The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1909-05-29
RAWHIDE MINES ADVANCE
AND CAMP is OPTIMISTIC
by William p. De Wolf.)

Rawhide, May 27.-Upon the return
to Rawhide of the representative OF
The News, after an absence of som
weeks, he finds the camp afflicted with
an acute attack of business ~stagnation
the reason for which is not apparent
To be sure, Rawhide has lost consider
ably in population of late, but not suf
ficiently to warrant the prevailing
stagnation in general commercial lines
Particularly is the inertia accentuated
by comparison with the animation pre-
v~ailing in local mining and milling cir
cles. Rawhide business men accept the
condition philosophically, however; and
for the most part are optimistic anent
the future.
An increase in mining energy Is
noticeable in all portions of the dis
trict, with attendant increase in worth
of mineral bodies and in bulk of ore
shipments. The showings at the vari-
GUS leaseholds on the estates of the
Rawhide Mining, the Rawhide Coall-
ton, the Rawhide Queen, the Hoodlum
and Consolidated companies, all located
in the center of the productive area,
are markedly improved. The same sat
isfactory conditions attach to the Re-
gent section of the camp and to other
outlying sections.
Mills Do Good Work.
Down on the fiat south of the town
site three experimental mills, having a
combined reduction capacity OF 10
tons of ore per day, find constant en-
ployment in crushing quartz consigned
from various leassee workings situate
on Hooligan, Grutt and Balloon hills.
Another plant, having a capacity OF
20 tons of ore per day, is now nearing
completion. OF the trio now operative
one is being doubled in capacity. San
Francisco capital has in contemplation
the erection here of a mill having an
initial capacity of 100 tons of ore, n
it is not unlikely the Coalition manage
ment will soon join the local milling
colony by building a plant having a
primal unit of 20 stamps.
In connection with Coalition affairs
your representative regrets to
the failure of the deal having as its
objective a merger of the Coalition and
Queen properties with the Rawhide
Western railway. 1t is asserted, how
ever, that the collapse of plan is not
due to lack of worth on part OF the
Coalition and Queen estates but to the
holiness of the Fasteners to whom the
proposition was carried to saddle them
selves with the partially completed rail-
way project. President Reed OF that
road has, however, until July l to I'M
ance the project, as his options on a
control of the Coalition and Queen COM
panies do not expire until that date.
Although he has not surrendered these
ontions as vet it is believed he will
soon do so. 1t is thought probable a
new deal will then be formulated for
consolidating the Coalition and Queen
estates. in which the railway will not
figure.
May Get Power Line.
Mining men take comfort to them
selves in assurances recently received
to the effect that electric power for
mine, mill, transportation and lighting
imposes will soon be available by the
extending of the line of the Truckee
River General Electric company from
Yerington to this point. The compile
ton or non-completion of the railway
between here and Schurz does not,
therefore, concern them SO vitality now
as formerly. Officials of the electric
company place the cost estimate for ex-
tending their line from Yerington to
Rawhide at a maximum of $4,000, and
purpose to charge So per month per
horse power for the current suppiled
for mining and milling purposes. Con