The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-01-04

The Durango. one of A. 5. Lam
strum's claims on upper Chloride creek,
has the most curious mineral bearing
gangue rock in the range. He has a
shaft some thirty feet deep on a ledge
of milky white spar averaging about
two feet wide. The spar generally shows
mineral and assays have run as high as
si75 per ton in gold and silver. but the
white spar, milk white without a par
ticle Of mineral stain returned by assay
Ten dollars silver and six dollars gold
per ton. The last few feet sunk made
so great an improvement in the miner
alizatiOn of the spar that Mr.. Lanstrum
feels sure that he Is close to a fine body
of ore.
Fifteen partners lost their rights, Ii
ties aud interests in the White Signal
group of mines on New Years morn
ing by the relocation of the property
by Tom Forrest. This loss may not lie
the best fortune which could belall the
said partners but it was certainly a
good thing for the mine and the Range
and all unprecedented and uninterested
citizens rejoice at the change. Hither-
to this excellent property has been
cursed with its abundance of owners
who could hardly he brought t. an
agreement on any point concerning it.
Now, however. Forrest and three part
ners only have the ownership and some
thing will be done with it. Already
arrangements are being made to get
out ore for the concentration.
Chloride spent the last day of 1888 in
putting her shoulder to the bents of the
concentration and raising them in po-
sition. BY ten o'clock Monday a. m,
all was ready and forty to fifty men
turned out and at six minutes past
II M. the bents were in place, and Chic
rides first mill presented its proper
lions 30xS5 feet and twenty feet high,
as solid and strongly framed as tImbers
can be. Major Day and Laidlaw upon
the one side and Koch and Castle upon
the other, each side wed with the
other, placed the timbers, and making
ready Ior the next bent. Major Day
belied his gray hair in the youthful
agility with which he mounted the
beams and sent home the pins, showing
he was no new hand at araislng. When
the raising was completed a right royaI
cheer went up from all, and Mr.. Castle
mounting a stick of timber in a few
words heartily thanked the men fol-
their assistance and wished that
as they had individually assisted II
erecting the concentration, 50 the con
centrator would assist each one of them
aud that this days work would in
, augurate a new era for ChlOrlde-al
era of prosperity, and well earned sue
cess. AS a more substantial expires
, olOn vi tldlhS, N6lc all ulCh IllNllOu l
make way with a big lot of apple
f.. brought upon the ground by MIR. CAST
1 and if the manner in which those aI
t plies were concentrated is any index o
I the ability of the mill to crush ore i
e will make lively times to fill its capt
n cious jaws. Happily no accidents OF
g Cured. The nearest 70 Il being a
$ involuntary sumersault backward
d by Mr.. Crawford as he was throw
from his feet by a falling guy poll
The way Mr.. Crawford alighted OH hi
t feet would put to shame many a circu
performer and made the bystandeI
believe be had been there before. An
now the mill stands, the first chapte
e in the predictions of the BLACK RANGl
is fulfilled,