The weekly intelligencer., 1899-02-04
A Rel.rIra Of aeneral Grant.

A Relative Of General Grant.
The gentlensn referred to in the
following article Is . sou OF Mrs
3 Martha G. Grant, who lives near this
, city. He was born and reared on the
a Grant farm. near Prairie Church, and
grew to manhood there. He has made
, and lost half dozen fortunes since be
I went west aud now seems on the eve
} Of another great stroke We wish him
, the greatest success In his undertakings.
Denver Evening Post, January lsl;
"a silent man. six feet three IN
height, bearded and bearing In bis
resolute face many Of the chsrac,sristics
Of his distinguished relative, Ulysses $.
Grant, sat IN the lobby OF the Alabama
hotel this morning with $3.50 In gold
10 hls hand and talked tersely Of big
mineral property IN Wyoming.
II was NJ. N. Grant, second cousin
Of the hero Of AppOmat,Ox aud son Of
Lawson Grant, the generals beloved
ehuu and playmate when both lived 9,
the home Of N. n. Grants grandfather.
The gold which Mr. Grant displayed
was in three forms-dast, nuggets and
BRICK. The dust and nuggets were
in small walls. The dust was coarse
grained and some Of the nuggets were
ss large as butter beans. The brick
was dust boiled down. cold and pure
an inch and 9 quarter wide. ons-third
Of an inch In thickness and two inches
long. Its value Is $500.
alt came from eur property on
Douglas creek" said Mr.. Grant. sit
lies forty-fvs miles west Of Laramie.
wyo., and Is fifteen miles long and as
wide as the bottom land Of Douglas
creek. In some places its width 10
about = hundred feet and At others
nearly q quarter Of mile.
"Dr. ]. W. Graham and ex-Judge d.
B. Graham, Of Denver, have . bend
and lease on the property and l am
interested in the lease myself; also
own 9 third interest in the property.
l am here to confer with the Messrs.
Graham IS to methods Of working the
properly.
"Ths gold have shown you is the
result Of seven tests which have made.
The tests ran from IS cents to o..
per cubic yard, and the $3.50 represents
the excavation Of about 900 cubic yards
Of gravel.
"Six mllss above Us ON Douglas creek
Z. N. Breightung, Of Marquette, Mich,
has fiue property which he is prepar-
ing to work extensively. He has put
up 9 forty-ton steam shovel with .
dlpper that raises yard and quarter
at . time. It 10 on the ground and
ready for work In the spring.
ave have figured the excavation
proposition down pretty dne and We
find that the gravel can be worked at
from 5 cents to 10 cents per yard.
''In the days Of extensive government
surveys, back 10 the eighties, N. N.
Grant was one Of the largest contractors
10 the business. At one time be walked
into the surveyor generals oiice in
Santa fe and marked of on the map
OF New Mexico square containing fifty
townships which were embraced in q
contract be had secured. He was q
young man then, quiet as the grave,
bnt, as new, full Of business.
He was unknown 10 nearly every
body In Santa Fe at that time except
Snrveyor General Atkinson.
"Ges up traclngs Of the boundry
lines Of those townships" said Mr..
Grant.
"Wh-what's that, young mani"
asked the astonlshed chief clerk.
six 'em up; I shall need them IN
putting through my contract.
Gan that Is enc contract--your own
contract7"
"Why, Of course; Ok 'em up" re-
turned Grant. And hs lighted . cigar
and went out.
"Ssy, who is tha. young fellowP"
asked the chief clerk, rushing into the
Office Of his chief, displaying the plat
marked of.
That's NJ. N. Grant, said Mr..
Atkeison.
"And that boy has q contract for
that great tractr
The surveyor general smiled. "Yes,"
said be, sand another one like Ii in
Wyoming and still another in Cali.
fornia.n
"Whe-w-w He means business
doesn't hei"
"He's old business himself" was the
reply.