The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
SNOW HAS HELPED
JARB|DGE DISTRICT
PrOspectors Working Above
Surface Have Found
High Values.
CAMP SO FAR HAS
BEEN VERY ORDERLY
Arrangements Being Made Now
for Local Form of Coy
ernment.
Special to The Tribune.

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| TWIN FALLS. Ida, Feb 26--J. w
| Mathews arrived here today from Jar
bldge bringing with him samples OF ore
which he claims 10 have struck In the
vicinity OF the original Bourne ledge
Mathews refuses TO disclose at present
the exact location OF his discovery. which
is said to carry gold values TO the ex-
tent OF sis 900 per ton Until roasted The
rock shows no evidences OF being min
eral- bearing. except TO those who are
thoroughly familiar with the gold min
ing game. Roasting processes however.
bring out whitish looking beads, with
yellowish tinge over the entire surface
OF the rock. and full assurance Is thus
given that the formation carrying the
values Is petite in a highly developed
form,
Mathews displayed many samples Of
This form of rock. which had the ap-
pearancc OF having been knocked from
the outcroppngs OF extreme surfaces. but
which were so heavily imnregnated with
the baser metals that oxidation had not
materially affected them. The arrival OF
greatly increased local interest in the
new country, and IT is stated also that
the Jarbidge camp Is much worked up
over the latest discoveries. Other finds
of importance have also been made by
prospectors who. on account OF their ina
hility to prospect At depth on account OF
the snow. are testing and examining the
outcropplngs and ledses which charac-
terlze the formation. and who are get
ting big results in their work.
Snow Has Helped.
There Is no way OF measuring the
possibilities that abound In the district"
said Mathews, and the fact that there
has been considerable snow has really
been for the benefit OF the camp because
Ii has compelled the prospecting OF those
Identical places which might not have re-
Ccived attention for several months later
II the formations closer to the surface
had not been inaccessible on account OF
the snow covering People are coming
into the camp now from everywhere p"
he continued. land there are 700 there
if there is a man, l am erroute 10 Elko
wherc | Will present a petition signed
by almost everybody in camp to the
board OF county commissioners, asking
that A new voting precinct be created
so We can have a deputy sheriff and 9TH
er government There is no disorder yet.
but OF course some may be expected. as
the camp grows, and there is demand
therefore for an officer as a matter OF
precautlon."
Mathews lives at Ellso. and was one
of a party which undertook TO enter Jar
bidge from that point in January. and
was out twenty-five days, suffering many
hardships. He said IL was tho longest
and most disasreeabe buggy ride he
ever took,
Coming here from camp he said he
observed the road level, and declared
there is no doubt that any of the well
known mountain rats" who have piled
their autos over the southern Nevada
deserts these last few years. will be
able to make the run from Twin Falls
into the district of Jarbidge In four
hours as soon as the mud dries and the
road is completed,
That Lost Mine.
rumor came also from camp today
that Ledyard Perrine has found the Lost
mine I'm ledge from which
he has secured promising looking sam
pies that have not been assayed but
which will be Immediately tested Despite
the snow storms, Twin Falls continues TO
ill more and more fully with strangers.
all bound for the camp. All stages de-
part loaded and the movement of ono
that wants 10 get In. For every departure
from twenty-five to fifty other arrivals
come and book into JarbIdge to start
one or two days hence, after having Sc
cured an outfit and learned all they can
about the camp. Provision has been
made for handling this traffic satlsfsc-
torly as 1t increases. To this end
another addition to the stage facilities
was secured today by the arrival OF
twenty head of horses and three Concord
coaches from Falon, Neb., being the
OF Clayton Gannett. formerly
operating stages In southern Nevada dis
tricts. He has joined forces here with
d. a Seaman and !. B. Perrine, whose
combined energies will conduct the line
between Twin Falls and Rim Rock
The Pingree- Hart lease on tho Bourne
ledge is to be capitalized The same
plan is said to be under consideration by
r. Il. Roberts OF Salt Lake. who has the
first choice OF ground as a lessee on this
rich ledge.