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Wednesday Nov 2

Same -- Dave James, who has been working at the Lima shaft -- and boss of the thing, has kept me posted the last week and tonight -- 95 ft down, they found a drift north 60 feet with short crosscuts east & west showing low grade quartz -- Found bottom of shaft 212 ft from the surface -- 6 ft less than I had it -- found no south drift, and only 15 ft east drift instead of 20 as I had it -- Samples were taken from the face of the drift, and operations suspended this evening -- So now comes

Catholic Fair DO Adkison dead

the solution of my 8 years Choller [cathop] -- Gaming being knocked out, the Catholic Fair which commenced tonight had all its own way -- Well patronized -- I was about town during the evening -- Bed at 12 --

Thursday Nov 3

Same -- Judge D O Adkison died at San Francisco this morning -- One of the oldest & best known residents of this city -- I wrote his obituary in the Report this PM, and in evening for Enterprise -- Read proof etc for Enterprise & bed at 3 --

Lima Shaft Failure

Friday Nov 4

Cloudy but pleasant -- PM rode to Gold Hill with John Briggs, in his buggy -- went to Crown Point works & had interview with Supt Sam Jones -- Says my Chollar Lima shaft proposition is a dead failure, no ore at all being found in that east crosscut at the bottom of the shaft -- Has the men there yet to try it a little