The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-08
JARB|DGE GOLD
HUNTERS MECCA
Recent Visit of w. A. Stevens
to Salt Lake Confirms
Opinions.
RUSH WILL BE ON
IN SHORT TINE
Tentative Plans for New Rail
road Are Assuming
Shape.
Snsoial 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 Ine ITlpune-
TWIN FALLS Ida, Jan. I.-Connrna-
tion OF the eenuineness Of the Jarbidge
gold discoveries came in further tooay
when r. Waring of surley arrived with
miles above the camp, which Is, clus-
tered around the original Bourne dlscov.
cries, and where Waring disclosed ~. AT
the same class Of petzlte. He has the
fifth property that shows in vein OF
about four and one.hall feet lying be,
side the Rhyolite dykes which outcrop
in esster,y and westerly courses and in
tersect contacts Of porphyry and lime.
which eu. the domhbtS iT0m prno 6as ee
established also that the ore Is OF teilu-
rum character, carrying on an average
= per eenS sod Sna per seni res@n
made at salt Lake and including samples
from all the prospects which are con
sidered already In the category OF pro-
w. A. Stevens. manager Of the Bel.
mont Jarhidge company, which took over
the second big strike made in the dis.
principally held among the bankers and
merchants of this city. after inanirlng
that Jsrbidse has four properties already
CAPABLE Of shipping crude ores OF Sloo
srsde proydins road road facilities Wsre ,op
naEes of concentrating ores worth an
average OF SIS per ton. The, higher
grad average around $500, and 1T has
Es stions made by Mr.. Stevens. who is an
experienced mine operator. as we'll as
sarded on the. coast and in Nevada
among large mine investors. that by run
ming the higher with the lower grades
very profitable basis Just as soon as roads
are built. suitable for wagon traffic 10
The railroad terminal OF Rogerson. near
tors are enabled 10 locate the ore shoots
along the dykes, the perfect similarity
of all the ores, and the knowledge that
il is almost useless TO seek values any
where except IN the vicinity OF the dykes
have made the prospecting. Of the, region
comparatively sure OF results TO the men
having knowledge OF the business.
Poor Mans Camp
There are conditions in Jarbidse there
fore. which make II in the very begin
ming one OF the most favorable poor
coursged everybody who has gone In
and taken look al the district to either
stay or come out merely for additional
Warlns said he left the camp on New
Years morning. and that there we're
then l'9 men there, The snow was about
countered considerable difficulty In get
ting our via the Salmon dam. He met,
he states, fully. fifty men on the road
the snow drifts with considerable dffi-
Guilty. Mail written on the 9th has just
arrived mere, showing the trouble that
the carrier has encountered in getting
through. II Is expected however, that
within few days the snow will have
been sufficiently packed 10 render trips
into the district from this city COM
paratively easy. and therefore the many
prospectors and representatives OF capt.
tai from adjoining states. as well as
many other points Of Idaho, who are
collected In Twin Falls awaiting oppor-
Lunities to start, are likely to reach Jar
bidge In less than a. week,
There are probably 100 pioneers of
this class here, every one of whom after
seeing samples of the ores and learning
fully of the geological conditions of the
destined 10 prove the one great gold
seekers mecca in the United States dur
ing the coming season
l.: B.. Perrne, the well-known Twin
Ps,,S Psh booster accompanied by F. 2.
neer OF the Oregon Short Line. are pre-
pairing TO make an initial reeonnoiter be-
tween Twin Falls and the camp as soon
az the snowbanks will permit for rail-
into, the district from the present ter
mini Of the Miuldoka &. Southwestern
at Hollister and Rogerson.
lwin talls people talk OF nothing eY-
Sep.,J Gept Jarb2dge, and letters Of inquiry are
acquaintances elsewhere. The Oregon
Short Line offices at Salt Lake have up-
ward of 100 letters from all parts OF the
country asking informsto Of the strikes
and all indications point to one Of the
biggest mining booms in the history OF
the country in Jarbidge during the com
ing summer. The tcilurium fea lures of
lhe strikes arc attracting especially the
many of these prospectors having been
among the crowds that embarked for Tho
district from Twin Falls within the last
ten days.