SILVER PEAK RANGE, LIDA-GOLDFIELD VALLEY. 65 
Some of the ore mined from the newly located prospects is reported 
to run from $100 to $500 per ton in gold and silver. Such assay re- 
turns, however, in at least the majority of cases, were obtained from 
picked samples and are of no value in estimating the economic possi- 
bilities of a prospect. The water level, to judge from the develop- 
ment work so far carried on in the Lida district, is comparatively near 
the surface. Much of the ore already taken out is refractory and 
would require milling and smelting. In this respect the Lida district 
is at a disadvantage in comparison with the surrounding districts, but 
on the hills surrounding the mines there is a fair growth of pirion 
and juniper, which will furnish, for a time at least, satisfactory fuel 
and some mining timber. Water, sufficient for mining and domestic 
purposes, flows from springs in and above the village and can be 
obtained in the Lida Valley at slight depths. A daily stage runs 
from Lida to the railroad at Goldfield. 
OTHER MINERALIZED AREAS. 
Quartz veinlets are abundant in the Cambrian quartzite and shale 
md are locally present in the limestone, although calcite veins are 
nore characteristic of the limestone. The quartz and calcite veins 
vere evidently formed at several periods, since in many places one set 
faults another and in turn has itself been faulted. Strong quartz 
^eins occur in limestone heavily stained by limonite and hematite 5 
niles north of west of Montezuma Peak. Quartz veins also occur in 
he limestone area 6 miles north of Montezuma Peak. Thin sheets 
f malachite replace limestone along joint planes 3 miles north of 
Montezuma Peak. 
LIME. 
A kiln 2^ miles west of south of Montezuma Peak burns Cambrian 
imestone. The lime, which is sold in Goldfield, is reported to be of 
ood quality. 
LIDA-GOLDFIELD VALLEY. 
The Lida-Goldfield Valley lies between Mount Jackson and the 
Sroldfield hills on one side and the Silver Peak Range on the other. 
low detrital divide west of Mount Jackson separates it from the 
alley north of Slate Ridge. The lowest part of the valley lies at an 
evation of 5,100 feet, and from a distance appears to be occupied by 
vo small playas. On the east side of the valley, north of Mount 
ackson, some intensely dissected hills, 50 to 150 feet above the valley 
Dttom, appear at a distance to be formed of playa deposits of the 
der alluvium. It is also possible that the apparent playas are in 
sality eroded exposures of the same formation. 
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