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The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
POPULATION OF TOWN
BIGGER THAN GOLDEIELD

The town of Rawhide is building up
with remarkable rapidity There are
now more than 800 wooden buildings
in the camp, and ESQ are in course of
construction. There are 5000 tented
habitats. Fifteen mule teams of ten to
twenty animals each are engaged in haul
ing lumber from the railroad, and many
smaller teams are being pressed into
the service. More than 200 carpenters
are employed at IS a day. and contract
ors are sending outside for workmen to
enable them to complete their contracts
on time. Real estate values have more
than doubled in a fortnight, it being
impossible to buy for $25, 900 a corner
lot which sold two weeks ago for
$4,000.
Many operators from Nome and the
Klondike are now on the ground, at
tracted by the reports that rich placer
diggings have been discovered. These
placers, which are situated at the lower
end of town, in the canyon which drains
the rich quartz section around Grutt,
Balloon, Murray and Hooligan Hills,
are being prospected by means of
shafts, n some remarkable values
nave been counters Dirt running
as high as 5000 a cubic yard has been
struck at several points, and nuggets
weighing as high as 81 are frequently
found. 1t is believed that these placers
can be worked at an enormous profit
by the dry-washing process, and if
water sufficient for sluicing purposes
can be developed. which is now assured.
this rich ground will produce fortunes
in placer gold.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
ANOTHER EXPERT VIEW

James G.. Flynn, formerly mine su-
perintendent of the Combination and
Mohawk mines of Goldfeld, has made
the Following report -on the Balloon
Hill portion of the district: II have
spent three days in making a more
thorough and complete examination of
Balloon Hill. and any doubts enter
tanned OF its containing millions of the
precious metal have been dispelled
squat on the hill are the mining loca.
tons known as the Balloon. Balloon
FRACTION, Grey Eagle Fraction. Mascot
No. 1. Diabase and March Rose. The
Grey Eagle Fraction is under lease in
its entirety to the Grey Eagle Fraction
Mining and Leasing Company. The
Mascot No. l is as yet un-incorporatea
The Balloon claim. the Balloon Frac-
ton. the Diabase and the March Ros,
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u,,,as couId be probably worked was
,,r,,ss only by the high temperature
v,,cb prevaiIs on the lower levels Inc
GILT Edge and Barnes-Rins mines are
q, ,,,ne formation, and they were
noctetv and gradually 'petered out al
4. ounarativel shallow depth. We did
not find the ores below the 4oo-ioo'
Lave, and they carried no silver values
w,ataver. I expect to find heat at
asn,b in the Rawhide mines, because
there are hot springs in the vicinity
In the Michigan copper mines they go
down 5000 or 5000 feet, and yet the
lower levels in those mines are COM
naratively cool, while at a depth Oh
9ooo feet in the Comstock mines the
,smnerature is almost at the ooiiihs
no,nt. The fact that there are not
springs in the vicinity Of Rawhide
leads me to believe that the mines Will
reneat the history of the Comstock ana
go to great depth"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
PROCESS OF REPLACEMENT

