The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-04-18


iuni town. Most u - ciiiEens are
~r-ncLing on the xess side o. the ranEe.
bids have hesn sent . Lacrosse Wa.
oansiu. Car iang liz Nork Of running
tie ClluE-l tauIei one hundred feet
further into Hsgans peak
Hon C. n Com one Of the directors
a. the fist National hank 70 Hebron.
Nebraska. and an owncr n the Amrr-
can Flag mine. accompanied hy e. n.
Willard cashier q the same bank. a
prospective owner In the same mine.
arrived In the range Monday night ard
went down 10 Hermosa Tuesday morn
ING 10 take a look az the mine. They
looked the property owe 10 their salts
faction and tins morning started on
their return trip for home. Mr.. Ieazel
becoming of the party.
The Central New Mexico Cattle
Growers association represents by it,
membership nearly M hundred thou
sand heal Of stock. IL embraces
the counties OF Bernalillo. Valencia
and S%ocorro. and the figures show that
Socorro has as many cattle as both
Bernalillo and Valencia or the new
association d. +. White is president.
III. Fest yice-president and G.. l..
Brooks Is secretary. All the officers
are SOcorro county men. See notices of
rewards aud notice TO cattlemen" pub
lished in this issue.
Jack Wilson who returned from n
visit Ia Cloud county. Kansas, lately.
says that in that countya family would
sooner think Of living out OF doors
than In a house without a cyclone pit
adjoining In which to take refuge in
ease of the appearance OF u threaten
ing cloud. The RANGE notices 10y its
exchanges that this cellar-brated pre-
caution Is becoming universal through
out the western and southwestern
states. How pleasant il must be to
dwell in such a land. New Mexico
amt afraid.
The RANGE would like to give its
readers the names of the Socorro county
delegation 10 the territorial convention
at Santa Fe on May 3rd. but it is I'M.
possible. Being unable to attend, the
editor of the RANGE relied upon the
Socorro Sun TO furnish 1t with the pro.
eeediugs, and WIS disappointed. the
sun failing to come to hand. This Is
the second time, recently. that this of.
fee has been %grieyously disappointed
10y the Suns lrregularity and the wors,
of IL Is that subscribers here in the
range are used no better. The Sun
should make "a change In its mailing
room.
Ed Fest. W. S. Hopewell and G.. NJ
Fuller, good men and true, Will consti
tute the board Of commissioners for
the new county of Sierra. The county
treasurer is Vincent Wallace of the
Kingston bank who charges two pei
cent for collecting a check on S0corr,
banks, and the probate judge is John
DOGahoe of llillsbor0, also an excel
lent nan Tomas Gonzales, J. NJ. Apo
dOca, Rafael Gonzales are the rive.
commissioners and DR.. Geo. $. Haskell
Of ChlOride S superintendent of schools
The positions of sheriff and recorder
are held open for further considerable n
Sierra is an American county.
The Black range saw mill takes u
walk to the other side Of the range
tins week. Its new location is south OF
the road running through Nell's pass
about a mile and a half from the sum.
init at this point. The distance from
the saw mill to Chloride Is abou. sis
miles further than IL was but the pric,
Of lumber will remain the same be
cause the cost of getting logs to the
mill will he so %cheapened that the own
ers of the mill can afford TO pay NOR,
for hauling the lumber. The otheI
side of the range at the new mill sit,
is level and the timber is much superi
or to that heretofore used.
The Silver Monument mine viii
start up work next week. 7. l.. Drak,
will be superintendent and G. II. Cady
foreman. The first work to be done /!
the Strengthening of the shaft by raising
from the tunnel 10 an opening at tn,
surface, a distancs of about forty feet
One or two men will work IN eac'
DRIFT while this work is going on ant
others will do some necessary lining oil
tunnel and shaft. Hosting machiner,
will be put on AS soon as possible ant
then the force will be increased anC
the mine will be worked in earnest Mr.
Drake is an experienced mine manager
and knows how a mine should be han
died.
The Humboldt Mining company, Col
Branson of Engle, president and man
ager, have stopped work on all thei.
numerous properties in the CuchillC
Negro and Cahallos Mountains ant