Sierra County advocate. [volume], March 28, 1885, Image 3

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BATUnDAY, MARCH 28, 1SS5.
SUBt'hiPTION.
One renr,
l riinhih. -Three
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Persona! and Local.
Only one occupant in the eounty
juil.
It looks a liltio premature to see
the trees budding out.
There will Im quite a Dumber of
notable attorneys at court.
A large quantity o new goods
uiiivod in WjVe Woiitiesday.
Ranahmen are making extensive
preparation for spring planting'
IcIhd L. Fielder, of Deming, ar
rived in town Thursday evening.
Wanted, in Uilloboro, a good
Fhoemaker. Ask of Mc(iilvray.-lt
It is reported that Georgetown is
turning out her usual auaouut of
bullion. ,
We are short on raining and lo
cni news this week on account of
Bickuess.
Several of the men who are al
ways afraid of getting o the jury
era in town.
The Mexican pupila in our day
6choold are said to be making rapid
progress in learning.
Mrs. Rhodes, of Lake Valley,
was the guest of the family of Mr.
Clentz, part of this week.
The rain has let up and wo are
now enjoying a section of New
Mexican sunshine.
The healthful exercise of horse
back riiliu is a pleasant pastime
to many P.f our youngsters.
Juue Fuller returned from Las
i. riK'os last weefc ana is enjoying
the society of his numerous friends.
Parties sending communications
for publication in this paper should
mail them so as to reach us Wed
nesday evening.
Foil Pale 'Jounty Warrants.
pEKRATLT & GaL1.ES.
. lu another place we stated that
there, whs-only one occupant in thw
County jail, but have since learned
that thero are six. Cigars ou us.
For Sale A complete sawmill in
pood runningoriler. For prices, terras,
etc., call on Pehrai'lt & Qali.es,
Hillsborough, N. M.
The new road to be made between
Ilillsboro and Chloride will open
up a large and permanent trade
mid general interchange of business
relations.
Ranchmen, miners nnd others,
would greatly favor us and, to a
great extent, benefit themselves, if
they would tend us the news of
tock sales, mines, etc
The citizens of Ilillsboro and
surrounding country ore intited to
"drop in" and see us, look at our
office and tell us all you know, it
w ill not cost you a cent The first
vi3it to a newspaper office that has
just started in a town i always
free.
The Oklahoma boomers are yet
making preparation to invade the
Indian domain. General Hatch
has ordered a detachment of caval
ry to proceed at once to Oklahoma
and destroy all improvements ou
the ranches and arrest the tress
passers. Let the people of Sierra county
vote the cost of a court bouse in
ron-assessable interest bearing
bonds running a term of years. It
is hardly possible that we will have
a surplus of money sufficient to
meet the demands of our public
buildings for several years, and
fcubstantial public structured are
n tfnmistakabld evidenee of the
prosperity of a town and county as
well as the refinement and enter
prise of the people. Such improve
ments would catch the eye of the
home-seeker, lore lie would build a
home for himself and family in our
rich borders and others would join
liim aikl the burden of our indebt
edness would be light It is a sub
ject that has j'ust presented itself to
I, nr.d may not mention it Hgaln
.V
I Noiii.'linit but liive si-r it s Irw,
Mr. Uerrin, of Lake Valley, ie
iu town.
Ilillsboro can beat the territory
fr boys and burro
The postmaster at New York
Citv has 1730 man uuder his con
trol.
It seems to be generally conced
ed by the medicul profession that
General Grant cannot live but n
few we?k3 or months at hiost. His
attending physicians watch every
movement of the patient to detect
something that may present itself,
that a remedy may be applied that
will produce relief to the Buffrer.
No hope i9 entertained for Ids final
recovery and restoration to a nntion
saddened by tha graat eaiHlnUyj
War rumors created quite a stir
on the Ohieitgo wheat exchange,
one day this week. Privatu fsieiga
advices, of a warlike tenor, accom
panied in another drcp in British
consuls, created a yery feverish
feeling in the wheat market. At
the opening in the morning, audat
the closing, a decidedly sharp ad
vance had been made in May wheat.
It is believed that the end is not
vet in the advance of prices in all
staple productions.
Portions of South Carolina is
oassing through the ordeal of i
taimne. In the mountainous por
tions of the state it i3 said to bo the
worst and has stripped the suffer
mir people of every morsel. Fam
ilies would start in wagons, and on
root, iu the directiort ot succor.
Many of the lifeless bodies of men
women and children, wore found by
the wayside; but few of the many
had the strength to reach safety
and only then In a perishing condi
tion. Many became insane through
the ravines of hunger and nought
the fastnesses of the mountains and
perished. Charleston has organiz
ed relief committees and wagons
loaded with the necessaries of 1' fe
are en routs for the scene of suffer
ing.
