The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-20

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Manitou. Denver and other points q,
interest on the way. -
NLrbs swas, Anr;o and
claims being the west extensions of
the Silver Monument are being vigor-
ously p~rospected the indications fur
nishing much satisfaction To Messrs.
Mcbride, Myers and Westerman who
are the owners
A local rain at the the head of Byers'
run last week made a rushing torrent
ten feet deep of that stream and flowed
nearly to Cuchillo creek, while the other
gulches were dry rs bones. The food
was of short duration, however.
The water question is becoming a
serious n in the towns of the range
Water is at the lowest ebb in every
well in Chloride and all the stock of
the towns taken to the spring a short
distance above the town in Chloride
gulch. The spring is reliable, and it ap-
pears that this will be about the only
practicable point at which to locate the
concentrating works which are ex-
pected.
DR.. Blinn, the range druggist, is ac-
cumulating as rapidly as possible spec
linens of the insects and reptiles of the
range. He will be glad to receive any
curiosities of these orders that may be
brought HIM. He will, ere long, have
things so fitted up that he can display
his collection. One large bug which he
lately added to his collection, called a
helotacellopod is a curiosity that nobody
should miss the opportunity of seeing.
Switches. curles and front head
dresses in many shades are kept for
sale at the Chloride millinery store.
Call and see them.
l.. Corson, F. H. Kollock and wife
and V. b. Beckett and wife returned
last Sunday from a ten days excursion
on the opposite side of The range. They
are under obligations to J. A. Anderson
and family at the saw mill, to Hill and
Robinson at their hay farm at the head
of Corduroy canyon, and especially to
Ben Peers, Mrs. d. C. Cantwell and the
people generally connected with the
Cantwell ranch for favors and kind
neSseS received.
Apropos Of the concentration expert
ment now on hand, j. NJ. Smith took
a small quantity of the Dreadnaught
ore and after crushing it had an assay
made which showed a value in silver
of twenty-three ounces. He then took
a gold pan and washed the mass down
to one-ffth its original size and then
took another assay which gave him
one hundred and seventeen ounces of
silver. This is a pretty fair demonstra-
ton that the D~readnaught ore will
concentrate with profit.
The of the Black Hawk up
Chloride creek in shooting out some
fresh mineral for the Cincinnati expo
sition exhibit, brought to light a consid-
able quantity of native silver among
the rock. The ledge had been tapped a
hundred feet or so deep by a seventy
five foot tunnel and the mineral streak
shown to be some three feet wide, but
when work was discontinued no ore so
nice as this last taken out had been dis
covered. s.. b. Ferree, Oscar Pfoten-
hauer and w. f. Caldwell own the
claim which has the largest quartz
cropping extant in the range.
Ten sacks of ore, representing as
many different mines have been depos-
tied with DR.. Haskell to be shipped to
a concentration for a test as to whether
or no the Black range ores will concen-
trate. AS sOon as this number of sacks
is doubled the ore will be sent to the
concentrating works at Bueno Vista,
Colorado, for the test, which if salts
: factory will insure works of sixty tons
capacity going up at once. HIN. Castle
of Topeka, Kansas, who has the project
IN hand says that when it Is proven
that the Black range ore will concentrate
!, the cash for the works will soon appear.
, Bring in your ore rapidly gentlemen
and help push the scheme along.
) A fine display of mineral is accumu-
lating at DR.. Haskells to be sent to the
: Cincinnati exposition. There are now
: between thirty and forty mines repre-
scented, being about One-third of what
should be. TIE Dreadnaught sends an
one-hundred pound chunk which is
s the monster of the collection. Most OF
l the specimens are from the Apache
and Palomas districts the Black Range
e district barely appearing, and the Gu
chlllos not at all as yet. 1t is expected
that these latter districts will send in
contributions and it is hoped that they
r will be prompt,for haste must be made
in the shipment. All portions of the
, range and every ore producing mine
, Dug. t to be represented. This Cincin.
natl exposition, be it remembered, is a
/, permanent affair, nethat endures from
year to year, and an exhibit there will
be of value at all times.