The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-08

Mr.. Waddwell and family are talking
of returning to Fairview. Grafton
does not seem to agree with Airs. W. as
well as here.
C. Hannaman & Co. have struck
good mineral on the summit Of the
Cuchillos. about half a mile north Of the
Black Knife road.
Uncle Billy Cloudman has got the
roof on, and floor in. in his two-story
building and we are compelled to admit
that it begins to look well.
i. P. Armstrong and brother pass
their time alternately between the
ranch and here. Mr.. A. says his stock
on the ranch is beginning to show
signs of improvement.
Notwithstanding the apparent dull
ness around our city the freighTers re-
port themselves AS having all they can
do, and in some instances a month or
two work ahead.
Major Day and family are back from
their hunting trip leaving the balance
of the crowd still on Diamond creek.
Majors game reserve consists of seven
turkeys and quite a few fish.
J. V. Moore passed through here
early this week with a band of cattle
for the ella. There seems to be some
hing particularly exhillaratlng in our
climate as Mr.. NJ. is back again-on
business, of course.
Guadalupe Puertos, who has been as
slsting NJ. G. Levy for some time has
gone to Ell Paso. He has been suffering
from infiammatory rheumatism for
some time and hopes for relief from
the change.
Mr.. Utter of the Nordhausen com.
pany came in on Fridays stage and left
again Monday. There is a possibility
that quite an amount of work will he
done by this company in the near
future.
Geo. Richardson and Mrs. Mayer have
been digging "a well in partnership or
the line of their property. Thirty-ive
feet gives them about two and a half
feet of water. The well is walled up
and completed in a manner to make il
one the best in town.
Jacob Blum was getting distances and
and elevation frGm l.. M. hampton this
week with IA view of constructing a hy-
draulic ram on Cuchillo creek a mile
and a half below FairvieW to supply
hat town with water for general pur.
poses. Every town in the range can bt
supplied with water-works at slight
expense whenever the demand for the
same becomes sufficiently urgent.
G. H. Lougee reports Il strike of elgh'
teen inches of good looking mineral in
The Guide lode. The Guide adjoins The
Black Knife and IS tue third body
struck in prospecting this spring on the
same contact by the same party. The
mineral in this case has left the contact
and is entirely in porphyry having The
appearance of being a vertical vein.
The Lackey brothers aud Maloney
are hard at work on the Hidden Treas
ure in the hopes of finding treasure
enough to supply them with the neces
sarles of life for some time. They ex
pect to strike the vein i'll about two
weeks more, having been working
steady since quitting the Black Knife
If diligence is deserving of success, they
should get their share.
Some hogs running at large have
caused considerable annoyance by theil
depredatlons. A s~torehouse of II o,
our merchants was broken into by ont
of those species generally known as TIT
razor back. followed by her young, anC
if the merchants word IS law, have DIES
troyed at different times about tel
bushels of corn. In saying destroyed W,
do it advisedly for it seems a waste o
good corn to throw it away on a hol
that would take first prize at any trot
ting association for speed, and refuse
to get fat under any treatment for fea
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