The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-01-04
LOCAL NEWS.

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Frank Pitcher and Levy Cruise tin.
ished the assessment on the Nellie last
Sunday.
There will songs and sweetmeats at
the sociable next Thursday night but
no dancing,
After a holiday of a week, Miss
Barnes opened her school for another
term last Monday.
J. B. Newman was in town Sunday;
says his sheep are hourishing splendid
ly on the north Palomas.
The many friends of Kreamer Kelly
will be glad to know that his health is
improving very decidedly.
Thompson and MacGOwan have
moved into the house of j. NJ. Smith,
recently occupied by L. Bougard.
Twenty-six persons in attendance at
Sabbath school last Sunday. How
does that look for a moral boom?
Joe GrOzier was over from his ranch
on Diamond creek, last Monday. Says
his stock is looking well. He came for
grub.
Prof. G. H. Hand. assayer of the Solid
Silver Mining company, at Silver City.
expects to visit the range in a couple of
weeks.
John Stone left on Saturday morning
to work on Sam Fosters Equator mine
in the Iron Reef district. The Equa-
tor promises big things.
We understand a petition is in circu-
lation asking the county commission
ers to made an appropriation to help
MAINTAIN a school here. Let everybody
sign it.
J. r. Vance returned from his visit
TO the Black Knight property, last
SATURDAY. He is well pleased and he
and Magner will arrange for working
t Re property at once.
Talk about public spirit. Mr.. Castle
says Parker & Son furnished the iron
tipped pixies, the hardwood pins, etc for
the raising. They are the kind of men
to make a camp boom.
Fred Stevens and Joe Thorne went
ont Saturday morning to do assessment
work on the Mlddlemarch clam, extern
sion of the Hancock, owned by Charles
Lewis and Joe ThOrne.
Grafton had a dance New Years
night. The frosty weather prevented
a very considerable attendance from
Chloride, but those who did go report
that festivities were happy as they are
always.
D. Bliss came into town Sunday
from the Palomas, where he has beer
working the assessments on the Little
Jennie and Addison. Dan has been
away for more than a year, and al
Lake Valley the most of the time.
Fires on the hills. signal shots all
through the mountains at midnight
New Years-showed that there was ar
unexpected a mount of relocating done
to open up.the year 1884. 1t is in the
blood of a Il that 1884 will bring a boom
The oldest inhabitant has no recol
lection of a colder night in the Blacl
Range than that of the dawning o.
the new year. A cold a sweep
over us bringing frost and Ice with i
but it is gone now and all is salubriou
as before.
The Alaska, at Grafton has a full
force of men again at work pushing
the crosscut toward the ledge. Thu
upper shaft and all the reservoirs ye
tapped are drained of water and al
though the pump still works there i
comparatively little for it to do.
ITO your tents, o, miners" Ever,
man in the range who has a prospec
that carries ore of a grade which wal
rants concentration should go to work
All such can have the assurance of
product which will bear the expense o.
developing their properties into mines
DIR. Haskell returned home on Mon
dav. He thinks he got. somethin.
promising under Roadway east. II
went as far as Denver. Everybody il
camp wishes the doctor might hit fol
hume. No man has done more TO
the mining interests of this dlstrlc
than DR.. Haskell.
A. Rush Bowe superintendent of tn
ROYAL Arch company has let a fit
foot contract to Murphy and MoosaN
for a tunnel on the Lottie. He report
teat this claim is yielding some YER
handsome mineral now. 1t is situate
on one of the big veins of the countr
and there is an opportunity for a bi
mine there.
The Filagree groupof mines on ChlC
ride creek passed into the hands
Blain and Cameron on New Year
morning. They secured the propert
to guarantee payment for the PARTIAL
completed assessments performed upo
it by them and which remained unpai
by the previous owners.