Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-20
RAWHIDE is
BOOM CAMP OF
NEVADA NOW
HirschfieId On Visit to Former
Home In Phoenix Tells of
Action of Mine Boomers of
the North.

PHOENIX, March 19.-G. H. Hirseh-
field returned yesterday from Nevada
after a sojourn of several months in
the habitat of the festive mining boom
although most OF his time has been
spent in Reno, which is somewhat out
of the zone of the boom, but is the
home of many of the boomers. Reno,
he says, is duh compared to the days
preceding the financial stringency,
though he believes it will be better
later on, in fact is better now than.
it was short time back. Reno, ne
says, is more conservative. being 2
distributing and QUILTING point rather
than a mining section, and will a.
ways have a future as one of the chief
cities of the state. He is still in bust
ness there and expects to return in
about a month after attending to his
business affairs here.
Asked concerning the members CT
the Arizona colony in that section he
nae nothing startling to report coz
corning any of them. ". nj. Mayors
is prospecting. George Lewis is also
there, having returned from carson,
where he was in business for tline.
The gambling business Throughout the
state is much smaller than year ago.
owing chiefly to the FINANCIAL stfln-
gercy. The states chief notoriety Is
H. mining stock speculation, wlicn
Is to a large extent, another sort OF
gamtlipg. The wealthy operators
Who also loved to flirt with Fortune
over the table, when the panic came,
preferred to put their money into
their own games as 1t were, partly 10
save them. and partly because the
fluctuating prices made better oppor-
tunities for mining speculation by the
more frequent offering OF what tAe
speculators would consider snaps.
Rawhide camp is the big thing in Ne
yada now, and attracts all the new
Corners who enter the state in search
of fortune. Those who are located
and have interests in the older camps
remain of course, but the panic and
labor troubles tied things up so the
Floating population began its drifting
as usual and went to the new strike
at Rawhide.
Mr.. Hirsehfield has not visited Raw
hide but he has. kept in close touch
with events there as the floating army
is going and coming all the time
through Reno. The shortest and best
route is via Tonopah & Goldfield
railroad from either south or north 10
the station of SchurZ and thence thir-
" miles IN an hour and a half by auto
mobile to Rawhide. The fare from
Reno to Rawhide is SIS. The country
is full Of hot air and high grade, he
SAYS, the latter expression meaning
strikes of high grade gold ore and lots
OF hot air. some of it about really mer
itorous properties and much of II
based upon wild enthusiasm. Rawhide
really has made fortunes for some
people as the lots that sold for a song
a few months ago are now command
ing marvellous prices. Lots with % OF
50 feet of frontage often sell for
| $4,000
The town was only laid out last
| September and now has population
of at least 5000, many OF the people
living in tents, even though the wealth
er has been severe. An illustration
| of the demand for houses though
rather ususual is interesting. Tez
| Rickard, the notable prize fight pro
moter, let contract for frame struc
| ture 50x125 feet in size, to be finished
and papered and painted, ready for oc
cupancy in fifteen days. That the
| carpertenrs might not sleep on the
| job, ne offered then 5000 per day fol
every day clipped off the contract
time. The house was completed In
ten days, and the workmen divided up
$1,000 prize money among them.