Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-10
THE WHOLE TRUTH
ABOUT JORBIDGE
'AND ONLY PRACTICAL WAY
TO REACH THE CAMP" so
SAYS NEW FOLDER
First of "A Series of News Letters
Sent Out by Commercial Club
Others win Follow as Rapidly as
New Conditions Arise.

The first of a series of folders.
descriptive of Jorbidge, the condi-
ticns there and the feasibility of the
/ Mountain Home route into the camp.
found its way into the mails this
week. through the instrumentality of
Secretary Purtill
These truthful messengers will fol-
low each other as rapidly as con-
ditions warrant and will be distri-
buted broadcast
The first number is as follows.
Jarbridge, the new mining camp in
northern Nevada, was discovered and
locations made late i'm the season of
1903 by ID. A. Bourne.
The samples from the Bourne
North Star are very rich, but owing
to the lateness of the season, at the
time of location no extensive ex-
ploration or development has been
made
The camp lies in northern Nevada.
about , miles south of the Idaho
line and the south line of Owyhee
county. Idaho; the line between the
two states at this point being east
and west.
The camp or district, as known
at present. is about miles wide and
8 miles long and lies northeast by
southwest
IL has an altitude of $500 feet.
and, like the other Nevada gold
fields should be called a desert
camp with this exception. il has
plenty of water and fuel.
AT the time this is written. Feb
ruary s, 1910. there is about four
Of -. 10.
cidedly severe, owing to cold winds.
A good many men of many years
experience in mining i'm many diff
ferent sections of the United States
have been into the district and all
agree that IL presents the decided
marks Of a good and permanent dis
trict But they all do not agree as
to the general geological features of
the camp. or as 10 the predominant
character of the ore and IT'S situation
Rich float mad been found in this
section for a number of years past.
but all search up TO the time of the
Bourne discovery had failed TO find
It I'm place. So 1t is absolutely a new
district, and, as such, is the reason
for this folder.
The Commercial Club of Mountain
Home, Idaho, realizing the fact that
a great many people viii hasten into
! the district without proper informa-
tion. and that there will be a great
deal Of hardship experienced by
prospectors and Others If they have
not the information which this arti-
= Gle gives them have compiled the
following and foregoing facts:
Part of the Information herein viii
be OF general interest to all who
IL
time, depending upon the point they
; are headed from. and a large portion
( of il will be OF special interest TO-
those heading from the west and
, northwest of Mountain Home
AT present there are two routes to
e Jorbridge. but this folder deals with
the Mountain Home route for the
{ reason that pains have been taken
y to collect reliable information for
e this folder.
Take a good map of the United
States, or preferably OF Idaho Call
y the roads start in ldahO) locate
Mountain Home on the map, Noun
D tain Home being on the main line of
e the Oregon Short Line Ry.. and
. mark it as your starting and out
fitting point for Jorbidge.
Now trace your route TO the min
ing camp-first to the Loveridge
Ferry, the crossing of Snake river,
slightly southwest Of Mountain
Home thence to Bruneau; thence
to Hot Springs and Waterhouse;
thence to Three Creek, thence curv-
ing to the southwest to Jorbidge,
which. If you are using an Idaho
map. will be at or near the point
covered by the first letter Az in
E .I. I.. I...
tween 90 and 100 miles from Noun
I tain Home and is nearly all county
y road In Owyhee county. Idaho. This
= road has been travelled the past 20
years by the stockmen with their
p wagons IN going from the winter
, range to the summer range and
back
? People from this place have been
in and ont of the camp every week
=, since the discovery and declare it
d the only passible winter route.
Brnneau has stores and good
= hotel. WaterhOuse. at Hot Spring,
has general store The route de-
scribed is the one used at present
and may be travelled any season of
the year The citizens and business
men of Bruneau are now construct
ing another road into the camp
which. they say. viii be shorter but
it will be some short time before this
road is open TO travel AT present
there is stage only as far as Hot
Spring but arrangements are being
made to put on a through stage line.
n AT present there are no hotels or
oldging houses in Jorbidge, and only
Y one store with small resources from
= which to obtain any provisions OF
supplies of any kind.
You can outfit at Mountain Home