The herald., 1893-09-05
MANY WILD HORSES IN NEVADA.
Cowboys Cruelty Killing Them
by Scores.
Queer Stories About Queer Part of
the World.
Novel Sights in Lincoin-Peculiar Arte-
sian Springs On the Desert.
Gsme and Agricul-
ture.

W. s. Barton, the widely known Cali
fornia miner and prospector, and w. ].
Mcfarland, have returned to the city
after five weeks spent in remote parts
Of Lincoln county, New, says the San
Francisco Chronicle.
They went in by way OF Pslisade,
thence to Eureka, and from there they
took vehicle and drove in all, before
they got back to the railroad, probably
500 miles. They camped out at night,
did their own cooking and supplied
their larder in part with the game
which they killed.
Mr.. Barton has long had important
mining interests in the vicinity of Fry.
berg, Lincoln county, and also land in
terests in part of Cherry Greek valley.
He brought back q large quantity Of
fine gold quartz and silver chloride
ore, with many curious crystals, copper
and other. mineral, and at his office, 228
Market street, yesterday the exhibit
looked like small museum. Both Mr..
Barton and Mr.. Mcfarland were deeply
bronzed by their exposure.
They report that all through Nevada
where they were, and down next to the
California line, in all the mining camps,
the feeling against the enemies of silver
in Congress Is 30 great that they would
almost secede if they had any sort OF
backing. It is on silver that they have
depended to make times prosperous in
these remote sections. However, since
the railroad bae ccen pushed forward
from Goff, in this State. toward Phoebe,
confidence has beer renewed, especially
as the road will pass through marvel
ously rich wild rye and sngebrush lands.
Mr.. Barton was surprised to find in a
region deemed by everybody wilder
ness the semitropicsl fruits. There
were mulberries, apricots, figs, cherries,
pears and peaches, and in some parts
even oranges were doing well. 1t is hot
throughout q large area, and corn grows
well, averaging as much rs seventy-fve
bushels an acre, which is very large
yield, even in the best compromising
country. Wheat, oats, rye, potatoes,
and in fact almost all the vegetables and
cereals, were found to do we'll.
All this IL illustrated by the garden
like patches Of the new settlers, who in
isolated places have planted their
homes. One of the richest valleys they
saw was the Cherry creek valley. It is
about 75 miles long and from 10 to Is
miles long. The land Is almost all
level and covered with ssgebrush, wild
rye and buffalo grass. The altitude
above the sea is only from 500 to 600
feet. On the northwest is q range Of
very high mountains. covered with nut
pine, juniper, mahogany and wild
cherry. On the north and east there is
a very low range, ON which there is no
timber at all. The country is now
green, this being the rainy season.
There were several heavy rains while
Barton and Mcfarland were there.
valley" said Mr.. Barton. "The land is
remarkably rich, and we'll suited to
produce almost anything. There are
also artesian springs in many places
and streams which may be utilized to
irrigate the arid places. 1t will be com
paratively easy to store water and irri-
gate from 200, 600 to 3OO, 600 acres. do
not know better field for agriculture
and fruit growing.
One of the straugest sights we saw
was the cowboys killing the wild horses.
There are 1000 or more wild horses in
the Cherry Greek valley and foothills.
These horses, that is the stations. leaj
away the domestic mares, and onoa
away they get as wild as the other
horses. So the cowboys 60 ont and XIII
them. One morning saw five going
forth well mounted and armed with
tremendously big revolvers. asked
them whore they were going. "Oh, out
to kill some horses," they said, We'll.
they did kill them. They had q boy to
change horses and ride round and round
in circuit, miles in extent, after them.
As the wild horses came around the
cowboys would bang them over. I saw
horse after horse-great, magnificent
stations OF all colors, killed in THE way.
They would come around on the dead
run. There would be shot, or prob
ably a fusilade of shots. The horse
would take leap into the air and come
down dead. 1t looked like q shame To
kill such magnificent brutee, but the
cowboys shot them down without the
least compunction.
"We were at Fry berg, near the edge
of Nye county. The old Butterfield
stage, pony express buildings and stock
ade are only six miles from there.
There are four or i've buildings in all.
built OF logs and very strong. This is q
very fertile region, az was evinced by
the crops of Frenchman there. In all
the mountains about are good mineral
lodges. visited the old Mormon lead
mine. go miles from Vanderbilt. Il ia
called the Potosi, and there were 5000
tons of lead ore on the dump. There
was an abundance of gold and e;lver
IA most singular thing about parts of
Lincoln county was the so.called arte.
,ian springs. You would be riding
along, when all at once you would see q
ltream of water as big as an irrigatipr
Itch. 1t came straight out Of
he ground, like the water of an
irtesian well, and ran across the
'ountry like any other stream. These
lave been conducted into bitches bv
attlemen and farmers and are used for i
irrigation. In many other parts of Lin
oln county it is very dry. Everything
onsidered, though, one is impressed |
Nth the fact that in that new region In
comparatively short time, since the
abroad will soon be completed, there
7ill be great activity. 1t is slow now, |
ut this slowness cannot last because OF
be great natural resources"
Mr.. Barton expects to return there in
bout month. He saw plenty of rab-