The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-01

Tax levy ~ F~F cwnl on thm Anm
MAKES the ccniuhution q th~ grant %
the cnnuiy treasury u SITS yearly.
This action ~ the commissioners val
have tho effect - rrquiuug the grant
owners 10 make ssu4e use II their To--
siouA n al eountirs vii follow the
.rad ~ Sirrs in this nsiteF. the grant
problem viii he settled forthwith.
II. C. nrooks. Of Denver. the purchas-
er and one % tha proPuet0rs Of the
silver Monument MINI. arrived In
Chloride Tuesday evening 10 take n
lusk NJ his property. lie Is well pleas-
"a with the wurk that his supernten-
dent. Ir. Drake. has performed in put
ting Aus mine In Roud working order
and he has unbounded faith Ia the
future Of the property ~ an ore pro
dueer. NO neS regime will be
in~aueurated but Mr.. brooks Is salts.
led 10 allow things " move along on
their present COURSE being perfectly con-
tent with Mr.. brakes method OF work
ing. lie will start ON has home trip
Monday morning.
The sheep men Of this section have
been at Kingston looking through the
herds and pens Of Toppy Johnson. and
they End the peculai ions Of this now
notorious person were not confined
wholly To cattle. Beef was the staple
article AT hts butcher shop. but 10 sup
ply the occasional demand Of the Kings-
ton people le generally kept n little
mutton on hand. IL be WIS out, II was
because there vas snow on the ground.
j. b. Newman first wandered down TO
JOhnson's CORRAL where he found six
of his W sheep aud some Of Tafoya's
lie notified Tafoya who reconoitred
and discovered eaght sheep In the herd
/, and nine SKINS ON the fence bearing his
brand more OF less effaced. This adds
, another count 10 the case against the
r rustlers.
The writer hereof visited the hot
springs ten miles below Chloride ON
Cuchillo Negro creek. Saturday. The
drive being beside running water past
t luxuriantly growing crops and under
E spreading shade. is the most pleasant
? to be taken in the vicinity Of Chloride.
/ The largest of the springs has been
+. cleaned out this summer. and presents
/. u handsome pool of crystal-elear water,
fed by two strong streams which rush
t out from the bank. The water Is com
foitably warm and with a pleasant
t taste, resembling ney milk. After
1 drinking. a smooth. soft taste is lett in
the mouth which is most agreeable.
Two years ago the picnic parties to the
springs were frequent. but later pleas
ure parties have been going other aud
: less attractive routes.
!. Jacob Dimes and family returned from
Socorro. Saturday. Jack Wilson and
D Charley Frank who went out with
i them stopped ut Kelley in the Magda.
e lenas which promises 10 he "A flourish
5 ing camp. II is three m les from the
line of the railroad now building. but
d u switch will ounec The rails are
laid on the Magdalena branch as far as
MIX ranch seven miles from the So
zorro depot, but the force is now off on
repair work for the main line. Some
two hundred teams are steadily engag
ed in hauling ore from the Kelley mine
To the smelter and from Snake ranch
to Socorro the wagon road is four and
: five inches deep with dust. The over
low Of the river left its mark OH the
!, lower part of town which district be.
reft of its population, is marked by
crumbling foundations, wrecked crops
baked mud and a stencil which must
increase with the hot weather and !;
liable to bring disease. The crops ia
!, the valley are so generally ruined thai
Mr.. Dimes found the Sooorro markets
nearly as empty as those OF Chloride
There is 10 particular STIR IN business
circles at Socorro. but trade Is stead
and constant.
y A. j. Knight and A. S. Lanstrum re
n turned this week from a tour arount
among %neighboring camps, and the.
h feel well repaid for the journey by thp
~ increased %contentment of their mind
induced by the knowledge obtaine'
# that Chloride. though dull is as livel.
I. AS its neighbors, The found that tn
country abQunds with tramp miners
while there ig no demand for their Ia
As Dor. Georgetown seemed 10 be abou
ms prosperous as any place they saw
{. The population il alpost exclusivel
IS Mexican and therefore has faw want
lie which are easily supplied. The Mc
ID Gregor mine is working a dozen me
on the mine and II FIVE stamp mill tina
is kept running; smith has n few me
= on his extension of the Naiad Queer
d. and the Naiad Queen has some eft
l~easers delving in its depths. OF thes
70 a few make u little money. more mak
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