Grafton, New Mexico

While Grafton never had its own newspaper, some items were sent in to the Black Range, the paper published at Chloride. The October 6, 1882 issue included these notes:

"J. W. Nash is up and off, but not an entirely well man yet. B. C. Williams is off to the Percha country for a short time. Alex Brisacher has gone to Lake Valley to visit his friend Gillette. A. G. Akin is expected soon to begin work on the Great Republic mine. Frank Saucier is hauling hay to Grafton and Fairview for Scales.

"Faye and Robbins have finished assessment work on the 460 and the Cora mines. Thomas Mahoney is offering his restaurant for sale. The Yankee Boy, a property belonging to Berry, Smith and others is producing fine ore from the surface. Business is reported to be excellent at Grafton this season. The miners are all at work and consequently they have money, and having money, they spend it freely.

"Grafton has seven children of school age who are growing up in ignorance and the young men concluding this was too bad have been working up a school fund with which to employ Miss Nellie Russell as teacher. The prospect is that Grafton will have a school in running order soon."