The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-04-25
OF RAWHIDE SAYS
CAMP is BETTER THAN EVER

into the hill. The formation Is assay
ing from 81 to $29.
Zone of the promising leases of the
camp il the Booth-Alexander on block
10 of Mascot No. I. No great depth
has been attained, but there Is q guam
tity of 5000 ore in sight. The ledge is
.thirty-eight inches wide.
con the Poor Boy three leasers are
breaking shipping ore. The latest ship
nent from the Reynolds Tanner lease
Melted s112 to the ton.
Five leasers are operating on the
Hoodlums. They are employing TWEEN
tv.seven men. On the Nealy & Howard
lease ore running $3.50 is being sacked
from a thirty-foot ledge. The ]. x. L
shaft is down 100 feet and is equipped
with a twenty-five horse power hoist
Five feet Of ore is breaking $45.
ssBlocks one and two Of the Nor
rissv are being operated by the Raw
hide Mining company. of which A A
Codd is president. For 14O feet the
workings are in medium grade min ing
ore. averaging s12 to SIS. A rich pay
shoot was run through at the 75-foot
point. 1t win be cut on the crosscut
from the $50.
s.The Crane lease is down fifty feet
and is driving a erosscut to pick up a
fine lead Of milling ore.
"A hoist is being installed on the
St. Ives lease of the Queen estate
When this is in shape work will be con
tinued from the sixty-fve-foot point In
the shaft.
con the rich strike made on the sur
face. northwest of the main shaft, a
stockade has been built to keep of
specimen hunters. From three to five
inches of the ledge averages $1,000 to
the ton. This rock is being sacked. On
either side of the pay shoot there is q
quantity of $50 ore.
"High grade shipping ore is being
sacked on the Selovar, Schaeffer and
Luninp leases on the Wild West claim
of the Coalition company on Grutt hill
This is one of the richest sections OF
the camp. There are various veins
from three inches to three feet in
thickness. The shaft in each of these
leases is now down about fifty feet.
"The Miller, Truett and Davidson
leases on Hooligan hill are sinking II
| good ore. The Miller shaft is equipped
with a twenty-five horsepower hoist. II
has from eighteen inches to two feet o.
SAY ore al seventy-hve feet. The
shaft on the Truett is down fifty feet
the last shipment from this property t.
the Tyre Gates mill returned $34.50 t.
the ton. Twenty inches of 500 ore hal
been opened.
"The Royal shaft in the western sec
ton of the district is down 40 fee
and has entered an entirely new orr
shoot worth from SAT to $40 to thu
ton.
"McMann's property is showing fit
teen inches of very rich silver ore a
forty-se feet. The ledge is ffteel
inches wide. On the Gar claim OF thu
Rawhide Rector estate one Of the rich
est strikes in the history of the cam
has been made. Twenty inches of orr
at a depth of eighteen feet yielded
81, 900 a ton. From forty to sixty fee
the shaft is in $40 ore.
"Rawhide at present has a popula
ton Of about 1000. The frenzied rusf
of six weeks ago is now at an end and
tire exodus is about equalized by thu
incomers. Many big mining men hav'
visited the camp within the past week
Instead of the recent furry, an ag
gressive campaign of mine development
has begun. Grading for the railroad
has been begun and it is almost assures
that the iron horse will reach Rawhid
by July 4th.