The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-22

much Sunday night dance at CuchillO
Negro failed TO be ON hand Monday
morning and hence were relieved of
their situations.
Major Beebe begun work on the Sun
rise mine this morning, announcing
his determination TO continue the same
to extensive proportions. There is a
forty-foot shaft on this claim which
makes a magnificent showing of ore,
ranks the Sunrise with the best of the
good claims of the range.
Alphonse de BOurquet at Canada de
Alamosa is this season putting out two
thousand grape cuttings. In three
years these plants will he bearing, and
thereafter will be a source of continual
profit to the owner. The other settlers
of Canada and also of the Cuchillo Ne
gro valley should follow this example.
Allan Mcmillan started Tuesday for
his home in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. He
was getting so neshy here during his
cOnvalescense that he feared to stay
longer on account of %Outgrowing his
clothes. During the eight days pre-
ceeding his departure he gained on an
average two pounds of flesh per day.
On Monday last the owners of the
Midnight p~rospected the wash at the
bottom of the hill, and found where
the lead crossed the gulch, and now
have NJ. r. Lundy at work on the lead
running a drift into the hill. The lead
though just uncovered and broken up
shows good ore like that found on the
groupings above the creek,
While hunting on the range last week
Jimmy Boyd shot a mountain lion that
measured eight feet from tip to tip. A.
Rush BOwe is the present possessor of
the skin of the beast which he is hav-
ing prepared as a present for his part
ner IN the Royal Arch mines, Martin
Nixon of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1t is a little bit peculiar that the man
who never subscribes for nor buys a
paper is always first to see some article
at which to take offence, in its COL
umns. Yet it is a fact. 1t a always
be relied upon also that the man who
takes to himself every thrust at roguery
is himself a knave who feels in his
own heart that he deserves exposure.
Messrs. Purdy, Bennett and Brown,
owners of the German mine, of whom
mention is made elsewhere in these
columns, started for home Wednesday
morning. On their way out to Engle
they stopped at the Iron Reef district
to inspect some prospects IN which
Major Day the German superintendent.
has an interest.
Monday is reported to have been a
frightful day on the west side of the
range. The wind blew Hurricane and
the air being constantly filed with fall
ing snow it was impossible for one tC
see more than a few feet from his nose
Kansas people who were compelled tc
brave 1t said that the storm reminded
them of their late homes.
Mrs. Jones, of De Lassus, st. Fran
co.'s county, Missouri, who arrived in
Chloride Monday after the body of hel
daughter, deceased, was considerably
past the nOontide of life, yet she had
never ridden on a railway train unit
her start upon this journey. A 3,OO(
mile journey is a pretty big undertak.
ing for an experienced lady to make
without company.
Jose Tafoya of Cuchillo town hat
an ore specimen on exhibition at the
Iron Reef camp last week which hi
claimed came from a lead which HI
had discovered in that district. The
specimen consisted of an iron rock lib
orally sprinkled with free gold. Sam
Foster says that it was handsome ore
and the owner has much of it he is
a wealthy person.
The RANGE is informed by M. H
Chamberlin that he and Mr.. Turner arr
now engaged on the wagon road VI
Byers' run to the Midnight, and tina
they are pleased with the prospect o.
/ getting an easy and good road. There
i, are a number of properties up Byers
run that will be benefited by this road
and now would be a good time for thu
owners to lend a helping hand in push
ing this road through.
John Mccarthy has made a discov
cry of a huge deposit of galena ore il
the Iron Reef district about one and
half miles south from the Equato
mine. The ore lies in punches in asof
tale and report says that tn e is al
immense quantity of it. The eulena i
| very cubey some of the prisms beini
two and three inches square. No ties
I for silver has yet been made of it.
For the past two weeks no ore ha
, been taken from the Equator NINE a
the Iron Reef, but the full force ha
} been engaged In the task of straight
. ening the shaft which the previous fol
) lowing of the ore chute had rendere
7 crooked and announcement for hosting
The shaft is now in order and the OF