▁cattle ▁ran ch , ▁v ine yard , ▁nut ▁and ▁fruit ▁gro ve ▁operation ▁on ▁the ▁island . ▁ ▁Main ▁R anch ▁was ▁augment ed ▁with ▁nine ▁other ▁ran ches , ▁Pr ison ers ' ▁Har bor , ▁Christ y , ▁Sc orp ion , ▁Sm ug gl ers , ▁For ney ' s ▁C ove / R an cho ▁Nue vo , ▁P oso , ▁Bu ena ▁V ista ▁Por te z uela , ▁and ▁Sur ▁R anch . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁he ▁operated ▁the ▁largest ▁private ▁tele phone ▁system ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁ ▁A ▁post ▁office ▁operated ▁from ▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁until ▁ 1 9 0 3 , ▁while ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 1 0 ▁workers ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁operation ▁received ▁water ▁from ▁four ▁spr ings , ▁El ▁P ato , ▁Gall ina , ▁The ▁D ind os ▁and ▁The ▁Pe ac ock , ▁which ▁fed ▁into ▁a ▁ 2 6 , 0 0 0 ▁gall on ▁res er voir , ▁t anks ▁and ▁d ams . ▁ ▁The ▁v ine yard ▁was ▁plant ed ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁the ▁win ery ▁was ▁m aturing ▁ 8 6 , 0 0 0 ▁gall ons ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 ▁a cre ▁v ine yard . ▁ ▁Justin ian ▁C aire ' s ▁will ▁st ip ulated ▁his ▁two ▁sons ,