The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1882-10-06
GENERAL LOCALS.

Messrs. Cowley and lines pulled oul
for the PeFche yesterday morning.
Dr. Dewey Is now stationed at Craig
furwhich place he will depart mex
week.
The saw mill has been taking a rest
for a couple Of weeks past. but II ex.
poets - renew operations again next
Monday.
Dir. Gearing has daubed soms oil and
white lead over the front Of his build.
ing. thereby improving its appearance
a little and protecting II from the
weather a good deal.
Ilightower & Miller, the gentlemen
who held the contract Tor supplying Oiu
Caliehte with beef. have lost their occn.
patton by the removal of the troop j.,
and have discontinued the butcher usi.
ness.
The Terrence Mining Company has
eleven mules. harness. aud three ore
wagons, a ten horse power hosting
euglns and boiler complete. aud one
horse power holster. all of which they
offer for sale cheap for cash. Apply TO
or address e. \. Waller. general super
intendt nj. Socorro. y. NJ.
The r%anching ground on both sides Of
the Black Range is being claimed and
occupied with marvellous rapidity.
Hardly more than a year ago the settler
could have taken his choice of the agri.
cultural or grazing ground on any of
the streams IN this section of the terri
tory, while now there are few places
vacant that are worth having. This
country will O be a. valuable for It's
stock range rs ii is for its mines.
The sara Bernhardt is one of the
Blain and Cameron claims on the perche
that q. Bentley is working and on
which he has found a nice erevice of
mineral IN the torn # free gold aud
native silver. The shaft on 1t is four.
teen feet deep and the ore lies in peck
cts against the hanging wall. Bentley
has twelve foot holes Oh four claims
and every II OF them shows NICE min
eral.
TIE mammoth piece of horn silver
that the Perche bonanza gave out re.
gently, which was estimated 10 weigh
two hundred and sixty pounds. proved
when put upon the scales to pull down
three hundred and forty. Just think
of ii! A thrte hundred and forty pound
chunk of almost pure silver found in
the dirt on a hillside. No other country
las produced such Il phenomenon. The
Black Range seems TO be- Il solid mass
Of precious metal from Lake Valley mt
the south end to Ojo Calienie on the
north. And the half has not been
found.
The conflicting Hrepnrts which at first
came In from the Pefche have ceased.
aud the testimonies given by the visitors
TO that wonderful country are all one
way. All are enthusiastic In its praise
and everybody agrees that il is bound
to make II of the g%randest mining
countries that the world has ever seen
y letter received from one of the boys
who has started Il saloon ut Pcrche City.
the town nearest the Solitaire mine.
says that he has made fifty dollars net
daily slnce he opened. There are two
other saloons. II civil engineer, two rs.
say offices, two barber shops. Il boarding
house and restaurant, but no store
The wagon road to the town Is com
pleted and there are four or five hun.
dred permanent inhabitants with as
many more transient who are coming
and going constantly. Many sales of
property are being made and much
development is going on A larger pro-
portion of the claims are showing up
good than is usual in a mining country,
and the camp promises petmaneney.
Jim Blain, just from the Perche, says
that the workman on the Solitaire have
found what they consider is the chm
ney from which the rich silver float
that is contained III the surface dirt
elected. The spot is half way up
the bill at the highest place where the
pure truck is found, and the gangue of
the lead is white spar exactly identical
with the rock which is often found adj
to the uncoined dollars that ARE
supposed to have escaped from this
blowout. Tie spar in the ledge con-
tains free gold and a good percentage
of silver. The workmen who dig in {
the three feet in depth soil that covers /
the hillside with small polepicks and
fingers find, beside the pieces of pure
metal so often mentioned, chunks of
spar of various sizes. They break all
hard substances they find, except the
pure metal pieces which batter insead !
Ut break, and put the best in one sack
and the second grade in another. Four
wotkmen will gather, on an average.
per day, eight ordinary sized ore sacks
full OF second grade and one sack of !