The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-23

building after that time. II IL alto
Fegber probable that the Black range
will come Ia for lie share Of attention.
Dr. Blinn received word v ~edncsday
evening that a yonnger brother bad
died a. lArrio. Texas. malaria beng
the MESSENGER which toak his spirit
away. BefoF- bis death the young man
settled up bis Affairs 10 the most mi
mute detail. lie provided that his body
should he shipped 10 has parents In
Ohio. and that IL should be followed by
a telegram announcing bis demise. and
50 timed that the coffin should reach lis
destination on the day following the
dispatch. Ills instructions were car
ried out TO the letter and resulted ex-
actly ~ he had desired. The doctor
has had two brothers and a euusin 90
To Texas and all have gone home In
their winding sheets.
The Equator mine In the Iron Reef
district Is working three men now
sinking lis shaft toward the granite
contact which Il estimated to lie about
two hundred and fifty feet below the
surface at the mouth Of the opening.
The shaft is now ninety-four feet deep
and Is following a creyiee Of gouge
matter with occasional lunches Of
mineral which makes IL evident that
the rich deposit Of ore FIRST discovered
came from below where there Is doubt
less a larger and richer body remain
ing. Last week twenty.six hundred
pounds of ore WAS sent to Denver and
FIVE hundred dollars net was received
from 1t. The owners of the property
have full confidence that there is ore
beneath them which will prove to be a
bonanza when they reach it.
The RANGE is a little slow in learn
ing Of the new strike made by Messrs.
Dunn and Bishop. but 1t doesn't de-
tract from the value of the discovery.
Not long since they were looking over
a piece Of ground situated half a mile
or 81 east OF the BufTom mine on Dry
creek. and on the north side of the
hill when they came upon a vein of
fine ore which development proves TO
be about eighteen inches wide and as
say returns shows 10 have four hun
dred ounces silver per ton. The ore is
high c0lored green and blue and is so
soft that il can be shoveled out with
out shooting. The fortunate owners
are sinking a shaft upon the property
and are very much elated over their
prospect. The ground on which the
discovery is situated has been located
and abandoned several times and was
vacant when the last and best Rud
was made. That this country is not
yet prospected is very evident.
Jake Blum, of Fairview, is the only
merchant in the range who refuses to
take the concentration scrip at par. He
discounts ii five per cent. when taken
in trade. Blum was one of the first
men IN the range who agreed to take the
scrip at par and he is the only n who
has refused to do so up TO this tine.
Other merchants are pleased with it.
1t helps them out In making change;
It puts more money into circulation
and assists greatly IN collecting out.
standing accounts and by its being re-
deemable IN eastern exchange il saves
merchants expense wien paying bills
for goods. The scrip is as good a thing
for Blum as 1t is for anybody but the
natural meaness for which everybody
curses him, as the RANGE remarked
last week, steps in In this case and
prompts him to ask FIVE per cent. in.
terest for the possible non-use of his
money for the not more than twenty
days that he may be deprived of it by
the scrip. He may make this pay and
he may not.
The last contract of work on the
Midnight mine is completed and the
value of the property is greatly en-
HANGED thereby. The upper shaft is
now twentY-three feet deep and the
bottom Of the hole shows finer ore and
more solid body than any place on the
claim has ever done before. MI.
Chamberlln. one of the owners. is
greatly encouraged by the showing
now made on the property and thinks
that as Don rs the road which is now
building is completed, that he will run
the dump through the concentration
and realize something on the output.
Last week an assay was made on a
streak of light ore which was expected
to be of little value. A very poor sample
was selected but returns gave seventy
five ounces silver, two dollars in gold
five per cent. In copper. The shaft last
sunk is in ore all the way down. Moth
ing but ore Is moved in making the
opening and ore remains on both foot
and hanging walls. The Midnight is on
the huge vein of the country and it's
ore body is unsurpassed in quality and
quantity so far as tested in the range.