Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-11-16
RAWHIDE IS A
BUSTLING CAMP
MANY LEASERS AT WORK AND
GREAT RESULTS ARE
OBTAINED.

w. 4. huSScll TGluI HSu SSSNSANNf
from a trip to Rawhide, where he
went to look at some properties, and
he came back we'll impressed with
the camp. The latter. he says, has a
population Of 1900 people, and there
are men and women going in every
day. A number Of wooden buildings
have been put up and there are more
in the process of construction. Auto
mobile lines are running from Nina
and Luning, and there are stage lines
from Schurz and Fallon. Hotel ac-
commodations are fairly good, and
prices are reasonable. Mr.. Russell
said:
II was very much impressed with
the m and from the showing
made one is led to believe that the
camp has wonderful possibilities.
There has been no extensive develop
ment work done up to date, for it is
only within the last five or six weeks
that much attention has been given
to the camp. There are in the neigh
borhood of 1900 people, and the
work is being carried on almost ex-
clusively by the Ieasers. Practically
every claim in the known r zone
is covered by leasers. There are over
three hundred leases signed up; not
all Of which, however, are being
worked at the present time.
ION one of the three hills in the
prospected ore II there are thirty
five leases being worked. There is
some phenomenally rich ore that has
been uncovered, and new strikes are
being made every day, and new light
is being shed upon the possibilities OF
the district with each new develop
ment. There being no regular vein
formation, and no system Of Lodges
it is quite impossible from the pres.
ent limited development to safely
presage the possibilities Of the dis
rrict. The II thing that will Prov
the camp, will be extensive develop
ment work. The mineral zone thu
far developed is made up of porphyr.
in its various states of alteration
there being in the main, primary por
phyry, andesite, rhyolite and kaolin
lied porphyry, which have bee
shaken up and brecciated by voleani
action, and the seams and interstice
filled with mineral bearing quartz
in many places gold appears withou
the presence of quartz; in short, it
a case of enrichment of the countr
rock. In some sections the value
are confined to the bedding plane
and to the fractures. while in other
the free gold is shot all through tn
porphyry.
Some specimens of wire gold an
native silver entertwined have bee
discovered. On one of the hills tie
hurdles of gold and silver in II
forms of petite and stephanite a.
found. The values thus far discove
ed in the camp are almost %altogeth'
IL IOIl1illGu W lIlG 6ullhCCt liz dNP7
having been attained. A shipme.
from the Balloon claim a few da
ago produced a little short OF +
thousand dollars. There are ma
leasers who are now sacking hi
grade, and most every leaser in t
camp has a greater or lesser showi
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richness of some of the ore, it b
been possible to secure some pheno
email assays, some of which are Sc
to have run as high as $2S,0OO
the ton. The Grut brothers a
Dunning are at the present tin
probably the largest operators in
camp. The lease of the Grut bro
ers on the Balloon claim was solo
few days ago for 100000 and so
other deals of like proportions
pending.
1.-THE known area of mineral be
ing zone is about a mile in LEM
and a quarter of a mile in width. ]
DSSI STOuilQ 10 AOhlhSu w :
its, yet discoveries of more or
Importance have been found over
area three or four times as large.
the present time, there are SC
1900 people in the camp, with M
more coming in daily. Stages
automobiles are running from Sch
and Fallon, while an automobile s.
ice is operating from Mining
Luning. Wood is very scarce in
camp and has to be hauled m
miles. Some water is secured {
distance of six miles, but the
water is taken from Dead II
wells, nine and a half miles from
camp.
"About twenty frame ouses
adorn the town, and there are n
more under construction. Mos
the people are living, though, IN
and tent houses. It Is feared
there will be considerable SUITE