The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-09-03
Chas. Good
Struck It Right

Chas. Good arrived in this city
last week from Rawhide, Nevada,
where he has been engaged in open
ing Tramp No. /, one of the mines
owned by the Rawhide Gold Quartz
Mining Co. OF which he is an officer,
and heavy stakeholder. Mr.. Good,
it will be remembered located the
gold mining claims some years ago.,
in the days before Rawhide had be-
come famous. 1t SENS that ne
struck it just right, for the claims
owned by this company are right in
the heart OF the rich mining district,
with rich mines on all sides. Mr..
Good is here for the purpose of Sc
curing machines to allow him to go
| on with the work further.
He has succeeded in going back
into Tramp No. 1, 20S feet, being
| now SS feet below the surface OF the
earth. The air is so bad back in the
tunnel, that before much more work
can be done, it will be necessary to
stope out a shaft to the top. TINS
will be done at once. Just recently
a blind ledge of sulphide was struck
in Tramp No. /, which is rich in
gold ore, and Mr. Good is very con-
fident that within a short time the
! ledge from which this was broken
will be found. When this happens,
then Tramp No. t. will be one OF the
richest mines of Rawhide.. Ma
chinery will be secured right away
and a shaft will be sunk to a depth
Of three or four hundred feet. He
believes that the ledge will be
found when the shaft is sunk.
Mr. Good brought with him
sack of gold ore, taken from the
rich mines that have been success
full. There are about hundred
mines at Rawhide that are success
full, and some of them are worth
thousands of dollars. He said, \
have seen men come into Rawhide
poor, who today are, worth up in the
millions
Perhaps the best mine in Raw
hide IS the Grutt Hill mine where
gold was recently struck that went
$211 to the pound. nearly pure gold
for pure gold is worth $24o per
pound. This gold was secured from
ledge that was only half an inch
wide when it was struck, but it
gradually widened out as it was fol-
lowed, until now it. is eight inches
in width.
The Royal mine joins the Tramp
No. !, is mining ore that averages
500 . ton.
Rawhide is bound to make big
camp. It has ten square miles OF
territory and hundreds OF men are
at work prospecting, and mining
ore. Fourteen camps are shipping a
great deal Of ore, and teams are very
scarce. The railroad will reach
Rawhide in October. The mills have
more work than they can possibly
do.
The St. Ives is one OF the gooo
paying mines, and gold was struck
there in a peculiar manner. Tons
and tons of the rich Telurian was
dug out and thrown out on the
dump as worthless. This had been
PANIED but no panning will get any
gold from this. 1t is necessary to
subject Telurian to that before the
gold can be secured. An expert
examined the dump and testing 1t,
found that it averaged $10,059 ton.
The St. Ives people were million
aires and didn't even suspect it..
Mr. Good will remain here for
about two weeks, after which he
will return to the camp and go
after the gold again. He had great
faith in the ultimate success Of the
mind. We've got to strike 1t. There
is no other way" is the way that he
is putting it. When gold is struck,
then the stock will be taken from the
market at once.