The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-02
CHLORIDE.

at tile CnIOrlQe n0Uet eStaufant.
Larry Mcdonald is off for the Percha
again this morning. He has a claim
there showing excellent mineral and he
will do some work on it.
The workmen on the Colossal are
Stopping ore from the top Of the tunnel
at the old shaft getting ready to make
another shipment Of ore to the reduc-
ton works.
Some of the handsomest and richest
ore that was ever taken from the
Dreadnaught came from the bottom of
the shaft this week, where j. M. Smith
is at work.
Richard Mansfield White received
his black eye from a little friendly
sparring with gloves OF W. d. Nourse's
colored orb does not shine 30 plainly,
but 1t is there.
Alex. Bentley returned Wednesday
eveneng from his visit to his home in
Nebraska. The will remain for some
time experimenting the development
of the American Flag.
Charles A. Reed, an agricultural i'm
plement manufacturer of Dubuque,
Iowa, came in with Alex Bentley to
take a look at the range. He is out for
recreation and to see what he can see.
This mornings stage gave E. G, John
son u start on his way to San Francisco
where he goes to make a visit to sisters
and brothers resident there. He ex-
poets to be absent until after the holt
days.
E. r. and Isaac Beeson from Edin-
burg, Indiana, are here visiting with
their brother j. H. Beeson. Z. K. has
the stock business in his mind, and
Isaac will probably stay here and do
business with ]. Fl.
Pending the letting of the contract
on Hagan's Peak tunnel, work on this
property has suspended, and ]. NJ
Briggs the superintendent. has gone to
albuquerque. The present inactivity
will be of short duration.
Tom Miller writes to l.. Corson from
the Needle mountains Colorado, that
the snow is several feet deep and that
all he wants now is to get out of there
and back to New Mexico. This south
ern country Is good enough for him.
Just as the dectives are preparing to
start In search of Turner and Moody
they made their appearanced, return
ing from the county seat, the former
wearing a brand-new fourteen dollar
suit of clothes. These are pretty dull
times for an exhibition of so much
style.
DR.. Perkins, he Of short but notori-
GUS residence in Chloride, escaped from
the Silver City jail where he was con.
fined one night this week. Three Other
prisoners escaped with him. A reward
of FIVE hundred dollars is offered for
the capture Of the lot.
Alloys Preisser and wife from Englt
visited the range this week. Mr.. P
came to make the monthly payment fol
the Humboldt Mining company ant
also to let a new contract for work
The contract work this time consist!
of driving the tunnel and drifting al
the bottom of the shaft.
John B. MILFORD, foreman of the
Colorado machine shops of Pueblo
came down to the Range with MI
Castle to superintend the erection o.
the concentration machinery. He has
charge OF two other plants that are be
ing erected in New Mexico and viii
divide his time between this place an(
the others.
The types of last week said thai
Richard Mansfield Whites Paloma,
Chief ore taken to SocorrO for trial rar
twenty dollars in silver to the ton
They came within one of the truth but
the one if put on would have made il
one hundred and twenty dollars, which
would have been correct. He is a
work getting patents for his property
on the Palomas at present and whel
completed will have the Chief, thu
Embolite and two mill sites to pay
taxes IN.
The sale of the American Flag an(
Flag Staff claims at Herm0sa. has beer
completed and the cash paid. By tn
change Messrs. Kittrell, Moody. John
son and Nourse step out and Ale,
Bently and others from Nebraska tax
possession. Work will be resumed .
once upon the property with J. c
Moody in charge Of two shifts. TIL
work will be done on the American
Flag and will consist of deepening tn
present shaft. The RANGE is not per
mitted to give the figures named in th'
transfer.
The 81 Paso on Mineral creek, wher
Charley Myers is at work, is yielding
some Of the finest mineral now that i
ever did. The work is being done b
a tunnel bugun just at the mouth o
the old shaft and running into the hil
north. The vein is the full width 0