Show SAYS RAWHIDE BOOM IS FAIRLY STARTED remarkable stary of lease showings told by late arrival republican also ones who predicted that the rawhide boom would be short lived have another griesa coming said a well known mining man who arrived yesterday from the now camp it Is today tho liveliest mining camp in nevada and the boom Is growing at a tremendous rate by actual count it was aund on january 17 that there were 1260 teung in the camp while between tho hours of 2 and 6 in the afternoon not loss than 1500 persona inquired at the for mail there Is not a doubt that at this time fully people are encamped within its borders it Is that there are now leaders leasers in the camp some of the richest leases are right in the town and on the hills less than yards above the town so close in fact are tho workings blasts in the bolea that are making their way into the earth h url rocks through the tents and buildings along the streets and as the town is in a canyon it may be seen that is little chance to escape this deluge of rock as long as tho workings are so shallow going down the street dozens of shallow shafts are to bo at which men are standing out the ore leaders leasers are working day and night and from the grass roots bavo made good profits panning out the gold from the rich seams numerous rich blocks of ground are being worked so numerous in fact are they that it Is almost impossible to obtain a complete list of them but as an evidence of the possibilities of the camp and an illustration of what Is being done in the way of developing its aln oral resources it is said that the millor lease has 12 feet of ore that is averaging over 50 a ton in gold alio stanson granger lease on the royal claim of tho tiger group has over four feet of ore averaging a ton the kearne lease on the balloon has 10 feet of ore averaging a ton on tho alexander lease on the owl a foot of ore with a gold of Is m evidence and is the value of a five inch streak of ore in the murray lease the grutt lease no 2 is extracting tr ore from a 12 inch streak that IB said to be the richest in the camp tho ore being it Is stoutly asserted one eighth pure gold the kearns lease on the balloon claim has a shaft down co feet aad the ore IB increasing in value all the way down the ledge has been crosscut cross cut for 20 feet and tibb miners are not through it yet in the entire 20 feet ore hns been sacked for shipment arrangements range ments have been made with the nevada reduction company to treat the product 0 the lease which it la said will average to the ton teams will haul the ore to mina at a coat of 9 a ton and from there it will go by rail tom kearns for whom the lease is named is a well known goldfield mining roan and he bays that the lease Is equal to the famous mohawk from the grutt lease no 2 A A drew hag taken out pounds of ore with which lie left for san francisco this little amount of ore is said to be worth 30 a pound or in all 10 the leases and workings named are only a few of the rich showings to date it is no exaggeration to say that the district has a bigger showing and a wider area than any other in tho fatato of nevada and it is safe to state that the section over which the rich ore occurs Is not less than three miles square over this area at scattered intervals the showing ie equally good A great boom 4 taking place in the town and business and residence lots are advancing in price at a rapid rate money in large quantities Is going in and some large mining projects will follow aa a sequence |