We now come to the third process.
and really the one which is destined
to make Rawhide famous and that is
the process of replacement-a strange
metasomatic trick of nature by which
the worthless feldspars are replaced
by silica. gold and silver. The replace
ment process is clearly demonstrable
in the Kearns, Murray. Grutt and other
leases. 1t is a %harbinger of glad It'd
ings to those in Rawhide and to those
who are to go there. for it means big
ore bodies and a big camp.
The other features of the district.
from a geological standpoint. are all
extremely favorable to it's future. bikes
of basalt and dacite may be seen crop
ping here and there, most of them run
ming in a northerly and s%outherly
direction, and, as a rule. cutting
through the country rock at nearly a
right angle to the main axis of strait
~ication.
The center of mining activity is on
and around Balloon Hill. Grutt Hill,
Murray Hill and Hooligan Cor McLeod)
Hill. These four hills adjoin one an
other and compose the backbone of the
district.
The properties embraced in this "in-
side territory are the following:
1awhids Queen Mines company's
estate. consisting of sixty-five acres.
covering the center Of Bal
loon Hill. and including the Balloon,
March Rose and Diabase claims and the
Fraction. This company is in
corporated for 1000. 900 shares of a
par value of 81 each; 10000 shares
are in the company's treasury.
Rawhide Coalition Mines Company's
holdings, embracing eight claims and
three fractions. or a little more than
100 acres. covering a large part of Bal
loon Hill. Grutt Hill, Murray Hill. all
of Hooligan Hill. all of Silver-King Hill
and all of the townsite. This company
is Incorporated for s,OOO.O 900 shares of
a par value of 81 each: 100000 shares
are in the treasury.
Grey Eagle Fraction, which has been
leased in its entirety for two years to
the Grey Eagle FRACTION Mining and
Leasing Company, which has just been
Incorporated with a capitalization of
loco. 600 shares; $50. 600 shares are in
the company's treasury. This fraction.
my NohAdiHS dDOut elSul acres, Is
probably the most valuable piece OF
ground of its size in the district. 1t
adjoins the Balloon claim and the Bal
loon Fraction of the Rawhide Queen
Mines Company on the northeast, and
has the extension OF the great Kearns
No. 2 vein opened up on the Balloon
Fraction. next door. 1t is bordered on
the other side by the bonanza Mascot
claim and by the ground of the Raw
hide Coalition Mines Company.
Mascot and Mascot NO. 1 claims. not
yet incorporated.
orutt Fraction. adjoining the Silver
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King Annex claim of the Rawhide Co
Mine Company.
pavhids Consolidated Mines compa-
ny,s estate Of eight claims and four
Incorporated for 1000. 900
shares of a par value of 81. The Muir
ray lease. one of the big bonanzas Of
the district, is situated On the Bald
Hornet claim Of this estate.
1swhids balloon Kin Mining Com
pany's estate. consisting Of sixty-hve
acres and including the Litigator. Com
mercial and Commodore claims and the
Litigator Fraction. This company Is
incorporated for 100000 shares of a
par value of 81. The Kearns No.
vein passes through the Litigator claim
and the pike and Howard veins of the
Rawhide Queen Mines Company extend
the Commercial and Commo-
dore claims of this company.
Ravhids claim, the original location
of the district, not yet incorporated.
Roseberry 1awhids Mining Compa-
nv, of ninety-seven acres, situated be-
tween Rawhide Consolidated and Coal
ition ground on the south. lncorpo-
rated for 1850, 900 shares. of which
400. 900 shares are in the treasury.
ravhide Combination Mining Com
many. owning the Last Chance claim.
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ore at a depth varying from twenty to
sixty feet. the strike in the Royal on
the sixty-foot level having disclosed
ore running as high as $1,000 a ton
In short. the developments through
out the district during the past fort
night have fully verified the predic-
tions made In the last issue of this
F~ortnsghtly Market Review and placed
Rawhide among the great gold camps
OF the world.
All the big operators in the country
now have their representatives on the
ground, making examinations Of the
principal properties. and a number OF
important deals have already been con-
summated. Prices of inside properties
are going up by leaps and bounds. and
claims representing outside territory
which could have been bought for a
few thousand dollars two weeks ago
cannot be touched for less than $4,000
today. Eugene Grutt and associates,
who W the Grey Eagle Fraction,
which adjoins the Balloon claim and the
Balloon Fraction of the Rawhide
Queen Mines Company On the north
east, and is under lease to the Grey
Eagle Fraction Mining and Leasing
Company, have refused 100000 for
that piece of ground. which contains
less than eight acres. f. w. King,
president of the Rawhide Queen Mines
Company, who owns 55 per cen of the
stock of thai corporation. which is cap
italized for 1000. 900 shares. has just
refused 81 a share for his holdings. and
he says that he would not for a NOM
ent consider an offer of less han IS a
share. Many leases that are still in
the prospect stage nave changed hands
during the past two weeks at prices
ranging from $4,000 to $25,Ooo.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
STRIKES OF DAuYOCCURRENCE

