The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-25

the engine pa~sessed The power % =
thous4ud hors~s Il would no h. ahir O.
make the sped Eeqirrd q j. 10 run The
o~onosutrAior with the present oonnec-
tiun2 The matter h easily rrmedied
however. Additional band wheels wlll
b. put In and by these means ths shaft
viii b. msde 10 turn rapidly while the
engine makes Il normal movements
The fear which agitates our people this
morning u therefore totally unbound
Cd.
The notary publios and justices %
the peace Of the district embraced Ia
Sierra county are In a quandery. Sec
retain Rich saws that notsIies will have
TO b. feappointed to conform with tie
change and justices cannot see their
way clear 10 act for Socorro county
when living In Sierra county. II no
tarIes must be reappointed will their
acts under their old seals before reap
pointment be legal. That's the Ques-
ton. The secretary also SAYS that no
proclamation announcing the existence
OF Sierra county 10y the governor is
necessary. but that the county became
a county by the signing of the bin.
Can IL be u county until there is a re-
cOrder and an official seal. These are
all questions that the BLACK RANGE
lrears debated but cannot lind a decis-
ION. but It's advice 20 justices Of the
peace and notafies Is Ia 20 ahead AS II
nothing had happened using their old
seals and commissions until their new
ones arrive and to let the courts de-
eide when the question is brought up
the legality Of their actions. II is best
however to make applications for new
commissions ut once.
a Nevada mining man named Keat.
ley visited the range last week for the
purpose Of giving the owners of the
Occidental MIN his opinion of that
property. The bottom of the mine be.
ing under water he WAS compelled 10
make hls estimate from the dump. or
course. he expressed lao judgment here
ON the Occidental, but of the other
properties ~ the vicinity of Grafton
which be visited he expressed much nd.
miration. In unision with every min
ing man who has visited this country,
he said that never before In his life had
he seen surface prospects for mineral
to equal those of the Black range. H.
visited the Alaska mine and saw no
cause for Encouragement there. lie
averred that the ledge having been
reached by the cruss.cut ii was just put
IN condition to prospect. In this he
concurs In the option of every expert.
enced man who has looked at the prop
rrty. Mr.. keatley regretted that his
Time was so limited that he could not
remain to look the whole range over.
but he announced that he would be
back again IN the course Of a few weeks
aud give the country here "A thorough
inspection. He is one of the sort of
men Ne like to see.
a recent issue of the Albuquerque
Journal chronicled the item that the
Hagan's Peak tunnel folks had shipped
men and tools to Chloride with which
to resume work on their property. The
Invoice has not yet arrived IN the
range and fears are entertained that
they have swamped and sunk in the
Rio Gran1e whose waters are now too
high for safe fUrding. LATER. X.
Price of SocOrio arrived in Chloride
Wednesday evening having come by
request of Secretary Sullivan of the
Hagan's Peak Tunnel company who
asked Mr.. p. to look up the men spoken
OF and see what had become OF them.
Mr.. Price found a man named Davies
with forty or fifty dollars worth of
provisions and a Mexican companion
had come to Socurro and that the
man had gone down the road Osten-
sibly to Engle, while the Mexican had
returned to Albuquerque. Nothing
could be learned of Davies at Engle so
it is presumed that he forgot to get off
the cars at that point. 1t is understood
that II man with "A team and wagon
equipped with provisions aud tools
also WAS started toward Chloride by the
company and he has failed to turn up
to the present writing. The tunnel
company appears to have poor luck
with Its trusted employees.