The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-06-25
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LOCAL NEWS.


from next Sunday.
Jack Spradling and Jim Gill wen
over the range this week on a pleasure
trip.
Joe Oliver, John Blinn and Charlie
MATRICES are trout fishing on Diamond
Creek.
John Saucier is preparing to go on a
horse hunt on the San Augustine
plains.
Gross, Blackwell & Co. have absorb
ed the mercantile business of Creigh-
ton i Graves of Magdalena.
One hundred in the shade these
DAYS. But no one suffers from this
high temperature in New Mexico.
Jas. Mckinley, who has been located
here for the past nine months, left
this morning for Boise City, Idaho.
linn Gill has taken a lease on the
Long Street mine owned by F. II.
Winston, ct al. Jim will commence
work July /.
Miss Edith James, Of this place, who
has been visiting her sister in Oho, is
now in Brooklyn, N. Y, where she will
spend the summer.
S. G. Bishop, who shot Al. Graves at
Dry Creek in western Socorro county a
few days ago, surrendered to the au-
thorities and is out on BALL. Bishop is
seventy years old.
Our recently threatened rainy sea-
son seems to have collapsed. While
there is plenty of water below the sur
face of the ground, rain<is needed
to revive vegetation.
Messrs. Scales, Harper& Clark, who
are working the Goldstone, iat Camp
Kingsbury, have several tons Of GOOD
grade gold ore on the dump. Ore haul
ing from this property to the Wing
mill will soon begin.
Two large bears attempted to sort a
pile OF sacked ore on Mineral creek
near the Wing mill n night this
week. But after tearing open some of
the sacks and scattering the ore about,
they gave up the job.
Capt. Peter AXE shot a large noun
tain lion the other day near his place
on Dry creek. There were two OF the
beasts when first discovered. but one
of them escaped. The n killed was
estimated to weigh 200 pounds. The
pelt measures eight feet.
Arthur Pratt is in from MaVdalena
this week. While camped at Sullivan's
Hole last Friday night his horse, which
was picketed near the house, was
stolen. Two strange men who were
seer at Indian Springs about that time,
are supposed to haye gotten way with
the horse.
The Gilpin County concentrating
table has been placed in the Wing
stamp-mill and Manager Ed. James
feels confident that with the ad-
dition of the concentration. he will
make a remarkable high saving of the
values of the ores treated. The mill
will start up next week.
Messrs. Taylor & Petrie contemplate
building a road scross the bliss from
their Ashville mine on Dry creek to
the Wing s%tamp-mill on Mineral
creek. 1t is believed that a good SER
viceable road can be built at a moder-
ate cost, which will greatly lessen the
present route from the mine to the
mill. Messrs. Taylor & Petrle have a
shipment of high grade ore ready for
transportation to the railroad.
j. W. Caldwell, Eugene and Howard
Case, of Puelo, Colo, arrived here
Drday, The trio went oyer to
lument creek Tuesday where they
have engaged in mining. The Case
Bros. have a lease on the Fannie, the
property OF Phil Harsch, Of Pueblo,
which has a good-sized pay-streak that
gives returns of 9S ozs. silver, $3.50
gold and As, per cent. copper per ton.
Caldwell has a promising prospect,
the Operator, in that vicinity which he
will develop. Ore from the Operator
gives returns in gold of five to seven
with good values in silver and