The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-09-19

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proposso DO some work % claim. IN
The asighborhsss u the silver Mona.
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I'd hHEner and Hugh McT.ylsh
cane down from the BlAek KNIGHT
hoad-y. Nd says the claim /. booking
sell Thry are running a tunnel
On The lead 10 the shaft. The distance
win Be about ls0feei
NJ. W. Ridgely left on Wednesday.
stAge for San Jose California He
may Be bach In aeOuple Of months. or
he may conclude 10 make his home
there. Mr.. Ridgely h a thorough gentle
man. with lots Of friends here who
val follow him with all the good
wishes immaginzble
The citizens Of Chloride. under the
lead Of Charles csdy. turned out satur-
day forenoon and built a wagon road
10 the Frave yard on the mesa Not
w~ithstanding II rainsd the entire
morning. the men held on and pro-
secuted their labou until the road
was finished
Martin wtgmann came In from the
Palomas on Saturday where be had
been on : prospecting tour for a few
days. He was overhauling the lime
and ~porphyry contact IN the hills north
Of the creek. lie did not nnd anything
OF special promise. but Is satisfied that
depth along the contact will open up
good mineral.
W. o. Thompson of the RAHeE.receiv-
ed an invitation from his friends, Mr..
and Mrs. F.w. Rand, OF Leadville, Colo
rado. TO attend their wooden wedding.
the hfth anniversary OF their marriage,
on the 22nd inst. The invitation is
printed on u thin wooden card. and Is u
neat piece Of work. Thompson res
pended NJ one by forwarding n cactus
cane. made from the coral cactus.
The stage line between here and
Engle has been sold out 10 Armstrong
Bros. The Southwestern Company
turned ever everything connected
with the outfit. to Armstrong Bros.
The line will be run rs heretofore with
the exception OF the coach from Fair
view to Grafton. which has been pull
cd Of. The mail between those two
points will DO carried on horse back.
DE Courcey on Monday last set a
very commendable example to our citi-
ems by wading into the bogus sun
flowers that have jumped the town.
site. He says that the odor Is old
-piEen" itself. and beside he says the
expense that strangers will have to
meet, 10 employ guides to pilot them
through the weeds. TO the leading bust.
ness houses, cannot but leave a
prejudice IN their minds against the
metropolis.
The long promised SHOW in" OF the
hydro-carbon smelter. al Hell Canon.
still hangs fire. A shady sort Of hint
appeared a few days ago. in one of
the Albuquerque papers that 1t had
blown in. with satisfactory results 10
the party experimenting. Since that
the public have had no further word.
The RANGE has never had much coll
idence In Its success. Too much Is
claimed for the process. Still the
RANGE would be glad TO chronicle
It's most perfect success.
From an interesting letter from our
Lake Valley correspondent we gather
that the republicans Of that section
are no boilers; that they will give n
Princely majority for the ticket that
q Blaine and Logan club has been or
ganized there, with S. A. Sollenberg rs
chairman and Al Hughes a secre-
tary that the club is going to raise
q liberty pole and on it lily a banner
with Blaine and Logan's names.
straight republican" come again.
}. IL. Drake. RUDE Osborne and Jack
Farrell ARE doing eleven feet Of work
IN the Dorsey claim, over 90 South
Fork. On Friday last Drake came
pretty near getting the daylight blown
out of him. He had put In 0 shot and
was hoisted TO the surface. After
waiting several minutes. and not hear
ing the fuse spit, Drake was lowered 10
doctor the fuse. Just as be touched
bottom the fuse gave sudden notice
that 1t would be heard from, and be-
fore Drake was hauled out of the shaft
the shot took effect. Beyond u little
scattering of rock Drake WAS not hurt.
Close call.
The Editor of the BLACK RANGE,
with his wife. Miss Barnes, George
Turner and Breton Crapster, all went
out to Engle. On Saturday. In Jim
Blain's carriage. MIR. Turner returned
on Monday. The rest Of the party
went on to FL Paso to visit that city
From there they 60 north. Miss
Barnes will stop Oh at Socorro for N
few weeks. and visit with Mira. DIR.
Driscoll. The Editor and his wife are
Ha =.