The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-03-22
LOCAL E

49,
The cyanide plant, at Grafton, will
blow in next week.
The mining outlook for this CAMP
looks more favorable,
MIR, and Mrs. II, A. Schmidt will
leave for Lake Valley early next week
Mr.. and s,irs. W, J. Hill. of Fairy!ew,
spent Wednesday with Chloride
friends.
With this issue THE BLACK RANGE
completes its thirteenth year Of publ
cation,
Chas. Clauser, who has been IN very
poor health lately, recovered sufficient
ly to take ride as far rs the Dimes
ranch and back yesterday.
Abran Apodaca, who recently got
into trouble at a dance at Monticello,
has been lodged in the county Jail IN
default of not possessing sufficient di-
nero to pay the fine.
Austin Crawford is doing assessment
work on his Ben Harrison mining
claim, Ben Harrison looks pretty
well, but not hardly well enough to
run for president in 1896. so Austin
thinks.
G. E. Bunker, accompanied by his
two daughters Miss Emma and Miss
Alice and son Ed, has gone oyer to the
ella where he WIN embark IN %ranching
and grocery business. He will return
for the rest of his family in the near
future.
1t is openly reported that the Black
Range Smelling & Mining company
has agreed to settle with it's creditors at
fifty cents on the dollar, a proposition
that seems agreeable to all parties con-
cerned. 1t is also stated that the COM
pany intend to put in a Coplen concen-
traitor in connection with their smelter
at Fairyiew.
Some Mexican women robbed Geo
Ritchey's outdoor clothes press yester-
day afternoon. They got away with a
lot of second-had clothing, but luckily
for George, In their hasty retreat they
left behind them a valuable piece Of
pottery which they had intended to
swlpe.
Col. Scales was over from Fairview
Yesterday. The Col. seems much
pleased with the mining outlook for
northern Sierra county, Col. Scales,
who is interested in the Goldrox and
Rocksgold mines at Grafton, has secur-
cd a lease and bond on the interests
owned by Jack Burke and Jud. Ayers,
and asale and milling deal is on tap.
The new game law forbids killing
antelope. deer and elk from January
1st to October 1st; turkey and
quail between March 1st and Octo-
Der 1st. The minimum fine is $25.00
for killing, wounding and trapping
such wild ANIMALS and fowls ont of
season. The county commissioners
have power to appoint game wardens
to assist the officers in enforcing tbs
law. This is a good law and should be
properly enforced. The bill providing
for this law was introduced by Coun-
Gilman GALES.
Mr.. Quinby Vance, late receiver of
the us. land office at Las Cruces, in a
letter dated at Tacoma, Washington,
saws: Business in general is para
lived. There is very little going on
here in the way of mining. Some
prospecting is however being done and
appearances indicate that there will be
quite an increase of prospectors at
work in the mountain ranges this year,
Have seen numerous samples and
specimens of gold ore from the Cas-
cade Range, mostly sulphide ores. car
rying from $1,000 per ton up. One
can now go to Chilcat, Alaska, very
cheap: fare from Tacoma being now
$500. 1t is about $50 to 500 miles
from Chilcat inland to the placer
fields known as Forty Mile Greek,
Sixty Mile Creek, Miller Creek, etc. A
big rush from all the coast cities and
towns is in progress during the rate
wal of mail steamship lines. They
can work about ninety days IN the
year. No ground is worked unless it
pays $4,000 per day to the man." Mr.
Vance tells us that he will probably re-
turn to New MEXICO when he bias CON-
pleted his business affairs at Tacoma