Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-01-17
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= Four men came back last =
= night from Rawhide, and enthu- .
= siasm would but weakly convey =
. their sentiments regarding the .
. camp. They could not say =
. enough in praise of the won .
= derful showings that they saw. =
. And these men are all of diff .
. ferent temperament, and men =
. who rarely enthuse over any .
. thing in the way of a gold or y
= silver mine. The party was =
. composed of Zeb Kendall, Bob =
. Govan, George Thatcher and .
. Roger Dougherty. y
AHAHHH A~H% . 80 A~%
The first and last named of the
party were here in the early days
and both had lucky leases on Mount
Oddie. They saw this camp flourish
and prosper, and grow from lot of
leases to one of the greatest camps
in the world. They both saw Gold
field spring up, and then grow into
s>they attempt to describe what they
&saw in Rawhide and what they think
of the camp. Bob Govan has been
nearly everywhere that camp has
reared it's head, from the Arctic to
Mexico, and he says that there never
was anything like Rawhide. George
Thatcher has been mining lawyer,
and has lived much in mining camps,
and he says that one is struck with
wonder after an exploration of the
camp, and that when he gets away
from it, the wonder becomes still
greater
Xeb Kendall is one of the hardest
men to startle out of an expression
of enthusiasm, and he has made and
lost fortunes in mining, but he is
lost for expressions to suit his feel
ings in regard to the camp.
II heard such fabulous stories
about the camp before | went there, :
said he. that I was prepared to see
pretty good camp whose praises
had been much exaggerated by those
who are interested But there were
no exaggerations about any of the
stories. The most enthusiastic man
who came from there did not tell half
fI.A u dnt m n
could be exaggerated. 1t is young
camp yet, but she is a lusty young
ster, and mighty rich one. | walk
ed around the camp in circle, for
about fifteen miles, and at nearly
every two hundred feet, struck !,
spot from where the gold was being
taken out.
THE Tiger and the Royal is an
eye opener. | thought that Bert
Gillespie was peddling the bull. when
he talked of it, but | did him an in
justice, and he didn't do his prop
erty Justice: he didn't tell the half
of It, 1t has a magnificent showing,
and reminds me very much of the
Mizpah ledge. with the formation OF
which 1t Is identical. All over the
country there is the big brown por-
phyry. which we know carries the
values.
"Of course no one can say anything
as to the future OF the camp, but so
far as we can see now, II is the best
that | have ever seen. Are there
ledges there? Well. ! should say
there were. In the Kearns lease they
have a ledge which Is now twelve or
i. fourteen feet. and they tell me that
III he whole thing will 70 better than
ss0O ton. Kearns Is shipplna
twenty tons a.day TO Goldheld. AMI
the Kearns lease ls only one prop
erty where the ore Is being sacked
and stacked up on thu hillsides
have never before enthused over any
mining camp. but Rawhidc has Ho'
me. and am golns back there In .
few DAYS. People are comlng In al
the time from SchurE and other
points. three or four autos getting IN
there every day There ls not much
money there. hni ius, wait TOT =
month OF ~, aud you may not have