At the' last session of the Arizo
na legislature a very stringent anti-
polyamy bill was passed and duly
. igned by the governor. The Mor
mons are fast obtaiuing a strong
foothold in that territory, but the
people say they shall not prosper
and multiply, It seems to us that
New Mexico should make a similar
law, while there is yet time to pre
vent greater erst iu enforcing its
measures. Un the Man i! ranciseo
liver, in the western part of this
territory, the Mormons have t
flourishing town; rich farms, or
chards and gardens. Their mis
sionaries are abroad and the num
ber is beinc constantly augmented.
From the Sierrd Qrande Press
we clip the following: Lake Valley
is to-day one of the largest Bilver
producing mining camps in New
Mexico. Indeed, it is a great rec
ommendation to any town in New
Mexico to be justly designated a
"producing camp." Few people
can realize the great importance of
living in a town whfch is 6elf sus
taining and producing. Only those
who have lived in dependent towns
where the people of such commu
nities have had to catei' to the
whims of railroad corpora
tions can thoroughly appreciate liv
ing in a "producing" town-. Lake
Valley is to-day only an infant to
what it will be in the near future.
Already it bids fair to become the
commercial center of Sierra coun
ty, and with the competition of a
county road from Chloride to Ilills
boro, the following towns will draw
their supplies from this place, I'o
lomas Kingston, Grafton, Ilills
boro and Beveral other points in
the couutyv Our merchants are
now furnishing goods cheaper than
they con ba obtained fir Deming,'
Socorro or' Silver Cityv "ud as a
natural consequence Lake Valley
is assured of the trado of the coun
ty, which iu itself is sufficient- to al
ways maintain a good town at this
point. In' nddition to this, mining
companies have been established
in Tope ka and Chicago, to develop
their mines at this point, and have
already taken active steps' in the
way of makir-g developments and
opening up theif properties. The
Sierra Grande mfnes in honor of
which this paper was Rained need
no recommendation at txir hands,
sufficfl it to say they are looking as
good, if not better, than eve? be
fore. If present- indications are
any criterion by which to judge,
Lake Valley Will this spring be the
liveliest town iu Southern 2'ew
Mt-xko
From the Placers,
TLa-CERS, Sierra county, N. M.
March 13, 1833
It is said that "time levels and
eiTitces the grandeur of all things."
This is probably true of niout
things, but I hardly think the
yarns spun by an old prospector
especially one who has spent the
best part of Ida life seeking gold,
can be included in the category.
Like every other gold camp since
tho days of '49 in California, the
placers has its legends of the fabu
lous fortunes extracted from her
gold fields, and the new comer in
camp is expected to sit iu open
niouthod wonder while eome old
aiguimut mialed with bated breath
how bill Iledoye or Big Sandy un
earthed fabulous riches iu a few
weeks by working where no one
else would think of looking.
But, laying all joking aside, the
dry placers have been a godsend to
many a poor man in the past, by
affording him a grubstake when all
else had failed, ana at rare inter
vals, something more. There is
plenty of gold left yet, but the rich
gulches have all been worked out,
and it is more dillkult to "catch
on" now than formerly.
Could water for sluicing be
brought iu, lugger fortunes than
have ever yet been takeu out are
yet in tho ground.
At present there is water enough
to wash with a rocker, but water is
scarce at best, and dirt has to bo
hauled to it.
There are at present about fifty
men at work here, about half being
Mexicans.
There aro thro! stores open, the
principal oho being the Plncer
Store, owned by J. W. Brooks.
These are all situated on Groyback
gulch, which is said to have receiv
ed its name sometime in the early
history of the camp, when thobe
festive little cusses were very nu
merous.
The other principal gulches be
ing Dutch, Last Chance, Wells'
aud Green Horn, the lust being
very rich in gold, in days past.
The Placers enjoy the distinction
of being the oldrtft mining camp in
Sierra county having been discov
ered in 7(5-77, and is tho only gold
camp in tho county
For sometime past there has been
a dearth of amusement in the camp,
but while there was music to be
had the boys would iudulgo in a
tag" party, thero being no ladies
in tho camp;
Sometime in the future I will
give your readers a full description
of the camp, of the plncer gold;
where and how it is found, and al
so of the quartz veins, both gold
and copper, both of latter being
very numerous. ' UnEi-.N lloitx.
Kingston.
Interesting Items From th
Mining Center of Sierra.
The storm of this week has been
heavier in point of rainfall than
last week, and all the streams are
booming.
The bull and mule teams laid tip
the latter part of tho week. Too
much rain, and ore hauling bus
ceased.
