Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-03-10
Capital News)

40 Dt at manu. NlaiNn Aol VIII WA1AN@o
the launching of the real stampede
in the Jorbidge country from Boise
and the southwest section of south
ern Idaho. The picking of route
ton is now considered all important
among mining men, and information
received in Boise today from Jesse
Asitten, who recently went into the
new camp to take charge Of the
Bourne property as foreman, giving
details with reference to the route
via, Boise, Mountain Home and
Bruneau, will be of interest.
d. A. Bourne. the original dicsov-
erer of Jorbidge, who made the first
big stake in the rich district ac-'
companied Mr.. Mitten into the camp
and since returned to Boise. He
states that while the road was found
to be very rough, it is direct, and
with a little cooperation on the part
of the commissioners of Ada, Elmore
and Owyhee counties, as well as the
assistance of business men, can be
placed in first-class condition.
In his letter, Jesse Mitten states
that the stopping places along this
road are above the average. He
outlines the route and gives addi-
sional information in the following
language:
I'VE rode out from Mountain
Home on the first trip in the auto
mobile stage which Mr.. Cole has
started from that city to Bruneau
and which he intends to run through
to the mines later. From Bruneau
to Hot Springs, a distance of eight
miles, we made in the afternoon.
The balance of the trip was made as
follows: From Hot Springs to
Louise Creek; 2S miles; Louise
Greek to Sheep Creek, Is miles;
sheep Creek to Black Rock, 19
miles; Black Rock to Nelson ranch,
15b miles; Nelson ranch to Jor-
bidge. IA miles. We had good
places to stop all but one night, and
that was because we could not
make Louise Creek. Everybody was
prepared to supply us with every
thing good to eat. To make this
road what it should be, work should
Immediately be started so that il
can be placed in the very best con
dition. When this is done, it viii
make a good automobile road in tC
the camp"
Enthusiasm over the richness d
the gold deposits in Jorbidge is OF
the increase instead of the decrease
Professor DeMours, who went in si'
weeks ago from Montana and oc
cupies high position in that STATE
as a geologist, insists that the show
ings are remarkable and the territor.
is evidently very rich in the preciou
metal. He is in communication witt
Anaconda and Butte parties who ex
pect to invest heavily in propertie
in the new camp.
John Escalon throws additions
light on the geological conditions o
the district, in statements he make
regarding the formations, which h
was enabled to prospect quite thor
oughlv previous to the covering @
snow that has more or less barrie
the winter stampedes. Il ha
started out prospecting last summe
from Elk mountain Ton the soutf
east side of the headwaters of tn
Bruneau river and worked aroun
eastward on the south slope OF I'll
main range to a point west of I'll
head of Jorbidge," Escalson e.
planned
Il was looking for break in IL
formation all the time and met wit
no success until after I had droppt
down on the north side of the rams
There I discovered the break, al
the surface conditions looked goo
did not then know anything abo
Bourne being in there, and it W
some time after / had located n
claims on that big ledge that l di
covered what Bourne had found fu
Their south of me. l recognized
was a good gold mining country
soon as l got into it; positively t
best / had ever seen, because t
main body of the country is andesi
having rhyolite overfows and pc
phyrics outside of the rhyolite. The
surface indications in view of pre-
pectors and mining experience
southern Nevada, could not ha
been more favorable.
"The lodges, furthermore, are
ceedingly pronounced, and in the
stance of the one I located, there
some parts of it 20 feet wide, all m
eralized and carrying values. j.
bidge would make a big product