The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-03-28
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence
Ha"hide. March 2s.-If there are any
itawhide Knockers in the country tbs
developments of the past few weeks in
nus camp should turn them into boost.
rs IL Is absolutely out OF the question
% give a tangible estimate of the amour,
~ work being done or money expended
ihis is by reason of the fact that dc.
In the mines and building in
'ne town is so extensive as to be i'm
possible To record. Streets which 10
ago were thinly dotted with tents
now graced with substantial two.
''ory wooden structures. while the
are being crowded further and
further from the center of town. Prob
IDLY 20 new shafts have been started
T. the past week. and according TO of<
'lals OF the liners union. one n
MEMBER of their organization have beer
'dded during the past seven days to the
employed at that time.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Five weeks hence Rawhide will be
Electrically lighted If the plans of ]. III,
-uedke and his associates are carried to
! successful issue. A company has
been formed. known as the Rawhide
and Power ompany. This com
has purchased the plant formerly
operated in Rhyolite from the Nevada
Power company. and already
are bringing the equipment
o Rawhide. The plant has a capacity
II 1000 lights of 16 candle power each.
me company will literally besprinkle
he streets of the camp with arc lights
# a so candle power brilliancy.
The California Contracting company
announces that the entire project to
'uild a railroad from Schurz to Rawhide
las been financed and that within the
week actual construction work will have
cen commenced. According to the terms
# the contract trains will be running
nto camp by the last Of June.
SCHOOLS FoR RAwHDE.
Word has been received from Orvis
ring. state superintendent of public in
truction, that steps will be Immediately
AIKEN for the establishment of a public
chool here. John f. Bray, deputy SUI
of public instruction, will
-isit the camp in the neal future, to
omplete arrangements. In the interim
J. W. Rule. paster of the local
Methodist church, will continue his
school. which is largely attended
" the Juvenile population.
STATE POLICE IN RAwHIDE.
Captain Cox and six of the members
f the newly established state police,
anne into camp the latter part of last
week, and established camp at the base
f Balloon hill. No particular significance
$ attached to the presence of the state
'olice, beyond the fact that Governor
sparks believed, in view of the scant
equity sheriffs already here that 1t would
re wise as a matter of ~precaution to
ave a coterie of the regulars on the
There are those who say that Raw
population is short of money. but
Richard does not think so. A few
weeks ago he came in and paid $4,000
Ut d lOl. IutIl III oIutItd a puilbiii6
constructed on the lines of his old Gold
Ield Northern. and when the building
ad been completed and fixtures installed
Tex" was in $4,000. A week g last
the doors of the new pleasure
were thrown open to the public,
nd at the end of the first seven days
announcement was made that the
"a. e. 5oto haI haan ok 00A IF the
econd week is as good as the first one
ar. Richard will be all 10 the clear on
lis Rawhide investment next Saturday
vening.
coDD PROPERTIES.
A. A. Codd. of the ~well-known Gold
Ield firm of Codd & Coote, came in to
amp early in the week and has since
cen busily engaged in furthering plans
or development work on the Last
nance, one of the best properties in
he district, and which is controlled by
is firm. He has also perfected arrange
nents for a greater development cam
align on his st. Ives lease on Balloon
ill. The Morrissey ease on the Last
nance is showing better and better
With depth, and promises to outclass
yet discovered in camp. A
.rge force of men are engaged in SINK
ng the shaft, a contract having been
Of which calls for five feet a day or
ateral work. On the other six leases on
his ground there is the same evident
esire on the part of the management
O reach the pay-shoot at depth. A force
( men has also been put to work on the
,awhide Lode Leasing companys p'ock
N the Consolidated. Messrs. Codd q
also control this property.
M1cRoBE FRACTION.
Adjoining the Last Chance on the
vest Is the Microbe fraction, a portion
= the holdings Of the Rawhide Com
,;nation Gold Mines company. WORK
the drift on the 60-foot level here mas
roved beyond question that the same
Elm system which has made the Last
nance famous passes through the
a;crobe fraction, so that only added de-
,elopment work is needed to place TINS
in the front rank OF high
.rade roducer of Rawhide. Prepara-
IONS are under way for the commence
,ent of work on this company's claims
n the region of the Royal Tiger
RAwHIDE DAISY
The Rawhide Daisy is rapidly carving
or itself a place among the big proper
les of the district, and the owners Vi
he control are being felicitated over
heir good fortune.
The property is sandwlched III oe
u,een the Rawhide Queen and the Raw
-. .zo,;aataa with at least three OF