Show NEWS VALLEY the officers offic ets 0 o the ogden navada mining company have just received a letter from L R definer who la in charge of ona ot the companas comp anys prospecting outfits in southern nevada the letter was written late in march and was sent in to from a point in death valley about thirty miles south and west of bull frog in this letter mr heffner describes in detail his trip from tonopah by way of silver llda tulo canyon and kane springs anto death valley among the districts visited was gold mountain where frank paragons Para ons formerly of ogden la in charge of a big free milling property owned by a reno company while prospecting along the west ade of the grapevine range mr heffner made several locations which will be worked later on by the company describing death valley mr heff ncr says 1 I have read about people dying of the heat in death valley but I 1 would bo more willing to believe they froze to death I 1 have experienced nothing but snow and cold rains and high winds mixed with sand coming here since receipt of tills letter a telegram has been received from mr hettner tiled at Gold flold to which place he had returned for supplies word has also been received from the other party sent by the company to the country north of tonopah announcing noun cing the location of somo claims in the northern part of nye county in the suver bend range samples received indicate that a very high grade silver or has been encountered there Is quite a rush of prospectors to the locality mostly from winnemucca and other towns on the southern pacific |