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


and yst IN 81 that distance thess ard
buftso wz<on bndgu-a AlbuQusT1
cue an4 EsP4nolA The commissioners
u Sierra eoaniy could hardly Be ds<n1
I'd gally q extrsvAgAnce II they
should construed a third une Que hunl
drcd and afty miles distant from ths
nearest
TIE concentration with its new im1
proyemenu began work on MondayI
and IL DOW dong work that IL perfect
y satisfactory 10 everybody. Thq
mill sinos Il has ben put up had
been worked over and regulated from
the furnace 10 the waste boxe5
and Mr.. Castle now thinks that he hAsy
the thing 10 perfect shape and thatl
there wiIl lie no further serious DIM
culty. The people Of the range Ger
tAinly trust 50 too.
Ed Magner and bis assistant is length
ening the north drift on the Black
knight mine at the bead Of South Ford
and Is finding ore therein VI a perfectly
satisfactory character. The BLACK.
knight hasa dump'of high grade ord
TO ship when desired. and lower grades
for the concentration when a road shall
be built on which 70 transport IL. The.
cost Of constructing such a road viii be
slight. The Black Knight group Cd
mines ranks among the best Of Black
range properties.
May Cantwell. the nine year ole.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mira. ID. c. Can't
well. OF the Black range cattle eompaI
ny is sadly afflicted. A short time
ago she was thrown from the back ID
a burro and her right arm broken byy
the fall. and while the agony resultant
from this injury was being endured
q bone felon upon a finger Of the rigid
hand Clipped in with Its generous con
tributiOn TO the torture. IL is seldom
that a human is required to endure tho.
presence OF two such terrors stimuli
taneously. The little lady is with he'd
mother visiting in Chloride ut present.
The rustler element which appears
to have invaded this section again will
speedily be taught that times haveI
changed since the days when theyI
preyed with impunity upon Ed Fest
and Henry TOussaint. and that thew
now have a more numerous if not d
more determined opposition TO theiII
cattle stealing pranks. Messrs. Dayisl
son, Cantwell and Houghton responded
TO an alarm coming from Grayson 81
Co, and started for Las Palomas yes-I
teroay morning. II Is understood that
there are some stock thieves on thel
river who need hanging.
The Black range cattle company
branded four hundred calves, the other
day. and all Of them were rolling fat.
A large portion of the herd of this
company were graded cattle brought
from Missouri and placed upon thd|
range last summer. These have notI
done rs well as the Others IN the wayI
of increase although they have beenI
as hearty and fat rs the best. Accord
; ing TO the best information obtainable|
on the subject. states cattle never do
well in this country until they becomeI
aclimated which operation required
two or three years.
Owing to the difficulty experienced
In transporting goods across the Rid
Grande during the present high water,
the merchants of the range are having
their goods freighted from Socorrd(
instead of from Engle. On the Engle|
road teams cannot cross the river all
all, but goods from there must be haul
ed TO the river. there unloaded and tel
diously ferried across and then loaded
upon other wagons for the rest of theI
journey. The process is expensive and
uncertain, and hence the temporary
change to Socorro. There is a fund oil
argument here in favor of a bridRel
on the Engle road.
County Commissioner j.. NJ. Speare.|
returned a few days ago from an extent
sive business trip east. in the Interest,"
of his constituents. Mr.. Speare reportsI
that he has been highly successful inI
his %endeayors to negotiate the court
house bonds, having placed them at To1
peka. The money will be forthcoming
within a couple Of weeks, and In theI
meantime work will be- commercial
The contracts have been signed. and(
, brick making will start in a few DAYS.
The work of tearing down the old
building will begin next week, and the
citizens will soon have the pleasureI
and satisfaction Of seeing q new %struct.l
ure IN its place. which will be a credit
to the city and county .-Socorro Chief-I
tain.
MFR. Castle has arranged with SUPERB
intendent Drake. that Silver Monument
mine will send its frst-class ore down.
TO Chloride to be shipped out of here|
with the concentrates. nv this mear.|