Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-12-29
CAMP OF RAWHLDE
IN THE LIMELIGHT
Interesting Story Of Its Past and What is
Being Done at Present.

He worked there before the big show
started in Europe and OH his return
from France resumed operations
f, where he left off when the war bugle
called him.
] Grutt Brothers holdings of II
claims are incorporated in flour conf
panies. The Nevada Victory was
organized last, about a year ago. As
before stated this company owns the
original 'Rawhide claim. from which
much gold has been recovered. On
| this and two adjoining claims of the
/ group, to the west and south. most
of the placer gold was hound. Dry
washers were used to recover the
| plaacer gold. The production is not
known. as it was impossible to keep
accurate cases on the lessees, but
Fred Grutt thinks 100000 is a con-
servative estimate of what has been re-
covered from these three claims. The
theory is that this so-called placer
ground is merely the erosion of vein
matter right there. that it has not
travelled at all. Shortly after the
company was organized hoist was
| installed at the old shaft, where the
head frame still stood. Since then
considerable exploration work has
been done, i'll the way Of drifts from
the bottom, 200 feet down. Frank
| Jolles, who had charge OF the work
| has formed partnership with AxteE
| Johnson and will work block Of sur
rounding ground under lease They
will first drift to the northeast on a
narrow vein that shows most plainly
IS feet below the collar OF the shaft.
On the surface several hundred feet
away. Fred Schaff and Dave Wikin
son are taking out high grade from a
| three-inch streak that is thought 70
be the same vein that appears i'll the
shaft. 1t runs directly towards the
Victor and is doubtless the vein from
which Salmon & Marcellji are ex-
tracing their shipments, hundreds of
feet deeper.
George Frost and Gust Miller are
working lease on the Morning Star
claim, in which Grutt Brothers arc
interested, which is contiguous to
! their Rawhide Consolidated Mines
Co.'S holdings, covering the southern
end of the known mineralized area.
Three or four of the leases which
made the camp famous were on the
Consolidated ground, including the
Murray, from which probably more
ore was stopped than from any other
lease in the district. The Murray
Leasing Company, controlled by Mil
waukee people, built a mill down on
the dry lake, -four Or five miles away,
Its lease expired and this particular
block is not now being operated on
account of the timbcrs being rotted.
/ The most extensive work being
!, done at present is at the Nevada
| Silver Co.'s mine, mile and a half
west of town and 700 feet higher
| J. W. Penglase, the controlling owner,
is in personal charge. The opinion
prevails in we'll informed quarters
that this is not only the most extcn-
/ Al Al,
development now in progress; that
something really big is in sight, the
news of which will break at no dis
tant day Recently a second hos
was installed, 500 feet dist mt iro;l 81,
old one, that has ,!cyatcd man.
tons of shipping ore during the past
10 years. The company is amply
financed. One of the larger stochho,d.
ers, a California oil man, while inspect
ing the property late in November
informed the writer that the propo,
sition looked good to him.
AS a matter OF fact, encouraging
reports are heard from well inform.
ed sources regarding this section OF
the district, extending three or foul
miles to the west, which has attract
ed little or no attention since the days
OF the camps first history Stein
heimer Brothers. OF Reno, own some
valuable claims out that way, on which
| they have performed assessment work
tor dozen years. Lessees made pro-
ttable shipments from these in the
summer of 1908. During November
! and December OF this wear claim
| owners came in from the outside
and did their annual work on many
claims in the surrounding hills.
When Rawhide was first discover
ed 1t was heralded as a high grade
tree gold district; but now silver