The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-21

his ken. He was putting the ANNA.
into the frame preparatory to shoeing
and the rope fastening its head became
loose enough tOallOw 1t to founder. He
made an attempt to fasten the rope
and inadvertently got his face so close
to the struggling OK that a horn caught
him under the chin and tore a fright
ful cash in his face. The doctors sewed
and patched up the wound but Frank
is scared for lite.
DR. Reekie has made two remarkable
strikes on Mineral creek. One of them
is near to and an extension of the
Walking John and consists of copper
glance bearing silver. The ledge is
strong and the ore body large. The
other strike Is situated not far from the
Mountain Chief and is equal if not SUI
preme to the first named. w. F. Alice,
the doctors partner in the properties
is now working them but a larger force
will be put on them when the doctor
gets his Cuchillo operations fu lily start
ed.
II. c. Brooks, one of the solid bust
ness men of Denver, of the jewelry firm
of Brooks, Davidson & Co, came into
the range this week and is now circling
about taking a look at those things
which may be considered worth look
ing at. Mr.. B. visited this region last
fall in company with MeSsrs. Brink
and Hatch of the same city, and not
satisfied with his hasty view of the
country has come back for a second
time. He would like to buy a good
mining prospect and he may do 50 but
it will not be at fancy prices.
1t is the natural inference when a
man comes into court and swears that
a certain community is prejudiced
against him, that he believes that he
has done some mean thing to cause the
prejudice. No man whose acts and
intentions are straightforward and
manly and whose own mind does not
convict him of WEAKNESSES which
should make him despised by good citi-
zens will willingly believe or admit
that the cosmopolitan population of Il
western town would SO set themselves
against him us not to do him justice,
1t is a trite saying that a guilty mind
needs no accuser.
Chloride got away with the baggage
at the pony race on Monday. There
were four animals entered, VIZ Blun's
%sorrel, Levy's gray, McBride's bay and
Blalne's. black. The Blum animal was
IA stranger and scared the sports so
that they were tlmid about betting
and hence although McBride's pony
won the race while BIain's took second
money, not very much money was
Won by the Chloride folks at this
first victory. This winning has placed
the boys IN good spirits and fitted them
to go broke on the next race. A ftel
this first race a second n was arrang-
ed between Blain's and CamerOn's
bay pony and Gillem's sorrel which
resulted in the bay winning by a good
lead.
j. Moore proprietor of the X X bar
brand Of cattle which runs with the
Black Range company's stock on the
west side, says that besides the other ad-
v~antases possessed by the ranges on
the CHA headwaters it the easiest
country in which to run cattle that he
ever saw, being much superior to the
plains of the Panhandle or any Other
country. Very few men are required
and two horses to the man is amply
sufficient for all purposes. All that is
necessary is to follow up the water
courses and there the cattle are always
to he found and in driving them in they
keep along the valley tracts and there
is no chasing over and across the coun.
try. Half adoZen first-class men cal
care for the largest herd in such acoun
try.
The third sociable of the Ladies I'm
%provement society was held as adver
tiSed, on Monday evening and did moi
fall behind its predecessors in the mat
ter of entertainment and pleasu. There
programme consisted of vocal and in
strumental music, charades, and
sheet and pillow Cast ball as a CLOSING
act. The crowd was a trihe too larg,
for the limited room in the buildin,
used but otherwise no fault was to b.
found. Every item was greeted will
pleasure but "The Three Black Crows
lined by w. II. Trumbor was the graz
act and was highly applauded. The re
ceipts Melted the society t~wenty-elgh
dollars. The date of the next enter
tainment is not yet determined upon
Sam Ferree and Oscar Pfotenhaue
came up from the Iron Reef distric'
this week with the intention of goln
to work upon the Black Hawk clair
on Chloride creek. The Black HawI
is already developed by a shaft on th
surface and a tunnel cutting the ledg
: at about seventy-ive feet depth an,