Show SIMON BUYS NORMAN SILVER special correspondence mina nov nev oct 8 P A simon dent of the big simon silver lead mines company has just completed one of the largest deals in mining property that has been attempted in the simon district for a long time in the purchase of the norman normaj silver mining company whose property adjoins that of the simon pagan fagan company about three and one half miles southeast of the simon silver lead the norman silver mining company was incorporated may ath 1919 with fred W fall as president al annett vice president and R R gamble secretary and treasurer capital stock shares par value 10 cents per share work has been vigorously prosecuted and there is a well timbered two compartment shaft down over seventy five feet with good showings of ore at intervals all the way down J 0 greenan has charge of operations as general superintendent and will push the development work vigorously mr simon has purchased outright practically all the ou standing stock and will proceed immediately to place two shifts of men at work on the shaft with the view of sinking to the sulphide zone which he expects to reach at from to feet the mine has an excellent surface equipment of gasoline hoist and compressor with all necessary accessories A rich new strike was made on the si mon fagan ground the other day at a point about feet easterly of the shaft trench ing at this point revealed the presence of a large ore body chiefly sand carbonates running high in gold silver and lead values value trenching drenching Tren ching has shown a width of eight feet with no walls yet in sight further developments are awaited with much interest |