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

ula Tsza. wrruy. rebates that many
peurir af- dying FIRM thu heaf shich
u almost uniuiuatir and b quite un-
pf~soedsuisdi Ia that iatitude, iufoFma-
tion from ;he easi ais says this sun
met = much warmer Than previous so
sons. a. ws are well aware u = here
Al Chloride the thrrmomeisr has reg
i.iersd eight degrees higher this season
than u dii last
IS Stailey hrough; some thirty ave
head II eaws % the range last spring
and pat them on his ranch on Dry
creek OF this number he has lost
about a third and be has no idea what
has become % them. lie has two OF
thee Young calves a. home whose
mothers are missing and he Is alta lo~s
to understand what kaeps them absent
Cows Ee not given 10 deserving their
uffsprings and he thinks his stock must
le dead OF stolen.
Bears are causing trouhle among the
iocks and herds ON Palumas creek. A
she bear with two cubs Is making an
inroad Of considerable Dimensions into
J.. Is NewmAn's drove Of sheep and all
,norts TO XIII the animals have thus far
proved futile. The same enemy Is re-
ported 10 have made many a feast on
veal from the herd Of Grayson & Co.
Bear hunters are respectfully directed
10 Newman's ranch on the Palomas
when sport Is desired.
The arrests ana guarding Of the cat.
tie thieves now Ia jail at Santa Fe. has
cost about s2.000. S'he greater part Of
this expense falls on the Cattle Grow
ers Association Of Central New Mexico
10 whom. In connection with the Gray.
son * Co. of Palomas. is due the sole
: credit Of capturing the gang Neither
? Sierra county nor ShsTin Murphy had
anything whateyer To do with detect.
ing the crims or bringing the criminals
P to justice.
? The hosting maching will net be put
in place on the Silver Monument mine
until sufficient water Is struck to make
steam. The spring has gone dry and
the shaft furnishes the water for drink.
| ing and cooking purposes but not suih'
cient for the machinery. Two shifts are
: working sinking the shaft deeper. II
was reported that no ore showed in the
bottom Of the shaft when Won Wendt
o ceased work on It,. but this was found
to be untrue when the new work began
+. There Is n nice streak o being fol
= lowed. II is not large but is rich.
The repairs on the coneentrator still
e continue under Mr.. Fitzpatrick
charge. Three sluices for the tailings.
& each one hundred and ninety feet long.
a have been built IN addition 20 the TIVE
4 already used which have had forty feet
4 added 10 them making them the same
= length rs the new ones. The iigs. tables
! and vanners are oil In iirst-class run
ming order, the stamps are in place aud
their inclosure Is nov being walled up
Everything will soon he In hrst-class
: running order aud will only require
orders iiOm headquarters TO begin OPP
~eratious.
Jim H%unnicutt. who once made his
e headquarters at Grafton, and who il
known to most Of the residents Of tn,
Il range, is now In prison at Dallas. Texas
charged with murder. A newspaper
- received by ID. &. Cantwell relates thai
!, J lin and two companions had stolen
some cattle, and a quarrel ensued ovel
the division of the proceeds. One oI
number object to the share allotted Il
him and was promptly Knocked down
10y another of the trio, aud then sho'
y fatally by James rs he attempted t,
: rise. 1t Is altogether probable that jim
y will fall through a hole apd get hurl
y for this crime.
! j. NJ. Smith and Billy Dunn rsturnet
. from their trip south. this week. They
:. visited Lake Valley and Kingston
The Superior is the only mine at King
ston which pretends TO do much, boil
the Bullion and King being quiet. Tn
number of men out of employment i
consequently large and the complain
IS of hard times p~ortionStely great
% At Lake Valley the Grande and Bell,
e. companies luve their usual force o
about two hundred employees, but a
" they are a sober, industrious set of mel
they do not give the town that rollck
ing. fiery life that lively mining towns
T. are expected 10 possess. Iegitimat'
I. business iourishes but saloons an
& bawdy houses lapguish at Lake Valley
y A. !. Hughes of Lake Valley. traveI
= ing in the interest of the New Er,
paid a visit TO the north end of Tn
y county this week. Mr.. Hughes wa
one OF the pioneer prospectors in thi
vicinity. having explored this countr
-four years ago. The locations whic.
r. himself and partners then made. ANON
nd which wac the ground now covered b