In addition to these great strikes.
remarkable discoveries are being made
daily on adjoining and n%eighboring
properties, notably the Murray lease.
OF the estate Of the Rawhide CONSOLE
dated Mines Company; the Gray Eagle
Fraction, adjoining the Kearns No. 2
on the northwest: the Grutt, Proskey
and Luning leases on the Wild West
claim of the Rawhide Coalition Mines
Company: the Miller, De Armand and
other leases on Hooligan Hill, within
the estate Of the Rawhide Coalition;
the Litigator claim of the Rawhide
Balloon Hin Mining Company. the
ogiivie-Reynolds and Nat. C. Goodwin
leases on the Balloon claim of the
Rawhide Queen. and other properties
in the vicinity.
In the western section of the district.
nearly three miles from the town Of
Rawhide. several important strikes
ave been made during the past two
weeks, indicating that that part of the
district contains several promising
properties. The Royal and Tiger. Bull
whacker and Steinheimer. situated in
that locality. have opened up shipping
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14

inflammation method. but some OF the
ores which carry high values in silver
notably those Of the Murray lease. will
have to be smeited or treated by the
concentration and cynide process. From
exper,ments that l have made in my own
in Helena, I am satisfied that
an extraction Of from 30 to 81 per cent
can be made on all the ores in the
camp. The ores Of the Miller, on Coali-
ton ground. Kearns No. 2. on Queen
ground. De Armand and Alexander
leases. on Coalition ground. in particular.
can be treated simply with stamps and
plates and a very high extraction made.
All of the ores from the leases on Hooli-
gan Hin. where the De Armand and
Alexander leases are situated. come un-
der this classification. There is no rea-
son why fifty stamps could not be kept
dropping day n night on the present
development in the leases I have just
named.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
THE GEOLOGY OF RAWHIDE

Several biologists and mineralogists
of national reputation ave during the
past month made a careful study of the
formation of the district. and without
exception they declare that all the in
dications point to the permanency of
the ore deposits.
The genesis of the ores of the dis
trict is three-fold. viz: Stock works.
im~pregnation and replacement. The
~porphyries. which are acidic in type.
found in the immediate vicinity, I'M
doubtedly represent two geologic ages.
1t is in the earlier ~porphyries that all
the values thus far have been found.
These values are encountered over a
most extensive area, it being well with
in the confines of accuracy to say a ter
ritory three miles square. On the
eastern side of this area lie three very
prominent hills. named from north to
south. Grutt Hill. Balloon Hill and
Murray Hill. These hills Immediately
bound the town of Rawhide on the
east. while H~ooligan Cor MtLeod) Hill
and Silver King Hill lie just west of
the main street of the town. That
grade ore eyer discovered In the world
exist in these hills Is now conclusive
~ demonstrated.
How these ore bodies were found is
an interesting study as well as a most
encouraging one. "Stockworks' is a
term given to a r~eticulated mass Of
rock which is made up of a number of
small seams and veins running in every
conceivable direction and filled with
silica and metals. If this were the
full meaning of ''stockworks" 1t would
seem a very discouraging condition, but
fortunately there are larger and major
veins here which are found moi only in
the shearing zones. but also as frac-
tures, thus anording double vent to
the ascending waters and their precious
accompaniments. gold and silver. This
r~crescnts impregnation-
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
EXPERIENCE in MONTANA

During my experience in Montana 1
have been able to mine and mill ores
for as low as 81 a ton, but the veins
in Rawhide being narrower than the
large deposits in lime in Montana, the
cost would be much greater. The higher
cost of labor and power and the cost of
water would also add to the expense.
But there is no reason why the ores Of
Rawhide cannot be mined and milled at
a cost not to exceed IS or IS a ton
while in exceptional cases. such as those
of the Kearns and Ogilvie-Reynolds
leases, they can be treated for SO or 81
a ton. This would bring to the stamps
an almost unlimited tonnage Of low
grade ore h could be handled at a
profit.
Several outside parties have as
sured me tina they will erect a large
custom mill in the camp within a short
time, and the company is awaiting their
decision. If actual construction work is
not begun by some one within the next
twenty days., the will at once
begin the erection of a mill of sufficient
capacity to treat all the ores from it's
mines"
Mr.. Kings experience in managing
some of the best gold mines in Mon
tana has peculiarly fitted him for solv-
ing the problem of economically reduc-
ing the ores of the new camp. His
first great success was putting the
Gilt Edge mine, situated in Fergus
county, Mont, on a dividend-paying
basis. Several companies had operated
the property, but in every instance
failed to put it on a paying basis. When
Mr.. King took charge of the mine the
cyanide process of extracting gold from
refractory ores was in its infancy. By
the method in use at the Gilt Edge it
required from two to three pounds of
cyanide to a ton of ore to make the
extraction, and the cost of the cyanide
rendered it impossible to make a profit
on the ore, which averaged about Sc a
Within a short time Mr.. King, by
the adoption Of improved methods of his
invention, reduced the quantity of
cyanide necessary to extract the gold
from a ton Of ore to less than a third
of a pound, and this saving enabled him
to operate the mine at a handsome profit.
The Barnes-King mine, situated in the
county, was also made a profitable
producer by MI. King. who introduced
his new process in reducing it's ores.
Under his management the TWO mines
produced over 50, 200, 900 and paid big
profits to the stockholders.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
RAWHIDE QUEEN MINES co.

