The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1896-02-28
Chloride Post-O ffi
LOCAL NEWS.

Silver, ee5s. Lead, $S.12h.
Tom Cross has gone to Gallup.
Location blanks for sale at this
office.
DR.. Blinn is doing Magdalsna this
week.
Bevy Of Colorado prospectus struck
Grfton this week.
There is a lively demand for location
notices just now.
W. B. Dawson and wife have re-
turned from San Marcial.
The law prohibiting the shooting of
quail and turkey goes into effect March
1st.
Jack Farley and Tom Cross have
finished assessments for this year on
the Comstock and Little Bessie pro-
perties.
We are indebted to Frank Reynolds
for a specimen of $40 sylvernite ore
from the Golden King mine of Grip
pie Creek.
Every day brings rumor Of the neal
Don coming of mining men aud
capitalists in to this section of the
Black Range.
For the prospector, the hunter Of
gold aud silver, no mineral section in
New Mexico offers better opportunities
than the Apache and Black Range
mining DISTRICTS.
A letter just received from MI. G. II.
Laidlaw tells us that he has left Aguas-
calieDtes and is looking up some mill
ing enterprises in the state of Zataecas,
with a possibility of returning to Ser
IA county by spring.
Ten tons Of gold silver orekrom the
Ashville mine has been haukd to the
Wing stamp-mill and was given a test
run the early part of this week. The
mill, we understand, is now running on
ore from the new strike in the Omega.
With an active demand for gold
mines and an increasing demand for
silver mines, this district should not
fail to attract the attention of mining
men and capitalists and secure the in
vestment Of a large amount of capital
this year, In fact this desired atten-
ton has already commenced that
promises we'll to secure the investment
of capital in mines and reduction
plants.
MI. Thomas Lothian, a mining man
from Denver, Colorado, arrived here
on Mondays coach. He went 10
Grafton with Thos. Scales on Tues
day. We r informed that the gen
tlemSn, through the recommendation
Of MI. Burt D. Mason, of Denver, has
come to this camp for the purpose of
investing in silver mines. and should
be succeed in procuring the necessary
mines, he will erect a $4,000 reductio on
plant.
Messrs. Creighton, Mack and Otto
left Saturday on their homeward jour-
pey TO Magdalena via Grafton. Mr.,
Mack and Mr.. Creighton spent a couple
of days examining some of the many
excellent mines in this district along
the lower mineral belt, and went away
much pleased with what they saw
the large bodies of gold and silver ore
and immense true assure veins was a
surprise to them.
One Of the most important strikes
that has been made in this camp for
long time was made last week in the
old Bishop tunnel Of the Omega where
a fve-foot breast of ore, with an aver
age of $14 gold to the ton, was opened
opened up; the ore is a decomposed
quartz, 80 we are Informed, and thai
one man can extract four tons of orr
per shift. The sinking of the join
shaft Of the Omega n Excelsior con
tinues and the chances are. favorable
that a large body of collaborating rock
similar to that encountered in tn
Bishop tunnel above and to.the nortl
of the shaft, will be developed. Tw'
shifts are working on the new strike.
Mr.. Frank n. Reynolds, accompanies
hy MI. w. E. Newbury, returned from
Colorado Springs on Wednesday
coach. They went up to Grafton yes
terday where they will spend a day o
two among the gold mines of that di'
trict, and then they will return I
Chloride and investigate the gold n
sonrces Of this camp Frank tells y