The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-15

bors, and agreed TO be bound by the re-
suit. They both abided the result. but
one now goes about saying that he
would not like to trust his life in the
hands of such men, while TO u own
personal knowledge one of the three
did for this same fellow about $500
worth of legal writing and meyer charg-
ed him a cent. Moral-never consent
to become an arbitrator. A square out
and out lawsuit, and the fellow with
the weak side paying from tenl to
twenty dollars costs. is the best cure for
such difficulties.
The sociable last evening was well
attended and thoroughly enjoyed. The
programme consisted of vocal music,
shadow pictures, lunch and dancing all
for the single admission fee of twenty
i've cents. A peanut, popcorn and or
ange stand on the side, however, did
good service in swelling the receipts.
The entertainment opened with a quar-
tette, A Sailor Song, rendered by Mrs.
Milford and Beckett and Messrs. Castle
and Fitzpatrick, Alice Barnes Organist,
and this was Immediately followed by
the shadow picture entitled A Hungry
Tramp. Next, Mrs. MILFORD sang a
solo, Nora O'Neal's Reply, and follow
ing it was presented the shadow repre-
sentation, A Courtshlp Scene. Beauti-
ful Moonlight a duet, by Mrs. Beckett
and MILFORD, threw a shadow upon the
Sausage Factory tableaux just behind
it, and the Last Rose of Summer. in
costume by Mrs. Beckett and Mr.. Castle
preceded the shadow Old Games Of leap
frog. The singing was charming and
the shadow pictures amusing, aud the
lunch and dancing were no whit infe-
rior in point of interest and satisfac-
ton. The musicians, MeSsrs. Schmidt,
Winters and Mckinney showed their
devotion TO the cause by their gratuit-
GUS services. The net profits of the
show amounted to $31 so. The party
dispersed at the midnight hour.
Turner and Chamberlin went over to
Midnight this week and prospected the
ledge on the north hill. They found in
one place, by removing a very little
earth, four feet Of mineralized quartz,
iron stained and some mineral that APP
peared to be very fair. They also fol-
lowed up the gulch with the view of
figuring on a wagon road up Byer's
run, and came to the conclusion that
the work could be done for $500 to $3.50.
They also fixed upon a place at the
junction of the draw leading up to the
mine and Byers' run, where they are of
the opinion that an abundance of water
can be had for running all the machin'
cry for the reduction of their oreS-or
in other words, water sufficient for a
concentration. The BLACK RArJGE is
glad to see any new movement put or
foot that looks toward the improve
ment and development of the camp
and has no doubt that the Midnight
will furnish the ore of itself that
would run a concentration. There is
nothing in the range that shows like 1t
For one hundred an fifty feet the crop
pings stand boldly above ground, and
any where these are broken shows
good strong four foot of ore that will
average forty dollars per ton. The
shaft sunk eighty feet shows the same
sort of ore as on top. So that the body
actually in sight warrants calculations
which would justify the expense of
concentration on the ground. Mr.. Castle
made a test on twenty sacks of this
ore and 1t showed 37.7 of silver to tht
ton, but he made no returns on golt
and copper, which sample assays show
to be about one and One-tenth ounces
of the former and seven per cent. o
the latter. Mr.. Castle in testing thu
ore of this camp and in undertaking
the enterprise of his concentration, hat
the Midnight in view as a feeder to hi
mill on which great reliance could b
placed, and it has been no secret il
camp that he was anxious for his com
pany to purchase the Midnight so as t
place his concentration in a position
where it might never be out of ore TO
reduction. There is now about tw,
hundred tons of forty dollar ore on tn
dump, and mi of the partners is anx
ious to go on with the work of takinI
out ore for MI. Castles concentratol
while the other insists the true plan i
to have a concentration Of their OWL
The one who advocates a concentrate
on the ground has means to carry GU
the project, while the other has not, ant
like all good things, this variance o
opinion is likely to lead to a do-noth
ing policy, or compel the n who i
minus the means to yield to the wishe
to the one who has. The nearest tn
partners are agreed is on a proposition
to sell, and we understand that an east
ern expert is figuring on its purchas'
on the basis of $4,000. If he shout,
buy it is presumable he would put thu
product of the nine through the con
c~entrator now in process of construc
ton, which with other ores woul,
make sure of a steady u to its full