The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-09

cent find Of mineral in the vicinity Of
the Silver Monument has greatly i'm
proved In appearance with the eighteen
feet of shaft which he has put upon il
and its value has been enhanced two
or three hundred per cent thereby.
The mineral streak is more solid and
there is the same tale in large qusnti-
ties which is a feature Of the Silver
Monument.
The bond on the Silver Monument
mine which the present workers Of the
property took from Alex Won WeDdt,
expires tomorrow and the the property
will be allowed to revert back into Mr..
Won Wendts hands. BY the terms of
the bond the first five hundred dollars
Of the one thousand dollars agreed to
be paid to Mr.. Won Wendt as the price
Of his lease until the first of January.
Is due on the 10th of November, but
the creditors having already paid them
from the property do not desire to
work 1t longer and will, consequently,
give it up in preference to paying the
FIVE hundred dollars.
The Hardscrabble location, one of A.
]. Knights on which he has just finish
ed assessment work, shows a large crew
ice Of galena in spar and porphyry
gangue, identical with the ore of the
N~ordbausen on Bear creek. The Hard
scrabble Is south of the Hancock and
White Signal on the same vein, and
this character of mineral is somewhat
strange for that locality. The proba-
billties are that there will be a change
from galena to the more common cop
per glance, before any great depth is
attained.
The Mexicans W no are trying to get
title to the upper Cuchillo Negro creek
will have some trouble in accomplish
ing their aims, There is too much
mineral along the stream to allow
ranchmen to gobble it up and the own
ers of mining property there will make
an effort which will probably prove
successful to keep patents from issu-
Ing. Above the stone ranch there are
placer mines and quartz lodges bearing
mineral on which considerable work
has been done while there is very little
agric ultural ground there. 1t is not
likely that title to the ground will be
acquired by those who are now at
tempting to get it.
The site selected for the c~oncentra.
tor is half a mile below Chloride on the
Mineral creek side of the valley. The
people of Chloride who we're called
upon to furnish water for the works
went to work with a will and by Tues
day evening had the hole in the ground
some thirty feet deep with so much
water in the bottom that work could
not 60 on without the use of a pump
Mr.. Castle at Once dispatched his ma
chinist Mr.. MILFORD, to Engle for his
engine and pump and as soon as this
machinery a be placed the work on
the we'll will be resumed. There is nc
doubt now in the minds of the most
skeptical that sufficient water will be
obtained to run the works and the fu-
ture of Chloride is pretty we'll assured
John Mcbride returned from Denver
Saturday. with the cash from the Silver
Monument ore shipped, and a pro rata
division was made of this money among
the property's creditors. The ore net
ted So, 30O--$33O per ~ton-above cost Of
shipping aud smelling, which was suf1.
cient to pay ~sixty-fve per cent. of pres
ent Indebtedness. There Is now some
four tons of f~rst-class ore on the dunn
ready for shipment, and it Is ex pected
that this with a little second class
added will square all accounts in good
shape. The ore which made up tn,
late shipment was sacked and sent of
with hardly any sorting, and therefore
the returns received from it were very
} satisfactory indeed to all parties.
The counterfeit money swindlers ap
pear not to be all dead nor retire.
from business. Harry Berlew las
> week received a letter from an opera
tor in New York stating that for TIVE
and a half dollars good money sen
him he would return fifty dollars of tn
queer of such an excellent imitation al
5 to. be hard to distinguish from tn
genuine article. Berlew at once replie'
nclosing three jacks and two tire
spots from a deck of playing cards an,
5 saying: Enclosed please find jack full
on trays, which are good for fifty dol
lars in any country. l will take thi
amount IN counterfeit notes" He ex
poets the money to arrive about mex
week and wants to hire a lot of men t.
0 pass it for him. Here's a chance for
e job.
This pleasant weather should be i'm
9 proved by all miners intending to briil
y In ore to the mill. Forty tons a da
9 will eat a large hole in most of the or
y dumps. The Buffom owners are nov
improving the road from that mine