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

book. Joy reigned in the house OF Dris-
coll; tranquility was restored: but
the doctors business in SOcorrO being
very urgent, he Immediately began to
study a Means of gaining a seat in the
outgoing stage which was then we'll on
its journey. Alex Won VENTS fver
and gig here came into service and the
coach was hailed as it was crossing the
mesa northeast Of Fairview. This af-
fair is an example of the uselessness
and inconvenience of ~superlative pOck-
cts. Seldom having used this lett hip
pocket he forgot in his excitement that
such a thing existed.
Ten worthy citizens Of the range
having been found willing to sacrifice
themselves on the altar of the Knights
of Phythias order, the application has
been signed and sent out to the high
mucky-muck, j. j.. Lesson at Socorro
to come out here and organize a lodge
of the same. The names of the per-
sons who have thus enlisted to learn
+some secrets and swear by the great
horned toad never to divulge them, are
L. II. Gray, j. M. Smith, John Sullivan,
Andrew Kelly, Geo. Turner. ]. Z. Blain,
E. G. johnson, w. II. Trumbor, V. b.
Beckett and Chas. f. Winters. Andrew
Kelly advanced the funds for the initial
expenses Of the embryo lodge and he
can follow the precedent he has set
without raising any %jealOusness or ex-
citing the animosity of his brethren in
Phythias. The chief beauty of the CT
ganization as it will exist when it shall
have actual existence is that every men,
Der has an Office and he will hold it for
six months in spite of blazing birthstone
and high water. This is what caught
the ten chaps. The offices are not all
of equal rank but this seeming diff
Guilty is adjusted in the usual way, the
office Of least honor having the most
work connected with it, and there is no
kicking among the ten. The territorial
organizer Mr.. Lesson of Socorro, is ex-
pected out here soon, but until that
time the order will not he held respon-
sible for money borrowed or debts con-
l tracted by the members, bar bills eX-
) cepted.
: II. \. Castle of Topeka, Kansas, the
secretary and manager of the South
western mining company, which com
. pany owns, among other valuable inter-
ests here IN the range an undivided one
half of the Buffum. lately visited the
company's properties and also took a
glance at the other mines having ore
!, dumps. The deplorable condition of
] affairs impressed him strongly. The
: spectacle of some twenty-five large ore
e piles lying idly beside shafts that could
continue to furnish more of the same.
: struck him as needing IA remedy, and
e he has been actively engaged since his
return home in working up q scheme
Y for supplying the same. In a letter
lately written by him to DR.. Haskell of
Chloride, Mr.. Castle states that he has
succeeded in organizing a company to
put up works here, and the same will be
t erected just as o0n as it can be ascer-
e tanned what method of treatment is
n most practicable. He asks that the
owners of every mine that has an ore
+ dump and a vein capacity for increas'
ing it, will sack up a hundred pounds
of their rock and bring it to Chloride fol
shipment to some point where a test
can be had. The company will bear the
expense of transportation from Englt
Il to the works and also the cost of the
r experiments. 1t is more particularly
q desirable to learn if concentration
h works are practicable and Mr.. Castles
f proposition is to ship the test ore to the
concentration at Beuna Vista, Colorado,
q and if the result is satisfactory a pull
verizer and concentration will be -estab'
v llshed at Chloride. The RANGE hopes
that the mine owners Of the range viii
# each be willing to donate one hundred
g pounds of ore to the cause, and tina
they will bring it into Chloride withou'
delay. The citizens of this town viii
h forward the shipment to Engle and Mr.
Castles company will take charge of i
y there. Some kind of works are neces
n sary to the growth and development o
this range, and everybody should worl
in unison to promote and assist an.
k practical scheme which carries a hop
ic of supplying the deficiency.
a The Organs.
le The Organs are on the move, on th
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