The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-13

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distant frum the boilum 0f the sane.
The Tecordrr u sirrra county. Vim.
z Pratt. l. The happy parent ot a
daughter which Vas added u bis huu.e
bold On The 18th day Of May A. Albu.
queTque. where Mrs Pratt has been re-
siding for some months ptst.
says the Kingston Clipper: malaria
" COttonwoOds Is the caption 'uf an
article Ia the BLACK RANGE which the
attention Of those informed upon the
subject h directed 10. requesting that
a report be made. The same idea has
beeu advanced here aud We would not
be surprised IL there was something In
IT,"
Two companies Of the 4th cavalry
enroute from Fort Stanton 10 Arizona
crossed the river at the ferry on the
Black range road. last week. Fest gave
them the free use Of the ferry. they TAX
ing all risk. The crossing was made
safely but the wagons mired In the soft
banks and were hard to extrieate.
X. ID. Armstrong. agent southwestern
stage company visited the range yes
terday. lie saw that the ferry works
all right but the approaches are soft
and he contemplates dxing them aud
crossing the stage daily. Fest thinks
that the big boat will begin running In
a week from now.
The workmen on the Colossal have
Strengthening things up and begun sink
ng ON the shaft. The water was got
out by an hours work and is found TO
be not troublesome at all. Another
shit will be put on at once and more
will be added as fast AS they can be-
used. The shaft is producing the finest
ore ever taken from the mine.
I. l.. Reber has moved back to New
Mexico and 10 now established at
Hillsboro In the soda water business
as Of yore. IL it Is change that Mr..
Reber is seeking he has plenty Of II too
much IL Is feared 10 be profitable.
However Reber Is a good citizen and
a reliable gentleman and worthy Of
success which the RANGE hopes he
will gain this time.
The Lone Star of FL paso in its issue
of May 3lst gives the BLACK RANGE
editor encouraging praise for his efforts
10 make 4 readable paper IN this remote
district, which kind words are fully
appreciated. Newman can afford to
he free with his tafy since he cannot
divert attention from his own fame.
The Lone star is known far and wide
AS the newsiest paper on the cont.
mental divide.
Judge Holmes went to Hlllsboro yes
terday TO interview Probate Judge Don
ahoe Oh the townsite question. lie
took with him applications for town
lots 10 the number of seventy-tive to
die in the probate judges office. accord.
ing TO law. Most Of the citizens pre-.
fer paying for their deeds when they
get them, and those who get their ap.
phcatI0ns filed in the probate judges
office first, have the advantage IN case
of contest.
One hundred sacks of Midnight ore
are now ut the concentration awaiting
treatment. IL vas taken from rs neal
an average of the dump as possible to
get 1t. MI. Chamberlin grows daily in
faith in this property. The develop.
ments which he is now making on the
surface ground indicates that the whole
hillside OF which the workings have
been made is a solid mass of ore. lie
gets good ore in apparently imitless
quantity n hundred feet east Of what
is considered the main lead.
The waters of the Rio Grande rise
and fall regularly now, but the high
water is most probably vet to come
All reports from the north show that
the snow in the mountains has had
hardly q noticeable thaw and that all
the flood that has already come down
is only preliminary to the grand over,
flow that IS to follow. You along the
river who have dyches prepare to build
them higher and you who have nc
dyches look out for yourselves. Ter
years ago the heavy flow of water
came a week later than this date.
The Santa Fe railroad south of Albu
querque this month is run by water
Steam is found to be the cheapest but
the railroad company is allowed ne
choice in the matter. The Rio Grand,
runs things. The trains along the Cal
ifornia route run with tolerable regu
larity but between Rincon and Ell Past
there is a bad state of affairs. At Rim
con the river cut q new channel and
carried off the Y and tore out th,
Mexican route at q great rate. NJ
mail has been sent out of Las Cruces
for two weeks.
q. d. Potter, o gentleman wei