The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-15


long.
The road up Chloride creek is finished
to the base of the activity which leads
directly to the Silver Monument mine,
and John Mcbride and his assistants
deserve credit for the expedition with
which they put the work through Is
well as for the excellent character of
the work. Three loads of ore came over
the road yesterday one of them having
aload Of thirty-fOur hundred pounds on.
The Globe is the name of the claim
on the Little Palomas joining the
Yuma, on which j. T. Thorne and
Johnny Hamilton are expending their
time and strength at present. The
claim shows large and solid crevice of
mineral which on the surface carried
one hundred and fifty dollars IN silver.
At the present depth Of eight feet the
mineral has the appearance of being
much richer than that but no tests have
been made. The property is n Of the
valuable ones of the Palomas region
and it gives evidence of being much
better when more developed.
The Buffum shaft is two hundred
and thirty feet deep. When the change
in the formation was struck and the
granite wall was reached at two hun
dred and fifteen feet the ledge appear
ed to break up and get loose, and dur
ring this change the mineral streak did
not look Sc we'll as formerly, but nov
the vein is sOlidifying and the mineral
crevice is growing constantly larger
and apparently richer than ever. The
granite composing the walls is becom-
ing more distinct and less porphyretic
in its character and the property looks
much more permanent and promising
than Eve before.
Parker & Son have moved into their
new shop which is neat and commodl-
Gus and amuch more complete ana com
Portable an institution Of its kind than
a town the size of Chloride often af-
fords. A wooden addition to the rear of
the adobe building proper Is occupied
as a wood shop. Their arrangements
for turning off work are as good as the
best and they have taken the pains to
let the fact be known to the public by
means of an advertisement in this
weeks RANGE. Recollect they do new
wood and iron work as well as repair.
ing and make a speciality of fire arms
repairing.
Ober and Keller have bowed off the
whole side of the hill and got a tunnel
well started on their Defiance claim 10.
Gated in the red formation half IA mile
above Chloride, and the result is they
have d well defined lead and an abun.
dance of mineral bearing rock. On the
surface the rock assayed five dollars IL
gold, eight dollars in silver and forty
per cent. copper. The work done or
the claim has greatly improved the ap
pearance of the mineral and although
no assays have been had since, the rocl
is expected to be much richer than that
first found. Handsome copper glance
is found and "A forge roasts metal from
gangue rock which shows no evidence
OF mineral to the naked eye. Kelle.
has gone back to the river to temper
arily relieve the stage station keepe.
who is i'll and work has stopped unit
he returns.
After a trip of a couple or thre
weeks rambling in Grant county ant
looking at the new strikes on Bea
mountain, John Andrews returns t,
Chloride better satisfied than ever will
the present appearance and promise O
the mining claims of the Black range
Without for a moment d~isparaging tn
Old Man mine nor the other extensive
ly advertised bonanZas in the vicinit,
of Fleming. Mr.. Andrews after a care
full examination asserts that none o
them in anywiSe compare with tn,
Adirondack on Chloride creek, th
American Flag, Pelican or Paloma
Chief on Palomas creek, nor witt
dozens of other properties IN the Wei
nifty of Chloride and Grafton. The,
have neither the body of mineral i
sight nor anything like the promis
for continuing which the claims of thi
true assure range present. The Blacl
range if it had a railroad and telegraph
facilities could be made to create
furore IN mining circles such as no SCI
ton has done for several years and th
facts need not be exaggerated. All thu
is necessary is to let the truth b
known. Mr.. Andrews went out on
search for a new business location. II
came back satisfied to await the slov
tide of events which shall surely rails
this range into unexampled prominenC
some time.
Yesterday morning DR.. Driscoll afte
finishing breakfast made the startlin
discovery that his pocket-book contain
ing his money and valuable papers wa
missing. Search was instituted an
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