The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-05-16
Iby William P. Dewolf, Special Repre-.
sentative Of The NewsD

De'NolI, special Repre-
sentative of The News.)
Rawhide, New, May 14.-Rawhide
has the distinction of being the scene
Of the worlds greatest gold strike. its
location being the 65-foot level of the
hearns No. . lease on the estate of the
Rawhide Queen Mining The
md IS without equal in the history of
mining and it is decidedly doubtful if
II be ever duplicated. Gold contents
range as high as $4,000 the ton across
a width of one and one-half inches. The
ore is from one-half to three quarters
pure gold and is so malleable it can be
fashioned by the fingers as easily as a
sculptor moulds a bit of clay.
outshines the Mohawk
No wealth of gold burdened ore ever
mined in the treasure caches of the
Mohawk compares in beauty and riches
with that which ribbons the face of the
drift in the Kearns No. 9; the jewel
Baskets of the Florence do not hold its
peer; the gold and ~sylvanite bespangled
9Th level of the independence mine at
Cripple Creek never presented such a
picture gallery of ~splendor: the mines
OF Solomon never knew its equal; Croe-
sus found not treasure of its worth in
the golden sands of the Pactolus. nor
have the auriferous gravels of the polar
circle yet yielded its like. 1t stands
alone in the annals of mining, a record
impossible to surpass, practically i'm
possible to parallel.
Where Find Was Made
The discovery of this nerve-thrilling
deposit was made in the northeast drift
at the 65-foot level, about 20 feet in
from the shaft. The gold band section
lies along the footwall of a ledge which
is 6 feet wide and which carries 3 feet
of exceptionally high grade ore. In
credible as it seems. this record break
ing streak is maintaining its values and
an average width of l inch as the drift
is extended. To state hat such wealth
of gold would prevail for any distance
in a ledge would place one under sus-
picion of being either a fool or a liar;
yet it is within the memory of man
when the silver glories of the Comstock
were considered by the many as being
more or less a myth. The public
scoffed at the pretensions of the Isa-
bella until that famous Cripple Creek
mine sent to smelter it's $4,000 ore
shipment. The self-same sceptical pub
lie derided and belittled the worth of
the Mohawk until smelter settlements
for ore shipments compelled it to ac-
knowledge that Goldield prodigy to be
the gold bonanza of all gold bonanzas.
Further development of the find on
lease No. 2 on the Queen estate may
force the public to concede it the great
est wonder of the mining world.
Sacking Three Grades
The greatest care is exercised in
breaking down this wealth of gold.
Canvas is spread beneath and upon it
is sorted and sacked the precious stuff.
1t is divided into three grades, the
lowest averaging between 5000 and $500
gold the ton; the second grade having
a worth of between $1,000 and $4,000
gold the ton, and the gold band streak
varying in value anywhere from $751;
600 to $780, 900 the ton. Twenty sacks are
filed with ore having a value of $50
per pound and as many more with
quartz having a value of $25 per
pound. Less than two pounds OF the
ore-by no means the highest in value