has Increased his flock of sheep to 49,
QUO, md has 1000 cows. III less than
live years he expects to increase his
sheep to l00, 900. Ills wool alone this
season brought $Il ZOO i'll Boston, at
~ cents per pound.
The Virginia Enterprise Of October ODD
has the following:
We were yesterday shown n very hand
some specimen Of cinnabar from q mine
recently discovered hear the eastern base
Of the Sierra, Nevada Mountains, Mt II
point about five miles west Of IIufnkcr's
Station, Truckee Meadows. The sample
was taken from n depth of about three
or four feet below the surface. II is not
n solid mass Of ore, but a piece of gan
que coated on NIL sides with red sulphu-
ret OF mercury, some OF which occurs in
pure and handsome crystals. \ tunnel
has been started which will tap the de-
post at II depth Of about forty feet be-
low the groupings. The cinnabar ap-
pears to fill creviccs of the rocki in which
il Is found, and as it is very fine and
bright, it is hoped thnt n lnrgo deposit
may be found. 4 large and productive
quick silver mine would be II grand thing
for the silver mining Interests of the
country. We nre informed that claims
are being staked of for II distance of two
or three miles on enoh OF the original
discovcrics-as far, i'll fact, rs the belt Of
rock can he tracted i'll which the CHINA
bar is found.
The bari; Brace OF Now Bedford. is
said Ia be the Oldest vessel in the Unit
ed States. She was built nj DuXbury,
by Reuben and Chas. Drew, in 1891,
and is now over ifty-one years old. She
was built of pasture oak, andif no acct
dent occurs, may live fifty years longer,
as she Is ms sound rs when she was
built. She is psi tons register, double
deck, and was originally n brig. She
was first employed in tho frcighting
business, then in the South American
trade, next in the Australian trade, and
was finally sold TO j. Bourner, Jr., of
New Bedford, for II whalcr, in which
business she is now employed. She
was well known in Boston, forty years
ago, and i'll 1886, i'll u voyage to Swan
sCa, loaded deeply with copper ore, she
EasSed through the Straits Of Magellan,
II rnrc thing for II large vessel in those
days, or even i'll these days.-S. J.. Iha.
Guibord, poor man, is to have n sto-
nc coffin, with Il slab rivitcd and bultcd,
the grave twelve feet deep. and filled
with combustiblcs and self explosives.
All this i'll Montreal, and Of such is tho
Kingdom OF Heaven. So we learn from
the Phoebe Record.
JOHNNY TUEEs.-Tho negro minstrel,
who killed n man in san Francisco
nb0nt Two years ago, was yesterday nc
quilted.