The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-02

4 morse 90 " eof 81 > htil uniCss ANu
wish 10 lose pour animal.
Mr. Castle is enlarging the dy-wheel
Of the concentration eslgine. ~ adding
= foot thicknesS In timber boiled L. the
rim 81 ths wheel. II i holed IN lhis
way 10 increase the sized Of the ma
olinsy. Mr. Cas- le has the pluck and
perseverance o. WIN. and Ia Mr.. D.
Cuursey be has the services OF an expeu-
enoed concentration man. Who knows
what he Is about Between the two
We will soon have satisfactory results.
and the machinery will be- putting out
concentrates. which will satisfy Mr..
Castles stockholders TO put In amy mo-
tive power which the machinery Inay
demand. Our camp vii. bO0m yet.
Tie RANGE is pleased 20 learn that
Geo. ID. Farmer. who was for so long a
time day operator at Engle has been
promoted at Bernalillo. George was =
general favorite among the people of
Engle and his range acuquaintances.
and viii be gratihed TO learn Of his
good fortune. BernaIillo peonle are To
be congratulated upon securing his
services. George wasted the chances
OF his handsome face and graceful hg-
ure too long upon the barren wilds Of
Engle and Il Is altogether likely that in
making up the lost time he will cause a
croaking among the hearts Of the many
handsome maldens at Bernalillo. the
din of which will shatter the glass IN
Albuquerque's street cars. Tie has a
station now where he can spread him
self among youth and beauty galore
of the opposite sex aud George can be
trusted TO make the most OF II. Good
luck my boy.
The Colossal now contemplates sink.
ING the shaft on the ore chimney to 4
depth Of hfty feet or so and il wants
the work done by hand IL possible. The
shaft was abandoned before on account
of water and that In the dryest season
Of the yrar. II is below the level of
the creek and IL is highly improbable
that hand work will prove effective.
The shaft is the only rational place In
which To work. but nothing can be-
done without machinery. and this
may rs well be purchased first AS last
II the mine Is to be worked at all. No
reasonable mar could ask for a better
mine than the Colossal has already
proved. More than half of the work
done on the property has been dead
and useless, yet the first class one taken
out aud shipped has more than paid the
expense OF development while a couple
of hundred tons OF second class ore Is
yet ON the dump. II Is conceded that n
mine that pays the expense Of devel-
Opment from grass roots is an excellent
one. The Colossal has done more than
this.
One OF the very finest Of the small
ranches of this section of the country
Is that owned aud occupied by Andrew
Kelley, located OF Canada de Alamosa
creek about four miles below Oh Cali.
ente. Andrew WAS an early resident
Of this country and AS may be supposed
he did not choose Il hand-me-down
place when he had his pick of the en-
tire country. The creek runs "a good
strong stream lengthwise of his land
which constitutes as pr tty Il little val
ley as is often seen. To the east of him
the huge canyons lead of into the San
MajeO mountains aud westward the
Cuchilln Negro range rolls away in Il
modest, gentle manner, each direction
evidently striving to grow better and
more luxuriant grasses than its oppo.
site neighbOr. Kelley Is farming by
hls own hands. and by lease. a goUdpor.
ton OF the valley and his assurance of
good crops is all that can be desired,
yet he is no. entirely happy. Compe.
tent judges say that two thousand
head of cattle would do nicely on the
grass and water that he can provide,
and he is looking for some man with a
herd Of about his size with whom he
a pool issues. such u man will find
Kelley AN excellent partner.
Chloride's second couilagration oc.
Cured last Friday night. At about
eight o'clock in the evening flames were
seen issuing from the west side of the
residence of G. Douglass Robertson
south of the school house. When the
door was broken in 1t was found that
the whole interior was IN danes and
the fear OF exploding cartridges pre-.
vented an exploration of the smoky in.
terror in the attempt 10 save the con.
tents Of the building. Consequently
the house aud every thing 1T contained
was lost. No cause is assigned for the
kindling of the flames. Mr.. Robertson
states that there had been no FIRE in his
house for twelve hours previous; that
he had not smoked about the house
during the day and that he had no
been ut home for three hours preylous