The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-30

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appear1nce IN lArEe quAntitisA No
ASSAYS ~ ~ An The work On the
Midnight improves the appeArance and
value Of the property.
II Is expected the present improve
ments nuw being made in the
concentrated viii b. finished 80 that
the machinery viii be ready 10 start
the hI1t Of the week. SiDee the last
issue " the RAS0E the ball-pulverizer
has bs~n laid aside as useless TOR the
business required Of it and eve stamps
of the Occidental battery have been
brought down and put In place in the
works 20 ~pulyerize he tailings- The
screens and erusber jaws are nov At
Engle and will be In tO-morrow and
when they are all rugged the difieul-
ties so far zs encountered Al present
will be overcome and the plant Is ex-
pected 10 do all that Is required Of II
without further trouble. The outlook
for ore to work Is better than IT yer
was and there u not the least fear on
that score.
d. II. wenger acting as deputy n
~ recorder is making assessments Of
the property Of the range this week
lie rs dong his work i%ntellIgently and
we'll and for the first time in the his
tory Of this country full returns viii be
made. There is considerable trouble
found In getting property holders to
swear 10 language not understood by
them, the blanks being IN Spanish, but
inasmuch rs the present mode Of hav-
ing half Of the business In English Is
SO great an improvement over II
couple Of years AGO when the assessor
sent out could not understand a word
OF English that the present difficulty
Of foreign language blanks is generally
conduned. Sometime. probably. the
English language will be used exclu-
sively among that portion Of New
Mexico's population who understand
no other, and IL will be a great relief
when this is 50.
A few Of the musicallv inclined
male residents Of Chloride got hold of
an ~organette with two tunes, Tuesday
evening aud at a late hour started out
s%erenading. The little organ did nice
work and the crankers were happy uu-
Ill the residence OF adam-sel of Irregu'
lar habits. lately arrived in town. was
reached when the organ got cranky
and the crankers became disorganized
and they (the mol) not wishing to
slight any body ratified the lady atune
with rocks on the house. II was not
nice TO break The windows OF the
house whatever may be said of the re-
mainder Of the proceedings and the oc.
cupant Of the house thought SO herself
for next morning bright and early she
presented herself at the Justices Office
to swear out warrants for two or three
persons whom she claims to know
were in the party. Judge Holmes was.
fortunately or unfortunately Is the
case may be. absent. so justice Is sus-
pended II not absolutely defeated.
The RANGE office cabinet contains a
piece Of D~reanauglt ore sent to 1t by
VIM. Beery by the hand Of Johnny
Saucier this week which is attracting
attention and exciting the admiration
of the occupants OF Chloride. Every.
body goes into e~cstacies over ii; and
we'll they may for IL Ii a handsome OBJ
; ject. MIR. Beery is doing this years
assessment wolk upon the property
and the specimen mentioned came
from the bottom VI the shaft which is
something over forty feet deep. The
ore has the colors and general appear.
ance of tie best grade If Silver Mnou
ment ore, and not the least happy fea-
/, ture Of 1t is that the body Is extensive
occupying the whole space of the shaft.
|, There has never been any waste rock
mined from the Dreadaught shaft but
ore of the character Of that now being
taken out and which shows So great a
body has been coming in gradually
though rapidly. The Dreadnaught has
always been considered a remarkable
!, property but 1t was never thought &c
, be half so good as 1t is proving.
I Burt ID. Mason, surveyor at Grafton
lately received word Of the death O
, his father ut his home in Utica. New
p York. The sad circumstance demand,
[ his presence at the old homestead ant
p he will start east At once. Mr.. Masor
can truly be said 10 havs been one o
q the successful men of the Black range
He arrived at Chloride on the 4th da,
of July two years ago and after q shor
, season Of observation established him
. self at Grafton. In q couple O
a months business rushed in upon hin
: and his books now show that he ha
since that time averaged the survey o
one ranch or mining. claim per da,
, Ranch surveying hvs taken most o
his time. the west side of the rang
having all been taken IN In the inter