The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-06
FAIRVIEW.

Mr.. George Adams and party pald
Fairview a flying visit this week.
Mr.. Anderson is a widower no long
er, his better half and daughter having
arrived.
Robinson has received quite an adj
ditlon 10 its population of late. There
is considerable 'clety there now.
Mrs. Staley and neice are late arrivals,
and now the old gent looks as slick as
a young rooster in his FIRST business
suit.
Messrs. Taylor and Brockway report
themselves highly pleased with the
showing of their prospect in the Cuchi-
los for the amount of work done.
The Royal Arch machinery passed
through here early tins week, and ac-
cording to latest reports will soon be
in a position where it will do the most
gooi,.
Henry Blum has returned from Las
Cruces bringing chickens enough to
supply a peculating minstrel troup for
"A weeks lay out. He has also brought
another dog to make the night hideOus
with its "baso profundo."
Mr.. Waddell and family some time
visitors here, and late of Grafton, left
for Springfield, Missouri, on Saturdays
stage. Mrs. WIS health is slightly i'm
proved by the short stay in the range.
Saturdays stage was filled to over
flowing by outgoing passengers for
Santa Fe and elsewhere. The press,
army, culinary and legal professions
we're represented, the whole being bal
lusted by the champion heavy weight
who sat behind "Uncle Nose" to steady
him.
Fifty feet of work will be done upon
the Mexican, Letter b, and W. G.
Campbell claims in the CuchllloI. east
of Fairview, by Alex. Rogers, Of Engle,
and Martin Zimmerman, of San Mar
cial. Alex. having gained sole posses
sion of these excellent properties has
interested Mr.. Zimmerman with him
and the work will be done without de-
lay.
In mining and prospecting In this
country altogether too little attention
has been paid to the formation known
as tale. This substance is generally
found in the neighborhood of mineral
and common custom has consigned II
to the dump. That there are forma-
tons that carry mineral other than the
generally accepted ores is being proved
from time to time so conclusively that
TO say anything is barren is making an
assertion that is likely to give the lie
on test. Carbonates in the early days
of Leadville, or California Gulch as ii
WAS then called, were known to exist
but were supposed to be valueless and
hence the bonanza camp lay for years
nudeveloped and u%nthought of other
than for its placer mines. Tellurium is
another formation though known to eX.
pertS and well posted mining men, is
not generally known at sight and tons
have been consigned to the dump by
tenderfeet and prospectors because
they could not see anything that looked
like mineral in it. Recently at Be-
nanza, Colorado, some parties working a
prospect were throwing this valuable
mineral over the dump and other par.
ties coming along and seeing it bought
the property for a fraction, of what
VAS in sight and on the dump. And
now we find the Nellie S. mine, on
Printer Boy Hill, Leadville. has been
cOnsigning tale TO the waste dump
that on assay runs from $4,000 to $50,
200 a ton in gold. The Palomas Chief
has given is some magnificent speci
mems of native silver in tale, and now
the Cuchillos are furnishing specimens
that are plentifully specked with sill
yer. 10 prospect thoroughly, forma
tions lying adjacent to bodies of min
eral should be assayed and heresay o.
common custom dispensed with. The
fact that we cannot see mineral in rocF
is no evidence that it Is not there ant
10 presuppose that we know all about
it is to show ourselves enemies to ad
vancement and science.
Henry Chandler was over to Canad;
de AlamoSa for the 4th.