The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-09-21
HILLSBoRo.

Fe~TNaH
Tom CahIl, the "old reliable" assaye
of Kingston, died Al bis residence tber,
last Sunday and was buried MONDAY
morning. He spent last wintrr in La
Cinres aud FL PasO hoping to ot.tair
rrli-f from The lower altitude. Sine,
his return IN May he was confnpd /.
his room till bis demise. lie bad til,
respect of the whole community anC
bis funeral was largely attended.
Since the GOod Hope Bonanza min.
commenced production in 1901 IL ha.
shipped over 100 cars Of high grade ORE
and concentrates representing from
ten tn fifteen tons OF ore TO each ton OF
concentrates. or an average of $50 "a
225 tons of ore To each Car. Add II
this e !hty-One bars of g1Ii with sew
eral more now rrany for shipment and
We can figure out a few hundred thou.
sand dollars wor b of wealth from one
Hills6oro mine in the past four years.
Belser and Conoboy have got returns
from ieir car of ore shipped to the
sampler at Denver and r pleased at
the result. Checks are fancy articles
these hard times.
The republican convention passed off
quite tamely last week at the county.
seat. r. NJ. White and 3. T. Barr
each made SPEECHES in reply to Jose NJ.
Apodaca who wanted a Mexican repre-,
sentative in the delegation. The speech
es generally were quite conciliatory
and matters so arranged that ballotinp
was avoided.
The populisls were in session at the
same time as the republican conven-
ton and formulated u plan OF cam
paign. The w00ds in the silver camps
are full Of them at present, hut il they
TIE to such leaders as L. b. Mills their
is Dennis.
The STANDARD smelter has been try
ing some experiments on their mate.
BY re-smelting they have materially
raised The average value of the matte
aud cain to be sayii g money by the
operation.
Calamity Jane leasers at Kingston
have struck some quartz streaked with
sulph lie silver that runs high,
Hlllsboro is lively with politics and
politicians these times. They are here
from all sides and of all compilations.
DR.. c. G. Miller has put up an Aer-
motor windmill on the lots purchased
from Charley Larsen. The wheel is
eight feet in diameter on a 40 foot
steel tower and moves very freely in a
light wind. Tom Handel has also GIT
one on his ranch one mile northwest Of
HIlIslOro. They are the first of their
kind put up here.
Z. M. Smith, The HillsborO merchant.
has got hack from Wisconsin where
he has been for he benefit of his health.
Richard Mansfield White made a trjp
10 TERRA Blanca TO see the condition
ami popularity If The mineral. His
interests in same formation make him
"A good judge of its peruliarlties aud
mis- remarks fell upon attentive ears,
The wooden cri0bing of the we'll at
Dr. Beals' SAINT arium in rierra BIanca
eaved in recently aud he and Lew Sly
are repairing it with rock.
Sophias Hoisinger and Pete Ander-
son are sacklng some very rich ore
from a lease on the Cock Robin al
TERRA Blanca. Their partners are de-
veloping The Hornet and getting some
guod ore.
Scott f. Keller, of the firm of Keller,
Miller Il Co, is expected back this
week from his homein I~lIiRcls.
Major Llewellyn is in the district, he
was settling old accounts for a day or
80 aud has a new mill on the way
which will be put up below the board
ing house IN Gray Back Gulch.
The expressions OF the Las Cruces
convention toward the national dem
cratic administrator are very much
after the manner of the whipped sapn-
lel-licking the hand that smites.-Al-