The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-28
OFFICIAL TELLS
OF JARB|DGE
Recorder Believes District Has
Not Been 0yeresti-
mated.
HAS EARMARKS
OF PERMANENCY
Five Active Companies at Work,
and More Are to
Follow.

{. r. Smith. official recorder for thu
new Jarbldgc district in northern Ne
Vada. Is a visitor In Salt Lake, being ac'
companied by George Wincher, a "golc
hunter" who has been associated Will
successful mining propositions In Goldfelc
ana other camps for a number OF years.
Mr.. Smith Is In the city primarily on
business connected with the formation
Of The Jarbidge Hill Top Gold Mining
Milling and Power company, which con-
trolls SIX valuable claims In the new
gold fields. Mr. Smith. like all others
who come from Jarhidgc. is enthusiastic
in his praise OF tho new country and
states that one can hardly appear TO be
at all conservative and tell OF the real
wonders OF the late discoveries In that
section. Mr., Smith believes that Jarbidge
is going TO be one OF the great. ii not the
greatest gold camps of all Time. and
bases his conclusions on the fact that the
tinds have not been confined to one or
two locations in the camp. but that many
have been found, and that these finds.
though very rich show permanency from
surface indications the ore being in we'll
defined and regular formations and not
all 'bunchy.'
The milling possibilities OF the district
are also great and add materially to the
sldefcd
Mr.: Smith came out of the district
at that time there were more than three
hundred men In the district and he be-
lieves that from the numbers going in
of late there must be at least five hun
dred people there by this lime. lie has
recorded already over three hundred To-
cations in Jarbidgc since the district was
organized last fall. and prior to this or
eanzation. he states. there were prob
ably AS many more locations recorded in
the county
Within the next six weeks Mr.. Smith
fg4s s1.l I-s,Ilz-
bidse will have been finished. including
the building OF bridges. and after that
time stages Will be run in and out on
regular schedule.
No Ore Out
Mr.. Smith states that though some ma
chinery Is going into the camp. most of IL
from Salt Lake. no attempt is being
made TO bring any ore out as vet. the
miners considering II more profitable TO
wait until the roads and facilities are
better before attempting 10 market their
brough, out. though. said Mr smith.
and any who may think that the dis
trlct has been too promisingy spoken OF
or written about are mistaken. II is un-
doubtedly destined To be a wonderful
camp. and expect that Jarbidge will
ncntIy than did Godheld in It's boom
days. The natural resources. wood and
water will help largely In the upbuildiuG
OF the camp. and there Is no question
ABOUT thee values and extent OF the ore
deposits. v
The Bourncs the original locators in
the district. are having mill built In
sections al Twin Falls. and when IL is
completed they VIII take IL out and put
II up at their mine. There are four com
panies actively engaged in development
work al the present time. these being
the Bourne Pavock. Twin Falls-.Iar-
bidge Development and the Hilltop. The
ore runs all the way from $500 To $4,000
per ton not including the very rich
high grade and there are mountains
C! IL"
Like Goldfeld
Mi Winchler states that an old Gold
field prospecfor or mining man would
never pass by the Jarbidge country 1t
lie saw It. the formations in many ways
being similar 10 those of the older camp
II Is II very difficult district TO get into
however. and for this reason, and the
fact that those who have been in In the
past were nearly all ranchers and not
miners, the distric, has never been dis
covered before. For a number Of years
however. rich specimens were taken into
nearby towns. and there had always been
more or less speculation and wonderment
as to where they came from
The visitors will remain in the city
for TWO or three days, getting together
supplies and equipment for the further
Development OF their holdings during the
coming season.