The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-18
GENERAL LOCALS.

Wednesdays storm left a blanket of
snow on the summit of the range.
There is fifty feet of water in the
shaft of the Royal Arch.
A large assortment of dress buttons
OF the latest styles at Westerman Il Cos.
ID. II. Wenger has gone to Socorro
and Grafton news is short this week.
The RANGE Office is supplied with a
chimney which draws the wrong way.
Its not nice.
A COW and a number of young cattle
bearing DID with a dash underneath
make upper South Fork their head
quarters.
The coach continues to be loaded
with passengers in and out every trip.
Many people are looking at the Black
range this season.
1t is about time that the spring
winds gave us a rest. If the weather
clerk continues this bowling much
longer he will get himself disliked.
The Santa Fe Tertio- millennial sends
out very pretty complimentary tickets
to its celebration which begins July
End, ending August Ord. The RANGE
acknowledges with thanks the receipt
of one.
Fleming is the name of the new
town located near the new strike in
Grant county. E. E. Furman, who is
well known in this country, has opened
a general merchandise store at that
place.
Wednesday afternoon witnessed the
heaviest rain of the season. A light
fall of snow in the evening was a little
out Of the regular order for this season
of the year. 1t should give an impetus
to the growth of vegetation.
Detwiler's is the only ella ranch of
those burned that feels the losses of
the late fire for it was the only one of
the number that had any stock upon it.
This had a small herd of horses. The
Cassll and Cantwell ranches, very for
tunately escaped. The fire started on
the west side Of the Mogollons and from
Cassil's ranch was visible two weeks
time before it reached the Black range.
There is a report eXtant that r. G.
Patterson of Horse Springs has died
of small pox. If it proves true
there are many IN the range who will
mourn a true friend and genial acqualn-
tance. lie has a wife and several chill
dren but they have a valuable ranch
and several hundred head of cattle for
their support. The RANGE trusts that
the news is incorrect.
The RANGE cabinet received an addi-
tion, this week. of a section of agateized
wood from the hands of l.. f. Culver.
The petrifaction came from the east
side of the Cuchillo Negro mountains
where Mr.. Culver found a large guam
tity of these pieces Of various sizes.
The specimen he gave the RANGE is an
inch wide, square cut from a six inch
thick sapling. crystalized in the center
and showing the bark and grain of the
wood very nicely. 1t is highly priced.
Kean st. Charles returned from st.
Joseph, Missouri, Friday evening, with
sufficient funds for sinking the shaft
of the Occidental another hundred feet.
1t is now two hundred and twenty feet
,nor thereabouts deep and the bottom be-
ing near water level, another hundred
feet will prove the value of the prop
erty pretty well. The old debts of the
company will not be settled at present
but no new ones will be contracted and
the workmen will be paid their wages
each Saturday night. Three men are
clearing the shaft of water this week
and next week two more will assist in
work of shooting and hosting rock.
Thomas M. Nlchol, the secretary Of
the Industrial and Mining EXPOSE
ton of Denver, is sending out hand
some and valuable advertisements tc
assist the celebration of which hi
has charge. The Grand Army maya
zine, a very handsome publication, anc
q pamphlet descriptive of Tabors new
opera house a not less elegant work
have been received at the RANGE office
The work of making the Denver expo
sition a success as far as New Mexico
is concerned is a bigger job this yea
than last, for beside the fact that this
territory has a scheme of her W nov
on hand, the unsatisfactory manage
ment of last year which sent all TIT
commissioners home angry is a biz
block in;the way of the efforts of MI
Nichol to improve on the interest ant
attendance of last season.
There are four mines in the Blacl
range having shafts W two hundred
feet deep, namely: The Ivanhoe, Occi
dental Alaska and Buffum. Three
have over two hundred feet of tunne
and drift, viz: Ivanhoe Colossal ant
Little Lucia. Those, in addition 9TH
mines mentioned that have two hun
q bred feet Of work done in shafts or tun
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