The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1910-03-13
McGILL nan AT JARBIDGE.

McGILL nan AT JARBIDGE.
The following letter was receive
last week by w. N Bildeback from
J. ID. Mclaughlin, formerly a res
dent here, who left for Jarbidge a
few weeks ago.
JARBIDGE, Feb. 20, 1910
Dear Friend Bill:
] told you that I would write you
as soon as ! arrived here. Suppose
you have heatd from me every day
while | was enroute. Row as to COM
ing hare | will say no for the present,
as nearly everybody that is in the
camp packed in and got them a tent
and grub, and started stalking claims.
They are all waiting for the snow TO
go off so as TO see what they have.
Jim Tucker and Harry Borchert,
two boys that gcs on the train at
and myself hired a team at Twin
Falls 10 take us 10 Rimrock 1t {; st
us $500 ard tork us two days and
half. Next morsiLs we got pack
outfit to bring us here; six cents a
pound for packing
We bought tent, camp stove and
grub for a month; now We are fig
uring on moving over eight miles
from here if We can get O pack out
fit to take us tomorrow as this place
is all staked for four miles around
camp.
From the ap, aaranoe of the forma-
tion the dikos runs southwed, and
the country is awfully broken. ! got
four claims about eight miles from
Jarbidge and found some fine por-
phyry and rhyolite formation which
might prove to be a mine. Nv oh-
ject in moving, is to be outside of the
stakes SO as 10 have a good look be-
/ would not advice anybody to
ONE in here looking for any kind of
work except assaying. There are
about ten men working on the wa@
road across the Bhuneau River at the
Kitty Wilkins ranch; they get S4.af.
4 day and pay $3.50 for board and
furnish their own beds. There are
few men men working on the Bourne
- 1te work question will be
gcod in two months when they start
doing location work. There are lots
of claims that the location work will
not be done on, as there are men here
that have eight and ten claims staked
and they cannot possibly do the work
am of the opinion that l got two
claims, and have staked two more
along side of them; if | find 500
rock on one claim we can make
good sale If we are inclined to do so.
The location work will have to be
decided on later.
The weather has been bad, snow
ing and cold. Do not know when ]
can send out any mail again. There
was a team and sled came in from
Elko the other day. 1t took them
four days to make trip soxty miles.
They had a woman and saloon out
fit. were all drunk and nearly frozen,
can't run a saloon within four miles
of Jarbidge on account of being on
several claims. Thinks he is on the
United States Forest reserve.
Harry Ross is here and has staked
several claims, thinks he ison the
ground floor as he has the only tow
site for miles around DOM think
tncre ever will be II very big town in
ia ,ndgo q: tn - is not r.ifin. the
cu On being very narrow and steep,
which will cause snow slides. If
there is just low grade ore found here
or within six miles of here this will be
the only place for townsite, there
being no better location in the dis
trict.
There is not much more to tell you,
but what / have said you can bank
on as the truth, regardless OF the
newspaper talk. Twin Falls papers
are doing all they can to keep things
alive here and will If they have to
resort to lies In order to do so, in
hopes that a strike will be made over
in this district; which will probably
be made as soon as the snow is gone.
Every foot will be prospected as there
are plenty of men here crazy to get to
digging on their location work.
Give my regards to all the boys and
drop a line to Jarbidge via Three
Creeks, Idaho; care Howard CABINS.
I'D. McLAUGHLIN..
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