Delta chief., 1885-10-07

passed anything ever before exhibited in Weld
county.
An Agricultural display was held at
Gunnison last week which was a revelation to
even the Oldest settlers. Some very fine veget-
ables were shown which were grown at an alti-
tude Of 1900 feet and near perpetual snow.
Only year or two ago it was thought that
nothing but hay could be grown at that
height.
The Aspen Times asks: why does
not some enterprising man harvest the great
crop of pinon nuts that grow on the Roaring
Forkl There is good-sized fortune for the
man who will gather them and ship them east.
| Very few nuts have a better flavor, and II once
introduced on the eastern markets they would
sell like wild-ire. The crop in the valley this
| year is immense"
W. H. Clark, of Meeker, has surveyed
4 500 acres on the White River mesa this sea-
son. Cabins dot the mesa in all directions,
and Improvements are the order OF the day.
The reclaimipg Of this large and desirable
tract of land by irrigation is very commend
able. The soil is very productive and the
drainage excellent. A year or two In labor
will make an Eden OF that section.
The Glenwood Echo says: A sample
| of iron ore was recently sent from this county
| to a well-known assayer in Leadvlle. His re-
| turns were as follows: ''Lead, trace; SO per
cent iron; 3 per cent silica The iron cooks
very much like Villa Grove iron, that they use
| in Pueblo for making steel" With the raw
| product and fuel here, and a railroad to carry
| the steel and iron TO market, its manufacture
here is only matter OF a little time.
Ilse is the name of o new town re-
| Gently started in Fremont Co. at the Terrible
mine. It already has two stores, two saloons,
one boarding house, drug store and black
smith shop, and bids fair to become quite a
promising village in the near future. 1t re-
celves its support principally from the Terri
BILE mine, which employs about eighty men,
and the numerous tie choppers, wood chop
| pers and other mines in its near contiguous
vicinity.
The Logan colony is progressing.
Colonel T. NJ. Moore, the Superintendent, has
| Just completed surveying and laying out the
| town site. The streets running east aud west
are named after the principal Generals OF the
late war, and avenues running north and south
after the principal battles Of the late war.
There are several parties now on the ground
erecting houses and building fences, clearing
their land and digging wells. The Company
have erected large Colony house where par
ties coming can be accommodated until they
| build their own.
The display of grain products made
by the San Luis Park Land and Irrigation en-
terprises was specially attractive and instruc-
| tive feature Of the Chamber lof Commerce
exhibition the cpast week. The exhibit
! consisted Of samples Of grain on stock and In
jars, grown this year, on the great farms OF
the Del Norte and 1.-THE Citizens Canal COM
panies, supplemented by a fine collection OF
Photographic views of sections OF the canals,
grain fields, farm buildings, etc. While neces-
sarily restricted as to space occupied, the ex-
hibit was comprehensive and gave striking
idea of the wonderful agricultural territory
now being opened up in Colorado, the posi-
bilities Of which It is at this ii me difficult to
imagine.