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

az the Chloride hotel restaurant.
Caldwell and Gillem are erecting q
commodious cabin on Chloride creek.
adjacent to their Mountain King mine.
Charley Eckstine has gOne out to En-
gle 10 see his partners in the Mountain
eer and other claims in the Cuchillos,
regarding work to be- done on them this
year.
Several mining deals are on hand all
looking toward the opening up Of the
rich prospects now lying idle in the vi
cinity Of Chloride. There may be
something to say of them next week.
Austin Crawford and Ferree are
working the assessment for this year
on the N. Y. Central claim which is the
property of Crawford and Rickert. The
work shows up some very nice mineral
Henry Rickert has begun suit against
the Southwestern Stage company for a
a debt of eighty-one dollars. A sight
draft on Mr.. Tisdale at Lawrence. for
the amount was protested. hence this
action.
Charley Myers visited the land once
this week on business connected with
the patents of the Woods and Colossal
mines. This business has been linger-
ing for a long time but will now soon
be settled up.
A.. ]. Max field and Smokey Jones be-
gan the assessment work this week, on
the Menlo Park claim or upper Chic
| ride creek. The mineral crevice at the
surface is eight inches wide lying in
the center of a huge porphyry dyche.
The property belongs to V. B. Beckett.
Frank Saucier writes from Silver City
that times are excessively dull there
and that he will be back in the range
with his OK teams this month. Frank
has always been partial to the Black
range and when he left intended to re-
turn as soon as an increase Of business
would justify it.
Carpenters, masons and excavators
will want to be on the lookout. When
water enough has been procured, plans
and SPECIFICATIONS will be completed and
bids received for ~excavating, grading,
masonary and framing and erection
of the concentrator. Fair notice will
be given in due time.
Work was begun on the Adams Bar
placer mine this week, and 1t is ex-
pected that the glitterlng of yellow
wealth will soon be as plentiful as
debts in Chloride. Six to eight gold
colors on the surface to the pan ought
to make rich diggings on bed rock. 1t
is proposed to get there Ephrlham.
Assessment work on the May claim,
was begun this week. This property is
located at the head of Little Mineral
CREEK an. is the property of Beardsley,
Christian and others. The property
already has a forty feet shaft and a
large dump of ore and promises to be-
come an excellent mine.
The manager of the concentration is
pleased at the determination of some of
the owners of the Silver Monument ore
to have that ore make the first run on
the machinery. BY close figuring on
the fifteen tons of seventy dollar ore
to be concentrated, a saving to the
owner will be effected Of over $3.50
over the regular method Of shipment.
A sum worth saving.
Messrs. Kelley, Dodds, ct al, who had
so much trouble with the MeXlcans of
Caliente creek, last summer over the
water question, finding that the natives
did not intend to bring the matter be
fore the court for settlement, them.
selves took the aggressive side and the
district court which convenes week
after next in Socorro, will hear the
question.
A. Bourquet's cattle at Canada de
Alamosa, continue to die. The disease
seems to effect the kidneys as well as
the stomach as the stock when about
to die acts as if it had u broken back
aud blood runs from the nose. Mr.
Bouquets cattle raising experience II
unfortunate. Twice when on the higf
: road to wealth he has been reduced BY
Indian raids, ana now disease is giving
: him a setback.
Word has been received that five ca,
loads Of machinery have arrived TO,
2 the concentration at Engle. The teams
). are. over there ready to bring it into tn
e range. Mr.. MILFORD is at Engle to Sc,
to the shipment and to get dimension
of the machinery. With the water cues
= tion solved by putting in the steam
pump and pumping until it refuses t,
lower further, the erection of tn
mill will progress rapidly.
The ladies have taken hold of tn
. school question and 1t is quite likel.
that the children of Chloride will b
gathered in and taught that which the
. ought to know. in a systematic manner
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