The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-16

snking twelve feet n the last stan
sunk On the Midnight eu oontnct
THIS Nil make Tie upper shaft txeny-
tuo feet deep. Every fnot gained IN
depth improves tie quantity and quail.
ity Of the ore and increases the value
Of The property.
The Springer Stockman contains a
q notice which conveys the information
that the ella Cattle company i about
TO increase Us capital stock from $4,000
10 si0s.ooo THIS Is done probably. 10
cover The cost u the new ranch In ~
DAiil mountains which the company
has ruceutiy purchased.
There isa tearing up at Fort Craig
caused 10y the removal Of the c~sval-,
now stationed there % Fort Apacie.
Arizona. and Of the infantry % he
lakss of Michigan. There will b. a
new outfit TO supply their places at n.
Craig but the RANGE doesn't know
where IL will come from.
Messrs. Hill and Robinson have po-
tAt0es planted on their ranch on Coidu-
Toy canyon that are up and grow ing
nicely. They will have = three acre
patch when they are done planting.
The boys are at work fencing taeir
meadow to keep the n~eighbors stock
from eating up all their profits.
DIR. A. p. Merrill the dentist who ias
been in Chloride ten days OF so intends
TO go south, probably to the city OF
Mexico on the first OF the week. His
work has given excellent satisfacti on
lie wants 10 return in the course Of
two or three months and take a took ut
our mines.
Oscar P%fotenhauer and 8. B Ferree
are sinking twelve feet on the Toledo
claim on upper Chloride creek. owned
by PfOtenhauer Bryant aud Holmes.
This work added TO the shaft already
sunk will make the opening tweuty.s six
feet deep. There Is ore all the way
down OF the character of the Silver
Monument.
The interests Of Geo. McAuley and
Nate Ayers IN the King minD No. 9
was to have been and probably
was sold at auction by the sheriff OF
Socorro county on Wednesday. The
sale was made to satisfy a judgment
in favor Of Westerman 4 Co. of CHIC.
ride obtained OH suit of "A note for s2iO
given by McAuley and endorsed by
Nate Ayers.
Late adyices from the other side of
the range bear the news that there are
four cases of smallpox at Testers two
miles above the hot springs on the wdSt
side of the range. Down on the Min.
bres one man named Conway has died
Of the dread disease. Lake Valley has
a case also. The warn season is too
close at hand to render the spread Of
the infection greatly to be feared.
The Detwiler brothers are down. at
Lake Valley and the opinion prev ais
there mat the Lake Valley branch of
the A. L. Il :. +. railroad will be lex.
tended 10 Hillsburo at once. In that
event and the direct wagon road cbm.
pleted, Hillsboro will be the mean est
railroad point to Chloride. and 1t viii
be the must convenient place to be
found for the county seat of Sierra
county.
The reports which Kean st. Chatles
gets from his brothers in the Cpurl de
Alene country comedies pretty VI ell
with the news which is now in general
circulation regarding that land. and Is
therefore not particularly favOrablel in
its character. They say that the snbw
is several feet deep on the ground and
that nobody there seems to know what
is underneath 1t. They think Why
likely that it is u fair country for sGlm-
mer prospecting but it is simply a prbs-
pect as yet.
Henry Rickert is having two hundl he'd
pounds of the ore from his 0rwig mime
sampled at the concentrator this weak.
The Orwig runs low in silver but The
gold assays have u from a trace Ito
five ounces and he thinks that prolIa-
bly, the gold value will average su,ih.
well TO make the ore profitable
to handle. There are now about thHee
tons of ore on the orwig dump. but
the capacity for production is good aid
it will be worked If only expenses cbin
be made. The ore is among the best in
the camp to concentrate.
George Stone, an early resident of
Grafton, being a nephew OF Colonel
Gillette, arrived IN Grafton last week
direct from Washington. He came 10
Capt. Talbot as manager Of the
Alley ranches. Capt. Talbot has been
under his restraint here Dor
some time and had askedto be relieved.
says he is too old TO change his
mode and habits of life so radically
and that the exposure and ardubus