The Rawhide Queen Mines Company,
whose ground is centrally located on
Balloon Hill, is incorporated for 1,OOO.-
600 shares of a par value of 81 each,
OF which 300, 900 shares are retained in
the treasury for development purposes.
The officers of the corporation, which
was the first holding company organ-
lied in the district, are E.. w. King,
president; J. H.. Barrett. vice president;
William Lane. secretary, and d. v.
S~nowgoose, treasurer. The property
consists Of three full claims and three
fractions, viz: The Balloon. March
Rose and Diabase claims and the Bal
loon Fraction and two small fractions
not yet named. The estate contains
sixty-ive acres. situated squarely on
Balloon Hill. with the exception of a
small area on the extreme north end.
A controlling interest in the property
was taken over on January LIST Of the
present year by E. W. King. the we'll
known banker and mine-owner Of
Montana. Mr.. King has been operating
In Montana for nearly twenty years,
being the moving spirit in the Gilt
Edge Mining Company. the Great
Northern Development Company. the
Mining Company. the Ken
dali Mining Company and the Alder
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
RENO (Nev.). March 6. 1908.

RENO New. March 6. 1908.
NICE our last Fortnightly Mar
ket Review was Issued the
camp of Rawhide has more
than doubled its population and the
camp now contains more than 5000
people. The rush to the district is
increasing in volume hourly and the
newcomers are pouring into the dis
trict at the rate of $50 or 200 a day.
Many sensational strikes ave been
made during the past fortnight. sew
eral of them disclosing at a depth.
varying from sixty to 1875 feet. large
bodies of high-grade ore that exceed
in size and values any previous dis
coveries in the state.
The developments to date fully
substantiate the prediction made in
the last issue of this Market Review
that Rawhid is developing into the
greatest gold camp in the United States.
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RAWHIDE MINES
N

1--WE proceed to a review of the i'm
w portant mining companies OF
Rawhide that own inside ground
on or surrounding or situated between
Balloon Hill, Grutt Hill, Hooligan Hill,
silver King Hill and Murray Fill. which
mark the center of activity. In doing
so, we bear in mind the mistakes and
shortcomings of camp boomers and min
ing-stock promoters of the Greenwater
type and of other districts that have
been overboomed to the cost and heavy
loss of investors. In this connection it
should be pointed out that Greenwater
Matched up in the cafe of the Waldorf
Astoria in New York and that the securi-
ties of that camp were manufactured to
feed a growing demand for mining stocks
that grew out of the tremendous boom
that was brought about by the merger
of various Goldfield producers into the
Goldfeld Consolidated. There is nothing
manufactured about Rawhide. The
camp has grown despite depressed finan-
cial conditions throughout the country.
and ore discoveries alone are responsible
for it. Indeed, but for the fact that the
strikes of high-grade made in Rawhide
have been of such tremendous sig
nifcance, the boom would have been
throttled in it's infancy by the absence
of buying power for securities of the
average variety. which for months has
been evidenced throughout the country.
and Rawhide woul have died still
born.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
KEARNS ONWATERAND MILLS

