Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-07-19
was about 100000, and Ellis
Clark's, for the Silver Mining COM

| NtarR q, TOT the SILVER Mining CON-
psny of Lake Valley. $3.50, ,00(
The estimate of the engineers fo
the Californians ia evidently to
high, and they will find it 90 o
revising their data. The time fo
the commencement of the work j
set for October 1st next, and tn
| engineers assure the Californian
handsome dividends from th
enterprise svery year.
The sale OF the Standard prop
erty was not called up last Mon
day, the date to which 1t was post
poned by Special Master Kahler
The time for the sale was allowec
to expire. This will require j
being adv ertised again.
The Crawford mill on til,
Las Animas has been given
thorough trial by Preisser 4
Doughty. The result is mos
satisfactory and the mill will now
be worked to it's full capacity or
the ore of the Freiburg mine.
Our former young townsman
Mr.. r. ID. Cooper, writes us as
follows from Chicago "P. j
Bennett DEAR SIR !: Will you
kindly send THE ADVOCATE to m y
house address, which is " South
Campbell Avenue. | enjoy read
ing your paper very much, as 1t
serves to remind me OF my many
good times in New Mexico
Where | am situated at present is
on oHSeof the busiest streets in the
city, an Is story building. ! am
back in the old rut here, and my
trip in tho West seems but a
dream, in which mountains. mines
and raging aroyes all take part
However, is very happy dream,
and hope sona day 10 again see
Eil.sboro and all old friends.
AtI6s. Trusting to receive the
paper all right, | remain yours
respectfully. II. d. Coo PER"
Some fellow or fellows without
the fear OF the Lord in heart,
or anywhere about, has stolen
Merchant Tom Longs iron-clad
double -decked wheelbarrow, val
ued at SO.
Attorney s NJ. Ashenfelter,
formerly of Deming and now of
Springs, was in town the
first Of the week and attached
several gold claims in the Placer
DISTRICT to protect claim of 81 900
held by him against the property.
Il. FL. Gray has bought the
Tom Nolan property, on Main
street.
Little Clarence Bennett cut
his left foot quite severely with
broken glass, Wednesday.
A years bond and lease on the
Freiburg mine has been given by
the owner, John Butecke, to
Messrs. A. Preisser and Thos. 9.
hall. Dir. Butecke is starting a
LOO foot tunnel on the west side of
he dyke, and has already struck
some ore under the ten-foot wash
,overing the hillside.
For Sale: A young and gentle
yell-hroke gspA c".===s-zsg;, So harness
md cart. Terms, cash. Apply at
The ADVOCATE Office.
Bill Holt, a former pioneer
esident of this place, is now
gorking in a livery stable at Silver
)ity.
The fruit ranches OF Sheriff |
lahIer. John Opgenortb, and
ulian Chavez were quite seriously
Iamaged by the floods last Friday
Elsewhere in this paper We
,uhlish an Item from the La
Belle, n. NJ, Cresset, recording
be fact that ell the limbs to
7hich murderers and stock thieves
gere hanged in the vigilsnte days
t Kansas and Colorado, bad
vi,hered and died. So has the
imb to which Joe Fowler was
trung up to at Socorro. But there
re exceptions to this rule. A
imb to- which > horse thief was
anged in the early days OF Hills
,oro 10 still as fresh and green as a
aisv.