The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-19
HERMOSA.

The Palomas Chief has now entered
what is considered by the wnrkmen to
be the regular crevice from which the
rich ore already discovered. The mineral
streak is from eighteen to t%wenty-four
inches wide and the character of the
ore is as good rs ever. Two men are
at work on it.
The Antelope shaft has two men
only az work, but it has reached adepth
of about forty feet. The rich mineral
occupies the whole width of the shaft
and extends outside TO an unestimsted
distance. This prospect, which was
exceedingly fine on the surface, is I'M
proving constantly.
Messrs. Foster, Nourse, Roach and
johnson while leveling the ground for
the erection of their cabin discovered a
ledge of carbonate ore about eighteen
inches wide, that upon the surface gave
no indication of its existance. One Of
the smooth polished walls of the lead
makes an excellent back-wall for their
fire place and the ~carbonates taken
therefrom are used for roofing. This
IS probably the only cabin in the Black
Range, and possibly in New Mexico,
which can boast Of IA roofing of ore.
The Sccorro Sun makes these re-
marks about the leading property on
Palomas creek: mining operations
have been resumed on the Palomas
Chief, and the work is rapidly develop
ing a fine ore body. Work has btgun
at the old discovery cuts and an adit
begun on the vein, which WAS found
to dip into the hill at alb ut an angle of
fifteen degrees,t the work therefore being
almost on alevel. The ore at this place
is from one to six feet in thickness and
forty in depth along the vein. The ore
retains its character and grade with
depth, irst-class aSSaying above 200
ounces, second-class above 100 ounces,
and third-class 80 ounces to the ton"
Sam Foster came up from the Palo-
mas Wednesday bringing some fine ore
from the Albatros CLAIM owned by
himself and MesSrs. Nourse, Johnson
and Roach. The owners of this claim
have built them Il cabin and uncovered
t.eir ledge preparatory TO beginning
dtvelopu ent work in earnest. The ore
she wn is a carbonate which will run
from fifty to one hundred dollars in
silver, ard tie lead of this shows a
width of tlrte and a half feet with an
eight inch streik of antimOnial galena
lying allen gside. II crops for a distance
of two hundred feet in good shape.
Were it not for the large number Of
equally rich discoveries in this same
district this strike OF ore would be con-
sidered in m,nSe.
a meeting is called for next Sunday
TO be held at lIcrmosa for the purpose
of organizing a mining district on the
ralonas and the tnacting of some
needed rules and regulations Tor the
government of the present and future
operations there. Everybody interested
in the district Should try TO be present
and give his voice and vote in the de-
alterations. One of the rules which
should, and which probably will he
made, is that requiring that on pros
poets hereafter located a ten foot dis
covery shaft be sunk within sixty days
from date of location. There is nothing
which will contribute so much to the
prosperity of the camp as this regula-
ton, and the present is the best time to
enact it. 1t would be well if every
district in the Black Range had the
law.