The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-22

Work On the Hagan's Peak tunnel
has been discontinued because no mdkS
ey for the payment of the workmen
has ever been seen here and the fun of
job had worn off. MIR. Briggs has been
absent several weeks and there was an
air of uncertainty ~pervading the affairs
that the workmen did not like. 1t will
no doubt come out all right. however,
for the tunnel shows all the promise that
was expected at the depth gained, and
it would be very foolish to permit the
ENTERPRISE to fail at this point.
Levy Cruise has been pounding away
in the White Signal tunnel for the past
three weeks and the improved appear
ance of the opening has more than re-
paid him for his labor. When work
was discontinued the face of the tunnel
presented a dIscouraging appearance
more than it had shown at any previous,
and more than it was likely 10 show at
any future spot. Mr.. Cruise apprecia-
ted this and went to work to remedy
it. He has, since he began work, taken
out as pretty mineral as ever came out
of this mine, and every days work adds
to the value of the property.
Billy James family have a well of
their own now. At the depth of twen-
ty-elght feet the current of water un-
derlying their garden was struck, and
a flow of water was secured which ri
walls in quantity and quality the excel
lent public well on upper Wall street.
The greater portion of the work of sink
ing was done by the two little sons of
! MrJames, Eddie and Harry,who seeing
the necessity of the Improvement under
took the job on their own respon j.
bility and held their nerves until it
was successfully completed. The little
lads in this exhibited a pluck which will
help them greatly in the hard battle of
life.
Anew strike was made in the cross,
cut of the Amajicano at Hermosa, last
week which has highly elated the own
ers of that valuable property. THE
cut had reached a length of twenty
seven feet running toward the hanging
wall of the ledge, when it suddenly en-
tered a magnificent body of mineral
which fills the face and all sides of the
cut with a further extent unknown,
The mineral is of a sulphide character,
similar to that of the American Flag
and In the absence of assays is suppos-
ed to have a value of $3.50 per ton or
Whereabouts.
A Rush BOwe returned from his trip
east last Wednesday ASIDE from the
pair of dude shoes which make his feet
resemble an old fashioned harrow he
appears to have been improved by the
trip. He went to Philadelphia and got
his hosting machinery. Dropped in tc
see Robert }. Inqersoll at Washington
who told him that the Ivanhoe would
attract his attention when the staI
reuters were disposed of. Saw Col
Grafton who is dying of cancer Of the
stomach. Went to New York and saw
Chas. l.. Wright, president of the New
Mexico Mining, Milling and Land I'm
provement company, and was appoint
ed to the superintendency of the affairs
: of the company in the Black range
Came to Chicago and saw BaInnm's
=, grand aggregation of wonders, sixty
shows in INT under tour gross Of tents
all for a single price of admission an(
that only sufficient to cover cost anC
carriage. Visited Capt. Strohn at a town
of unpronouncable name in Wisconsin
and got home bankruptive in purse blu
ready for business. He proposes t.
make things hum in the vicinity of tn,
Royal Arch.
Chloride had a shooting match las
. Sunday and when the fact is considere
. that the contestants had had no pra(
tice with the gun used the score mad
must be recognized as excellent, pal
!, ticularly in the case Of Messrs. Turne
u and P~fotenhauer. There are a grea
many in this camp who are as good O.
y worse that these but on this Sunda
. afternoon they were mapping. Their
were SIX entries for the contest viz: !
0 C. Shaw, E. c. Johnson, Geo. Turner
Y S. B. Ferree, Dan Fitzpatrick, Osca
:, Pfotenhauer and W. B. Dawson. TIL
: target was four feet square, with
Il bullseye of eight inches diameter; dis
lance two hundred and fifty yards; tn
o shooting to be off-hand; number @
shots, five; possible score, fifteen; stake
q muey alto. AT the end of the fourt'
round j. G. Shaw led the score wit
d eleven and E. G. johnson followed wit
ten, with the others some distance BIZ
hind, and as it vas clearly evident tina
one of these two would win the purs
6 they agreed to pool their issues and d
vide the money. AT the end of tn
fifth and last round the score stood, I
e., G. Johnson, 10; J. C. Shaw, II; Da
e Fitzpatrick, s; w. B. Dawson, 6; S..
ie Ferree, 5; George Turner, 2; Oscs