Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-03-24
RETURNS WITH
ORE AND WHISPERS
JOE PLAISTED BACK FROM JAR
BIDGE, BRONZED, BEARDED
AND ENTHUSIASTIC.
Has Extension of the Famous Bourne
Property-Eleven Claims Have
Been Located For Company Com
posed of welI-Known Boise Men.

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Bronzed, bearded and bubbling
over with enthusiasm of the variety
that must have thrilled the '49er.
Joe Plaisted returned yesterday di-
rect from Jarbidge. the focal point
of southern Idaho's newest mining
excitement He consumed a whole
day travelling 10 miles. The follow
ing day he reached the railroad, says
the Capital News.
There is not much snow at the
town of Jarbidge, but there is plenty
of it on the mountains above where
l was for about two weeks" said
Mr.. Plaisted, as he shook imaginary
chunks of the beautiful from his
shoulders and paved his first crop Of
whiskers affectionately. Il wallowed
around considerably getting out to
what is called the rim, and / am
afraid | said things every time /
broke through the snow crust that
wouldn't make acceptable copy for
even the sporting editor But / got
out all right with my blankets, a nice
lot OF sample ore and this lovely
bunch of whiskers.
while I would not set myself up
as a mining expert. even If do wear
high shoes, my idea is that Jarbidge
is going to develop into one of the
vests greatest low grade mine prop
( ositions. The lodges there remind me
! Of quarries People have reported
! sensationally rich ore, and no doubt
D it has been discovered. as there must
e be streaks Of exceptionally high grade
e stun in that formation, but I found
nothing of that Kind although ! broke
! into ledges and gophered around ln
] the gulches ] got colors regularly
p in the gulches, but found nothing
with yellow sticking to 1t so thiclxly
d as to give It the appearance Of
I Hearst paper ! brought In some
S fine looking ore, though. but have
r not had it assayed.
p Il went to Jsrbidge for the Jar
e bidge Gold Mining company, compos-
= ed principally Of ex-Mayor John NJ.
3 Haines Postmaster John Mcmillan
and John M. Johnson, all Johnny
come-latlies, in Jarbidge investments.
hold a small interest I'm the COM
pany. and / want to say that It's not
for sale after what ! saw. although
I'll admit ! didn't run into a dyke Of
: $50 gold pieces or discover sub
treasury"
i, Mr.. Plaisted posed in front Of O.
window in admiration Of his Jorbidge
facial adornment for a minute and
q then continued:
Our company has the extension
Of the original Bourne discovery. 70
is about a mile beyond and about
1000 feet higher We have IL claims
= and the company has been offered
$175,000 for them. While the ore /
brought out is from the outcroppings
It bears such a similarity to the un-
derground Bourne ore that there is
!, no doubt in my mind it is the same
/, thing. The whole trend Of the formo-
tion shows it, also.
There are a lot of people at Jar
bidge and more going in every day.
IL is going to be a big camp this
summer It is not necessary for
those who are only going to be there
a short time to take supplies. There
are stopping places along the road,
and Jarbidge has a top-notcher res-
taurant with an SOO-pound range
How the proprietor ever got thar
+ mammoth piece Of cast iron into the
o camp this early puzzles me. but it's
n there, and from its spacious surface
d is turned out a medley of 'ham-and.
d 'shipwrecked hen fruit, beans. etc.
i to make the heart of the hungry gold
seeker happy if not his stomach"
d Mr. Plaisted slater that the Odd
y Fellows committee sent in to recover
a the body Of Bell, the miner who fell
n 1900 feet into the Jarbidge crater,
e gave up the search.
"The body is free from molestation
J. by animals" said Mr. Plaisted. "and
r any Effort to bring it from the crater
J. now would imperil the rescuers in
u view Of the overhanging snow banks.
e 'You can say. too, added the re-
a turning prospector. "that the place
Il where the Twin Falls wind is manu-