The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-09
The New Strikes.

The BLACK RANGE has no DISPOSE
tion to encourage so-called "boOms," or
to indulge in a hue and cry about our
great prospects as a mining camp, but
the discoveries of the past three weeks
are worthy of more than passing note
and ri afford to be commended to the
public for examination in a testation Of
the great resources of the Black Range
We allude TO the Adirondack just
above town, and the American Flag
at the Palomas twenty miles south of
here. We have already spoken of the
Adirondack. and shall say nothing fur
Their of it at present than that as depth
increases 1t still holds its eighteen
inches of solid, high grade ore-sul-
phides and antimonial silver.
The American Flag We visited last
week, and we pronounce it a most
wonderful cropping prospect = even
more remarkable than the Adirondack.
The ore was opened by an adit, and
when we saw it the face of the ore
from the surface down was about six
feet deep, and the width of the streak
was about five feet, three feet of which
was solid mineral. The other two feet
was also mineral in quartz, and of high
grade. BY speaking of three feet solid,
we mean mineral which Indignantly
refused to make use of quarlz as a
vehicle of conveyance. 1t was simply
a solid mass of cohesive mineral parti-
cles, sulphides, antimonlaI silver, with
punches of crystallized lead, and chic
ride. The harder ore in taking 1t down
exposes pockets of the softer material,
and occasional punches of carbonized
matter. To say just what the true
characteristics of the ore were would
be difficult without an analysis of the
same. Even had not assays been made
it would be clear that the ore was of
high grade. The veriest mining tyro
could see that.
The r body may be said to fairly
crop to the surface, as there was but a
four-inch strata of lime Gaping it, and
that was left to show how slight the
cap was. The ore is in the lime, but
near the porphyry, in the lime and por-
phyry contact. The body of ore Ill all
likelihood is on the contact, where it is
found, simply having broken through
the lime. The pitch of the contact we
took to be to the west, while the ore
formation seemed to be pitching to the
east. This, however, vas but apparent,
and may be accounted for in the force
which was used in projecting it through
the lime. OF course it is but a pros.
pect, but the size of the ore body, the
formation and all lead us to think it is
permanent. Ii so, it will make one OF
the great mines of the country. We
shall look with a great deal of interest
for the further development of the
lead or deposit, whichever it may prove
The lead is traceable for several hun
dred feet, with occasional ore groupings
The Silver Brick is an extension, and
the groupings show good ore.
The Pelican on the Palomas we also
examined. 1t shows an enormous body
Of galena ore which has good claims
made for it IN the way of assays. The
galena is too coarse to look rich il
silver; yet it is. above all minerals, the
most hazardous to venture a guess upon
as to grade.
The Palomas Chief, and Antelope, are
also claims in this camp well spoken of
but we did not get time to examine
them.
The Palomas strikes will clearly bt
heard from, and from the formation
we have great hopes for other impor
tant strikes in that camp.