The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-02-27
HAS DEFENSE
FOR RAWH|DE
Herrick Says Camp is Ex-
cellent One--nas Crit
.ciSm for Critics
Rawhide, New, Feb. 20. 1908.

notice That Messrs. Pheby, Gray
and Hulse have returned to Ely.
| According to the newspapers Gray
seems reticent to talk Pheby Is con-
sentative and Hulse declares it is the
biggest fake he ever saw. OF the
three Gray and Pheby show the most
wisdom. 1t may be that Hulse has
eyes different from the ordinary man
and can see farther into the earth
than mining men and prospectors.
| am not interested in witnessing
the departure of our local friends
from Ely, and it has been my adj
vice that they do not cut loose their
foot hold in the old reliable camp of
Ely but that if they were in po-
with the boom to win or hose, they
might make some quick money
Rawhide is repetition of the ex-
element of any new gold camp, and
at this stage of affairs. consider
real estate has reached a high value.
but not too high when you consider
the condition of the mines in the dis
trict.
1t is also true that there are many
people here more or less without
funds and there are comparatively.
few on the SIS pay roll among the
mines. These conditions, however,
are self explanatory. when you con-
slider the conditions from the out
side standpoint.
Now to the mines and the so-called
fake conditions that are supposed to
exist. To begin with let me say,
should we not be interested by a.
means in the possibilities of another
great gold camp being added to Me-
vada's resources. II we we're all
pessimists, instead of hearing the
booming Of blasts on all sides, day
and night, our camp would be silent,
and there would not be 200 leasers
exploring the district, and perchance
no one would have ever discovered
the Murray. Miller, Kearns, Grutt
Royal, Tiger, Poor Boy, Big Four,
Capt. links, Last Chance, I. x. L.;
Walker, Kearns No. Q, and many
other strikes, from which ore is be-
ing sacked ready for shipment as fast
as 1t Is possible under the ,circum-
stances And we must not forget
that Goldfeld was made by leasers,
and that Cripple Creek was made by
leasers, and that Cripple Creek was
born in panic. and SO was Raw
hide. We must not forget, also, that
these stringers of high grade ore
must invariably lead to bodies of
magnitude when they are followed
down. This camp has at least one
hundred showings of high grade ore
in small quantities, and from Is to.
20 of these properties are now be-
tween 100 and $50 feet deep, with
the high grade still in place, and to
illustrate the possibilities of what 1t
may lead to, the Kearns lease here
was the first to develop the small
seam of high grade ore on the sur
face They have shaft down 40
feet and on the 68 foot level they
have crosscut body of ore that act
ually averages $4,000 for % feet,
and four feet of $4,000, and at
the bottom of the shaft they have
ore that runs $2,700 to the ton. The
Kearns lease No. q, is sacking very
rich ore.
1t is very true that exaggerations
and over estimates are heard on ev-
cry side. However, / am willing to
pass my opinion that Rawhide Is
making many great mines. l believe
there will be more men working in
Rawhide in the next IL months than
in any other gold camp in the state.
believe. that some of her mines
will produce millions Of dollars, and
believe that some of the stocks
that are now going on. the market
from 10 to SO cents will be In the
dollars, just as they were in the his
tory of Goldfield
Gold is where you find it and SO
is opportunity. My friend. Hulse,
who differs so radically from this ar
ticle, Is either endowed with super
human intelligence, to size this camp
up so we'll, by getting on an automo-
bile and walking up and down the
main street, two or three days and
returning home with his convictions,
or else his mind was unable to I'M
derstand the features of the camp.
1t is more to mans credit, even
though he withdraws from personal
investment, II he gives word of en-
enlargement to the remarkable en-
ergy that is being displayed here by
the ones who are taking Il. chance.
+ In conclusion, wish to say that
the district is developing for fully
two miles In length and fully two
miles in width, and at this time there
are no less than 200 leasers work.
ling, many of them over 100 feet I'M
der ground, and not In q single in
stance have the deep shafts lost the
ore, but on the contrary In every In
stance where the shafts have been
sunk 100 feet or more, they have
found the ore in place and we'll de-
fined leads, with high grade streak
and plenty Of good milling ore. These
statements can be verified by any
reliable mining engineer in the dis
trict.
| Az for the stampede. l agree that
many will ind IT hard picking. But
don't hold your breath until the
stampede stops. n they make Raw
hide 4 world beaten. why should we
ohiacf Iord knows sseyery little