The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-08
LOCAL NEWS.

DR.. e. I. Bllnn is doing assessment
york on his Argonaut property.
Miss Addie Bunker opened a private
school last Monday with nine pupils.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ross, of Her
mosa, were in town a few days this
week.
Mrs. Jas. B. Taylor and young
daughter were down from Grafton
Yesterday.
J. d. Bone and Carlos Lewis have
moved down from their camp up Chic
ride creek.
The dance at Fairview last Friday
hight was, a most enjoyable affair.
A good supper was served at the Black
Range hotel.
Mrs. Minnie McKeough, who had
been visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Benz. Cook, left the early part of the
week for her home at Trinidad, Colo.
During the past few days several
freight teams haye arrived here and
ore hauling from the various mines of
the Cliff Mining & Smelling company
has commenced in real earnest.
Chris Olson and Ed. James, who are
doing assessment work on the Apache
for F. H. Winston, exhibit some rich
rock carrying silver and gold in the
form of chloride and sulphide.
j. B. Newman, Of Hermosa, was in
town yesterday shaking hands with
numerous friends. Mr.. N. came up to
size up the boom which he considers to
be in a very healthy growing state.
Men working on the Hoosier Boy re-
port that property looking exceedingly
we'll. There is fourteen inches of sui.
phide ore in the bottom of the shaft
that Will 90 from 800 to 400 ounces sill
yer to the ton.
The car and track formerly in use in
the tunnel of the Comstock has been
purchased by the Cliff Mining & Smelt-
ing company and will do service of
transferring ore from the ore bins at
the smelter to the furnace.
A crew of men have been put at
work on the Cliff & Goodenough mines.
THE BLACK RANGE is informed that
the Cliff Mining & Smelling company
expect to haye at least n hundred
and fifty men on their payroll thirty
day hence.
A. L. Cristy, a prominent and much
respected lawyer and citizen of Las
Cruces died last week. Eir. Cristy was
at n time clerk of the court of the
3rd judicial district, and represented
the counties of Dona Ana and Grant in
the last legislature.
Ned Hull, formerly of the Black
Range, recently wrote to Capt. John b.
Petrie that he is soon going to Cuba in
the capacity Of war correspondent.
AS a quill minipulator Ned Is very
clever and will undoubtedly furnish
the world with some splcy reading.
F. A. Reynolds, who recently return
ed from a trip east, reports that there
is now more capital ready for invest
ment in mines and mining than at any
time since 1873, at least such are the
conditions so represented to Mr.. Rey-
nolds by men who claim to know what
they are talking about.
Precinct elections will be held Mon
day, January 18th, 1897, for the purpose
of electing a justice Of the peace and
one constable for each precinct. The
judges of election for this precinct, as
appointed by the board of county CON-
m~issioners, are T. B. Whitley, II. E.
Patrick and W. O. Thompson.
d. Braymer, the affahle as we'll as
thorough business president of the Cliff
Mining and Smelling company, left
yesterday morning for his home at
Braymer, Mo. After months of close
observation Mr.. Braymer is fully con
WINGED that no place presents a better
opening for the safe investment of
capital than in the mines of this great
gold and silver producing belt. Presi-
dent Braymer expects to be absent If
teen or twenty DAYS.
MIR. F. A. Reynolds while east visited
Robert Howe at his home at EDporia,
Kansas, whom he found rapidly i'm
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