Lida
LIDA
KNOWN AS A CONTACT POINT FOR SHOSHONES AND NORTHERN PAIUTE INDIANS,
LIDA VALLEY WAS THE SITE OF EARLY PROSEPECTING IN THE 1860'S.
LATER PROSPECTORS ORGANIZED A MINING DISTRICT IN 1867, AND LAID OUT
THE TOWN IN 1872. SOON STORE, SHOPS, STABLES AND A POST OFFICE WERE
ESTABLISHED. SOME ORE WAS MILLED LOCALLY. YET HIGH-GRADE ORE
($500 - $1,000 PER TON) WAS TREATED AT AUSTIN OR BELMONT . AFTER 1880
MINING DECLINED.
LIDA REVIVED AND THRIVED FOR THREE YEARS DURING THE GOLDFIELD
BOOM, BUT DECLINED AGAIN IN 1907. MINING EFFORTS RESUMED A FEW YEARS
LATER AND A SMALL COMMUNITY EXISTED UNTIL WORLD WAR I.
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