The Black range., 1883-08-24


on some of his claims on Mineral creek
Affairs are not yet settled on the Sill
yer Monument mine,as has been report
ed, though they are in a fair way to be.
In the meantime, however, work on the
property continues uninterrupted with
good prospects of catching another one
Of those huge pockets of rich ore sooR.
p. Carmody is living on the Stone
ranch few miles below here on Cuch-
lilo Negro creek with his wife and fam
lily. Himself and six others are only
waiting for the filing of the pIats of
this region IN the land Office to make
proof of their places along the stream.
Patton Anderson, st. Louis boy, ac-
companied j. b. Newman back to this
country to see how he likes ranching.
If the lad has the grit which makes
western men he will stick though tears
and homesickness oft blind his eyes,
otherwise he will hasten back to
mother.
The Santa Fe New Mexican Review
of the 10th contained the information
that Samuel Beggs the we'll known
Chloride miner Is quartered at the Ex-
change" This evidently refers to Sam
Biggs thesurveyor, and must have been
as amusing to him as 1t was to his
friends.
AL. Parker and family departed on
Tuesdays coach for their previous
home in Carthage, Missouri. He has
sold his saloon business to his partner
j. II. Beeson and leaves no tie binding
him to this country. They have many
friends who would have been glad to
see them remain and who part with
them with regret.
Frank Pitcher came up from Hills
boro last week to do the assessment
work on the Hancock, Grand Central
and other properties and to make prep
arations to take out ore from the White
Signal is case the concentrator contem-
plated is erected. There are many
other claims which will be worked if
the concentration comes, and lively
times for Chloride may be expected.
in that event.
Cantwell, MCGEE and the other
ranchmen on the west side of the range
are anxious to have direct road over
the summit to Chloride and they will
turn out and help build it. A road
across there would bring a large
amount of trade to Chloride which now
goes to Grafton and Fairview and
would make this a more central point.
Money expended IN this work will
bring swift returns.
The Monte Christie mine resumed
work this week with six men. After
one days trial it was found that no pro-
gress could be made in attempting to
sink the shaft deeper owing to the
abundance of water, and so a tunnel
was began which 1t is expected will cut
the ledge at depth of one hundred
and SIXTY feet when the tunnel is two
hundred and thirty feet or thereabouts
long The shaft is forty-five feet deep at
present and has an ore streak two and
half feet wide which gives assays as
high as one hundred an fifty ounces in
silver with some gold. The owners,
Blain, Crawford Bros. and James ex-
pect, and with good reason, that they
will have remarkable property when
the tunnel is completed.
The editor of the RANGE and his
wife are under obligations to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Andrews for generous
samples of vegetables which they have
growing on their homestead just east
of town. The produce consists of Gu
cumbers, beans, peas and potatoes all
of which are as fine as any country can
boast and these have been grown here
on Chloride creek without particle of
irrigation since the early part of May.
Besides the articles mentioned, Mr.. An
drews has grape vines growing and
various kinds of shrubs and berry
bushes doing nicely. His potato
crop this year alone will reimburse him
for labor and expense that his place has
cost him, notwithstanding that the 60
pliers have damaged 1t. Mr.. Andrews
is fencing the cultivable ground of
Oak Grove, as he calls his place, as
rapidly as possible and he will soon
have farm which will not only be a
source of pleasure and profit to himself
but an ornament to the valley. Hehas
now most thoroughly exploded the
claim that this is desert land and with
the experienced gained this year will
make the fact more apparent next year.
Where crops can be raised in this pres
ent dry season there need be little fear
of future years.