The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-25

stock.in payment of wages, thereby
showing their faith in the property
Albuquerque Democrat
Horace McG.nniss who with his
father has a ranch ON CalteRS cretk
told Mr.. Hill of the Canadad HNSesa
party, who caIne up to his place to cut
the irrigating bitches that II this thing
continued somebody would get a bull
let hole in him, and Mr.. Hill claiming
that Horace had threatened his life.
with the assistance of his fifty followers
forced the boy upon a horse and took
him Canada de Alamosa, but they let
him go soon after reaching the town.
Messrs. Turner and Chamberlain
have purchased all of Gus Holmes
right, title and interest in the Hermosa
and Midnight claims. the consideration
being $4,000. This gives the purchasers
one.thiId of the Midnight and one-eight
of the Hermosa. These are among The
nest promising properties in the range
and the figures prove that the prices for
bare prospects are having a downward
tendancy which will o 10 establish
them ut their true value. When things
are thus settled the country will boom.
Cy Hall. a successful mining man of
Denver,C Colorado, the owner of the cele-
brated Dolly Warden nine, came to the
range with Alex Won Wendt Saturday,
and spent two days looking at the chief
properties here. lie seemed we'll
pleased with what he saw. He departed
Tuesday, but will probably return
again. He will doubtless take hold of
something here. Mr.. Hall is a practi-
cal miner such as would do this coun-
try good and he has abundant means to
operate with.
Richard Mansfield White lost one of
his horses last week. by death. Long
ago Mr.. White learned that it was an
exceedingly dangerous practice to use
a picket rope of less size than three.
quarters of an inch, and he has always
been careful to warn his friends on this
point. Notwithstanding, while visiting
Chloride last week he was guilty of the
folly of turning one of his grays out
with a five-sixteenths inch line tied to
its neck. He paid the penalty he had
always predicted for the stet. The
horse had strangled himself during the
night. In scratching his neck with his
hind foot he had caught the loop Of the
rope under the heel of the shoe as his
foot came back and being unable to ex
tricate it, he pulled and struggled unit
he choked to death. Mr.. White has
learned by experience that which here
tofore he knew only from testimony
He will be more careful III future.
The finest collection of minerals thai
has ever been seen by the reporter, o.
in fact, by anybody else whom he ha'
heard mention it, is the one which Alex
Won Wendt brought back with him
from Denver on his return from hi
late visit. He has tellurides, raw ant
roasted from the Red Cloud mine. Colo
RADIO, solid gold with quartz from tn,
r Allie Mckee, his own property il
l Colorado, and copper, gold and silve
from many other miles IN variou
places, that are exceedingly MADISON
and just as rich as they are pretty, blu
| the most unique and attractive ar
e c~rystaliZed silver from Mexico. 1t i
very doubtful if these can be excelfe,
: in the world. He has with him eight o
ten of these rare curiosities last name,
which it is necessary to see to under
stand. AS it is impossible to give an
adequate idea of them in a description,
), the RANGE will not attempt the tasl
Many rare and delicate specimen
which form a part of his cabinet a
home he did not bring because of tn
danger of running by transportation
Mr.. Won Wendt has refused five hui
/ bred dollars for n single specime
that he has with him and its beaut
would warrant the offer.