The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-16
oCA NEWS.

IDree mel are WOIhlnk al tuo LIZ
stamp mill.
MIR. and Mrs. P. H. McAughan were
in town yesterday. Nc. reports plenty
of rain and excellent grass in his neigh
borhood.
While considerable rain has fallen in
this vicinity, more rain is needed. So
far not enough rain has fallen to pro-
duce a steady flow Of water in Chic
ride creek.
In speaking OF the affairs of the
Fairview smelter, last week we said its
Indebtedness was about $4,000. We
have recently been informed that the
Indebtedness is about $1,000.
Tom Whitley, foreman of the T. X.
ranch, started yesterday for San Mar.
cial with a drove of some 400 cattle for
shipment. w. J. Hill, the owner of the
cattle, who is at present in Chicago,
will meet the cattle at San Marcial
about the Goth.
W. ID. Nourse and 7. ID. Foster are
working the Equator mine in the Iron
Reef mining district. They recently
shipped a car load of ore that they
sorted from the dump. They are re-
ported as having taken some very rich
sulphide ore from the mine.
The hopes of the creditors of the
Fairview smelter company have been
revived by the report that the com
pauy will make another effort to pay
up. May the effort bear fruit.
Jim Blain is doing assessment work
on the George and Aggle mining claims
situated on Mineral creek. These pro-
perties are neal to and run parallel
with the Excelsior and Omega owned
by Mr.. Wing, and their contact and
character of ore is said to be the same.
The first bicycle to make its appear
ance in the mining camp of Hermosa
was a March 25-pound roadster and
was propelled from Chloride to that
place by the editor of this paper. The
road between the two towns, at its
best, is far from being II practical
bicycle route, and owing to excessive
bad roads, w~ashouts, rains and mud,
the time consumed to make the trip
was too great to be put in print. The
distance from Chloride to the Hermosa
p~ost-ofice, as recorded by CYCLIC
meter, is twenty-one miles. Distance
from Chloride to the following we'll
known points on the route are as fol
flows: From Chloride to Dimes ranch
80 miles; to Stone ranch, 51a miles; tC
cabin on Monument creek, 104 miles
to Welty's ranch, 10 miles; to Hermosa
81 miles.
We are informed, by one who claims
to be we'll posted, that the Black Bang'
Smelling & Mining Co, with asmelter a
Fairview, has not given up the ghost,
as stated in our last issue, and our in
tormant tells us that the rustler for thu
company says that the company will pay
up in a short time. We hope such il
the case. Notwithstanding our state
ment of last week. Our announce
ment that the b. r. S. & VI. Go. hat
failed TO make the rifle, was founded
on the fact of a letter from one of th,
members of the company to one of thu
principal creditors to the effect tina
the manipulators of the deal could no
raise the money to meet the obliga
tious of the company, and diligent Ell
quiry on the part of the scribe failed t.
find any reports to the contrary, an
it was generally conceded that tn
deal was off, and furthermore, if ther
were any Misrepresentation in regar
to the company's failure to redeem il
self it was no faalt of this paper, GU
information was authentic. and tits n
fault of ours if certain individuals Q
the company outfit write c~onflicttn
letters regarding the settlement of tn
company's affairs, we gave the informi
tion just as we got it, and if more rt
cent communication had been receive
saying the company would pay up "
knew nothing about it; and, furthe
more, if some one has misrepreesnted {
lied about the matter in question sue
person or persons must bear the bu
den of the sin, not the editor OF tn
paper. Again, our late informant tel
us that the CO company has asked for a
extension of time which has bee
granted, and that he has also been il
formed that the company will pay u
For all parties concerned, we hOl
the late report is correct, that the con
nanv will matpriaIiza and eonfluua