Tho boys who are attending
court at Las duces arrived home
last Thursday. They would of ne
cessity "register" at Ilillsboro, and
as they came by the U. S. mail
route, and the Advocate caught
them there for the remainder of
this local.
J. F. Kinkade run the Percha
bank during the absence of V. Wal
loon nt Lrs Crncws, Albnqnermie
and other points. He looks well
behind a pile of greenbacks.
Fred Ptichardson, Hugh A.' Aus
tin and "Pike" Kogers, handled tho
reins on the Cosgrove stage Hne
during the absence of M. Cosgrove
and hi3 efficient staff of drivers.
All is quiet here among the poli
ticians. The rush for office has
not yet materialized.
The boys on the Midnight will
have two car loads of ore ready to
ship this wek. This fa their first
shil nu ribs fioni that niin Tho
assays run from 100 to 30- .:. t
the ton. This chiin lies in "
western Bolt, lyiug in a line from
tho Gray Horse to-the Iron King.
Soma chauges have been made
in the working f ore on the Bullion
and Superior during this month,
but no reductions.
Tho Caledonia boys are" making
preparations tjs shaft their mine.
It shows large aid rich ore depos
its. P,iy dry on tli3 Surerbr and St.
Patrick's days both passed off
quietly, an! were duly kept by
their respective volariei. Pay day
in the Bullion aud Lidy Frunklin
is rumored to come off the fiist of
the week.
Tii hhiw line th t?oy" talk of
new arrivals, the "Coon" and the
"CLerokee," both working well in
harness.
Fiospectors come into camp ftiic
go out again, daily.
J. he new strike ot Wilms and
Kleiner, still shows up well in 6u
idudes, crrey copper, tc, in a two
foot vein.
Judce Holt and others have
bonded the Eclipse
Those who know say tho Iron
Clad is one of the bast mines in
camp. FkUaiOfi,
X Mexican called at this office
yesterday and wanted to know
there was a reward of $500 offer
ed for him in our paper, or not. If
there was he wanted to see it
JVir. uentz Had workman over
from Lake Valley the paBt week
making changes and additions
about the hotel. A fine plank walk
extends the length of tho building,
and a number ot minor improve
ments made
Judge Griffin and Mr. Davidson
of Lake Valley, M'ere in our town
several days this week:
We are told that Ilillsboro
is
without a physician. To a doctor
seeking a ew locatioa aud in
fast growiug town, we think this
would prove eminently satisfactory
Mr. Pihodon, of Lake Valley
whoso services ae a carpenter eeeni
to be in great demand, made the
lino improvements about the Union
hotel last week.
The man of all work on this pfipe
has had three agues this week, the
?amo old Missouri kind, nnd has
scarcely hecn utile to go high low
Had their been an alternato about
the premises, we would gladly have
laid us down and waited till the mi
nsniattc aiioction hatl ptissed over
Tho contraction ofthongne is by no
means attributed to the climate of
HillshoTO and Pucher creek, but was
probably brouht from Sonora, Old
Mexico, last summer.
Wniiteili
Twcntv men aie wanted to' work
on the new countv read to be built.
from Ilillsboro to Chloride, via liar
mosa. Forty dollars per month and
hoard will be paid. Each man will
be required to furnish his own bud
ding, hut tenU or buildings will be
furnished to sleep in. PuynienU will
be made monthly in county warrants.
The work will commence on April 1st.
Applicants for work rail upon Mr.
Pitkin, at Lake Valley. Mr. Grefcg,
t Kingston; Mr. Winn, nl Chloride
or, J. M. Webster, county clerk, at
Ilillsboro. All parties engaged to
work must be at Ilillsboro on March
30th, 1885. A. E. Pitkiw,
Chairman County Commis'rf.
forfrltnr Xollr.'
Kinostok, New Mexico
"
March 21,1885
to L. B. Eeed: '
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has prrformed the an
nual assessment work for the year
1SS1, auiuuutiiij lu tho hum of One
Hundred Dollar, ($100), upon the
Ohio mining claim, situated on the
KlucS Kange mihing district', county
of Sierra, Territory ot New Mexico,
re fc fence being kerehy made to' the
county records . to date of location
and records, ttcj, and you areherehy
notified that unless you' pay your
proportion of siid assessment ex
pended, togethei with all costs accru
ing from the publication of this no
tice within the ince of ninety days
of the date of this notice, your in
terest in said mriing c!mii wfil be
come foifeited nd become tho prop
erty of the urulohignod according to
Lm't-.l fctatw fcfttuks, 321.
M 13. Du.NAiit E. '
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This line passes along the Grand
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This line is standard gunge, all
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