Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-05
New Town is Growing Into
Prosperous Mining
Center.
MANY LEASES ARE WORKING.
High Grade Orc II Being Sacked for
Shipmcnt--Nin Erect
Niu

freeman Morningstar president ana
general manager 90 the N.y1da United
Mines corporation, owning % claims
ga the new camp Of Rowhide. has
great deal of interesting Information In
regard TO that section Of Nevada. The
location OF Rawhldc is at point almost
half way and on a direct line between
Fairview and Tonopah. The country
is Characteristic OF the Nevada desert
and was entirely now until recently. In
July, 1906, Mr.. Morniugstar and his
prospecting party We're looking over the
country TO the southwest OF Fairview.
Noticing the peculiar color OF tho por-
phyry hills to- the right. they invesugat-
ed and as a result made the FIRST loca-
tons On the district. These claims were
located a full II months before the big
rush started.
LATEST NEWS FROM CAMP.
Mr. Mornlngstar yesterday received a
letter from his superintendent ]. l.
Stronauer. giving a glowing report OF
the showing on the company's property.
ore running high IN gold and silver val
ues has been opened up IN several
places and work Is progressing rapidly.
Speaking OF the new town. he says.
You would not know the place since
you were here 10 days ago. There are
now "A restaurants, n saloons and
every other kind OF business in pro-
portion. all running fun blast and do
ing an enormous business. I have been
told by the assayers doing our work
that a company has been formed to
erect a stamp mill within six weeks or
two months"
when Mr.. Morningstar was In the
camp. about 10 days ago, there were
about 400 tents ana more were being
added at the rate OF from - 10 IS a day.
There were 40 substantial frame build
ings-stores, assay Offices. real estate
bank building was then nearing COM
pletion. There are two main business
streets, one OF which. Main street, is
over half a mile long.
MANY LEASES WORKING.
The early leasers IL the camp are
making big profits A great deal Of
rich oFs is now being sacked and sent
out of the district. The two most
proml lcut shippers at present are the
leases on the Snowgoosa and Roseber-
ry groups. Already several leases
have been sold as high as $50, 900 and
$4,000, and this price was paid for
only small portions claims. Mr.
Morningstar says thore are more than
100 lcasers now working Jon the camp.
The United Mines corporation is de-
Neloptng its territory and has the
largest working force in the district.
HAVE BIG LEDGEs.
The lodges in the new district are
unusually large for a high grade
camp. At the Happy Hoollgan mine,
whore an open cut Is being run, the
vein is 8 = feet in width and is very
strongly shown for a long distance.
The ore here IL a quartz porphyIy.
occurring between porphyry on tho
foot wall and dolomite lime. Mr.
Mcrningstar exhibited 20 a represent
ativc OF the News" a piece OF this
quartZ-porphyry ore that fairly Rlig-
tened with beads OF the yellow metal.
There are a great many men IN the
camp from Goldheld and Tonopah and
they are general In their opinion the
RsWhide Is thu gNsatest strike IN iha
state since the great GOldheld was
discovered. They also believe that
within the next six months there VIII
be from 5000 20 10 900 people in the
new town. Fairview and Yerington
are well represented IN the camp.