The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-04
RAWH|DE AS seen
BY MINING
VISITOR
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Roy Ml,chell. of the firm of Sher-
man G. MITCHELL. returned Saturday
from a trip to the new mining camp
of Rawhide and is convinced that the
new district will develop into one of
the most promising in Nevada. SAYS
the Reno Journal. He last night
gave description of what he had
seen and heard during his visit.
"Rawhide," said Mitchell, lis
about AZ miles southeast of Fallon
and can be reached either by way
of Fallon or Schurz. Travellers ard
miners from Tonopah and Goldfield
generally come in by way of Schurz
although large number of visitors
come through Fallon, and the Fal-
Ion road is the better one for the au-
tomobiles and stages.
1T is a question whether Rawhide
is in Esmeralda or Churchill, county,
and as both sets of county officials
claim that it lies In their territory,
there will undoubtedly be a hard
fight over its possession. In tie
camp the prevailing idea seams to be
that II is in Esmeralda comfy and
that the Churchill county lire is four
iniles away.
There are numerous claims scat
tered over an area of approximately
four miles square and among them
might be mentioned the xearns, Ri
ley and the Murray leases on Bal
loon hill and the tirutt brothers and
Proskey leases on Grutt hill. The
Royal and Tiger claims are also very
rich In ore. Ore has been taken out
of the Grutt Brothers lease that has
been assayed at $4,000 per ton, and
one chunk of ore was shown as large
as a football which fairly cleaned
with gold which seemed 30 pass all
through the rock
The ore is quartz and porphyry,
and most Of the rich stur Is found
practically m tie surface. The rock
Il somew hat porous and will prove to
b. very free nilfing L ed'um. run
ming we'll I'D ia gold percentages,
With very .aile silver.
The deagrs' ..hafts 80 far run
vary between so and IS feet, so that
the camp is comparatively undevel-
oped, although the ai1e extent of the
deposits shows a large body BoIh
III ibi tfhtfbDu Htii Glft 1IAil niil
leases well defined veins have been
discovered, sithoagE the present rich
returns come mostly from rich de-
posits found near the surface. The
surrounding territory is apparently
of mineralized character, as claims
have been staked ont for miles in all
directions. II is rocky country
with little desert
THE townsite of Rawhide Is
thriving one. containing more than
1000 inhabitants, who have erected
hundreds of cabins and tents. The
main street is more than a mile long
and the restaurants, in particular,
are crowded at all times. Hotels are
not of the best, the miners and Wis
itors contenting themselves with
beds In a number of rooming houses
and taking their meals in the numer-
GUS restaurants. l heard when there
that the Rawhde bank would open
up for business in week. and that
three more newspapers were coming
to the town. making five for the
camp. There are no churches there,
and saloons are not so much in evil
dence as one would suppose.
Water is hauled in from Sand
Springs. distance of six miles. and
costs 81 barrel. The facilities for
the shipment of ore have not been
very well developed yet, although
Fallon will be the official shipping
point.
while | was at Rawhide | saw
the first COW come into the camp.
Bossy was tied to the back of a large
wagon containing an entire family
consisting of man, his wife and
children, and they also brought their
furniture along When the residents
saw the COW march down Main
street they Sc up cheer which was
echoed from one end of the place to
the other.