The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-25

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r. MauiA sAs wHl remain q oouple Of
moutls a. lessi.
-DL. I. J. Oe;tingcf % Dcmiug. Wis.
tied the range tlis werk. eudeavuuing
70 purchase ores Tor the Kansas City
smelling works THIS visit Prove con.
c~lusively that when the mine xne
% ntis camp have ORES concentrated
TO shipping quality they need have no
fears bat there will be plenty VI puT-
chasen Tor the mineral.
The wagon road 10 the German mine
on which work has been progressing
for the past three WEEKS Is completed.
IL Is the best piece OF mountain road
Yet Constructed In the range. There Is
a large ore dump ON the German To
haul TO the concen;raior. and the prop
erty is capable Of producing a eonsid-
cradle quantity daily. when work is
renewed.
VIM Starner, brother OF Ed Starner.
came TO the range some two weeks ago
from the Nvgal district. in Lincoln
county, and is stopping with his rela.
tive at Edwards camp. VIM. spent
four years IN Lincoln county hunting
Cor a gold mine but he found 1t not. lie
expresses himself as much pleased
with the appearance Of the Black range
as far as he has seen IL.
While in FL Paso this week j. NJ.
Smith saw the Mayer family and re.
ports that they are nicely located and
evidently doing well. Capt. Harris
was also visited and he was crowded
with work and rakiBg In the cash with
speed. Black range people like to hear
of their friends aud acquaintance be-
ing prosperous even II they them
selves are not gaining rapid riches.
The RANGE this week begins pub.
fishing stock brands for the cattle men
OF the country surrounding this town
and il will he pleased to add to the list
the mark of every ranchman Of this
section. II believes that its circula
tion is wide enough to make it capable
Of giving value received for the money
paid for this purpose 50 II does not feel
backward in asking patronage. Please
send In your brands.
The owners of the Pelican at Her
mosa are preparing TO resume develop
ment of that wonderful property. II
is nearly beyond doubt, even with the
the present development that the Peli-
can takes first rauk with the mines Of
the territory rs regards the size and
value of it's ore body, and every one
in the range will be glad to SIZE opera.
lions once more going forward on it.
J.R. Price the young man sent out
from Socorro by the Ilagau's Peak tun-
mel company, went over To the property
yesterday aud is putting things into
shape TO resume work. He says that
II Is represented to him that the COM
pany has several thousand dollars In
the treasury and is nov ready TO push
work Oh the property right along. The
RANGE hopes that Mr.. Price in not de.
cieved.
The BLACK RANGE is in receipt Of a
book which throws light on a much de.
bated question, viz: the weight OF a
bushel OF unslacked lime, This book
which is published by the Hannibal X
st. Joe railroad company certilies
that in the states of Illinois. Indiana.
Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri and Wisconsin eighty pounds
is the standard. The only diversion
occurs in Texas where fifty pounds is
the statutary weight.
Billy Taylor moved from Mineral
creek home to Grafton on Monday. He
left n t~wenty-foot tunnel, considerable
other work and u goodly dump OF ore
on the Walking John when he left.
lie desires to pay the Braxton some at.
tentlon In the neal future. and is trying
to instil the desire in his partner in the
property. The Braxton is on of the
properties on which the hopes of Graf
ton is based, and it really ought not 10
he Idle.
DOna Ana county has been attached
to the third district for judicial pur-
poses.. This will put us under Judge
Bristol's wing. The time for holding
court at Hillsboro has not yet been fixed
but doubtless will be soon. The sym
pathlzing opponents OF Sierra county
who mourned that we had no chance
for courts or other advantages are
fast having all but the wind eliminat-
ed from their arguments against the
new organization.
Larry Mcdonald has eve acres OF
potatoes planted OH Cuchillo negro
creek below the stone ranch. He put
in some thirty-four hundred pounds OF
the spuds and expects TO harvest not
less than twenty five tons Of the same.
He saws that the Mexican owners of