The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-31
FAIRVIEW.

this week and reports his herd of
sheep improving greatly.
One hundred and thirty six head of
cattle belonging to d. q. Cantwell are
at Fairview on their way to the ella.
Messrs. Silver and Chandler Bros. are
digging a company well in the rear of
the building occupied by James More
land.
Four bids on the German contract
left here Monday and Tuesday morn
ings, the lucky party will be likely to
know something next week.
II. o. Wells who left here over a year
ago suffering from paralasys and sup
posed to be dead, has nearly recovered
and is expected to visit the range in the
near future.
Tom Butler. Joe Peers and Chris
Olson left Monday for a trip to the
ella and Mogollon country. Speckled
trout, deer, antelope and bears are the
object of the journey, and may be sage
hens, quin sabe.
The stable that has graced the south
east corner lot of our principal square
has been moved to the rearofSansom's
store and raised about two feet from
the ground. Rep Irt has 1t that a
good building will take its late stand in
the questionable future.
The Humboldt contract was let this
week to H. S. Sherrard and the work
commenced. The price at which it was
taken (eight dollars per foot for 200
feet) seems far inadequate to the de
mands of labor and the fulfllment Of
the present contract is a question.
Messrs. Davisson, Hull, McGee and
Moore passed through this week with
six hundred head of cattle from Texas
for their ranch on the ella. Another
one thousand head will be added short
ly. The number of cattle passing
through speaks well for the range
across the divide and the stock indus
try will soon become no small factor in
SOcorro county's resources.
The Black Knife smelter Is for rent,
Why not form a company consisting
of the principal mine owners of the
range and test their minerals in the
range instead of shipping to Colorado
and elsewhere :? There is no doubt that
the smelter can be run il a practical
man is at the helm, and the extra
money paid for labor would do more
good if kept at home In place of being
given to railroads.
The base ball game of last Sunday
left Fairview ahead five tallies on four
innings. The batting was heavy on
both sides. Fairview only played eight
men the first innings and part of the
second, but yet managed to hold their
score having twenty three to Chloride's
eighteen. The score by innings was:
Fairv.ew. 5 6 4-2S
1894
Chloride. 2 5ls
The game for next Sunday being Tor
b-blood is likely to create some inter
est and some close playing is expected
Geo. Yeakel and Ed. Starner have
been putting some work on the Reward
claim, M of the Humboldt Mining
company's locations in the Limestone
district. There is a sixty feet of shaft
on this claim but the ledge was left al
thirty feet depth with the desire OF
keeping the shaft straight. The pres.
ent work consists of a drift which is
being run on the ledge at the last point
where it showed in the shaft: thirty
feet, and the work has developed A
fine vein containing a quantity Of
rich mineral.
The rumor that the Black Knife had
played out is a dastardly invention OF
some of the enemies of the Cuchillos
While passing through some very hard
matter the contact punched to eighteen
inches of mineral ON one side and a
seam on the other. as is often the case
in contacts. AT present the minera
will average two and a half feet in the
face of the incline and still widening
The condition of the mineral in thu
pinch changed but nothing more. than
conjecture has been ascertained in re.
gard to its value. Since the widening
commenced the mineral has assumed
its old character and shows up as pref,
ty as anything that can be found in the
Black range. The p%inching theory
started hy men who had not sand
enough to work through a barren place
may avail to intimidate tenderfeet
but men OF sense and mining expert
enc know that they may expect some.
thing Of that kind in all contacts ant
are not going to leave a country thai
contains the veins and float that exist
in the Cuchillos, on a mere supposition
Last Saturday evening j. B. Taylor
was returning to Robinson from this
place, driving a burro loaded with pro
visions and had got opposite Reber's
soda water factory when master burrC
was scared by Reber's dog and lit out al