The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06
KLOND|KE MINERS
WORK At JARBIDGE
Experienced PrOSpectors Be
Iieve Jarbidge Has Bright
Future.
ALREADY ONE MURDER
IN NEW GOLD CAMP
Companies Preparing for Ac-
tive Development Work
This Summer.

TWIN FALLS. Ida. March 6,-Former
KlondiSe miners report the discovery o!
another rich section of the Jarbidge dis
trict, ten miles east OF the Bourne ledge,
and at the extreme head of the east FORK
of Bruneau river. That this result was
10 follow the prospecting OF inc (crnlory
east OF Jarbidge gulch mas necn iore-
gone conclusion. in the light OF the
knowledge gained so far by the miners
working In this region of such values,
alongside the numerous dykes which cut
through il from east 10 west ana inter
sect contacts extending norLhwest 10
southeast. Strikes OF the hlondlkers
confirm the beliefs expressed by w. y,
Stevens. the California expert ana ilrst
technical man to visit Jarbidgc guch lmr
mediately following the discoveries made
by n. a, Bourne last fall Stevens de-
clarcd then that the trend OF the dykes
was TO the east. perhaps as mucn AS
twenty miles. and throughout this area
there would he found ground equally as
promising Tor gold as the JarbidGc itseli.
Less than week ago. IS. +. Robson
found. four miles south Of what Is known
as Robisons Hole (where he had made
several locations three months since.
which are already attracting many pros
pectors) n very rich red rock In the
similar in all respects To the samples ol
$4,000 ore left among the assets OF lhe
sheeptcnder, Jacob Isham, whose loca-
jionS we're never found until this winter
Robson here discovered the old shovel
that 1sham is known 10 have worked
with. as well other tools that ne used
These were cached in the dyke Irnm
which Robson procured samples thd-
tally exactly with records OF the sheep
men who took charge OF The effects OF
Isharn after he died twenty years ago
Robson is credited now by everybody re-
turning here from Jmbidgc with having
found the famous Lost Sheeph@rder :
mines Of southern Idaho. which Is, how
ever. in northern Nevada. just ABOUT
H. 4. Of NR y
rush has started in that direction not
only from Twin Falls. but Jarbidgc, also.
Ledge Is Bonanza.
\ few miles north OF Robison's Hole.
discoveries have attracted 200 TO 300 pros
peCtorS within the last three weeks. ana
this point is also about ten miles nQrth-
east of Jarbidge. The immediate Nlcln-
ity OF the Lost Shecpherdcr's mine, now
disclosed as bonanza ledge. standing
about sixty feet high and forty in width,
shows much gold In the paintings Eobt-
son has not named the place. but is said
to have hastcncd TO Bruneau, where he
is holding conferences with men who had
grubstaked him In. samples OF the ledge.
according 10 men who are mere from
that vicinity. and who have seen the ore.
will easily carry S70N TO $1,000 per ton.
The discoveries OF the Klondike miners
are also regarded as being equally as
important the ore being somewhat silni-
lar i'm character 10 the SherphcTdcrS
ledge II looks, however. in many re-
spccts like the first very nigh grades
taken out Of the Jumbo property in Gold
field al the surface. These strikes have
expanded the likely territory of the Jar
bdgs district 10 about ten miles east and
west as against two miles three months
ago. There Is also a strike reported
three miles west Of Jarhidge sulch. In
sIlvcr-le belt. however which is not
specially appealing 10 the gold seekers
Among tho klondikers. whose camp IS
a the extreme head of TN" Little liru-
ueau. is Jack GiNvin. who Is IN Twin
Falls with samples which are showing
splendid values Of 500 10 $3.50 per ton
lie secured q piece OF float. that is. he
declared merely fracture from one OF
the Lodges. that carries onc-third It's
contents in the yellow metal. He said
he has not had time TO search out The
pa articular ledge II came from, as, with
his partners. he has been busy during the
last FIVE weeks making locations. Other
I[londikcrs I'm that crowd arc II. Tuffty
Fred Buck aud u. II. Woodean. All
spent ten "a fifteen years in Alaskan
fields and they declare they have never
seen so promising district as Jarbidgc.
on the whole.
THE principal ledge VIC found" Gilli-
vim said lis 300 feet wide. 100 feet high