The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-05
NO.39.

Cuiuuill nave olllllS VI NdIlOuo uCplucs
from fifteen feet upwards. Some of
these claims slow very fine carbonate
ore that will assay eighteen to fifty
ounces OF silver TO the ton, but the de-
velopments are so meager that it is "a
hard matter to determine the size of
the deposits or veins; the characteris-
tics of the formation surrounding them
indicate deep seated mIneraliZation,
Forlorn Hope,J Josie, FL Pastoria, Globe,
Day Star, Monitor, Kentucky. Little
Giant and Columbia are somewhat de-
veloped and show strong, mineraliZed
veins.
The saw mill that supplies the Range
with lumber is situated about four ana
half miles northwest of Grafton, and
has capacity of 10000 feet per day,
and $4,000 shingles. This has been kept
almost constantly running during the
sixteen months that it has occupied the
field, and the demand has nearly kept
pace with the supply. There are we'll
stocked yards in each of the five towns.
The mill has been running since Sep
tember 1881 upon the timber in its i'm
mediate locality and it is estimated
that 100000 feet yet stands within
easy reach. This gives good idea of
the extent of the timber growth of this
country
Perche district, situated south of the
Palomas, has several hundred recorded
claims and shows some of the most
striking features of mineral yet discov-
cred in this wonderful range. The float
on the Solitaire and st. Clair lodes is the
pure sulphides of silver. Assays of
chunks varying in size from one-half
pound to over three hundred pounds
shows it to be from sixty-nine to eighty
three per cent. pure. There have been
several tons of this found on the sur
face and to the depth of a few feet.
Considerable development has been
done in trying to find vein, but indl-
cations thus far show it to be blanket
contact between lime and porphyry, the
mineral being found in white tale
highly impregnated with the sulphide.
The Bullion, Superior, Illinois, Brilliant,
Iron King, Hillsboro and Andy Johnson
all show the same mineral but in q
more diffused state. The first twenty
three tons of ore from the Bullion lode
were worked at the sampling works of
Tabor and Wurtzebach, at LaEeV alley,
and yielded upwards of $4,000. Other
shipments. have been made from these
properties but we are unable to furnish
the returns. This section of country is
rolling, and erosions are much less
marked here than in the districts above
mentioned. ~
Lake Valley district is situated in the
foot hills and shows strong indications
of an extinct lake. Most parts of the
country is covered by an iron cap, and
where the rich deposits of chloride are
found it is of greateri thickness than
near the rising ground. This wonder
is also blanket contact in the same
formation. The conjectures as to this
chloride formation or deposit are varied,
but from its situation and cap there is
little doubt in our mind but that it is
the action of thermoral waters charged
with the mineral under the pressure Of
the water of lake which has slowly
dried up and left the iron Gaping.
The Sierra companies, four in mum.
ber, embrace some thirty-six claims.
Thedevelopment is by shafts and drifts,
exposing the mineral in chambers lined
with the chlorides of silver, some Of
which will yield sixty-five per cent.
There is forty stamp mill that was
erected bv the companies, and also
sampling works owned by Messrs. Ia
Dor and Wurtzebach. Neither of these
works are capable of reducing this horn
silver, as the one cannot amalgamate it
and the other cannot prevent 1t going
off in the fumes, and the result is that
there are now two or three hundred
thousand dollars worth stacked in the
ore houses. The lower grades of ore
have been worked to advantage, and
considerable bullion has been shipped
to the Philadelphia market.
The climate of this section of New
Mexico has all the health giving prInci-
Piles of Colorado without the cold rigors
and deep SHOWS of winter. lis specially
adapted to those afflicted with pulmon-
AIRY complaints. The mean temperature
of the range is about sixty degrees, and
! the elevation at the different towns is
from 5000 to 1000 feet above the sea
level. The rainy season sets in about
July, lasting two months. Gila springs
are situated twenty-five miles from
Chloride. These waters contain the
different salts that are peculiarly adapt,
ed to the cure of rheumatism and other
chronic disorders. The celebrated Ar
kansas springs cannot boast of more
radical cures than have been performed
here without the aid of medical advis,
ors. They are IN a beautiful valley
with attractive natural scenery sur.
rounding them, and at no great distance
can be seen the abandoned homes OF
the cave dwellcrs. while others aT0
decorated with the hieroglyphics aud
paintings Of the Aztecs,