The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-05
PROSPECTOR TELLS
Of BRUNEAU FINDS
Country Now Showed in, but
Spring Will See
Activity.
DISTRICT IS ONE
OF PAST OUTPUT
Indications Are Strong for
Making of Rich
Mines.

nc manifest In Inc fltn mus nnduc dt
the hcadwatcrs of the Bruueau river in
l.lko county, Nevada. Tho winter
weather has set in, and there is no
possibility of any ono getting in until
the spring thaw sets in. according to
the report gwen by late arrivals from
that section. AS soon as the country
is opened up again for entry, Il rush is
promised that will compare fayorably
with any that has taken place in the
West in a number of years.
oldtimer's Story.
One of the oldtimcrs of that district
is Jack Mccoy. Of Three Crock. who
is familiar with every foot of the ground
IN jarbridgc canyon. Recently no has
been i'm Twin Falls and gives thc fol
lowing interesting account of that coun-
try;
Prospectors have frequently been
seen Cndcavoring TO discover the source
OF the placer gold found in the bed
and sides Of Jarhridge creek, They,
however. always looked for tho quart,
because the idea was entertained that
only white quartz carried values.
first went in there in 1873 and have
visited the vicinity of that ledge many
times since. II stands up thirty or
forty feet high, and il is true that, if
there is gold in it, according to the re-
ports. tho owners have Il mine right on
top of the ground. IN Il general way
! should say that the surface indica
tious arc for "a promising camp. In my
opinion. there Will he found enough high
grade surface ores there TO bring it
quite prominently before the public for
. couple of years anyhow; of course
nobody can tell how far these values eX-
tend into tho hill or down.
"Scvcral of the cattlcmcn went in
there from Three Creek as soon as they
heard of the strike and some of them
have secured claims [ understand, right
IN close to the original discovery. Per.
so1aliy | did not 90 up. Everybody
may depend on one thing, and that is
that there il plenty of snow there, also
those going in and coming out should
at once plant stakes in the snow, Sc
curcly. with flags attached, as guide
Ia the trail leading down into the can
yon. If this is not done, there viii be
many Il man get lost absolutely this
winter in efforts 10 get in and out.
These are precautions that should be
attended to without delay, before some
body loses his life. -
II. r. Reed arrived in Twin Falls from
the scene recently. having been gonc
about ton days, and brought even more
enthusiastic reports than preceding Wis
itors. He Immediately proceeded To get
together very comprehensive outfit, in
cluding provisions for eight months for
three people, and said he intended start
ing again for Jarbridgc last Saturday
taking n pack train OF six mules. Ac.
Len Moody, who has been ranching with
Reed on the latter g farm, about a
mile south of Twin Falls.
Bourne Finds Ledge.
II got into the camp week ago
said Reed. "and found Bourne there,
with his wife and two other miners.
He is the discoverer of the ledge, and
has his claims All assessed up. His
samples show much gold to the naked
eye, and his assays run as high as $50
600 to the ton: but he has many sam
plies that do not need to be assaycd
10 recognize their great value. In crawl.
ing over the side Of the ledge ono can
not find place that Will not show gold
this being i'll an oNidizod iquartz.
porphyry mass. freely spotted with
sugar quartz fragments, being fractures
from the ledge. II is these PARTICLES
Siding GOWN into the creek hat I be.
lieyc have furnished the gold which has
been brought out of there from time TO
time by the Indians,
''T secured several good claims on
a ledge alongside of the ono whcrcon
BOurnc,s claims are stakcd. and
think these arc Just as good as the one
which has furnished the sensation. In
reality, however. that one ledge does
not contain all there is there II is n
very large mIncraliZcd territory, aud
will bear prospecting over quite a large
area
''In my opinion. Mart Estes has
richer group of claims than Bourne
has, and Estes's locations nrc all Oh
another ledge. quite a distance removed
from what at first would seem to be
the richest spot.
estes is cattlcman residing at
Three Creek. who went in as soon as
be heard about Bourne S strike The
camp is about 10000 feet high. and
there was over u foot Of snow there
when ! left. | shall stay in the dis.
trict ali winter, and my wife is SO
ciatcd over our prospects that she is
going with me. We do not expect 10
have many comforts, but ] do not be-
iicvc We will suffer any BY spring
! believe VIC will have ii good group
with fine sbowiugs.
A Rich District.
Expressions of opinion of several other
men. familiar with the region through
having gone over it when in quest
Of cattle and sheep. arc that. if not
too much broken up by the last vol.
canic intrusion, The Jarbrldge section
will warrant investment Of capital To
determine this point requires its in
spcctiou by men who have considerable
experience with Nevada mining claims.
Should Jarbridgo be visited by few
Of these classes, aud they find The do
posts of The yellow metal are likely
to be found continuous on their vari-
ous dips and spurs, there docs not
| seem 10 be any doubt of one of the
! most sensational rushcs into il in the
history of all the great stampcdcs of
tho last ten wears.
Jarbridgo is about 100 miles to tho
southwest of Twin Falls. and about
eight miles south Of the line dividing
/ Nevada from Idaho. Good roads cx.
tend northward 20 within about twenty.
I five miles of the camp from Elko sta
| tion. on the main line of the Southern
Pacific; the necessity exists, however
for the prospcctor going over the high
divide that interycncs between the Jar.
bridge district and the ends of these
ro1dways. and therefore access from
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