The Black range., 1883-03-30
HERMOSA.

Turkey are reported to he abundant
on the Palomas.
DIR. Driscoll of Chloride. will open a
branch drug business at Hermosa.
Everybody who negiected to visit the
Palomas this week will do so next
week.
George Beebe surveyed the town site
of Hermosa on Tuesday and already the
rush for lots has commenced, causing
trouble and quarrels.
Mrs. Miller, from the Colossal, pro-
poses to locate at HernOsa and will
move her restaurant outfit and build
ing to the rising city next week.
Dalglish & Plemmon's goods for
their general store at Hermosa are ar
irving and next week they will be able
to supply the wants of the hungry and
naked.
Capt. Harris is assayer and photo
grapher at Hermosa. He has taken
some fine views of the town site already
which will do to look at when the place
becomes a city.
The town site of Hermosa is being
plated this week and there is a rush
for building lots. In a few months
there will be nice little town there,
the nucleus of it being already started.
The initial ca0in of the Palomas is
found to be located in the middle of
the street of Hermosa and will have to
be torn down. Thus does the destruc-
tien of ancient land marks at this camp
begin early.
The Exchange Saloon at Hermosa
has been opened by Harry Berlew and
S. b. Feree, and it advertises IN the
BLACK RANGE. The boys are doing a
good business owing probably to the
effect of the advertising.
All that is needed to build city at
Hermosa on the Palomas. is wide and
persistant advertising, Leadville had
nothing bigger in its palmiest days than
the Palomas can already show and yet
development has but hardly begun.
George Turner took two hundred ore
sacks to the Palomas this week In
which it was desirable to put the rich
ore of the American Flag that the SAID
rich ore might not be strewn all over
The camp. When ore is almost pure
silver it pays to take care of it.
John Mcbride visited Hermosa this
week with view of establishing a
branch lumber yard there. That
camp should consume considerable
lumber this spring and summer and
Mcbride & Anderson propose to give
the people there facilities for getting it.
Arthur Ruben has arranged to open
a boarding and lodging house at Her.
-fn1UBa and he expects his tents to be
used for the business to arrive the first
of next week. His furniture and bed
ding is already on the ground andFit
will be but little time after his tents
arrive before he will be engaged in
active business. Mr.. Ruben was a
pioneer of Kingston and he sees much
greater possibilities for Hermosa than
he did for the Perchas town.
Hermosa is taking steps to secure
the establishment of mail route to
i that place via Fairview and Chloride
A petition has been written and circu.
lated there and it will be brought up to
these other towns for similar treat.
ment next week. Hermosa is young
city of promise. 1t is growing rapidly
and post-office facilities are absolutely
necessary for the conduct of business
Without doubt the service can be
readily secured.
Work is being prosecuted on the
American Flag. The shaft at last &C.
counts was thirteen feet deep and a
vein of solid metal without quartz
) or other foreign substance forty.two
inches wide showed in the bottom, be.
sides the remainder of the lead being
exceedingly rich. No discovery out
side of the Lake Valley mine has ever
been made in the United States which
equals in richness in silver the Ameri-
can Flag
A ten inch vein of horn silver has
been struck in the Reserve mine in the
Socorro mountains and has created
quite boom. Assays run $4,000 per
ton.
Hillsboro Prospector: A new strike
has been made out near the tanks,
about five miles from here. The ore is
lead carbonate very rich in silver, i.
} A new strike has been made on the
North Perchas in the Keystone, owned
by Jack Thomas and Billy Purple. The
: body of ore is three feet wide and assays
run from sixty-nine to four hundred
and fifty dollars per ton. The character
of the ore is ruby silver.
} Georgetown Courier: Hosting works
are being put on the Satisfaction nine
.... "A fine body of ore has been opened
in the Copper Bob mine, specimens as