Show A jacabo of ur the fors JA athe the largest tree in the world lie iles bro inn and petrified at the end ol 01 a defile northwestern nevada its it demer 46 are so great that those who know latits bolits el eustance stance hesitate heel tate to tell the story licause Ji bause cause hardly expect to be believed at t there Is sufficient evidence to ghe gle tale credit improbable though it i eem seem ay says the mineral collector Is tree make makes the monarch monarchs of the I 1 ji grove eem seem like imposter Imp often compared to it the tallest pine 17 A wn on norwegian hills to be the att of some great admiral ie Is but a nd A As for the story of its discovery tot s thu thus is told bedad by dad LN L nn of fresno L biad supported by other equally well rot disown people e ij back ack in 1860 a company of abo abou 45 aback JB to red bluff to prospect the the lh hui unto country beyond honey lake 0 m sd td surprise valley there were mere in the I 1 aielt isray ty law lawyers ers butcher butchers and shoe makers pit VAT I 1 E we were one tided sided on one point ebol e ath 4 h individual felt positive that thi this 1 la y the turning point of his hi existence L olt c that bright shining gold in urill m til L quantities would reward the rather r of F beasant jaunt ad 10 lathe it he indians we me arii anem ban poe tit oc ks were at that time raising hair mra mr a ad d very many sudden moves were at tiles necessary nece seary in order to get rid of f to amir vit unwelcome attentions finding at little gold in this section we travel toward baker count oregon WV aste iste a country entirely denuded of M faber except a few dwarf cottonwood cottonwoods fag bong the waterways cloe close to thet the cc leoer county line we came to an open ch c in the rocks about wide enough for de A r 0 wagons to go through and on amer side loomed precipices soo and I 1 feet high the crevasse was about ath i IS miles long and at its end just to the S u I 1 t of th the trail we found a number of to red stumps of diffee di Berent nt heights nora sizes ia a their midst on the ground lay a 10 ister itter tree somewhat imbedded in the 3 1 it was completely petrified and the clean cut features of the trunk 92 ed to have fallen after petri fica if f tl at its butt this tree was quite 60 cei lei in diameter we measured its de h with a tapeline it was wits feet no limb remained but in the it i were clefts where apparently of is a had been broken off amber lik like ce s t of petrified pitch or gum adhered ie e sides of the trunk for a distance a feet or more ritt here the huge trunk was broken ly ayt t irely rely off the center seemed trans 1 ra is I 9 tnt nt and the growth marks showed in tt ah dutiful concentric rings its natural edat a arance was handsomer than any u 1 ased marble or mosaic I 1 have ever i and all of ue us expressed the atle ilon ion that it would make a wonder ati ly y beautiful floor and interior finish en some grand building |