Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1883-01-20
OUR JUICE


On His Travels to O34 Mexico.
CARLISLE MISE, y. NJ, Dec. "a, 1882.
| EDITOR CnRoxiCLE:--I left Denver
shout seven weeks ago and started for
the famous Black Range, y. NJ stop
ped Of ct SAME Fc several days to see
the ancient city which is the capital of
the territory. Sante Fec is said to bc
over three hnnIred years old. and l
think il is from, the looks Of the place.
From there went 10 Socoro. the outfit
ing point for the Black Range. Here l
20. my outfit and took the stage for the
! Black Range. which is l20 mics from
socoro by stage road, through hard
! looking country, where water is very
scarce aud no ,imbcr. The irst town I
struck in the Range was Grafton, situat-
Cd in TIE northern part Of the Range,
and is whore Bob Ingersoll's Ivcnhoe
nine is located. They tell me that the
place was lively abont one year ago;
! know that ii is dali now. st. Charles
lives here and lIc is putting up ten
stamp mill on mine that he has an in
tercst III. stopped at Grafton several
days and then went TO Chloride, another
camp Is miles south in tie ccItrc o. the
Range. Chloride is quite mining camp
and has beautiful town site and there
arc some very good mines located near
the town, bat none Of them are produc-
ing as there are no mills or smelters
IN the camp. The place has quite
population and they are al waiting for
somebody 10 start Doom. told them
that liz, vas 10 short for me 20 Stay there
and went down to the Lake Valley
mines On my road ! met old
SMOKEY JONES,
. we'll known Black Hitler in the Chil!o
Negro Range, working on q prospect.
met good many Black Killers AT Choir
ida, Tom O'Neil, Ike Gray. jim Moody
and several more Old timers
All !he excitement in New Mexico at
the pre~cnt time in the m;nin: business
il ccnterel at Lake Valley district they
have one mine called Sierra Grand
Mine which has rith chamber called
the Bridal Chamber, and experts tell
me that there il five million dollars in
night. The ore is horn silver, and it is
tie richest / ever saw. There are sew
eral other good mines in the camp and
there are three different towns laid out,
the whole country for twenty miles in
length and FIVE IN width being stakeJ
aud there is 10 show for prospec!or.
Tom Burns is here and has a GOOD mine.
Chas. Wallace is running a salo III here
and is doing well.
From Lake Valley | went To the
Organ Range 100 miles south. There
is some very good prospects ia the
Organs and like the country very
mn"h. / stopped 1T Las Cruces An Old
Mexican town situated Ola the Rio
Grand several days and enjoyed myself!
very much with a friend of ainc that
lives here. Len Cruces IN a ercat fruit
country and there are some large vine
yards located al! along the river and
they make great quantity Of fine wine
and peach brandy.
From La. Cruces | went 10 IL paso, |
Texas, which is about 60 miles south by |
to see the great feast Of Santa |
Gladalupe at faso bel Nor.e. I got |
Ia al Paso, Texas, OH the the morning
Df December lI,h and went 20 the hotel |
'or breakfast. While waS ut break fast |
was Sid that there was l50 cases Of
n The town, and that three men died in
he hotel that night. immediately
,skcd what time the next train would
cave town and was told not before !
,'clock in the evening. Nearly every
body that could get away had gone, and
nearly every one in the place was de-
by the fearful pest ! was |
Old that the dcccase Was not rs bad on
lie other side of the river in Paso Del |