The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-16

In the business and IL D. warranted 10
BE- nGsi-ciaSs IA rverY uslerL
wh,lr on tie suhjcu ~ roads the
RAS0E viii remark that the project
wost worthy Of the Immediate consid-
GRAFTON % Chloride and Fairview Is
the improvement u tie road 10 Her
mOso. This highway. though not a diff.
6cult oRe at all. having few heavy
grades or soft spots. Is sadly In need Of
repairs In many places, where IL Is
siding and the grade worn out. The
amount OF labor necessary Is very
small compared with the benefits TO he
obtained. and the job should not be
permitted 10 longer remain undone.
The citizens Of Hermoso expect 10 put
their road work on the contempla-
ted line south 20 HillsbOro. and the
towns here are not unreasonably ex-
pected to repair the piece Of road here
mentioned. rs their contribution to
the establishment OF the through line.
At the meeting Of the new board Of
county commissioners Of Sierra coun-
~ on the 9Th instant, Richard VIM
vas elected chairman. The demand
for a road from Chloride 10 Hillsboro
vas strongly demanded and money
with which TO pay for the cages OF the
Jail was an imperative necessity, hence
the board alter a short session divided
up and went travelling. Mr.. Vim
accompanied by Clerk webster went TO
Albuquerque or Santa Fe or both places
10 sell $1,000 worth Of court house
bonds II possible. and Messrs. Gregg
and Pitkin came over the proposed
road with j. Ii. Burtend, IA pilot, TO
see what assistance the project would
receive from the people. II being resolv-
ed by the board that they would APP
propriate as much IS the people would
subscribe. Messrs. Pitkin and Winn
should have been in Hillsboro Tuesday
10 hold an adjourned meeting of the
board.
A petition has already been put In
circulation in the new town Of Magda-
lena and will soon 6nd its way to Fair
view Chloride and Hermoso asking the
postofice department to establish a
mail line to connect these places, and
to supply 0jo Caliente and Monica on
the side. Magdalena is but eighty miles
from Chloride owe an excellent road
and considerable of the business of
this country Is bound TO go that way.
With this route running, say three
times q week, TO connect with q similar
or daily service to Lake Valley, this
section would be as accessible to visit
ors as stage lines q make II, and the
influx of strangers. would. without
doubt be greatly augmented. What is
said in another item concerning the
strangers who visit Lake Valley and
Kingston but do not come TO Chloride
because Of the inconvenience of get
ting here, is also true OF Magdalena.
and this class of persons will doubtless
give such a thoroughfare considerable
business II a stage line be once estab-
llshed OH 1t.
There is a possibility OF q desl trans
piring on the Mail Line mine, on Dry
creek. which is the property of j. A.
Winram. Last Friday, Mr.. Winram
who is now located at Magdalena, visit
nd the range accompanied by a gentle.
man named William Wilson who was
acting AS agent for a party in SocOrro.
Mr.. Winram had shown some Mail
Line ore to the Socorro gentleman who
assayed 1t and at once sent his agent
with a buggy TO 20 with the owner to
the mine for IN examination. The
agent looked the property over and
gave it thorough sampling. He found
a true fssure vein opened by a shaft
forty feet deep and short drifts on the
ledge ut the bottom. BY this opening
the ledge is shown up thirteen feet
wide, with a mineral crevice five feet
wide and this containing a streak IF
teen inches wide of as handsome ore
rs any country produces. This fifteen
inch streak will run $3.50 to $500 in sill
yer per ton and will do to sack and
ship. Mr.. Wilson spent m entire
afternoon sampling the property and
appeared to be very much pleased with
1t. Both gentlemen returned to Socor-
no Sunday. II the agents report pleases,
1t is expected that eastern capitalists
will take steps TO become possessed of
the mine.
G. W. Gregg and 4. A. Pitkin county
commissioners accompanied by j. II.
Buriend of the Kingston smelter,
made a trip to Chloride last Friday via
Hermosa to take a look at the country
with the objec. OF establishing a high
way from Chloride TO Hlllsboro and
Kingston. A route was discovered on
which said highway can be built, 1t is
thought for $1,000 making a number
one road and the commissioners pro-
pose that they will appropriate half of
th;s ann, from fha eauntv traaaurv uro-