The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-20

wisere 4 app-ared 81 h. quite severe
W. : Davis who rot hack from Sooorro
M"uday. relates that for a distance OF
any miles from Ojo Caliente un the 20
oorro road the sionn appeared 10 have
been terrific. On hillsides the ruad
Was badly washed and on level places
hinge ponds Of water yet renamed
At Oio Caliente living beside the rad
be counted hfty-nine dead sheep killed
by hail which were probably from the
herd Of Dodds Brothers. SIX or seven
miles tins side Of Oia Calienie the evil
dences II the storm disappeared. alb
ruptly marking the line Of It's extern
sion.
The eatilemen In their late round up
of rustlers arrested eighteen persons
whom they gave a preliminary examin-
alton before Judge Kahler at Las Pa
Tomas. The official investigation re-
suited 10 the judge releasing nine Of
accused and Of binding the other nine
over 10 appear nj court In Septem Der.
The names Of the parties held. together
with their bonds are as follows: Toppy
johnson. $500; Jim johnson. $500:
John W. sullivan. $1,000; John Wealth
erford. 5000: John johnson. s2.g5O:
John Dwyer. sl,5OO; Fred Borman.
$1,000; Robt. Wiley and a Mexican
uamed Chayes each $500. The two lat
Ter are held chiefly rs witnesses. At
last accounts none OF the prisoners had
found bail, but all were being held at
Hillsboro under strong guard.
Mr.. Potter says that the extending OF
Magdalens branch of the Santa Fe
road TO Benson as the connecting link
for the Guymas line is an assured fact.
He also says that the difficulties en-
eountered In the CANYON of the ella be-
ing TO a great to justify the attempt to
overcome them. the surveyors are look
ing for n route by which to avoid II.
A detour has been surveyed by way Of
the San Francisco river, and a line will
probably he run through the Black
range, and II n practicable crossing Of
the range can he found 10 reach
the ella below the box the line
will undoubtedly be built this
way. BY that means we would be
placed on the main line. There is no
doubt that the demand Of this section
will bring n railroad to Chloride before
many months.
We are informed that Alloys Preisser
has the Humboldt Mining company's
assay Office and labratory at Engle
for his own private use IN assaying.
This office with its appurtenances is
among the very best in all the mining
regions in the west, and Prof. Preisser
has no superior rs an assayer and any
litical metalurgist. His charges are
uniform. Charges: Silver, $3.50; gold.
and silver $3.50; and for copper in the
improved Swedish method, $500. fol-
control assay. Prof. Preisser has stuck
close TO the Humboldt company dur
ing its varied fortunes and his many
friends through this, the Cuchillo and
Caballos ranges will lie glad to learn he
is in control Of the Humboldt labra.
tory for his " uses, and will wish
him abundant success. The RANGE
wishes Prof. Preisser the best of good
luck.
The st. Cloud mine has finally de-
veloped rich streak of ore. Hereto
fore the ore mined has been particn-
larry uniform in character with none
extremely rich or discouragingly poor,
but this week the workmen in the
shaft caught a streak of metallic min
eral some two inches wide lying along
side of the foot wall, which upon assay
proved to have a value of $1,000 per
ton. The character of the ore is ar
gentle lying IN a spar gangue and If II
continues as 1t ~ naturally expected TO
do, it Will be a pretty nice thing to have
exclusive of the extensive body of the
concentrating rock which lies beside it.
The people of the Black range gener-
ally as well as the owners Of the st.
Cloud will be glad to see that property
added to the list OF shipping ore pro-
dusing properties.
There was an explosion heard in
Fairview and Chloride Wednesday
morning about the hour of n o'clock
which disturbed the wakeful ones and
started various theories of meteors,
earthquakes aud "sich" until the true
cause became known. Some thought
the boiler of the concentration had
bursted and others thought the build
ing had fallen down and were much
exercised thereat. The true explana-
ton comes from the late campof Major
Day at the German mine in the Gu
chillo Negro mountains. The Major
had left camp and vas down at Fair
view and through some means to him
unknown fire got into his traps and a
box of giant powder containing fifteen