The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-07-18

(By Wllnam 4. DE WOLF, 81
Rawhide, New, July 16.-Minine
operations are on the increase in tn,
Rawhide district, and this in face oi
financial depression and me heat Of the
summer s~olstice. A number of new
leases have been granted within the
past few days, and development re
sumed on several aereages which have
been quiescent for some weeks. The
trend of mining conditions here is to
ward larger production and greater
prosperity. Work is general in all por-
tons of the pay belt, and is accom-.
panied with a degree of mining success
entirely disproportionate with the age
of the camp and the average develop
ment of its properties. Money is more
in evidence than for some weeks past,
merchants report an increase in trade
and hotel and restaurant arrangements
announce an increase in daily receipts.
Signs are in evidence of the approach
of the camps epoch of milling, and IL
order to be prepared for its advent,
lessee and company arrangements are
blocking out large reserves of medium
grade ore below ground and are piling
like class ore on dump. The Gates
Tyrer mill, chrysalis of the local mill
ing industry, is being increased to a
daily capacity of so tons of ore; a large
force of men is engaged in establishing
the Anderson undeeker combined
water and milling plant; mill machinery
is in transit for the reduction plants TO
be erected by the Rawhide Mining COM
pany, by J. N. Watt and associates of
San Jose, California, and by Joseph
Polacheck and associates of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; it is reputed that Lessee
Truett will likewise enter the milling
field here and that he has ordered a
plant. 1t can be announced with surety
hat the Rawhide Mining, Wall, Gun
decker and Polacheck mills will be in
commission before the close of the year.
1t is not unlikely that all four will be
reducing ores prior to November 1.
Strike on Consolidated
Since the filing of last weeks dis
patches a strike of magnitude has been
made at the Murray lease on the estate
of the Rawhide Consolidated Mines
company. In point of gold-enrichment
and general mineral worth the discov-
cry ranks with the very best ever made
here. The find was made in the bottom
of the shaft, a depth of 200 feet, and
appears to be the continuation of the
rich ledge opened at surface in the
very early days of the camp by Murray,
the lessee from whom the holding
takes it's name. The ore mined at both
points is identical in appearance and is
not greatly unequal in gold grade. In
the drift from the 200-foot level the
face is in quartz which breaks to an
average of 5000 the ton, and which is
streaked with seams having a gold
worth of from So to S. the pound. The
upper levels of the block continue to
yield a generous tonnage of shipping
and milling ores, the former being con-
signed to Utah smelling points and the
latter going to local mill. The lease is
already paying large royalties to the
Consolidated company on it's ore ship
ments, and will be doubling the same
Just as soon as The Polacheck mill is in
operation.
The Lillian Lease
In the west crosscut from the 100
foot level of the main working shaft on
the Lillian lease of the Consolidated
company the miners are proving up the
extension of the rich ledge exposed in
the upper workings. Now that the
identity of the ledge has been thor
oughly established in the lower level
the management is assured an area of
stopping ground extending practically
to surface. Three men are employed in
sacking ore having a value OF from
$500 to $1,000 the ton. This is the
product from the shoot showing at the
100-foot level. In the workings above
that point the miners are maint aiming
a steady output of both shipping and
milling grade quartz, and are also
blocking out a large reserve of the lat
ter.
The Big -Four Lease
Shipping and milling grade ores are
being mined with daily regularity at
the Big Four lease workings on the
estate of the Consolidated company. A
moderate sized tonnage of the former
is going to smelter, but no attempt is
being made at this time to market the
latter. A very large tonnage of mill
rock is blocked out in the various drifts
and crosscuts, all of which will be
drawn upon for shipments just as soon
as adequate milling facilities are estab-
lished locally.
The Hines Lease
At the Hines lease on the estate OF
the Morning Star company the miners
are breaking down ore having an aver
age value of $5s7.6 90 the ton across a
width of IS inches. A streak of high
grade paralleling the before mentioned
has a worth of 81, 200 the ton across a
width of two inches. The point of its