Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-24
RAWH|DE seen
At CLOSE RANGE
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Correspondent Of a Coast Paper
Gives An Account of Re-
cent Observations.
MANY LEASES BEING WORKED.
But There Arc Problems 10 BE Solved
An Ideal Camp FOR Boom
Purposes.

A correspondent of the Mining &
Scientific Press gives an interesting
account Of his observations In Raw
hide Nevada, made recently in that
new and booming camp In the northern
part of Esmeralda county After going
into detail as to the ownership of the
various properties, the leasers working
there and general description of the
town. the writer says:
When the psychological moment ar
rived, Rawhide blossomed forth in all
nor glory as tull-hedged town with
over bOuO fortune hunters The strike
at toldhelG, the closing of mines in
other localities, and the TACT that there
mad to be mining excitement in Ne
Nada, made Rawnide possible. Aside
from this, 1t is a fact that Rnwhid,,
mas some extraordinarily rich surface
shoWlngs, some of which are merely
knlte-blade streaks: nut the gold is
there and the lesSees and mine opera
tors have faith that these knife blades
VIII open out into bonanzaS or enrich
the dlkes sufficiently TO make shipping
ore. Some of these expectations have
been partly realized. The bikes of
quartz porphyry and andesite breccia,
when sufficiently silicihed, yield prof
liable ore. but the dikes are only min
eralized in part If they We're miner
allZed throughout one could figure on a
certain tonnage OF q given class of ore,
but such is not the case, so that good
ore in one portion of dixie Is no guar
antee of the same condition i'm other
portions. AS to the naturalization con-
tinuing downward, there Is marked
Improvement to the shallow depth al
ready reached, but whether this will
extend below the zone of secondary en-
richment remains to be proved.
"There are approximately 300 leases
in force in the district, and many OF
the lessees are companies whose stocks
are on the market. Many of the leases
are offered for sale at high prices;
the fairly long terms of the leases. one
TO three years, make them attractive
to traders and spectators. While much
work is In progress on some of the
leases. there are others apparently be-
ing held for sale, and the work being
| done is merely to meet the agreements.
| c. t.. Loss of the California Contrary
| ing Co, II. w. King, Fred Grutt, and
| s. D. Crump are the organizers of Il
| company that purposes building a rail-
| road from SchurZ to Rawhide. a dis
| lance OF 81 miles. II is announced that
| the road will be built within the next
six months. j. \. Carmichael has spent
| some time i'm Rawhide making tests
| with a view to erecting a custom mill.
| He believes Rawhide will eventually be-
come Il great milling district
There Is no doubt that with favor
able conditions. such as cheap and eff
Client labor, cheap power and tlmbers,
there would be ore for many large
mills; but such is not the case; with
high union labor, almost prohibitive
timber costs, and no cheap power. only
the best grades of milling ore can be
worked, Some of the lessees are ship
ping ore $3.50 to s250), but the great
| majority are only expanding money.
The camp is an IDEAL one for boom
purposes: high assays are common. the
ore yields fine specimens, and the ar"l
over which good ore has been f.
bids fair to make a number OF profitt-
bic mines. AS compared with Goldfed
at the same age. the comparison is in
favor OF Rawhide; but the deposits
being OF character not well under
stood, the future is difficult to predict.
The sociological experience of Goldfied
Is likely to be repeated here, and a new
boom in some other locality in Nevada
IS apt to divert interest to fresh
scene of excitement d"