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

ford b strongly mAiutuined
Knott and llulmes of l'aidmAs who
have te~n over 10 Alma IN the Mogo-
lions say that the town Is bright ard
lively through the influence Of the
Co0ney mine. Five saloons are run
ming and all are dong well
". T. Guene Of Albuquerqae.accom
panied by n young son Of Ethsridge,
the real estate man Of that city. are
spending a vacation here In Tire range,
Ar. Greene was a partner Of GeorRe
Batter prospecting here three years ago,
50 he IL mo stranger. lie remarks q
wonderful improvement In the town Of
Chloride in the interval.
DR.. Binn has Reut Osborne and a
partner at work sinking ON the Koran,
a southern extension Of the Extenuate
owned 10y him ut the head OF south
Fork. G.. ID. Robertson went up 10 see
Il yesterday and he reports three and .
half feet OF solid mineral In The shaft
DIR. has gone out to-day To SEE what
kind Of mineral 1t is
Measurement was taken last week by
means OF n roadometer Of the distance
from Chloride To the Midnight mine
Il was thereby learned that the dis.
lance via the divide from Chloride e
south Fork creeks 10 the mine Is SIX
miles while the measurement by way
Of Stone ranch is ten and a half miles
From Chloride to stone ranch is foul
and a half miles.
John Stone has some novel pets in
the character of three skunks which
in their frisky moods play about hii
door In a thoroughly homellke manner
To be sue John don't court their famil.
iarIty particularly. but he does civ,
them the freedom of the place wheE
ever by their presence they seem TO re-
quest IT,. A skunk Is a very nice ami
NAL to leave alone.
Fred Stevens is at work running
tunnel In on the ledge of the Midngh
mine starting at the level Of the gulch
lie has some forty feet nov opened
and although not far enough TO catcl
the ledge solid he has found bunche
IT mineral equal in richness to any
thing yet taken out. This tunnel vii
open up the mine in better and NOR
convenient shape than anything tina
has before been done.
Fort Cummings has been ordereI
abandoned by the military. This vii
be- good news to the Santa Fe railroa,
company which can hereafter have fire.
access to the Cummings spring, whicI
Is AN important water station for tn
company. The soldiers of Cumming
Will he stationed at Bayard when nc
Communications are prepared for then
there and in the meantime some q
them are visiting ut Craig.
The teams of the Saucier Bros. too
lumber up to the Silver MOnumen
. mine with which to complete quarter
+, for Superintendent Drake who whet
they are completed will make his head
quarters at the mine rather than a
Chloride rs at present. He finds tn
twelve or fifteen rough miles from tow.
TO the mine an exhaustive ride fo
three or four times a week and he ais
thinks he can do his company bette
service by being continually on til
!, grousd.
3 A double explosion up the guile
above town OF Monday, aroused til
|, store-box trader about town, and star
a n new train of speculation. lnquir
developed that Martin Berner. who
quarryiDg rock In the red formatio
I had put off u shot the conclusion frol
a which had exploded a couple of sticl
9 of giant powder that lay a rod or MOI
distant. Fortunately no harm W;
done. but Martin learned that giaI
!, powder is only safe when handled wit
y the greatest of care.
A big bear jumped the Silver Mon
q ment mine the other night. The nigl
D shift on goinG to work found brul
near the dump with "a proprietary loo
q upon his eountenance which adnonisl
cd them not TO tread on his tail.and TIN
!. didn't. But they did return to can
and provide themselves with weapon
which the wiley old brute seeing hasl
!, ly vacated the premises but not Il
hastily TO escape some forty shots tn
went flying behind him into the dar
ness.
Edwin X. Connell OF New York Ci
is visiting Chloride, having arrive
II Tuesday evening. Mr.. g. has the She
r. raising business in view, and the obie
10 of his visit is to learn the advantag
n and opportunities offered by the Bla
range for the same. He II
70 put in the few mouths past on Z
10 ranch OF VIM. P~inkerton, the she
king of Colfax county, getting a prac
- tai knowledge of sheep ruislng Us 81
! cessfully conducted in this territol