Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-04-30
THE BLACK RANGE.

The following letter clipped from a
New Mexico paper was sent to DR.. Perrin
by w. W. Strohn. The ''IyanhO" is one
of the mines in which Mr.. Strohn is per-
sonally interested and all the mines
named are in the same range and near
the claim located by Messrs, Humphrey,
Kitchen aud Perrin, of this Villages:
1.-THE following letter from captain
jack, Poet Scout, to his friend s. H.
Lucus, of Santa Fe, has been forwarded
to us by MAUD" for publicatiOn.-ED.I
OJO CALIENTE, n. NJ, March "a, 1881.
BY Dear Maud:
There is q tide i'm the affairs Of men,
which. IL taken at the flood, leads on to
-Filigree. Fair daughter of the Range,
all is we'll: the cloud that has so long
darkened our sky is disappearing, and a
bright future awaits those who persevere
and "never give up the ship" Every
day brings new and valuable discoveries
to the front, and. truly it may be said,
.'ours" is a new and wonderful FL Dorado.
Our gentlemanly assayer, Mr.. ]. Deppell-
or, received this evening several sam
piles of rock from the "CuchillO ClOride"
and mineral creeks among them beau
tiful specimen from one of the claims
located by Governor Wallace and suite,
i'm their recent meanderings through the
late strOnghOlds of brother Vic. Another
sample of rock from Jim Blaine's
apache" containing chlOrides and ma
tive silver; this is from portion of the
ledge heretofore prOspected, and about
600 feet from the main cut, which is in
the little cannon, il you remember, near
the center. Mr.. F. A. Richards also
brought some rich ore from the Little
Maud so named in honor of our, worthy
expert i'm filigree. TOppy Johnson, the
'bOss" expert, representing some Cali
fornia and Arizona milliOnaires, has
come and gone, after carefully examin-
ing about a dozen mines, taking with
him over three hundred pounds of ore
that can safely say is worth, on an
average, one dollar per pound. To say
that TOppy is pleased with the showing,
would scarcely express it; he is delight
ed. and has arranged to purchase one of
the best mines in the Range. This
know. for accompanied him over the
ground and assisted in breaking off his
samples from different sections of the
ledge. While thus engaged, and upon
hitting an ungainly looking boulder, he
exclaimed, (althOugh at home strict
disciple of the church). "Why d-n 'er,
she's all mineralr'.
made it my business to stay right on
TOppy's trail after such an Outburst,
and watch his every movement, for |
knew that if he should give the country
q black eye, it would prove detrimental
to us-fOr time-but after visiting in
his company The. Washington IvanhO,
and WALL Street l0des, / felt satisfied
that Johnson was booked for long term
in the Black Range. He has left, how
ever, i'm great haste, and will go through
to Arizona, and in twelve days, return
with the collateral to go down on mine
which. although selling for less than
one hundred thousand dollars, 1 sincere
ly believe to be worth half a million.
Mr. Monroe, who has been engaged to
superintend THE Wall Street No. g." left
h ere yesterday for the base of operations,
while most of the material for working
is either on the ground or will be in
few days.
Colonel Gillett arrived at his camp on
Turkey Creek last Friday, and on Satur-
day he unlOaded six large wagons con-
tanning the most complete outfit that
could be bought, and the work of develop
ing-gOing down opening up is now
progressing with that remarkable ex-
petition always characterizing the in
trepid Colonel. Just think: three shifts
on each mine, and never allowing the
work to stop, except to- change shifts.
With such men at the front, how can
anyone say we are shiftiess?
Well, Maud; have very little society
gossip to lmpart at present; the old town
Of Chloride City is rapidly building up;
there are two houses built aud several
irrigating gin mills on the half-shell.
If they had only got here before old Vic
left, the Mexicans would never have had
to brag of extinguishing his slight" The
boys tell me that this is the N"lOngest
range" Tarantler they ever struck, and
instead of flooding the flower levels" it
generally takes possession of the upper
story" so that an ordinary, peaeeable
man, who works it straight once or twice.
feels like slicing fellows liver length
wise. It's dangerous to be safe, even at
yery long range. Grafton Is new
town. but can boast of six or eight good
sized houses, aid proudly claim as res
ident the first lady who has entered the
Black Range; her husband, Mr.. @, one
of the early prospectOrs, having innocent
" caused his wife much trouble and I'M
easiness on account of his long absence
and the poor mail facilities in this Sec
tion.