The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-06

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sour. lasi week. and l. nov enloying
himself w a. the ranch.
The Silver Monument struck a nne
body Of ore IN the ezsf dnn Saturday
night which is The equal Of anything
yet shown. There wAs never handsom.
er ore mined and lie value IL about o..
100 In silver besides = large per cent. Of
copper.
Eugen Knapp n at work upon his
Columbia mine south OF the Silver
Monumeat and developing Il into =
magnificent property. As a surface
prospect the Columbia was u~nexcelled.
aud all the work done has added 10 lie
value.
ChaS Russell and family have moved
from the hotel building at Robinson 10
Lymans ranch At the mouth Of Dry
creek. lie has moved a house from
Robinson 10 add TO the building already
there. and Is making a comfortable and
commOdious residence.
Jack Farrell. the foreman OF the
Equator mine AT the Iron Reef. came
up 10 Chloride saturday night for medi.
cine to haul him from under the spell
OF weather which affected his health.
II is 90 long since be has been up here
that he Is almost a stranger.
Major Buckley. strictly speaking
the solid man of san Marcial. came out
81 the range Saturday with Jim Blain
and this week Is In the same company
over on the Nigrata looking at stock
ranches and enjoying the air. In his
delicate state of health he is pretty te.
dious on the horse that has 10 carry
him.
The people Of southern New Mexico
are not bothered with dunning letters
this week-or In fact any other kind
Mail going out of the range lies at
Engle and mail coming in stays some.
place else. There is not much profit In
either owning a railroad located along
the Rio Grande at present or In at
tempting to travel upon one.
The Colossal mine owners have de.
cided that they will sink the shaft or
the ore chute Of their mine. They will
go as deep as they can by hand and
will then put on machinery. This IL
business. and there is nobody in this
country who doubts that by this means
the Colossal a be again made an ex
cellent producer Of ore.
Mr.. Richie an old-time resident OF
Chloride but now n sojUurner in Kings.
ton, was in Chloride over Sunday Civ.
ing his friends pleasant calls. Since
they left Chloride two years ago Mr.
and Mrs. Richie have lived ut Silver
City, Lake Valley and Kingston. YET
they find no place so satisfactory 10
them in point of healthfulness or soci,
ETY. as Chloride.
There Is not a happier set Of COW mer
anywhere than those of the west sid,
Of the Black range. The result OF
their first roundup has been 80 salts.
factory; stock is In such fine condition
and the ranges, considerable Of which
is now visited for the FIRST time is 80
particularly pleasing that they are In
high glee over the situation. and their
valuations upon their properties were
never so high before.
The lady of unquestlonable charac.
ter has moved to Fairview. Things
broke a little too rocky for her in Chic
ride, where she had to barrlcade heI
windows to keep flying cobble stone:
out Of the house. The woman ha:
probably learned by her experience In
Chloride that 1t Is policy sometimes t
not antagonize a whole town.
w. +. Caldwell and family took the
coach " ednesday morning for a trir
east. They will visit Denver on th,
way and will also pay u visit to rela
tives in Sparta, Illinois. ere they settl,
down permanently at Larned, Kansas
Mr.. Caldwell expects to return in tn,
course Of a couple OF months, but Mrs
c. and Fleeta will remain In Kansas
much TO the regret Of their friends il
Chloride.
The numerous washouts on the rail
road along the Rio Grande makes trav.
ell very uncertain. The river is RISING
all the time. and will doubtless moi
reach the maximum for three week,
yet. The railroad track at Rincon, was
al last accounts lariated to trees while
rails were being laid on higher ground
At San Marcial the situation is worse
and at Alsmillo, above Socorro, and
many other places the track Is washed
away or flooded. The travellers who
left the range this week are at Englt
waiting for a train and Just as likely al
not they may continue in suspense fol
a fortnight. They are worthy objects
of sympathy.
There we're three bears killed by the
cattle men engaged I'm the late round-ur