The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-23

temp, to use their smslG-r rlEht away
h0Weksr.
AR. Castle is goingto try farming on
3 small sale. using The water from the
concentration for the purpose. lie has
. small pieces u ground ploNed and is
having il planted 10 potAtoeA lie pro-
puses 10 Try grape vines there and zee
how they will do. When the mill Is
running steadily tweuty-four hours Der
day there will be sufficient water used
10 iugzle at least ten acres Of land.
This will make quite = nice garden.
The mad 10 the King mine Ia getting
along timely and viii undoubtedly be
finished in excellent shape this week.
From this road 10 the Midnight the dis
lance Is short and the labor Of making
The connection Is not excessive. Mr..
Chamberlin has fallen No deeply in love
with road work that he can't decide
whether 10 stop when the Midnight Is
reached or keep right on oyer the
range.
On Caliente creek last season az this
time there a a young war progress
ing over the use of the water, the
Mexicans OF Canada de Alamosa OBJ
jectiug 10 the Americans above them
using the stream for irrigating. This
season everybody uses all the water he
wants and nothing is said though the
stream is no stronger than before. The
master 10 chancery 20 whom the law
suit On this subject was referred by
the court has not yet taken action in
the matter.
A Hartford. Connecticut, "poiek"
signing himself "Lonesome Jack" Is In
hicting his productions upon the
BLACK RANGE. An evidently origi.
nal poem" was received from him this
week but life Is too short 10 warrant
the attempt To d~ecypher 1t. Jack has
evidently been going the rounds Of
printing houses IN the effort TO get
his poetry % published and has
reached thus far west The RANGE rs
sorry that 1t cannot justify itself in
putting a stop to his wanderings, but
really II cant.
Mr.. Davis at the postofice reasons
that this cold spring is the result of the
red sunsets last summer and fall. He
the prediction several months
ago that this summer would be unusu
ally cold and he is certainly being
borne out in his %prophesy. He has no
doubt that the corr crops in the states
will be a failure this year owing to the
cold caused by the red appearing OBJ
structions TO the suns rays exhibited
last fall. lie told last winter that If
he was a Spectator he would 60 TO
eastern cities and purchase corn short
for fall delivery.
Work is progressing satisfactorily on
the Silver Monument mine. The shaft
has been cut through from the tunnel
to the surface and ten men are now at
work taking out ore and retimbeFing in
places where the previous work was
thought to be insecure. Two a loads
of the best ore will be shipped at the
earliest date possible. The road to the
mine is almost completed and ms soon
as it Is finished there are two hundred
tons of of non-shipping ore which will
be brought down TO the concentration,
Superintendent Drake is very much
pleased with the appearance of the pro.
pertv and his faith in it as a permanent
mint increases daily.
There are several mines in the Black
range which contain bodies of rich ore
and which would il worked, help the
country greatly and pay a good reve.
nue. to the owners. But they lie Idle
and the prOprietors thereof will neither
work the mines themselves nor lease
them to those who will work them.
To u hanger-about, this dog in "a man.
ger style exhibits no advantages. 1t
Is hard To see just what benefit a mine
can be to "A MAI who simply holds ii
without attempting to derive any reve.
niue from it. yet there are some who
.
appear TO find satisfaction in Ii. If all
the promising properties In this end OF
the range were worked it would make q
wonderful change in the prosperity Of
the country.
The concentration has added about
three hundred feet of sluce boxes In
which to make a saving of the mineral
which may be running away IN the
tailings. 1t is expected that considera.
BILE time and labor will be required to
make a new machine do the best OF
work on strange ores, but Mr.. Castle il
fast reaching that desirable point
With the arrival of the new screens
rolls and crusher jaws, there will be n
radical Improvement in the working of
the plant. There is in this community
full confidence in the ability and perse,
verance of Mr.. Castle, and m unquali,
fled disposition to stand by and assist