Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1908-02-01
RAWHIDE RUSH

is NOT ABAT1NG
The excitement over Rawhide does
not abate in the least; on the con-
trary it is increasing as the days go
by, and there will be another crowd
to leave here for the camp as soon
as the weather settles. People are
going there for the purpose Of get
ting claims, leases, and taking in any
opportunity that might offer. They
are going to open up stores, and in
al probability there will be a branch
of Wells Fargo & Co. in there in
about two weeks.
A. f. Burton. who owns a wood
yard in this city, returned from Raw
hide a few days since and his testi-
mony is in line with what others
have had to say about the merits of
the camp.
1T is undoubtedly a rich camp"
said Mr.. Burton land about the
easiest thing 10 find there is gold.
OF course there has not been sufIl-
cient development there to determine
what is going to be found, but with
! AL the surface showings, which are
the most remarkable ever seen in
any camp, there can he no doubt that
there are great ore bodies in the
camp.
There has been a great rush OF
people there, but the great majority
OF them have no money, and it would
be my advice to miners and working
men to keep away from the camp
until capital has got in there and
given it a big start. There is nc
money in there now for anything
much less labor, and 1t is a pooi
place for a poor man to CO."
Key Pittman, who went to Reno 4
attend the meeting of the director
of the Rawhide Mining and Reduc
ton Company, returned yesterday
There were two changes on the direc
J, torate, II. Ii. Hunter resigning, an
/, his place being filled by Mr.. Pitt
/, man. The resignation of Sigmun
Polacheck was also received and &C
4 cepted, and Colonel G. w. Rigdo
, elected in his stead. The purchas
, of the Drew property vas ratified
2 and General Manager Boehme wa
Q instructed to put three shifts at wor
, on the Murray lease, in order to rus
a things as fast as possible. The Farm
ers and Merchants National Bank {
r Reno was constituted registrar {
Y stock for the company.
+. +. McMichaels, route agent f
n Wells Fargo & Co, is in the cit
and will probably go to Rawhide
ten days or SO, to look over Il
ground with a view of putting in
branch Office of the company. The
g has been considerable inquiry Il
@ such an institution. and Mr.. NJ
Michaels says that there have bee
any number of applicants for Il
l. position of agent.
It Il hear of Rawhide wherever
CO. said he, land there have be-
In the neighborhood of a hundred a
pllcants for the position of agent.
IS will go into the camp myself In abo
ten days to inquire into the cont
lions and ascertain whether we a
IS warranted in putting in an otd'
Is From all accounts the camp is ri
for an office. By what route
would connect up with Rawhide. 1t
too early TO tell"
4. Z. Dart and J, Wesley Stews
are going TO open up a general mi
chandise business in Rawhide. IN
NJ have contracted for the constructs
al of a building o be built at on
as The name OF the firm is to be I
r. Stewart and Dart Mercantile Co
H. pany. and the location of the st'
10 will be on Rawhide avenue, neal
W main street.
There will be an exodus for X;
hide today and tomorrow, amo
those going being zeb Kendall. b
Gillespie, Sam Gillette, w. d. p
man and others.