Show I 1 JC LIVE WIRES FROM LIDA W X SPECIAL correspondence X 1 V 1 lida nevada sept 23 quite a number of mining deals have been made around lida during the past week the sunset property was sold to bond co of goldfield a few days ago for a good figure nick parish and john miller have sold their jefferson mine joining the town on the south to some goldfield parties colvin and butler have several deals pending with eastern parties on property both around lida and palmetto the smelter is an assured thing now a and nd will be er erected acted as soon as the railroad gets in to goldfield so that material can be had we are also to have a daily mail and a telephone line and lida will soon be it the snowstorm group the owners of the snowstorm group two miles east of lida and adjoining the death valley mine are sinking two shafts on their property and both are in ore the main shaft is now down about sixty feet the vein is still holding its own and the values still continue about the same in a new shaft in the adjoining claim which is down about twenty feet they are sinking on a nice quartz vein of about two feet in width that gives good assays essays and pans free kold gold from top to bottom the snow storm people are pushing work with a force of six miners and are bound to make a paying proposition out of this property the chicago mint H H schuman and william riley of indian springs eight miles west of lida have a very good showing on their chicago mint group joining the old buster mine they have five claims all join joining if g and are sinking a shaft on the chicago mint no 12 1 an a five foot vein of quartz that pans coarse gold no assays essays have been taken as yet it is in a formation and the vein seems to widen and the values in erase crase with depth the alma mine on the alma alina property one niile mile north of lida a ha shaft has been sunk on the lead thirty two feet in depth and the owners are now drifting both east and west on the vein in the east drift they have just encountered the ore shoot that was opened on the surface and are getting assays essays from 8 to 12 per ton in gold the values are improving as the drift progresses in the west drift they are obtaining very good values but have some distance to go before t the he main ore shoot will be encountered from which good values were ob bained on the surface tile the alma joins the old porto rico mine on the north and is considered a good property the bonney clair mining company the bonney clair mining 0 company is the name of a new company that has been incorporated corp orated by richards maceda dealing and vanhorn of lida on six of their lime point claims the boys have done considerable development work and have a good showing they have several quartz leads from three to six feet in width some of the ore from these veins have assayed as high as in gold this is one of the best properties in the lime point district it adjoins the russel and cavanaugh property from which such rich values have been had AV P COLVIN |