The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-11
CHLORIDE.

city Saturday morning.
Mis-. Berlew went to Hermosa on
Tuesday to make her permanent resi-
dence there with her husband.
Frank LeCraft is having a residence
constructed and Mrs. LeCraft will soon
be happily ensconsed underneath her
own roof.
A faint CLEAN, even, of vegetables in
the market, whould brighten many an
eye and smack many a lip in Chloride,
at this time.
Mcbride is getting along nicely on
his road up Chloride gulch. He is now
working at the second box. When this
is passed the hard spots are over.
Tom Evans is building an addition to
the real of the house occupied by Joe
Aragon's saloon. This makes the struct-
ure of large dimensions.
Joe Aragon has closed up his saloon
and suspended business. He is unde-
cided whittier he will go when he has
settled up his business and got ready to
depart.
The appointment of Z. F. Holmes to
The Office of justice of the peace has
been received, and he will qualify and
gel ready for business as quickly as
possible.
VIM. Hamilton the late driver on the
Southwestern stage line, who laid off
on account of sickness, started TO the
Sisters hospital at Santa Fe. He went
out Tuesday morning, but at present he
is recruiting strength at Engle for the
remainder of the journey.
Capt. ByIant is working on the d.
vide between Chloride and Mineral
creeks almost north of the Black Hawk
on the upper belt. He is now down
twelve feet there on the claim which
he calls the Toledo, and the character
and quantity of the mineral found is
very encouraging.
Seventy-eightdollars feight was the
price paid for thirty-two hundred
pounds of the Silver Monument ore
from Engle to Denver on the railroad.
Adding thirty-two dollars, the price
paid for transferring from the range
to Engle and it will be seen why no
more ore is shipped to reduction works
from the Black range.
H. N. Castle with his wife and little
one are visiting the range this week.
They are residents of Topeka, Kansas,
and Mr. Castle is secretary of the South
western Mining company-half own
ers of the Buffum and other property
here. Mr.. Castle is naturally well
pleased with the Buffum and he will
have it surveyed and patented just as
SOON as possible.
Nose Thompson has secured contro,
of the Little Minnie belonging to FREQ
Stevens. This claim is a sixty foot
strip which Joins the King No. 2 or
the south. The shaft of the King No
2 was a combination with the Little
Minnie and now that this addition il
secured three men have been put Il
work sinking on the shaft. Fred Ste
vens, Newton Sheldon and Charlie
Ridgely are doing the work.
Chloride will soon have a hotel wor
thy of the name. and visitors to this
place can, ere long, be sure of having
first class accommodations. Henry E
Rickert, proprietor of the Chloride hote
restaurant, has arranged for the imme
diate erection of a two story adobe
building 9Ox65 feet in dimensions. i
will be erected on the site of the pres
ent restaurant which will be removed
for the purpose.
The surveying party Of hampton ant
Biggs which has been engaged on gov
eminent work in the Black range anC
vicinity for the past six months hav'
finished their work and are expected
into Chloride where they will recev'
payment, this evening or tomorrow
There are thirteen men u the company
Mr.. Hampton went out taAA road las
week and returned this week with tn
funds necessary for settlement.
On Wednesday when the canyon
were filed with smoke some of GU
brave hunters went out to Stay th
herds of deer which were very natur
ally supposed to be running before tn
devastating flames. Others equal,