The Black range., 1883-03-30
SUBSCRIPTION:
GENERAL LOCALS.

10 Nals A40Nh
out for fat pocket books and "sich."
Jack Spradling has returned from
Kingston and has been i'll at the hotel
at Robinson this week.
The Palomas excitement takes all the
floating population of the north end of
the range. There is but one opinion
concerning that section, which Is that
it is grand in its present showing and
future possibilities.
The citizens of the range extend SYM
pathy to friends east who are compelled
to battle with cold, wind, hail, rain,
snow or mud while we here have sun
shine, balmy air and good solid, smooth
loads. The past winter has been as
pleasant and mild here as it has been
cold and inclement in the states.
Kim HI Rogers, who has somehow
slipped out of sight in the last few
months, turns up again as the sufferer
by the raids of a band of horse thieves
at his ranch in the Black range. Rogers,
by the way, is finding ranching better
paying than raIlroading. He has 1000
acres of land with three good springs
on it, and has bought 500 COWS with
which to stock lt.-Alb. Review.
The Kingston Tribune, speaking of
Pye the pioneer prospectOr of the Black
range, states that he was killed by In.
dians some place down in Arizona. In
truth Harry Pye came to his death in
the canyon of the PalOmas through
the agency of the paches, and his skull
now adorns DR.. HaskelPs cabinet of
Black range specimens of minerals and
curiosities, here in Chloride.
The BLACK RANGE, which paper
came duly to hand this week despite
the Socorro Sun announcement of sus-
pension, strikes out boldly in favor of a
daily mail from Engle to Chloride.
The authorities should grant the re-
quest without delay, as the section
around Chloride is one of altogether
too much Importance TO be allowed to
suffer through lack Of mail facilities
Kingston Tribune.
The Black Range deserves, needs and
should have daily mail. Other places
Of less Importance are thus favored
and ii is injustice that forces this region
to DO with less. However, there is but
one way to go about getting the in
crease and that is 10 petition for it
All the complaining of individuals or
newspapers will be of no avail, if a
formal demand in the form of p1ti
dion unanimously signed be rot made
n,d sent to the first assistant postmaster
general. This is the way to go about
getting what is yjl.shsed in this particu
lar and some >.Sl5el! Hho has leisure
can win the fleeting gratitude of the
range by interesting himself in the
work and pushing it through.
The hitherto much despised lime for
nation is now becoming all the rage
with prospeetors and every body
is looking for rich deposits of metal il
places where a few months ago they
would have been ashamed to have beer
found drunk. Thus does each section
have its pecularities and thus it i!
proved that mineral is where you fine
it and not entirely where theorists say
it should be. In the Black Range
everywhere the bonanzas seem to lii
under black lime Gaping and in gasl
veins cutting through solid lime for
nation. The reason why these dis
coveries have not been made before il
because most of the prospecting to dat
has been done on contacts of granite
and porphyry, and lime has been alb
hOrred and stunned. Lake Valley anC
the Perchas were contradictions which
puzzled the scientific and Theoretical
prospector and set him thinking, ant
the Palomas discoveries only wer
needed TO revOutlonize his ideas ant
set him to looking for his fortune II
new quarters, until now it has come t.
pass that he will hardly glance at tn
ground to keep from stumbling Whel
compelled to pass through granite o
porphyry region. This change of sen
timent will undoubtedly lead TO man
new and rich discoveries in all sec
tions of the range and while it canno
detract from the value of the man
rich properties which are alread
known to exist on contacts of grant
or porphyry, it can by directing atten
tion in new direction make the coun
try more valuable.
FAIRVIEW.