The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-13
WORK HAS STARTED
IN JARB|DGE CAMP
Preliminary Development Gre
ates New Enthusiasm
Among Miners.
TOWN GROWING FAST,
ACCORDING TO REPORT
Nine Companies Now Preparing
to Start Active
Operations.
Speclal TO The Tribune.


TWIN FALLS. Ida, March 12-lnitial
development work on the Bourne ledge in
the Jarbidge gold camp has disclosed such
encoura gine conditions inside and out
cropping that ull tho camp is excited to
q greater degree than at any time since
the discovery of the district. At the face
OF the tunnel. which was in slXty-live feet
when latest arrivals here left the dis
trlet, the average value OF the ore was
S120 per ton. Many streaks carried stlll
higher values. The orc pans freely at
this point. No hanging or foot wall Is in
sight, and crosscutting was begun to de-
terrnine the width Of the ore body. This
information came through ]. IL. Walton
Sidney Coburn, C. D. Dewitt and II, ID.
Bourcy. who arrived here effcrrescing
with enthusiasm regarding the resources
OF the district and unhesitatingly In
dorslng 1t as more than ever likely 10 at
least practically sustain some of d. A.
Bourne's seemingly exaggerated state
ments regarding the possibilities OF his
properties. as we'll as others,
Walton. who has made the rounds of all
the Nevada booms. says Jarbidge's first
development operations are going to as
tonish the mining world. Dewitt and CO.
burn, likewise followers of the trails OF
Nevada. as well as many other new gold
discoveries during the last ten years, say
they went into the camp exceedingly skep-
teal, and declare that II they were TO
announce the real sowings on the Pavlaw
and Touro-Arizona ledge they would be
characterized as crazy men. "The only
thing for mining man to do is TO go and
see Jarbidge, himself" explained Dewitt
vi1eed aHlese cobnrn s n0ss said The 0 Bourne @ is
showing so well that everybody in camp
is In the air with expectations that every
shot Will disclose a vet bigger thing, AS
a result OF the work done there every
thing is more encouraging than 1t was a
week ago.
Camp Is Growing.
"There are at least one thousand in
camp now and more are coming every day
from Twin Falls, Elko. up the Bruneau
side. over In owyhee county. think that
we passed at least one hundred outfits
during the last two days going in from
Twin Falls. At this rate there Will be
more than five thousand people there by
the Fourth of July. Work is starting on
at least nine different properties. Nine
leases have been let on the Pavlaw and
bonded to Brun and Kinney, and lessees
are to be at work on the 9th OF April
Among these lessees are Spoken Bros,
G. Co. Arizona men. backed by Los An,
gees capital; Mccoy & Connors, who had
the Kearns lease in Rawhide: r, W, Nc
Donald, formerly OF Fairbanks. Alaska
and j. 3. Dusan ono OF the Jarbidge plo-
neers. backed by San Francisco capital.
No new camp ever existed where everyone
was so enthusiastic. One day changes
the appearance Of the main street. so
many tents and houses are going into
position for use. There are sanguine eX-
pectations expressed by everybody. that
without doubt Jarbidgc IS going to make
good TO even greater degree than has
been believed,
The general impression Is that 1t is
going TO be productive of much high-grade
i'm streaks and an average grade that Will
mill at about $50 per ton throughout the
district This Will mean that everything
Will be milled,"