Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-05-30

will be a full crop.
Smallpox has made It's appear
ance at Anthony. Mr.. Sercuson's
family are down with it, also his
brother-in-law, Jacob Getragen.
It is supposed that they brought
II from Mexico.
Prospectors should be careful
in believing the stories told of the
alleged new gold fields in Taos
county. Remember that section
was prospected by experienced
men years ago.
The hosting machinery on the
Kangaroo at Kingston is COM
pleted, and the whistle Of the en-
CINE is a pleasant reminder Of
regular hours.
The recent storm proved quite
disastrous in Palomas. Mr.. Mil
ton Rays house was flooded and
all his furniture and household
effects we're destroyed.
A live interest is manifest
throughout the Territory in the
Southwest Silver Convention that
will be held at Silver City July 4
and 8. 1t will be a hummer
Black Range.
After the present week the mail
route between Marlborough and
Hermosa will be discontinued by
the post Office department, and
the mail thereafter go by way Of
Engle station.
The Silver Convention held at
Silver City July 4 and 5, promises
to be a success. A consummation
of the objects in view would be OF
such inestimable benefit to this
Territory as to place her at the
very front of silver producing
centers .-San Marcial Bee.
j. A. WEIGH and Jack Clark,
two prospectors from Grant Coun-
ty, working on a claim in Dutch
Gulch, in the Marlborough dist
riot, recently unearthed a beautl-
full FIRE opal. They made a short
search for more precious stones
but failed to find another.
General Master Mechanic John
Player says that he will be at San
Marcial some time next month to
see about the building of new car
shops which will cost about $4,000
for which the plans and specifca-
tions are already prepared. This
will be a nice addition to the city
and give employment to an extra
force of employees.
The fruit crop around FL Paso
has not suffered by the frosts this
spring. Doctor Alexander esti-
mates hat there will be a full crop
of grapes in PasO Del Norte, as
the frosts have only thinned out a
few OF the surplus punches.
Peaches and apples will also be a
fair crop. They had a heavy fall
of rain last week which will do {
lot of good.
A very rich strike was made il
the Bennett mine last week. A
vein p feet thick was opened up,
composed of gravel which ran II
onnces of sill YER and 60 per cent
of lead. Two men got out 5 ton
in a day. The vein looks as though
it would yield large quantities an,
we congratulate the owners, man,
of whom are citizens of this town
Rio Grande Republican.
Mr.. j. H. Skillman took wit
him TO Denver a large number O
samples of ore from the mines o
Hillsborough, Hermosa and thi
district which he will have teste,
to determine their adaptability t
treatment by the Austin cope
matte process. This process i
said to be very exact in its metho,
OF treatment and the cost of treat
ing T is from $3.50 to S4OO pc
ton. Copper and iron pyrites il
considerable quantities are re
quired by this process; for fue
wood is used with 3 per cent coke
After a careful test of the sample
has been made and if the process
is adapted to the Treatment of III
ores Of this camp steps for tn
erection of a plant will undoubt
eddy be taken. The erection of
plant like the Austin or such as i
in operation NJ Marlborough woul,