KEARNS ONWATERAND MILLS
Thomas Kearns, owner of the famous
Kearns leases at Rawhide, was in Reno
Monday. on his way back to the great
gold camp from San Francisco. where
he spent a week or ten days perfecting
plans for the installation of a water
works and electric lighting system n
the erection of a stamp mill at Raw
hide. In talking of his plans Mr..
Kearns said: Some time ago l decided
to erect a 20O-ton plant at Rawhide to
reduce the ores from the Kearns leases.
and the first problem that confronted
me was the development of a water
supply. 1 sunk a we'll in the fiat. about
six miles below the camp of Rawhide,
and was gratifed to find that l could
develop an inexhaustible supply OF
water at a depth of fifty or sixty feet.
I Their conceived the idea of putting in
a water system and electric lighting
plant for the camp, and my engineers
nave been working for several weeks
on the plans, making preliminary sur
veys, etc. AS a result of their work I
have formed a company and have raised
$4,000 cash, the sum estimated to be
necessary to carry out the project. We
will put in a pumping plant of sufi-
cient capacity to supply a town of TO-
900 people and operate 200 stamps. We
expect to have the pipes laid within
the next sixty days, and If there is no
unexpected delay we will have water
running in the streets of Rawhide
within three months. We are con-
structing two reservoirs on the top of
Balloon Hill, which will give sufficient
pressure to afford perfect fire protec-
ton. We intend to put in a 200-ton
reduction plant at the foot of Balloon
Hill to handle the ores from the
be started in ample time to have the
plant in commission by the time the
water system is installed
w. B. Devereaux Jr. of w. B.. Dever-
neers and extensive mine owners in
California, Mexico and Panama, the en-
gineers of E.. H. Hartman. has made
critical and extensive examination of
the properties in Rawhide.
Il am prepared to say" he said. that
1 never saw such a remarkable showing
of gold over such a large area in my
life as that revealed in a tour over
these hills. If any one should tell me
that there would not be at least half a
dozen big mines in this district I would
tell him he was crazy. 1 went down
the shaft of Kearns No. 2 lease on Bal
loon Hill. the ground Of the Rawhide
Queen Mines Company, and they have
two feet ten inches of ore that will
run between $4,000 and $4,000 to the
ton, nine feet of shipping ore and an
indefinite amount of milling ore. l
have not taken any ones word for the
values represented, but made a number
of tests personally, and my opinion of
the properties can best be expressed by
the statement that am willing to
put my money into the camp. The dis
~tribution of the gold deposit is not lin
tied to one or two lodges. Anywhere
in the mineral belt a man has a chance
to make money"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-14
Expert Opinion Based on Thorough
Examination of the District
and Inquiry Into
interpretations
EARLY PRODUCTION ASTONISHING

Rawhide Proving Its Right to an Eminence
in the World of Gold Mining===Geology
of the District Assures Permanently to
FabulOusIy Rich Ore BOdies--=No Milling
PrOblemS---Ores Are Not RefraCtOry---
Camps important Mining Securities
Which Represent 'laside" Properties
With Ore=--Queen, Coalition, Grey Eagle
Fraction, Balloon Hill, Mascot and Other
Offerings.
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ALL OF THEM HAVE ORE

On every claim in this segregated
area ore ranging from good milling
grade to sensationally rich shipping
value has been developed. 1t is, in our
opinion, the most valuable mineral ter
ritory of its acreage in the world.
Kearns Lease No. 2, on the Balloon
claim of the Rawhide Queen Mines
Company, has Just opened up a body of
phenomenally rich ore which places
that piece Of ground in the front rank
of the great bonanzas of history. On
the sixty-fve-foot level the vein has
been crosscut for a distance of twenty
four feet, with no sign of the hang
ing wall. f. w. King. president of the
Queen Mines Company, as
sures us that for It's entire width this
ore body gives average assays
of from $40 to $50 a ton. with streaks
of high-grade ore from one to three
feet wide that carry the richest ore
ever discovered in the west. Within
past three days the miners broke
into a shoot two feet ten inches wide
that samples from $4,000 to $4,000 a ton.
Paintings from this fabulously rich
shoot yield from 81 to 81 from a small
of the richest ore ever mined in
the state is now being raised from the
sixty-fve-foot level and the dump is
growing rapidly. Shares in the leasing
company operating his lease are hard
to obtain at 81 per share on a million
share capitalization. Shares in the
parent company, owner of the ground
under lease, the Rawhide Queen Mines
Company, are in hot demand at from
1850 to 1915 on a million-share capt.
Kearns Lease No. 1 on the Balloon
claim of the Rawhide Queen Mines
Company. the lease being operated by
he Original Rawhide Mining Company, |
s almost as rich a piece of ground as
xearns No. 2. The developments on
he eighty-foot level during the past
en- days have been Of a most sensa-
.ional character. The ore-shoot, which
s forty-ive feet wide and samples $55
| ton from wall to wall. has been
or for 100 feet in each direc-
ion, and samples taken all along the
irifts indicate that the values are uni
the same as in the crosscut.
Three carloads of ore averaging 5000
/ ton have been shipped to the smelt-
RS from this lease, and regular ship
nents of ore of this grade or better
will be made from both of the Kearns
eases from this time forward.