Show iiiiiii DEAL Sale of Aftertqought Group for 150000 N Y BONANZA PURCHASE Captures tho Richmond and Closes Gap Between It and tho Naildrlvcr Oro nnd Bullion for a Week Funds for tho Ophir QueenTo Inspect In-spect tho Dixie Group Week on tho Mining Exchange Developments Develop-ments at the Cyclone Californias Solo Day Noto and Personal With a payment OOOO through the banking house of McCornlck Co yesterday yes-terday Alex TI Tnrbct of tho syndicate which bcarn his name yesterday relinquished relin-quished his hold on the Afterthought group of mines in Shasta county Cal l the property upon the payment of 150 000 to paaa Into the hands of Wlllard F SnYder oE this city The deal on which the principals have been engaged for a week or more Is rendered the more significant perhaps In that the Western West-ern Exploration company of which Mr SnYder Is president and manager lias long had nn option on the Balakhthi group In the same locality and In the purchase of the Afterthought mining circles will not fall to detect an clement of assurance that the I option on the neighboring proposition which Invohcs no less than 5050000 will ha exercised While the purchaser declined to discuss I dis-cuss the ndertnklng It was learned through other channels that a condition r of the deal requires that he proceed with steady work until the final payment pay-ment on the Afterthought Is discharged or the fate of the transaction no apprehensIon appre-hension Is entertained by the vendor The property has already been quite extensively opened up with results that Justify the purchaser In placing It In the category headed by Do La Mar Bully Hill group In the Game region at a corresponding period of development while the original owners produced not a little ore running high In silver and well up In gold and copper r That Its acquisition by Mr Snyder meant that the Afterthought will ultimately ulti-mately bo made a part of the Balaklala or of the powerful combination of In terests In Shasta county discussed for f sonic months by the prew of San Francisco r Fran-cisco can only bo surmised as the seller pleads no knowledge whatever of the buyers Intention In the meantime It la understood that the Tarbet syndicate 4 realizes a small piece of money out of i the trade and both sides are correspondingly l corre-spondingly satisfied |