The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-07
GRAFTON.

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the Ivanhoe ranches on which soon a
fine band of cattle will be grazing.
The Alaska drift is in over one hun
dred feet and the rock which lately
was quite soft has changed back to the
hard formation.
VIM. Berry has just come back from
a visit to Socorro, and he expects to
leave again on or about the 18th, for
the states east.
w. E. Taylor has begun work for the
year on the Capt. Pat and Old Vic
claims owned by j. @. Wills of Albu
querque. Mr.. Wills went home on
Monday, but his newly acquired inter-
ests will bring him back again often.
Tom Chambers has quit stage driving
and will try doing business at Grafton
for a season. On Monday he will open
the Dexter" saloon in Taylor's build
ing adjoining the hotel. Tom is popu-
lar, having a friend in every acquain-
tance, and as long as any business exists
he will get his share.
Poker rageth in Grafton as in the
palmy days of yore. The other even
ing nineteen fortune seekers were seat
ed in Howe's place engaged in the
game of draw with cards at the ruling
price of one dollar. This takes one
back to the scenes of two years ago and
scenes to indicate that the boys have
rebounded from the bed rock on which
they nave CROPPED for so long.
Grafton has seven children of school
age among her population who are
growing up in Ignorance, and the enter
prising young men of the place con-
Guiding this was too bad. have been
working up a school fund with which
to employ Miss Nellie Russell as teach
er. The effort has every evidence
of success and it is altogether probable
that Grafton will soon have a school
in smooth running order.
The pump for the Royal Arch mine
arrived Wednesday night and the work
of putting it in place will be completed
as soon as possible. The sinking will
begin and will be pushed rapidly for
hundred feet or so. 1t is intended to
put in a station at two hundred and
fifty feet depth at which point the
pump just purchased will be used The
mine now has full appliances as far as
known for following into Mother
Earth's bowels to the termination.
Lee Greggs received a letter from bis
partner in Kingston, in which was In
closed a blank deed. to fill out and sign
the said deed, when so finished, conveys
a half interest to said partner of a lot
and a mining claim. One dollar was
inclosed to defray expenses also consti'
tuting the consideration in the trans
fer. Greggs wrote back that he would
invest the dollar in cigars with thanks
but that when a certain amount OF ad'
ditional cash was sent he would sign
the deed.
VIM. Murphy and others have EN-
ployed D. H. Wenger to file a protest
against the issuance of a patent on tht
John A. Logan mine, the advertise
ment tor which is now running in thl'
paper. The grounds of the adverse
will be that the Chicago and New Mex
leo Mining company have no lode
ledge or deposit or mineral in place
Mr.. Murphy and many others nave
done a large amount Of work on th'
John A. Logan ground in vain effort'
to find the extension Of the Dread
naught ledge. Judge Adams claims Z
have found it and the others deny IL
rhe land Office will decide.
The Grafton hetel which has beer
closed for some time is again open u
the public with A. P. Dyer and Billy