The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-10-26

preparations to dig wells on that range
whereby an abundance of water al
be assured for all time. by the present
method of piping water from the sever
al springs OF the place into trOughs the
present il provided for but the wells
will obyiate all chances Of trouble in
the future.
Larry Mcdonald has sold to b. F.
Hill his team of horses, his two wagons
and his ranch on lower Cuchillo Negro
creek. The purchase price was six hun
dred dollars. Mr.. Hill is now having
the ground surveyed and will begin at
once the erection OF a house on the
place. Water can be Easily secured
by digging there neal the box and a
handsome place can be made of 1t with
comparatively little labor.
Professor Paul Langhammer a scien.
tifc gentleman from Albuquerque ar
rived in Chloride last evening. He
IS sent to the Black range by the Ha-
gan's Peak Tunnel and Mining company
to examine and make a scientific re-
port upon this property. He went out
to Hagan's peak this morning. Prof.
Langhammer stands high in the esti-
nation of Albuquerque folks, and a
favorable report from him will do much
in establishing confidence in the work
in the minds Of capitalists.
The mountain regions of New Mexi-
CO are much superior to Colorado as a
panaca for anything %partaking of the
nature of lung troubles because while
giving all the qualities of altitude and
interrupted air it has not the severe
cold weather which is trying upon weak
invalids. This advantage is fast CON-
ing into recognition and New Mexico
is gaining favor proportionally as a
health resort. The case of consump-
ton which the Black range air cannot
cure is a much aggravated one indeed.
A. Rush BOwe has got his new boiler
up to his mine and workmen are busily
engaged in putting it in place and erect
ing the furnace. Just as soon as pos
sible he will fire up and push the work
of clearing the water from the mine
and sinking the shaft. The unfortu
nate combination of circumstances
which have caused 30 much delay in
the working of the..Royal Arch mine are
about wei 1t IS hoped and work when
resumed will continue uninterrupted
ly.
Two additional families camel to Chic
ride Sunday with the intention of max
ing their homes here. They are a. Y.
Dawes and wife and daughter and
son-in-law b. F. Hill and two children.
Their previous residence was in south
eastern Missouri, st. Francois county,
and they are in search of health. Mrs.
Hill has been a confirmed invalid hav-
ing been confined to her bed with bron-
entities. The light. pure air of this
mountain region has already began its
work upon her and there is little doubt
that she will soon be cured.
Improvements are going on in all
quarters this week among which it is
noticed that Sam Michaelis has mopped
his store floor; Henry Rickert has nail
ed pieces of tin over the knot-holes 10
the side of his house; the post-ofice has
received An invoice Of new two-cent
stamps: H. E. Berlew has built a door
screen for his saloon of three kinds of
paper partially trimmed in"guilt"; l. II
Gray has papered his Office and L. Cor.
son has erected a flight of stairs in his
show window. The signs of the times
are toward perfection.
The year 1883 ought not to be permit.
ted to pass away without the enact.
ment of new district laws wherein the
clause requiring ten foot holes to be
sunk within sixty days from date of To-
cation should be made to appear promI-
nently. If this is not done the hrst OF
January will witness hundreds of re-
newed locations upon ledges which
have been held for years already and
are intended to be held longer still
without an attempt at development
If a claim is worth locating 1t is worth
doing some work upon and those who
do not willingly perform this labor
should be made to do so.
The placer ~diggings on Adams bal
are attracting considerable attention
Disinterested parties who washed
gravel from the rim rock last Sunday
got some nice metal which has been ex'
hibited here in Chloride this week, and
the value of the property in the eyes OF
the public was greatly enhanced there
by. Work will be began OIL the pro
perty next week by the locators thereof
and will be prosecuted until the value
of the claim is fully and satisfactorily
determined. The usual ACCOMPANY
ments of placer mines, to-wit: The
black sand, solid iron boulders, grave
and clay wash. slate and granite float
and the gllttering gold are all there ant
it only remains to find the latter il
paying quantities. That will be de
lermlned shortly.
With the influx of children the schoo