The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-14

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est in mining property that needs look
ing after. He gave out that he intend
ed to return In five weeks.
Don Cameron and W. w. Jones have
been doing the assessment work for
this year on J. A. Winram's Mail Line
location on Dry creek. The shaft is now
thirty.6ve feet deep and a fine streak
of mineral shows at the bottom. The
last work has made a decided improve
ment in the property.
Jim Hamil was in Chloride this week.
BE is in the employ of G. H. Purmort
on his ranch at the base of the San
MateO mountains. and was taking over
marterial for building cabins. Purmort
is now at his Vermont home visiting
but he will be out here with stock for
his range sometime in the beginning Of
next year.
Sherrard had finished thirty-fve feet
Of his contract OF the Little Luella tun-
mel Wednesday night. 1t is estimated
that thirty feet more will cut the first
mineral creyice at a depth of about
two hundred feet. If this shows as
well as is expected drifts will be run on
the vein. Sherrard's contract is expect
ed to cut three distinct mineral lodges
all of which show rich mineral on the
surface. Col. Branson is spending this
week at the mines.
John H. Sullivan, Of Albuquerqe.
secretary of the Hagan's Peak Tunnel
company, writes to L. COrsOn that he
will be down in the range next week to
pay off the Indebtedness Of his incor-
porati0n. If this is done it is likely
that work will be resumed upon the
tunnel again. The present magnificent
showing of the Colossal ought to bring
up the price of the Hagan's Peak Tun.
mel stock somewhat.
Jerry Otto packed his burros for the
other sided of the range, this morning,
to complete the government survey of
that country. Mr.. Otto has sub-con-
tracted the work of %sectionizing six
townships which extend from Black
canyon to the country north of the ella
cattle company's range. This embraces
McGee's and Cantwell's ranches. Mr..
Otto has four men employed. He will
begin work on Black canyon and will
be about two months completing the
job.
DR.. Reekie received advices a week
or Two ago that a brother-in-law in
London. England, a prominent banker
of the kingdom had passed to the bet
ter land on the 18th of August. The
deceased had no children and Mrs. DIR.
Rpekie therefore comes into Inheritance
of one-third of the property. DR..
Reckie don't know just what the sun
will be, but as we all know that there
are no wild cat bankers in Britain the
amount must be large.
Alloys Preisser the assayer of the
Humboldt Mining company whose
headquarters is Engle, solicits the
patronage of the miners of the range,
through this paper. MFR. Preisser has
the best labratory in New Mexico to
work with and being himself a grad
uate of the German school of mines
knows how to handle his tools in order
to give accuracy. The miners of the
range who send their work away from
home can be sure of having as certain
and prompt returns from Engle as any
foreign place.
Mrs. J.. M. Smith had a post norton
examination held 0ver n of her best
chickens which expired suddenly last
week and the verdict was that a dlseas-
ed heart caused the decease. This is
something new. 1t is not unusual to
find fowls with hearts so sound that an
excessive circulation brought death by
conclusion with a flying missile in a
neighbours yard, or whose final end was
due to the too frequent appearance at
the scratch. or who with a lung Attic
ton went off with a hawk, but it is a
rarity to find busted hearts invading
the hen-roost.
Messrs. Dunn and Love are greatly
pleased with the fine showing which
their present work is making on their
White Shield claim. Their shaft is
over forty feet deep and contains such
foul air that it is impossible to work
much. so they just put a shot in
there when they car and do most of
their development in a tunnel which
runs in on the vein opening it a length
of sixty-five feet. Their mineral crew
ice is nearly two feet wide in the face
of the tunnel with a streak of high
grade ore several inches wide that will
run several hundred dollars in silver.
There is constant improvement with
each foot progressed and the claim is a
valuable One.
The rich ore which the work under
the new contract is bringing out of the
Colossal mine Is the subject of many
congratulations in this camp. The
new shaft was started by cutting Out
on the right side of the tunnel so as