Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-03-07

rom Rawhide. A month had elapsed
,,om the time of his prior visit, and
that from which he has just return
N. and he says that in the interim
the camp has so grown that he
would hardly recognize it. And the
development of the properties has
kept pace with the growth of tho
camp.
"As far as the town Is concerned. =
said Mr.. Pittman, the number OF
neople can be estimated from five
10 seven thousand. 1t is difficult to
get a place to sleep and the streets
are a seething mass of humanity.
On the visit prior TO this / was APP
preached by a number OF property
owners seeking to oel, me their proc
critics. On this last lip conditions
we're reversed. The buyers were
chasing the property owners, and the
property owners seemed to be taking
matters very eGsv
While a great many additional
veins have been opened up. and dis
c]oyeries of rich ore in various parts
Of the camp are of daily occurrence,
consider the development in the
main properties the most encourage
ing feature Of the camp. This de-
yelopment having been done during
the last month, since my former visit,
demonstrates to me beyond doubt
that the veins become larger and the
values greater with depth. AS an
Illustration, the Kearns lease at the
surface had no indications of a vein
except a brecciated mass of porphyry
\ sat partially silieifed, and stained
With oxydized iron.
This matter was, of course. in
closed between walls and was there
fore known to be a vein. At the
lime Of my former visit to the camp.
the shaft was down about forty feet,
and the vein had widened, the vein
matter had become more silicifed.
and the values had increased. This
shaft at the present time. at a depth
Of something more than one hundred
feet, shows a vein matter which Is
almost completely s~ilicifed, and
which bears a resemblance to the
quartz Of any well defined vein.
l Such has been the history OF the
\ veins on the /, X. l.. claims, owned
by the Rawhide Mining and Reduc-
ton Company; the Grutt hill claims,
owned by the Grutts and Van Dorm;
and many other properties where
there has been the least surface ero-
sion. The vein of the Murray lease.
owned by the Rawhide Mining and
Reduction Company. is exposed at a
much lower altitude than the others
referred to, and therefore the vein
matter was entirely silicifed, and. in
fact, consisted Of pure quartz, twen-
F-hye feet in width, stained with
sulphides. II was the condition OF
mis- vein which first led me to be-
lieve that the other veins OF the camp
would improve with depth.
The assertions sometimes heard
10 The effect that Rawhlde has rich
spots, but no veins, is an absolute
poot that the party making such as
@fnons has either never been on any
o. the main properties of the dis
uet' or is absolutely ignorant OF
wat constitutes a vein. The veins
N The camp are well marked by silic-
lned rock between two distinct walls.
aud may be traced, Internationally,
song the surface for miles.
The veins are, practically, All
gafallel, having a general northeast
qy and southwesterly strike. The
ems vary in width. at the surface,
rom two to twenty-five feet in
sluth. There is no doubt that there
WI De an immense tonnage OF mill
ing ore in the camp, and from the
amount OF high grade sacked on the
Jumps, there is now every reason to
sheve that II will be a high grade
shipping camp"
w. w. Charles, auditor OF the Ton
Opan Mining Company, was another
""'al from the new gold field, hav-
as returned from his fret trip to
"e new country. He was very fav-
paoly impressed, and thinks that
aasnide is going to be a most won
aerful camp.
is a wonderful camp now
Mr. Charles. II have pever seen
-.'ning like It for its age. and this
n"s alike 10 the population and
y development. The surface show
aes are marvellous. and the depth
mas been reached proves that
ore Increases in width and val
s,s There IS evidently plenty OF