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. Submitted by @jqmcd