Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
RA Wilde HAS
NEW VEINS
KEY PlTTMAN TELLS OF GOLD AS
HE FOUND 1T
pEvELoPM EMIT WORK is THE
GREAT FEATURE
Second Visit Of Mining Expert Results
in Renewed Confidence in the
camp-What Conditions
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TONoPAH, March S.-Key Pittman
returned yesterday from Rawhide. A
month had elapsed from the time of his
prior visit and that from which he has
just returned, and he says that in the
interim the camp has so grown that he
would hardly recognize it. And the de-
velopment of the properties has kept
pace with the growth Of the camp.
AS far as the town is concerned"
said Mr.. Pittman, 1.-The number of peo-
pie can be estimated from five to seven
thousand. 1t is difficult to get place
to sleep and the streets are a seething
mass of humanity. On the visit prior
to this l was approached by a number
of property owners seeking to sell me
their properties. On this last trip con-
ditions were reversed. The buyers were
chasing the property owners. and the
property owners seemed to be taking
matters very easy.
Development the Feature
while a great many additional veins
have been opened up, and discoveries of
rich ore in various parts of the camp
are of daily occurrence, l consider the
development in the main properties the
most encouraging feature of the camp.
This development having been. done
during the last month, since my former
visit. demonstrates to me beyond doubt
that the veins become larger and the
values greater with depth. AS an illus
tration, the Kearns lease at the surface
had no indications of a vein except a
hra cd Of hut
TALLY silicified, and stained with oxi-
died iron.
This matter was. of course, inclosed
between walls and was therefore known
to be vein. At the time of my former
visit to the camp, the shaft was down
about forty feet. and the vein had
widened. the vein matter had become
more silicified, and the values had in
creased. Thsi shaft at the present
time at depth of something more
than one hundred feet; shows a vein
matter which is almost completely
silicif1ed. and which bears a resemb-
lance to the quartz of any we'll defined
vein.
Such has been the history of the
veins on the /. x. i. claims, owned by
the Rawhide Mining and Reduction
the Grutt hill claims, owned
by the Grutts and Van Dorm, and many
other properties where there has been
the least surface erosion. The vein
of the Murray lease, owned by the
Rawhide Mining and Reduction COM
pany, is exposed at a much lower alti-
tude than the others referred to, and
therefore the vein matter was entirely
and, in fact, consisted of pure
quartz, twenty-five feet in width
stained with sulphides. 1t was the
condition of this vein which first led
me to believe that the other veins Of
the camp would improve with depth.
Has Rich Veins
1.-THE assertion sometimes heard to
the effect that Rawhide has rich spots,
but no veins, is an absolute proof that
the party making such assertions has
either never been on any of the main
properties of the district or is abso-
luetly ignorant of what constitutes a
vein. The veins in the camp are well.
marked by silicified rock between two
distinct walls, and may be traced, in
termittently, along the surface for
miles.
THE veins are. practically. all par
allel having general northeasterly
and southwesterly strike. The veins
vary in width, at the surface, from two
to twenty-five feet in width. There is
no doubt that there will be an immense
tonnage of milling ore in the camp,
and from the amount of high grade
sacked on the dumps. there is now
every reason to believe that it will be
a high grade shipping camp"