The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-02-02
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

Silver City is agltating the establish
ment of 4 board Of trade.
Ii Is said that n stock company com
posed Of the principal merchants of So
zorro will resurrect the Miner and run
it as a daily.
The Rocky Mountain Mining Review
says that New Mexico is retaining more
of the old miners from Colorado aud
other states and territories than was
thought possible a short time ago.
Socorro claims TO be the oldest town
IN the territory and also in the United
States. In case the tri-centennlal
proves a success, she will furnish proof
to subsiantate Tie same.NNew Mex
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The Lake Valley Herald says: "A bad
man under arrest at Kingston is worse
than a white elephant In the hands Of
the officers of the. law, because there Is
no pklce to put him. Kingston needs
IA iail. and needs it badly"
j. NJ. Wood, night Waterman, shot
and killed Vim. Lang, engineer at the
lioising works Of the Naiad Queen
mine, Georgetown, recently. Lang was
drunk and was trying to throw Wood
into the balance wheel Of the engine.
The Sierra Nevada mine at Lake Val.
ley is now producing daily 5000 to TO-
600 ounces of silver. The total output
up To January 9TH, for six months, COM
mencing July 2lst, 1892, was $S60,13S.S
1t is a grand record for II twenty stamp
mill,
We hear very lattering reports from
the Bonanza King mine. Our CORES
pondent estimates $3,5O0,OO0 in sight in
the mine. Mr.. Waddingham has al
ready invested $SO0,OO0 in this property
and it is likely to prove an excellent
investment Financial and Mining
News.
The New Mexican has this in its
mining news: Any one who v e saw d
piece of the ore which was taken from
the Ivanhoe mine during its boom 4
year and a half ago, cannot be made to
believe that the mine is played out. II
will yet be proven to be one of the
richest mines ever discovered IN tn,
Rocky mountain region. Mark thu
prediction
Wells, Fargo & Co., in their circula,
recently issued, state that their various
lines extend oven 1880 miles, including
railroad, stage and steamboat route
Throughout the states and. territorie
west of the Missouri and Mississippi
rivers, and by steamships from Sal
Francisco to all Pacific coast ports
and from New Orleans and New YorI
to Liverpool, London Harve, Paris an,
Hamburg. One would think to watcI
the amount of express matter trans
tferred here for points on the A. 81 p
that this great corporation might sc
rich from Albuquerque alone.-Joul
nal.
The finest place on the Mimbres
that of John Brockman. This gentle
man has a fine orchard and vineyard
which now covers more than thirt
acres of land. On this ground he ha
set out 1000 apple, peach, pear an
cherry trees, and over 5000 grape vine
In his nursery he has 1000 young tree
Last year, an experimental period. h
made owe 400 gallons of wine. In til
next season he hopes to manufactur
1000 gallons of fine native wines an
to raise 1900 bushels of fruit of a
sorts. Such enterprises as these sho'
J the strides we are taking in the deVe
! opment Of our agricultural esourcC
in this country.-Silver City Southwes
!, From every ranch in the county an
along the Rio Grande, from just belo'
+, Socorro to the csunty south of Mesill;
including Palomas, Colorado LAX
y Valley, Leasburg, Dona Ana, and man
: other towns, comes intelligence of ca
tie in1large numbers having been ru
off by rustlers during past week. Grea
n excitement prevails all along the lin,
and several armel bands of citizens al
Ion the road after the villains. The
, have not yet returned. The who.
, town herd of Dona Ana city has bee
. run off. Large shipments of fresh bee
6 have recently been made from an oil
scure railroad station between here an
Rincon to parties in Ell Paso. TIL
hides, with the brands on, have bee
. found at the depot and claimed by tn
rightful owners, Great Indignation
O felt against the station agents for the
r carelessness, and against the consigned
+ at Ell Paso.-Rio Grande Republican.
t Articles of incorporation for Il
Deming and Clifton railroad have bee
t forwarded to the secretary Of the teri
e tory for filing. This road is to be bui
e form Silver City to Cllfton-estimatt
d distance ITO miles. Capital stock tv