Southwest-sentinel., 1893-09-26

Silver. .79lf
It Is said that the erection OF G smelter
at Deming in the near future Is a GER
taiuty, There is no more advantageous
point in New Mexico for a smeltor than
Deming.
+. d. Michael, OF the fremont House,
has entered into five years agreement
with The. Society for tho promotion cf
home and foreign travel, of London, for
the entertainment OF members Of the
society who may visit Silver City.
Shipments of bullion from this place
are heavier now than they have been for
long time past. The Mogollon and
Pinos Altos districts are the heaviest
shippers and the shipments from these
two camps have been steadily increasing
Tor more than two months.
There are several prospecting parties
in the Burro mountains looking for gold
mines, There is gold in that part Of the
County IA abundance and il Is only a
matter Of time when some lucky pros
pector will find the right lead and make
fortune.
improvements continue to be the order
OF the day at Pinos Altos and the out
look for the camp is encouraging. Most
Of the mines there are being worked and
the men employed in them Gre making
good wages.
The turquoise mines in the Burro
mountains produce a good quality of tur-
quoise and now there is q pretty fair pro-
spect that opal Of good quality will be
found in the County. Inferior opal has
been found at Santa Rita but is It now
believed that a, better quality Of opal has
been discovered in new locality.
It is expected that large number of
miners will be at work in the mines at
Cooks Peak in few days. AS yet there
is but little doing in the mines there
but arrangements IRE nearly completed
for resuming work on large scale. EN-
ployment will be given to large num-
Der Of miners and teamsters when opera
tions are commenced there in the mines
again.
There is but little doing at Georgetown
and the prospect for an improvement in
the situation there is not very good. The
Mimbres Consolidated company had
been operating it's mines there at loss
before the sudden drop in the price OF
silver last June and there was little profit
being made in any Of the mines there
A little work will be done in the mines
even Il silver sh0hld fall below 20 cents
an ounce but the camp will never regain
ITS old time prosperity until silver reach.
es dollar an ounce.
The sheriff has sent out notices TO the
taxpayers OF the County that the taxes
for the current year are due.
Two handsome wedding cakss are or
exhibition at Gillett and Sons bakery
They will be cut this week.
i
Three wagons loads of merchandise
and machinery belonging 10 j. II. Bra
gaw left this place for Gold Hill yester
day.
There is a larger number of childer
under SIX years Of age in attendance al
the city schools here this year than ever
before.
Aaron Schultz will remove. his stock
OF clothing, boots, slices and furnishing
goods on the LIST October to the store
formerly occupied by Knburn and Kach
Ter, opposite his present location. at.
There was meeting of the Lodge Of
Daughters of Rebekah here last Friday
evening. The members of the lodge were
assisted by visiting Brother and sldter
Leerigbt and the meeting was followed
by a banquet.
There were three good rains last week
in this part of the County. 1t has beer
considerably more than two months
since the commencement Of the rainy
season but it seems that it is not oVel
yet.
Last Fi4day morning there came neal
being a lively runaway on YanlSie street
John Brockman's team was being driven
down town and when in front Of Grown
hall one OF the horses betau to. kick anc
showed disposition to take the buggy
on 4 trip on his own account. The driv
or managed to hold the team until hell
came. There was but little damagl
done
The latest information from Kansas i
TO tho effect that Willie Gillett, who lef
here about two weeks ago, win bring
Mrs. Gillett back with him this week
When Willie left he told the boys verl
plausible yarn about going back TO tn,
Cherokee strip TO take up town lot buf
1t soon leaked out that he had gone tC
Kansas to we'd Miss Mae Reed who wal
here on a visit some time ago. The boy
are going 70 get even on the groom FOL
80 cruelty deceivIng them.
There are about a dozen boys in thil
place who are so i'll bred that they elthel
do not know how 70 conduct themselves
in public places, or il they do know how
to behave, have not the consideration
for others to refrain from boisterous con
duct at public entertainments. Thesl