The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-04-10
LOCAL NEWS.

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The trout fishing season commences
May first.
Mrs. Clauser and children are visit
ing Mrs. McAughan.
1t is reported that the peach crop at
Monticello was badly damage BY frost
last week.
Messrs. W. E. Newberry, E. r.
Buttolph and f. A. Reynolds, who
spent several days looking over the
mineral our of this camp, left
Wednesday morning for Colorado.
Harry Chandler took them to Magda-
lena.
Fred Keith and others have located
a claim on the e~asterly slope of the
mountain south of town, in the red
formation just above the ce metery.
They haye tunneled into the hill thirty
feet and several pockets of qua ritz car
rying free gold have been f0u nd. In
early days quartz float was discovered
in that vicinity that assaYed many
thousands of dollars in gold.
Special Easter service was held by
the Chloride Union Sunday Soho OF last
Sabbath. The school room was nicely
decorated with flowers and a goo d-sized
audience listened to a neat and illstruc-
tive programme. The opening es ercises
consisted of responsive readings and a
lesson upon the resurrection Of Christ,
~interposed with Easter hymns. Re-
citation, "Easter Day" Bessie Farley.
Recitation, "The Easter Bonnet"
Merle Blinn. Dialogue. "The Men Ing
of Easter Emblems," Merle Blinn and
Lollie Clauser. Dialogue, "The Ro-
man Soldier and the jew" Walter
Clauser, John Blinn and LoNie Claus
err. Song, "He Has Risen," by Mrs. w.
o. ThoRss son, Mrs. E. P. Bllnn. Mrs.
Jas. Gill, Miss Edith James. Select
reading, "The Easter Eyangel.T Mrs.
Gill. Then came the Distribute OF
S. S. papers, Eeaster cards and i%,eauti-
fully decorated Easter eggs. The clos
ing exercises consisted Of resp onsive
readings and singing of the Doxology
which was given in a more rousinG
manner than had been heard In Chic
ride Union Sunday School foT some
time.
prof. Penrose says the Cripple Greek
gold occurs IN the ore as a ma tive OF
free gold. and possibly auriferouls iron
pyrlties, the last being the least impor.
tant form, and usually superficial mode
of occurance and the physical con
dition of the native gold Indicate thai
it has been largely deprived from thu
telluride by oxidation, though sotne o.
1t may have been driven from aurifer
GUS iron pyrities, or may have been IL
the free state since it was depos tied
Most of the gold at Il depth is in thu
form of telluride. which has beer de
termined by DR.. Hilderbrand to be cal
ayerite, though other tellurides ma,
also occur. Iron pyrities is abupIdanl
but rarely, if ever so far asknowll car
ries any considerable amount of colo
y y + The ores are abundant .tPxclu
sively gold ores. A little silver occur
in the most of them, and its quslntlt,
is sometimes sufficient to be of iinpoT
lance. but usually it is insignificant
No other metals occur in any OF th
ores in quantities of commercial Value
The ores often consist sitnply Q
country rock, either eruptive meteria
or granite, containing secondary quart
and associated minerals, instead of, a
in many gold fields, consisting OF we
defined bodies of these materials
The miners and the prospectors, an
even the tenderfoot, who is maxim
his first prospecting trip is espaelall
interested in the mining geology OF tn
Cripple Greek region, But The BLAC
RANGE gives this adyice, do not col
fine yourselves TO any one formauo
or to any theories, break rock exaEnlI
it, pulverize it, pan it, and have
assayed; this is the way in which Oh
coyeries have bee6t-lsde old and ne
and the way in which the newest dl
covcries will be made. Read III
BLACK RANGE, follow its advice, an
some day you Will be rich.
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