The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-28

c. g. Harris has made some splendid
views Of the towns of the Black range.
Grafton. his latest is equalto anything
previously produced in his studio. Mr..
III. has sold his mining property which
takes in part Of the town OF Hermosa
to Bentley aud Turner for the nominal
sum of 500. His Chloride business is
in the hands of Judge Holmes and he
has started with his family on a tour
through this country and Mexico. in
tending finally to settle in the east. Bon
voyage.
The indiscriminate firing of guns and
revolvers on Wednesday evening led
us to believe the town had been attack
ed by some common foe. Not having
heard of any Indians within n hun
dred miles We naturally attributed it
to bad men on a frolic. We were not
long in doubt however, for soon a
powerful wave reached us bringing the
news that the cause of hostilitles
was an invasion of our sacred precincts
by that last desired of human acquaint-
ances-the skunk.
Eugen Knapp is down eighteen fee
on the Columbus. Starting with three
inches on the surface the mineral has
kept improving in body till now he has
about eighteen inches of white quartz
through which runs a two-inch streak
of bornite of copper and crossed in all
directions by black streaks of mineral
that have the appearance of sulphur
etts. Samples have been sent to Engle
for assay, which if anywhere near as
valuable as previous ones, will rank
this property with the solid pros
poets of Chloride gulch.
The Grand Central, one Of the White
Signal group of mines near Chloride
has made a strike. of some importance.
Though assessments have been done
for the past three years on the vein no
discovery of anything valuable has
been made till recently, when a closer
scrutiny of the vein matter disclosed
some brown looking rock which on be-
ing broken proved to contain solid cop
per glance. Another specimen just be-
low the surface contained copper pyri-
tes, copper glance, carbonate and bro
mide of copper. The specimens were
apparently very rich and are now a
portion of DR.. HaskelTs cabinet.
Governor Sheldon has issued "gener-
al orders No. 20" as commander-in-chief
of the territorial militia, recognizing
the companies into three regiments
two of infantry and one cavalry. The
Chloride company is now company E.
first regiment infantry, Capt. j. p.
Blain commander. Various promo
tons and changes are made, and Sec
ton ten says: ut is the earnest de-
sire and request of the commander-in-
chief that all field officers at once pro-
cure uniforms suited to their respec-
tive ranks, and a failure so to do will
be considered a neglect of duty" BY
this order u genial captain will need
to incase his manly form in the regi-
mental costume of the territory when
on duty.
A replevin suit was brought by John
NJ. Canada against A. S. Lanstrum be-
fore Judge Holmes yesterday, for the
possession of two burros, one of them
having a colt. The facts elected by
the evidence were about as follows:
A Mexican freighter left them in pos
session of Blum Bros. for sale about the
Goth of April. 1882 and on the 5th of
May Blum sold them to Frank Lackey.
The burros were then turned loose in
the Cuchillo Negro valley, and shortly
after disappeared and were not seen
again by Lackey till some time in No
vember. On December 9Th, Lackey sold
them to Lanstrum, in whose possession
they remained till the suit was COM
menced. John NJ. Canada received the
burros on June Goth 1882, from a man
named Collins and used them through
July, August september and part of
October, when they were lost and were
not seen by him again till last week.
The court adjudged the possession of
the burros to the defendent and now
Canada will have to recover from the
parties he received them from.