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

Tee q suficient ore 10 keep tie concern
TRAITOR running = month without stop
ping tie works wfil be started up again
II once. AS there Is no dnuh& Of this
gugaufre being fnrnishnd son pro-
vidcd satisfactory arrangements can
be msde with The milling company.
the probabilities ~ the machine r.
Stunning work In the near future IL en-
cellenL II the concentration vii but
run one month with satisfaction 10 the
owners Of both ore ana mill the camp
will take a boom having solid proper
TONS
The new ore In the Black knight tun-
mel whose strike Vas mentioned In n
recent issue OF this paper. asSayed two
hundred and hny dollars per ton In sill
yer. The discovery was made seventy
feet from the surface, the tunnel APP
parently just cutting the top Of the ore
deposit since Il shows nicely In the bot
tola Of the tunnel and not at all In the
> top. The creviee now Is ten inches
wide but " Is rapidly growing strong
er. Ed Wagner who has charge OF the
work Is very much pleased with the
prospect and soon will begin exploring
the ore body with a Wine. IIe feels
warranted in having great expectations
for the property.
New Developments made tins week
an fha - Gland NINA hnva dafiohtad
not alone the owners of the property.
, but everybody at all interested in the
welfare Of the range. The strike men
toned consists in cutting. In the tun-
/. mel a two and a half foot cruviee Of
r solid metallic ore similar 10 some that
~assaying $3.50 in silver per ton. The
new streak was found running across
the vein from the hanging wall to the
|, foot wall which the tunnel is following.
and the natural conclusion Is that the
best ore has been on the hanging wall
, all the time. The connection OF shaft
and tunnel is just about reached, and
when that is made, a croSs-cut of the
ledge will he opened and it's entire
width and the richness thereof disclos.
ed. Two shifts of workmen are push.
: ing the work along rapidly.
! The round up of the cattle on the
Alley ranches took place last week and
Supt. Stone is more than pleased with
y the exhibit made. The herd which
> when purchased in Texas last spring
numbered one thousand head was re-
; duced by bad luck in transfer to some.
{ thiHg like seven hundred head, and
' this number when 1t arrived on the
ground was hardly able to navigate. be
Q ing so thin. The round up however
showed the cattle all in good flesh ant
the increase has brought the number
up TO one thousand and fifty. The bis
rain six weeks ago gave the grass on
2 the range II good start and the grazing
; IS excellent. MIR. Stone Is off now fol
the river to gather up portions of thu
original herd which on the drive IL
were left at various points north o.
III Paso, being too weak to travel.
K Messrs. Black and Cox. two gentle
men of means are taking up land IL
what is known as the Patterson valley
n below Patterson's ranch, aud are sink
ing wells for water supply. They havI
come as close us two miles to Mr.. Pat
terson and will cut off from him q vas
II area which before was supposed woul'
r always be tributary to Patterson
o spring. These wells are fifty and sixt,
n feet deep aud the water supply fur
nlshed by them appears to be practi
cally inexhaustible. These gentlemel
A are gaining control of II wide scope o
q country Ivy this plan. They purchase
|. a portion of their territory of Davis,
y sheep man. paying him a big price Il
Is consideration of his taking his flock
m away. Davis moved off about hfteeI
m miles and settled again and Black 1
70 Cox who are cattlemen, are wrathy a
re- his stopping so close.
rs Jacob Dimes, during the past weel
ut has been west nearly to the Mogollo
h mountains and has been circulating o.
and about the cattle ranches north O
the Elk mountains. He found tn
country greatly in need of rain. wit
- grass dry and parched. but stock every
=, where looked well despite the withere
condition Of range. In some places h
= saw cattle that walked ten an
- twelve miles from water to pastur
- that were rolling fat. He could hardl
a believe it. Al no place OF his travel
did he see any stock in other than tn
:, best possible condition. Mr.. Dine
!, whose faith in the stock possibiliti e
of southern New Mexico was alwa,
strong. finds his conviction more deepI
" grounded than ever. lie thinks thi
the most sanguine have never give
ep this region its due rs a grand catt'
ct country, and particularly for breediu
ies purposes. In all his journey he saw 7
OK ranch that he liked so well as his ow'
1t has been pretty clearly demonstr
ted by the experiments which have