The Black range., 1884-08-29

Niih her pare1l4 Mr. ard hra >talty
% Dry creek and shs takes home wiih
her The most pleasant recollsciious of
the Black range Mira stacy Is tie uife
% q n.wspapcr correspondent ami Is a
talented writer htrstlf. and sue has
given the KANSAS CiiY Journal soine
letters concerning this serticn OF New
Mexico that are doubtless s, icy and
entertaining.
A thirty-dve dollar * was the sub
lect that engrossed the attention 81
Judge Holmes court almost the whole
OF last Monday. Il Was a case Of ~
pleyin. wherein Pat Carmody was
plaintiff and John Crlger defendant.
After tedious process Of examination
ui witnesses and elaborate eloquence
and able arguments of the learned
counsel on both sides. the defendant
got away with this extraordinary OK.
which the RAN0E is informed had
reared two calves. according 10 the
testimony Of Que OF the witnesses.
The river is low enough TO ford on
the Engle and Black range road. II is
worthy Of remark that during the en-.
tire seige OF RiOGrande flood the Black
range coach has not missed trip nor
had IN accident. Il s probably the only
Rio Grande crossing. whether bridge OF
f0ri, which can make the boast with
truth. The superintendent OF the line
and the drivers are each and all de-
serving OF the highest praise for the
skill aud energy IN which they have
eontended with and overcome the
the difficulties encountered in the task
Of keeping the route constantly open.
Quite a large party of gentlemen
principally from Denver. headed by DR.
Bell, they being the owners Of the Ar
mendares grant. are ut Engle this week
taking a look at their land In that vi
cinlty. They announce it as their in
tention TO stock that range using some
thirty thousand head of cattle for the
Fh PNots 1ht dtAloH VI Aiit NttIfh
county commissioners in levying a
true and just taxation upon this grant
is understood to have had great effect
in bringing about this action of the
owners. They could not afford 10 pay
u couple Of thousand of dollars In
taxes upon this land while permitting
IL to be unproductive. No tract OF
ground in New Mexico or elsewhere
has finer grass upon it than the Armen-
dares grant
Fred Stevens is in town having come
in from the Midnight where he has
been working the tunnel from the
gHlch into the mountain. He run
forty Eve feet in wash before hitting
the ledge when he came upon six feet
of quartz two and half feet of which
contained as fine ore as ever has been
taken from the mine. This adds an
other 100 feet to the known length of
the ore streak, and has greatly added to
the value of the property. Mr.. Cham.
berlin who was out building the road
up TO the mine was driven in by the
rains. Another weeks work with a
couple of men will complete the road
as there Is only about ninety feet more
to finish. 1t will be a road of easy
grades, and those all in favor of the
freight.
The properties in the camp that have
been worked to any extent have uni
formly improved as depth has been ob
tained. 1t is so with Colossal. Silver
Monument, Buifom, st. Cloud and Mid
night, where the latter was worked OF
the ore streak. Many prospeetors VIII,
start out on ore, If in sinking come OF
to lean or naked place in the quartz
get alarmed, while the truth Is tha
lean and naked places are to be ex
pected in the very best of mining pro
perties. The settled fact of this CAM
is that its true Essures produce bette
ore as depth is attained. as is shown b,
mill run returns made upon thos
which have been worked on the or
streak. Nothing but capital is needle,
TO come in and make some of thes
properties boom with ore production
The Chloride, or Apache district, vii
yet prove the leading and permanen
district of New Mexico.
Another change in station agents q
Engle was made two weeks ago, j. )
Nelson having changed places with I
w. Smith late of Gloriette. Nelson goe
to Glorlette and Smith takes Engle. Th
change Is most agreeable one to Engl
, people for Nelson was not liked ut al
/ while Smith promises to be the mos
popular and efficient agent that Engl
{ over had. Mr.. Smith was agent O
. Gloriette for period of two year
a and is fully versed in bis business. ii
is pleasant and accommodating wit
patrons and is jolly good fellow. II
will take vacation during Septemb1
and visit relatives and friends at Oh
: cago, Cincinnati and Other points |
:. the east. After this jaunt he will r
! turn TO business and it is hoped thi
Engle will hold him for good term I