The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-20

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bought he cakes. Got Foht~i by -fak~A-
AZ night Tor home did climb: each dld
Agree that h. OF she had had a dingcd
good time.
The whim FOR the German mine has
reached Fairview. and the RANGE an.
derstands that Major Day will put n
up and begin work on the mine just rs
quickly as possible. A new discovery
u mineral has been made By the Major
adjacent 10 the German shaft which
has a dne surface showing.
The ranchmen In the country round
about US are universally well pleased
with the present appearance and pros
pect for the future for their crops.
Potatoes which are the chief product
are up nicely and growing rapidly and
the prospects are that papas will be-
cheap next winter.
The attention Of the RANGE readers
is called 10 the advertisement of "Mer-
camille business for sale" To some
person In the east who is troubled with
pulmonary complaint this opportunity
OF gaining health and wealth at u e
same time is particularly recommended.
The mountains Of New Mexico are un.
eQualled as lung reyivers AS many peo-
pie can testify.
People whose business keeps them
over night on the Rio Grande complain
Of the hosts OF mosquitoes and gnats
which make life almost unindurable
there. The nights In the range where
sleep is uninterrupted by ravenous in
sects are n pleasant change for the
stage drivers who are now compelled TO
pass alternate nights at the crossing Of
the river.
Another change IN railroad agents
ut Engle. Jas. J. Vert has been trans
ferred to San Antonio and Jno. S. Mel.
son late of FLORIDA station has taken his
place. Vert made many friends while
at Engle who see him depart with re-
greet. lie thinks that he will like San
Antonio best, but wait until the mos
quitos aud gnats get a few swallows of
him; then he will wish himself back on
the tornado.
After a brief respite in mail mat
tiers the blockade shut down again this
week and no communication with the
outside world is possible. The report
which comes via the southwestern
stage drivers from Engle is to the Ell
feet that the flow Of water coming
down the Rio Grande now is much
higher than any previous flood and the
prediction made last week that the
really and truly high water was yet to
come, is thus verified. The stage made
two trips through to Engle but again
it stops mt the river and can't get
across.
There will be 10 gobbllng up OF unoc-
cupied lots in Chloride through the
medium of the probate judge. and the
claimant who expects to get adeed for
property must have previously made
some attempt at Improvement thereon
to give his claim validity. No matter
what the agent (O may tell you don't
be deceived. The agent % is interest
ed IN getting your five dollars and a
half, and he cares nothing for either
you or the town. Probate Judge Don
ahoe does not approve Of the practices
of his attorney, (O saying that fraud
ulent entries should be discouraged in.
stead of encouraged. He will come To
Chloride to sign the deeds. and he will
see that no trickery is INDUCED in.
The recent work on the Midnight by
Mr.. Chamberlln has greatly enhanced
the value of that mine. The lead is
shown to be hundred feet wide with
mineral scattered through it in more
or less compact form. The ore deposits
discovered long ago which were sup
posed to exist in side veins or spurs are
shown to be simply an integral part OF
the huge vein whose walls Mr.. Cham
berlin has definitely located. The char.
acter of the ore is divers, from lend
~carbonates on one wall to bornite and
sulphldes on the other. The future
operations on the property will depend
somewhat on the result of the three
ton test which will be made at the con
c%entrator after the present run on tail
ings is finished.
The concentrates of the Bremen
mine at Silver City run seventy dol
lars per ton and these are shipped To
the smelter at Socorro and Pueblo with
"a profit which is making the Bremen q
better paying property than 1t has ever
! been before. At Chloride the big ex-
pense of shipping maks it necessary
to concentrate ore that is richer than
the Bremen concentrates. Ore in the
Black range must run eighty dollars
per ton TO make 1t profitable to ship
The mines of Georgetown. Grant coun-
ty. are hauling $40 ore to Silver City
and SHINING II to the smelter from