Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1907-12-21
NO STARVATION IN THE
CAMP OF RAWHIDE

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A party of Goldfeld operators, among
whom was George F. Won Polenz, made
the trip to Rawhide in an auto last week
and after spending several days inspect
ing the camp, returned with glowing
accounts of the showing IN the new
camp. Mr. Won Polenz took a number
of photographs of the camp and its sur
roundings and brought back specimens
that are plastered over with gold, some
of them showing nuggets as large as
| good sized pea. They found the camp
very active, there being about 1000 peo-
pie in the town, living mostly in tents,
4 though there are several frame buildings
up and a number more in course of con-
struction. Building operations have been
hampered by the inability to obtain lum
Der, but it is coming in more freely now
and few months will see substantial
town built up.
In regard to the reports that have
been sent out that people were starving
at Rawhide, Mr.. Won Polenz said: The
statements about there being shortage
of food supplies at Rawhide have been
grossly exaggerated, as there are a
number of stores there we'll supplied
with goods, and while there is undoubt-
eddy a shortage of actual money in the
camp it is no worse than other places.
We found no difficulty in buying any
thing we wanted, and John S. Cook
scrip was freely accepted and cash given
in change for it when purchases were
made. Prices for some things are even
cheaper than they are in Goldield.
The formation of the district, - con-
tinued Mr.. Won Polenz, is very similar
to Goldfeld. There are the same por-
phyry dykes intersected by quartz lodges
and the showing at the present stage of
development is about the same as III
Goldfeld in the early days. Everything
in the vein matter pans, even the lime
formation showing some colors.
There have been about 20 leases
granted in the camp, though only Is of
them are being actively worked at the
present time, owing in part to the gen
erar money stringency. The Colonel
| Proskey lease on Grant Mountain, the
Miller lease west of town. and the
Kearns lease, formerly known as the
Grutt- Hardy lease, are the three best
producers to date. All three of them
are saCking ore from the rich streaks,
and have good sized veins of milling ore
opened up. The first shipment sent out
from the Kearns lease consisted of three
sacks, weighing probably 275 pounds in
all, and the net returns were $3.50 to
the ton. These shipments were made
by the Grutt-H Hardy people, and it was
on the strength of them that Kearns and
associates purchased the lease. The
shaft is now down 49 feet and has a S.
foot vein that averages about $120 to the
ton There is a 6-inch streak that runs
over $500, and small seam that is prac-
tically solid gold.
Il heard it stated in Rawhide that
$500 was taken in one day from a IS
! foot hole on the Truett lease No. 2,
where they have 15-inch vein of rich
stuff. The Anderson lease has a shaft
down so or 90 feet, and it is reported to
be very rich, but as they will let no one
in the mine the report could not be con-
firmed. l picked up rock from the
dump of the MurI by lease that showed
free gold. In fact almost every lease in
the camp is making good. 1t is a poor
rian's camp in every sense, as the values
| commence at grass roots, and there is
no doubt that Rawhide is OH the leap to
stay and will make one of the big pro-
ducers of the Staten
| The Kearns lease mentioned above was
recently purchased from the original
owners by George F..Von Poienz Tom
Kearns, John Holley and ]. f. Nc
Gowan, and the new owners are install
ing a hosting plant and making other
improvements to facilitate production
No ore will be shipped until the smelt-
ers resume prompt settlements for ores,
but development will be pushed and the
ore taken out and stacked on the ground
for the present. = Goldfield News.