The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-19
GRAFTON.

Johnny Kennedy hasfilis new resi-
dence about completed.
Nelse Upthegrove contemplates visit
ing Central America. s
Parties owing me will please call and
settle at once as / desire to leave.
J.W. NASH.
If Heaven is as quiet as the Black
Range is at the present it is indeed a
land of rest.
The steam whistle Which regulates
the work on the Alaska is Il cheering
sound TO the people of Grafton.
The Grafton hotel is q good house
and is well patronized. Mr.. and Mrs.
Scales can congratulate themselves on
their successful business.
The wind of the past few days has
been just a little pit the worst of any
thing that has visited this country in
the weather line this season.
We would like TO sell the Foster
r%anclrand house. near Grafton, for SIS.
HILL & BECKETT, Robinson.
Alex Rogers and Geo. B McAuley
visited the range the first of the week
on business, the purport of which was
not revealed to the RANGE reporter.
An assay outfit having a Tremner
rider balance and other fixtures to cor
respond. can be purchased veIy cheaply
of Joe MoOrhead at Robinson.
A. Rush Bowe has the finest bachelor
quarters in the Back Range, With
his GOA oil stove he can bid defiance
to boarding houses and have just that
to eat which pleases him best at every
meal.
Glenn H~lghtower andShis uncle, Mr.
Dodds. returned Il couple of weeks age
from Beaver county, Utah, bringing
with them fifty head of horses as d
starter for a cattle ranch, which they
propose establishing south of Ole
Caliente.
Everything is running smoothly al
the Alaska now. On Sunday the water
was lowered to the drift and eight Oh
nine feet of mud was discovered in the
bottom. Timbering continues and il
will not be long now ere the drill car
begin work on the ledge.
Work continues on the Norhausen OF
Bear creek with Tie most satisfactory
showing. Mr.. Btter writes that The
shaft will be puf down fifty feet and
the ledge prosecuted at this point. II
the prospect don't surprise the people
then 1t will be remarkable.
The Grafton miners union was re
organized on January 18th. 1t is desired
that all the miners of the Black Range
Apache and Cuchillo Negro districts
become members. The next regular
meeting will occur on January 21st, al
wo o'clock p. m. Send in your names
WIN. MURPHY, Sec'y.
Grafton will soon be a regular COW
boy town. Already there are q few Of
the lads in The place most of the time
and their numbers will rapidly increase
Us stock is put upon the range on tht
Gila. The boys are generally peaceablt
ard are not given 10 making bad breaks
The Royal Arch mineis looking mucl
better now than it has ever before
Last week Rush Bowe made nine as
says from the bottom of the shaft. The
highest of these gave $500 in silver an(
one and one-fourth ounces in gold
and the lowest gave no trace .of either
The nine assays, ran sufficiently we'll Il
give $40 in gold and silver ON an aver
age. This is an excellent showing an(
is as we'll as the majority of the hes
mines Of high grade ore in this count,
or any other will do.
On Friday of last week C. Sickle'
drew the coal from a pit which he wa
burning beside the road east of Grafton
and secured everything safe, as he sup
posed. During the evening, however
the wind began blowing and after fan
ned the smouldering embers to a blaz'
communicated the fire to the coal DIES
troying about thirty bushels of tn,
same. 1t raised the sparks and carried
them to a pile of wood consuming f1v'
cords OF this. A wagon belonging tt
John Linton, a traveller from Colorado
stood a short distance away and in tn,
box was a small quantity of sacks
These sacks took fire from the spark
and the wagon and a harness are dam
aged to the amount of twenty dollars
The loss falls heavily upon the partie
interested because they could III affort
to stand It.