Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-26
: BLAND BREVlTlES,
Heavy Rain Storm--Crowds Going to
Sulphur Springs,
BRIEF MINING PARAGRAPHS,

The Misses Newton OF Albuquerque
are visiting their father, who is one Of
the mill carpenters.
Judge s. w. Young is exhibiting in
his ofnce great chunks Of ore from a
new strike in the Good Hope claim. It
is said to run from $3.50 to 81 200 to the
ton.
owing to il health. Arvin Munkers
has sold his boarding house to Mr..
Rathbone. who will soon open up a Sc
lect boarding house for a limited NUM-
Der OF day shift boarders.
Lloyd Elder while helping a team
through a washed out place down the
canyon Monday, stepped on a stone
which rolled under his weight wrench
ing his ankle quite severely.
A horse belonging to the Bland Sup
ply company lost his footing and fell
between an embankment and the resi-
dence OF DR.. Grace. It required the as
s~istance Of a force OF men with shovel
to extract the beast.
ID. q. Smith, OF the Bland mill. while
handling a bar OF bullion Wednesday
allowed 1t to fall back into a pot of hot
oil. splashing the substance up in his
face. The Injury which IL quite Sc
we're was dressed by DIR. Grace.
on Sunday evening at the residence
OF the brides parents down the canyon
Miss Monica Grace was united in we'd
lock to David zufelt. Judge Graves is
wholly responsible for the complica-
tons which will follow.
j. ID. May has removed from Albu-
querque and resumed his summer pros
pecting in the Laura $. locality in
Pine canyon. He already owns a great
many claims in hat region and for six
years he has studied the dips, spurs
and angles until he knows the trend OF
the big ore lodges like an open book.
Crowds are this early focking to the
Sulphur springs. The w. l.. Trimble
stage line Is rendering excellent SER
vice. Every house and cabin is crowd
ed. and a city OF tents has sprung into
existence. Scores of people from the
Cochiti district have gone in thus
early In order to avoid the rush which
Is sure to follow next month. As 1t Ia
the capacity for bathing is taxed. and
will have to be increased.
Carey Wright, a notable mine expert
OF New York, has been looking over
the mines In the camp for the past
week. This is his second visit within
a month. lie is making a careful inves-
tigation of the district on behalf OF a
strong eastern syndicate and may un.
dertake the development Of several
promising claims In Pine canyon.
The heaviest rain storm In a yeai
struck the Cochiti district Sunday
morning. II was a timely visitation
Notwithstanding some damage was
done the roadways in Pine and Cola
canyons. The rain fell for sixteer
hours. In the latter canyon the fiooc
was heaviest, and no teams were able
to get through to the Albemarle all day
Sunday. A few horsemen got through
by taking to the mountain trials. Be-
low this point there was one washouI
that caused a delay OF several hour
to the Sunday mail coaches. The in
coming coach required ten horses L
draw 1t up THE steep incline two milei
below in the canyon. The local magis
trate. however. called for men to re
pair this damage at once. From a san
itary point OF view the Hood came as
Godsend to both Bland and Albemarl
residents, the rush OF water havinJ
thoroughly cleaned the hamlets of al
refuse matter. purified the air and clai
the adjacent mountain sides with a va
riety of wild fowers.-Bland Herald.