Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-03
THE GRUTT BROTHERS
BUILDERS Of RAWH|DE
FORMER RESIDENTS ARE PROS
PERING IN NEVADA.
Western Town Owes its Upbuild
ing to the Daring of the Four
Successful Men-SpOken of as
the Magic City of the West
Untold Wealth,

In recent special edi ton OF the
GoldfeId (Nevada) Review, lengthy
article appears On the cover page in
reference to the Grutt Eugene, Leo,
Emil and F'red) brothers, who were
resident of Watertown IN their boy
hood days. They are referred to in
the article as the builders of Rawhide,
Nevada, where they are extensively
engaged in mining, banking and other
large financial interests. While resi-
dents of this city the boys were Looked
upon as harum- scarum lads, full of
activity with strong desire for ad
venture. AS men they have shown
their daring in carving out future in
the west and have prospered abundant
ly. The western publication in speak
ing of the four brothers, has the fol-
lowing to say:
eff every new camp of merit could
have bunch of men with the energy
and daring of the Grutt brothers of
Rawhide there would b. no delay IN
the work of development, the intro
duction of the district to the world.
There are four in the family-Eugene,
Fred, Leo and Emil. All have good
knowledge of mining and the family
characteristic of being ready at all
times to back their Judgment with
their money. They lost no time in
getting into Rawhide when they saw
the ore that came from there, and
made their first purchase on what is
called Murray hill, a portion of the
short range on which is Balloon mill.
Here they gathered in ITO acres of
mineral land, which has since become
famous as the home uf the Murray
and the Big -Four leases.
1.-The property was purchased from
Davis & Dunning, the locators, and
transferred to the Rawhide CONSOLE
dated Mining company. the first pro-
motion in the camp. Rawhiders took
kindly to the stock so, 900 shares were
offered at twenty cents a share; with
IN three hours after the announcement
was made subscriptions had been re-
ceived for 5000 shares. Within a
week the stock sold as high as 81.
1.-THE purchase OF the Davis & Dun
ming ground was followed by other
deals by which they secured heavy In
terest in the Mascot No. and Grey
Eagle claims on the north end of Bal
loon hill and the Mascot claim on Grutt
hill. They located the Grutt fraction
on the west side of the same hill and
made the first discovery of rich ore in
that part of the district. Of a part
ner, Whitaker, they bought thirty
months lease on the Mascot, in which
they were joined by Captain ). A.
Hassell and associates of GuIdfieId and
the two Iron Mask claims adjoining,
organizing the Grutt Hill Mining COM
pany. They secured a lease on the
Grutt fraction and the Wild West
claims, where the first Grutt hill strike
was made, and organized the Grutt
Mining company.
"While putting through these deals
the Grutts were bothered and delayed
by the lack of telegraphic communi-
cation with the outside world. With
Thomas F. Adams of the Southwest
ern Nevada 7. & 7. company and
Walt Whltmore, K. L.. Colburn and E.
@. Smith they organized the Rawhlde
Telephone and Telegraph company
and within two weeks had line built
to Schurz. This deal was followed by
the organization of the Rawhide West
ern RAILROAD company with capital
of 81 ,0v0, 900, which will start work
Immediately on railroad to Walker
lake, where 50-stamp mill is to be
built. In this enterprise they were
joined by O. J. Sadler, Renu capt.
| alist, A. D. Renfro and j. W. Sycks.
"The next deal to engage their at
tention, and one which was concluded
Monday, was the purchase for $780,
900, of the entire interests of the
Rawhide Coalition company, known as
the townsite company in which they
joined E. W. King, the Montana MIN
ing man, who is president of the Raw.
| hide Queen Mining company. which
owns the two Balloon claims on which
are the Kearns leases, and the Nat G.
Goodwin company of Reno.
1.-THE property Of the Coalition COM
pany covers HoolIgan mountain,
stretches across the gulch To the base
of Grutt hill and takes in the entire
business part of town. Alternate
blocks of 100 feet were reserved for
mining purposes by the company when
town lots were sold, with the excep-
ton of the lots fronting on Nevada
street and Rawhide avenue Assays
OF $500 we're secured from cropping
in Main street and the town is believed
to be built on ledge of gold quartz.
"Mr. King is banker and miner,
and was quick to take advantage of
the opportunity offered in Rawhide.