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Show I. j SAW BIG MINE 1 j NEAR P10CHE, NEV. I ( i! I t, ) Judge Henry Rives, to whose personal IJ i knowledge, acquired by personal re-' re-' -Y searches at Pioche, New. was added J; ' Ji that derived from expert talent by 1 t which the fate of the law suits that in-( in-( volved the bonanzas of that region at , j one time, returned from the old camp In , -which ho long held court, yesterday ' u I morning, bringing with him Famples of ' ' J ore that almost repeat the history of i, early days. The trip was made by him , i to Pioche at the solicitation of wealthy I1 Kastern friends, who are contemplating 1 investment in Its mines, The. develop-( develop-( inentt? that interested lilm mott. said he. were those that have been made on the ' property of the PJochc-Novada Con. Ml-' Ml-' f J nlng company. From this he brought J ramples of galena and cartwnate of lead that ought, he said, run well up In sll-i sll-i ver, with good values In gold, al-' al-' though to determine that he will await the result of assays. In a shaft which . ' lias been put down twenty feet, half of U In the country rock and half In the ' t ledge, there was exposed two feet of ore J of thin class. Occurring, aa it does, on 1 s. contact between the blue lime and Ehalc, there Is a possibility of opening up a large body of it on any shift, and , personally his conviction Is that a great j 1 mine awaits development. The Impres-li Impres-li slvc feature of the new discovery Is that I it is In virgin ground. ' ( - The strike by Cook & Lloyd In the Pa-j Pa-j clflc tunnel, same locality, has re-I re-I vealed a body of very massive galena, I while the prospects throughout are en-' en-' i couraging. ' Judge Rives says reports from the E. j & F. group, controlled by Col. A. C. i Ellis of this city and superintended by J. S. Free, Indicate a very productive I mine, the forwarding of high-grade ore caving just been resumed. With, the J outlook for tho old camp he is very much pleased. ! |