Show MINES AND MINING EDITED BY F. F W. W SPRAGUE ETi- ETi S TREMENDOUS TRE STRIKE STRIfE S IS MADE AT RAWHIDE Grutt Glut Brothers Run Onto Ledge Assaying C f t to Ole t the I T Ton 0 n. n r WHOLE I NEVADA EXCITED c. c New Mining Camp Growing Rapidly As Result of S Rich Finds S Gold ore assaying to the ton tori S Sa a That Is thc the tremendous almost unbelievable un un- unI un- I believable strike e that has been made made on Grutt hill hi Rawhide New Nev Ne And 1 It ItS S was made mado while Fr Fred d Grutt Eugene Eugen S and and Cal C. C Dunning were doing S their a assessment work worl on the S on fl a hill rising from the new camp S. S which Its birth five months ago has become one of or the sensations o ot of I S S 5 Nevada nc e and has grown to a town o or 2500 people S News of or th the Grutt Grut strike was brought brough to Salt lt Lake by Miss Lucy Watkins o ot of 1 17 Wayne Vayne r r avenue who has Just re reS rel re- re l S turned from the thriving nl camp MIss Mis S watkins says that people arc are pouring S 5 Into Rawhide from fro other camps In NeS Ne- Ne vada yada since the tho strike S great became S S great known and the town is growing rap rap- Idl Idly She intends returning In a a. a few tew S la days s 's S Th The Tha Grutt Grut strike made b by the Grutt Grut brothers of or Seattle Is declared to be beS S tile the tlC greatest In mining history How largo large a pocket of or the ore has struck cannot be determined at th tho S 5 present time but it Is believed to b he be S more than just a pocket pocket The strike was mado made b by blasting on the hillsideS hillside S In doing assessment and within S S a n few Cow minutes after ater the blast had hac S broken broleen the rock the whole camp knew S of the tremendous strike An amusing Incident in connection c f s 5 with wih the strike Is told b by Miss Iss V Wat Wat- t- t 5 kins The Tho blast sent a piece of quartz 55 weighing weighing about pounds whirling S through tho the air and It went through S one of the thc windows of ot the new bank Just completed Officials of or the thc bank were vere inclined to be hostile hostle on account 5 of the damage but when hen they knew where whore the rock came from the they did not yell yel The Thc leasers told old the bank eld of or- or 1 S to keep tho the piece of rock pa pay roc S for tor the broken window and keep the theS S change The rock was WS simply loaded 5 5 with free gold and S could have pur pur- 5 chased enough windows to supply a S S I. I village mage a S S S Ot Oilier Good The strike was made mado several weeks S ngo ago Soon afterwards the Rawhide Consolidated Mines company compan was organized or or- with the tho following officers Cal Cai C. C president Eugene Grutt Grut vice president and general manager man man- ager nger and Fred Free Grutt Grut secretary and treasurer Stock was sold salt for tor 20 O cents anc a n share at the start but within three three- I days It I Jumped to and n. n 1 notice that ther wa no noro I fa stock took for Halo 5 On the Grutt lease Jease samples assayed as SH high as 1000 bc before Ie the thc big strike I LOn On thu Murray s lease JI j running tho thu lO ton have boon been up upon p S on fl the l dump g. g Most o f ot of f the property In I Ithe thc the hills near the new now mining camp has been located an and prospectors hope I Ito to find something as good as on Grutt I bill hi Regarding the bl big strike on Grutt hill bill 1111 tho the R Rawhide wh Ide News says says' S Yh Why that's gold with rock In It Il 55 From hun hundreds reds of or lips came this ex expression expression ex- ex S J Saturday afternoon when there f was as displayed on the st streets a n specimen sped sped- 5 5 5 men from what Is conceded to have leave S been the thc greatest gold old strike made In InS S the tho history of ot mining S Tho The specimen which hIcl was under observation ob ob- ob- ob alon anti and mI which attracted such sch crowds that the thc streets were almost almos impassable was a 0 pound 40 sample from a vein which had been opened up upa a a few minutes after noon nin on the Grutt Grut lease No o. o 2 on Grutt hi hill hm With lh this large sample were several smaller smalle S S ones ones and all an so dazzling that the oldS old old- ol- ol S est timers est could scarcely believe beleve tho they theyS S were ere pickings from a ledge Several d days s 's prior to the big f fin fina find finda ni a a piece of ot extremely rich float wa was picked up on the tho town side sile of Grutt Grut hill hi not far Car from Grutt Grut lease Jease shaft shaf shaf S which had already outputted much o othe of the high-grade high ore or Search uch I lh Search Serch was 1 Immediately begun for tor forS forthe S the original of this and ant a a few tew fewS S minutes after ater noon the cropping of a abIg abig big big strong ledge was uncovered and andS S the jewelry samples taken During theS the tho S afternoon these samples were assayed and gave the astounding values of Ra e to the thc ton S Ev Even n the Grutt brothers owners of I the lease whose success In camp has hs been remarkable were dazed b by tho the discovery The ledge at It the point pointS S wh where e It was opened was about 18 inches wide wile So great Ireat was the lind bo so tO appalling the tho values in gold alone that for one of ot the tho rare rore times In minIng mining min mm- S ing his history tor guards were stationed over the outcrop Saturday Saturny night and have since been maintained S S With ore that Is worth 50 a pound cropping on the thc surface the contents of this wonderful Jewel box are enough to tempt the thc most upright ht S A crosscut Is to be driven Immediately Immediate Immediate- ly from the bottom of ot the lease lese shaft to Intercept this ledge and If It the values values values val val- ues are found on th the surface and which have thrown the camp Into a furore of or excitement hold old to depth tills thIs disS discovery discovery dis dis- S covery cry will wl place Rawhide before the world as the most sensational camp known to mankind |