The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-04
DEVELOPMENTS AT RAWF1IDE
tspecIal correspondencel

Especial Correspondence
hawhide. New. April 2-Thoushi knockers t,ock and
kcSers kick. though unemployed miners 90 forth to rsnort
oor,er. no.hn doin in the diggins and turned-down re-
eYHs "ri'e mat Rawhide is only a boom camp. yet the in
~ OF enthusiasts far exceeds the exodus Of pessimists and
.aa oapy camp grows apace to a sure and prosperous
t"u n town increases daily in size and population
y a rae TO astound the ordinary citizen of an ordinary
A"erlcan state, and almost to drive to desperation Uncle
sam the railroads and express companies. in their efforts to
serve the youngster with mail. provisions and supplies.
Yesterday a load of rough lumber was dumped OF the out
sSr's 0 4 n city. This morning there is upreared the frame
Il a two-story business block. Tomorrow 1t will be occu-
pied and its occupants will have as neighbors squatters on
GROUND ina day before yesterday was vacant and next week
will be N the business section of the city. Rumors of emf
denies and canards of contagion to the contrary notwith-
standing, Rawhide not only draws to herself a representa-
uve snare Of the. worlds population. but allows it to live
when II comes There is not a healthier spot in the desert
region between Colorado and California. Chemists say the
water is far superior in quality to that consumed by most
w per cent OF pneumonia deaths. much heralded in outside
papers, ere due to a too stingy use of this beverage and to
an excess in its various substitutes.
rPnovEMENTs EVERYWHERE
Mills are building. hoists are implanting, placers are
yielding and shipments are speeding to the smelters. When
all is said Rawhide has no other excuse for existence than
the gole which underlies her soil. and sticks out in her
groupings. That the gold is here is evident in shippings
and paintings. That faith in its presence is reposed by its
seekers is seen in the mills and the hoists that are being in
stalled at enormous cost.
Limbering up of saltwater Bfrs custom mill on the
fiat south of town is requiring more time than was originally
anticipated, but 1t is promised that the plant will be in
steady operation before the end of another week. All parts
for the Garwood l5-stsmp works. shipped from salda. Colo,
have been delivered and are being set up at the excellent
site on the fiat where an abundance of water has been de-
veloped. Codd and Coote, the Goldfeld operators, who con-
troll the destinies of a shipping mine in that district, and
are the executive heads of the Last Chance mine and the st.
Ives lease in Rawhide. have fully financed their milling pro-
iect here n have ordered !, oompIe,e nIon 30 ,amn
plates end cyanide equipment. In their divers Rawhide dig
gings they have blocked out enough ore to tax their mill to
it's utmost for many a month to come. Tom Kearns, of the
celebrated Kearns properties. has made requisition for a
Huntington mill of a capacity of 200 tons per day. Whether
the venture will pay is hardly a matter of chance when 1t is
known that a carload of truck that is sacking at the dig
gings is worth sl25.ooo and that there is opened up a 80
inch streak of ore that averages around the mark of $500
per tor.
FIRST RAwHIDE HOIST
The first hoist to go into commission in Rawhide district
is chug chugging on the Kearns No. 1 lease and two other
lifters ar being set up on Kearns ground. An accident in
transit has delayed installation of the now delivered hoist
on the Murray lease. Excellent service is being rendered
by the hoist o n the L. x. L. lease, the third to be implanted
in the district. and before many days a big plant will be
working overtime at the Truett No. 2 lease. formerly known
as the De Almond, on the south slope of Hooigan Hill. adj
joining the famous Owl One.
An interesting feature of Rawhide is it's placer mining.
On Rawhide Consolidated territory at the south end of
town twelve leases are treating gravel that pans at i'm
mense profit. This is in spite of the fact that the dirt has
to be hauled several miles to the flats where water is avail
able. The same sand if found in the Dawson country. where
sluice boxes are easily flooded. would hold its own with the
choices. bonanzas of that section. The time is coming when
water in abundance will be pumped up or piped down to
Rawhide and then this will become known as a placer camp
in the same class with the old celebrity of forty-nine.
ZIG ST. IVES STRIKE
One IF the most spectacular strikes recorded in Rawhide
for many a day was made this week within the lines OF the
St. Ives lease On the Balloon claim of the Rawhide Queen
group on Balloon Hill. This block of ground, controlled by
Codd & Coote, is between the Kearns No / and the kearns
No. . leases, and is the largest single lease on Balloon Hill.
Purely by chance miners who were trudgfng up the road
from town to the main St Ives shaft house, stumbled upon
free gold ore in their path. They knocked off a few pieces
and found it fairly glittering with the auriferous yellow-
This IVES reported to the management of the lease and picks
and shcvels were employed. As a result there was exposed a
healthy ten foot ledge between perfect walls. one 1ncn O.
the orr runs so high that assays would be supernuous ana
all indications point to the probability that the entire vein
= t-11~n doup md chippad without sorting. AFTER THIS
discovery was examined by President King. of the Rawhide
Queen company, those in charge of the st Ives lease were
comne,Ied first to guard the treasure and then II conceal IL
20 nrevent high grading. The wonderful find is about fifty
feet above the lower lines of the St Ives lease whlch Ia
the vein in such shape as to bar any fear OF apex troupie.
n lies lust below the main working shaft. superintendent
7 r. Sears, acting for Codd & Coote, is now IN feho over
seeinp the shipment of a big consignment of machinery Tor
their property. Immediately upon MS return d CT" :"
m;ners will be retained to thoroughly explore TINS latest eA-
nos,re At present prosecuting is the order on the 65-foot
level in the st. Ives lease. but sinking or the nam smart VIM
resume Immediately upon the arrival OF the Dig MOIST which
is e N route to the diggings.
sEcoND "Ko1rEsTAKE."
One of the latest additions to the companies operating
T.. D asbide is the Rawhide Homestake Mining company
similarity of the large outcropping iedges on the s,ou"u.
"a n firm conviction of the companys engineer III !"
will be a close second to the great mine I'M prove "or'n
OF it's name.
rhe holdings of the company consists OF the Black Fup'
Rlack Pup No. / Black Pup No. !, ana IN uhhs" a..
ar,stocratic producing section of the camp Tnere Is a !,
uork OF veins on the property, from the GROUPINGS . WHICH
Good pannings can be had at almost any point ASSAY iio"
oFr1cEns ELECTED ToWAs1x1 At =
At a meeting of the Goldfeld lodge OF :.
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