The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-13
METAL MARKED.
LOCAL NEWS.

Horace A. Kingsbury, of Grafton,
was a caller at this Office Wednesday.
Mr.. A. f. Childs and Mrs. Mitchell
left this morning for San Marcial. The
former goes to Washington, ID. G., and
the latter to Cripple Greek, Colorado.
If Indications go for anything, the
outlook for every mining camp in
northern Sierra County is better for
the inauguration of development and
prosperity than any time since 1881.
Mr.. Thomas Yerby, of Marshall, Mo,
came into the Range on Wednesdays
coach. We understand that Mr.. VERIFY
will commence work on some of his
claims either in this district or in the
CuchilJos.
Thos. Scales was oVer from Fairview
Tuesday wearing an orange blossom
smile. He was extending invitations
to his numerous friends to attend a
royal party in honor of the twenty
fifth anniversary of his marrge.
Mrs. Lou Murphy, accompanied by
son Gray and her brother Robert BouI-
ware, left Sunday for her mothers
home at Lawrence, Kansas. At the
time of her departure Mrs Murphy
was very poorly and her many friends
entertained fears that she might not
survive the journey.
Since it has been ascertained that a
copper matte plant will be erected at
Fairview a wave OF general good feel
ing and encouragement has swept over
this camp, as our old time miners and
prospectors now feel that they will
soon have an opportunity to get even
on their whole lives. The expression,
success to the enterprise, is universal.
WIN. Armour will start tomorrow
for the new gold fields of Gran Qniyira
where gold specimens are found that
give returns Of eight ounces in gold
to the ton, where, it is said, miners and
prospectors are goingin great numbers.
Gran Quivira is situated at the jun
ction of Socorro. Lincoln and Valencia
counties, and it is said that Los Lunas
is the nearest railroad point.
Jas. B. Taylor and Jas. Hopkins will
soon commence work on the Ashville,
better known as the Royal Arch mine.
situated on the north fork of Dry
creek. At present they r erecting
dwellings and will soo remove their
families up to the mine. They will
erect an arastar which will be supplied
with such articles of additional ma
chinerv.as will enable them to extract
and save the gold that copiously
abounds in the quartz of the Ashville.
Mr.. Thomas Scales, this week. ofici-
ally informed THE RAGE scribe that
his company, the Black Range Smelt-
ing & Mining company, will soon CON-
mence the erection of their reduction
plant at Fairview. The company has
changed its original idea Of a lead
smelter and will put up a Acton cop;
per matte stack which they consider
will better meet the requirements of
the country, and the change is, univer-
sally commended. The power supplied
will be sufficient to meet the capacity
of q second stack either for lead or
for copper matte. The company has
purchased Of Mr.. Olney twenty acres
of land just below Fairview and the
new plant will be built on the site OF
the old smelter. The machinery was
shipped this week and will be on the
ground in about three weeks when the
works will be rushed to completion
This project is not the only of that
nature that is under consideration in
this immediate viclnity-there are
several. But owing to good reasons We
can say nothing of them at present, bnt
when tie proper time arrives we viii
he at liberty to publish full details, ant
not until then can we do so.