Show NEVADA pioche record william lloyd superintendent in of the consolidated pioche is pushing the crosscut cross cut to the black ledge with all his might and declares that he expects to encounter the great mineral resource of the district about january 1 manhattan mail A deal has been on the tapis here lately having to do witch the purchase of the mustang group of claims wherein a large amount of money is involved offers have been made and prices quoted but up to date nothing conclusive has been arrived at the recent strike on the buyo claim by larsen and pierce has no doubt effected the deal the buyo belongs to the austan W M veith is one of the parties who has been conducting the deal caliente prospector As the new year approaches there are many signs of activity in local mining circles work will soon begin on several of the properties near caliente A colorado company interested in the chief district has already made a deposit in the lincoln county bank and has placed men at work on the josephine mine ills it is understood that the plan is to keep a force employed all winter driving a tunnel on the claim ike hinkle and tom pippin are superintending super intending the work at present las vegas age olaf anderson president and harry J mcgown manager ot the golden leaf mining 0 company report that they have made an important strike of ore in the tunnel they have been running on the property of the company southeast of vegas the ore gives values in copper silver sylvanite and a trace 0 foickel the assays essays return a value of per ton the ore is found at a depth of feet the work has been under way on the property for the past four months four men being employed and a tunnel feet long has been run to cut the ore the vein is said to be about two feet in width where cut |