The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-02-26
LOCAL NEWS.

Birthington's washing day passed of
very quietly here.
The smelter boys propose to organize
a base ball club soon.
Westy Petersen is doing assessment
work on the Atlanta.
Miss Addie Bunker's term Of pri-
vate school closed to-day.
M. Murray was thrown from a horse
Monday night and quite seriously In
jured.
Mr.. John Calwell and Phil Harsch
arrived here Monday from Pueblo,
Colorado.
Mr.. E. II. Holbrook, Of San Fran
cisco, Cal, is the guest Of bis old time
friend MIR. Lee Slayer.
Henry Tarr is nursing a badly in
jured foot, the sequel of a foot bath in
q puddle of molten lead.
Those of our citizens that attended
the masquerade ball at Fairyiew last
Monday night, report a rafting good
time.
Abran Apodaca, one of the slag-pOt
wrestlers at the smelter, is laid up with
a very sore foot which was badly
roasted by the accidental application
Of hot Stag.
Chloride got away with spells of the
Fairview ring tournament. Walter
Hearn took first prize and Harry
James took the second. Chris. Hearn
swiped the BOBBY medal.
John B. Petite and John Yaple are
working on their Hidden Treasure
claim a short distance above the town
of Grafton. They have an excellent
showing of ore that has good values i'll
gold. silver and copper.
The smelter is running right along
as steady and as smoothly as any well
regulated smeIter in the country. This
institution averages eight bars of bull.
lion every twenty-four hours. each bar
having a value of $500. beside the cop
per matte product. The success of the
smelter is a c0rker to the crOaker ele-
ment. There is nothing SO deadly to
the croaker as success.
W. L. Taylor, Superintendent of the
Palomas Chief mine at Hermosa, is
In town. Mr.. Taylor is closely watch.
ing the working of the smelter. The
success of the smelter will revolution
lie the mining industry of Hermosa
as that camp has a large amount of
second grade silyer-lead ore that can.
not be shipped to distant reduction
works. but will pay a handsome profit
with a marketing place as near home
as Chloride.
Mr.. Gordon, who has been prospect.
ing in the Grafton district for some
time, made this office a pleasant call
last Friday afternoon. Mr.. Gordon
is working some very promising pros
poets in that district for which he pre-
diets a great futuEE'. He was down
with samples of ore to be assayed, and
we have since been Informed that the
results obtained were very satisfactory,
the ore giving returnsa value n gold
between $50 and $40, besides a good
value In silver.
Thos. Scales has made arrangements
with the Cliff Mining Sc Smelling Co.
for the disposition of his Dict ator pro-
perty, a very prmising lead claim on
the east side of the Cuchillos, some
two miles west of Willow Springs.
The company have five men at work
on the property and the force will be
increased as fast as room can be made
for more men. w. D. Nourse is super
intending the development Of the pro-
perty.
The little frame building. next door
to this Office. and occupied by DR.. Veg
mann as a sleeping room, had a mar
row escape from destruction by fire
Wednesday afternoon. The fire was
just getting well started when dis
covered, and for a moment our office