Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-28
JARBR|DGE CAMP
GROWING RAPIDLY
Recorder of District Declares Camp
VIII Have Big Milling Proposition
Beef ut 10 Cents Il Pound.

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of the now famous new gold camp.
! JarDridgc. accompanied by George
| Winklcr of the same place. Is register
cd at the Cullen, having just come in
from the camp by way of Twin Falls,
Mr.. Smith says when he left there
were not less than 800 mon on the
ground and crowds OF now arrivals
were dropping In daily.
BY this time there must be 500 men
at Jarbrdge," he said. IT'S the SOM
Ing gold camp sure. OF course VIC
haven't demonstrated that the values
go deep, but We have shown a Won
derful surface richness. and all the
general formations denote deep
values. / was the fifth man In the
camp. arriving there the latter part
of September. 1t wasn't much Of 4
place then, but you should see II now.
Already rich ore has been found in
numerous places, showing there are
many rich veins.
"A territory embracing probably four
by eight miles has been proven as
carrying rich gold rock Most of this
has been located, but there arc many
fractions not yet covered. The ranch
erS. near by. cattle men and sheep
men got In carly and gobblcd up big
tracts that should later on prove yalu
able. There arc now many practical
old miners and prospectors on the
ground. Machinery Is on the way. and
that the spring months Will show Jar
bridge busy place or several thou
sand inhabitants is certain
What depth? Why. we have no
depth yet. The deepest shaft In the
entire camp is only 40 feet. Six feet
across the vein at that depth without
finding either wall, gives an average
of $50 to $50 rock, This is In the
porphyry dikcs that cut the rhyohte
andesite and quartZlte,
Sec this assay from the Bourne
property, 1t runs S623 gold, $53.47 sill
yer. total of S676.S7- Here Is another
running Is ounces gold and so ounces
silver. Those are only good averages,
I've seen selected samples that actually
assayed $500 TO the ton. and como
that should run up to s5O,O00.
AT THE HILLTOP.
bridge, and am president of the jar
bridge Hilltop Mining, Milling and
Power company. We have an extern
sion of the rich Bourne vein. The Hill
top embraces u 40 foot ledge that shows
surface values ranging from $2.36 20
1858 to the ton. Ono shot from The
surface revealed these values We
will run two 100 foot tunnels. each Civ
ing a vertical depth OF 100 feet. rhe
cost Is about $40 a foot.
"a number of rich strikes were re-
ported about the time We left camp.
Some rich rock was found on Arizona
No /. The Pavlock and Thuro prop
erty is showing up fine. This property
Is a mile south OF the phenomenal
Bourne property. Also on the Jar
bridge Belmont holdings things are
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fine showing.
"Of course considerable rich surface
rock has been found. but the camps
life will depend on its ability to make
a show down as a big milling PROPOSE
tion. The bigness of the ledges run
ming through the camp and the num-
Der of them indicate vast quantities |
of ore. 1t IS not bunch camp by |
any means. Ore bearing rock is found |
almost everywhere.
BIDDING FOR BUSINESS
Twin Falls is making a lively bid |
for Jarbridgo business and the pluck |
and enterprise OF the business men up |
there certainly deserve reward They |
have already expended some $4,000 in |
road building. Before that we had
% mile pack; now it Is reduced to q |
miles. The indications are the Twin |
T slllS Dcollt VIII Spbll DdNt lUlS cut
out altogether, so there Will he a good, |
smooth wagon road from that place |
right into camp and the pack horses |
will be thing of the past
THE Oregon Short Line has an eye |
on the camp. and will build a branch |
line the moment the place shows It. |
self worthy of a road, Already the rail- |
road has a corps OF surveyors in the |
field. 1t is understood they contem-
Ito G,-or f,-A, aIa
Twin Falls. south through Jarbridsc |
Or Contact to Wells, connecting the |
Idaho and Nevada branches. If Jar
bridge proves up this spring, which 1t |
will. our camp will get the |
projected branch. We are quite sure
Of a railroad within a year, From
Rodgers to Jarbridge is 62 miles. most
Of which would be comparatively easy
for railroad construction.
HAD EGG-NOG.
What are eggs. meat and butter
worth out there? Eggs. did you say?
Let me see; yes, on Christmas we IN
lulgcd ourselves in a luxury-wc nad |
,gg-nog Butter and other provisions
are dear as In all Isolated camps. But
on meat we can skin the whole United
States, only 10 cents a pound. We get
our meat from the neiehboring
ranches, this being a great cattle coun-
Try.
"A big bunch of Salt Lakers went
put Tuesday. over 20 in the party.
and I understand many more are about
to start. There is undoubtedly good
ground still open. and other property
that may be had at reasonable prices
right now.'
GIVES QUIT CLAIM DEED.
(Snccial To Tho NOVEL,