Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-01-20
MORE NEWS CON-
CERNING JARBIDGE
TAKEN FROM THE STATESNIAN'S
TWIN FALLS COR
RESPONDENT.
Marked Activity In the CamD-'POsi-
lively Biggest Thing Ever Found
In the History of American Dis
coveries," Says Mr.. Winter.

C. G.. Winter is in Twin Falls from
Jarbidge mining camp, 100 miles to
the southwest of this city having
made the journey in two days. He
brings most enthusiastic reports of
the conditions in this newly-found
gold region. Despite the extreme
cold prevailing in the camp, as well
as along the route, he passed p men
pushing through the snow drifts over
the trail.and says that freight for the
district is piled up high at the VIII
kins ranch. / 6 miles east Of the camp,
where transfers have to be made from
wagons to pack trains.
"The operations in the camp were
suspended but a few days after the
first of the year" Winter explained,
because of the big showstorm. but
as soon the snow packed sufii-
GENTLY the prOspectOrs we're going
over the hills again, and making
locations has been among the prin-
cipal work. There are some of the
properties, however, on which the
development work is proceeding with
splendid results in every instance,
and everybody in the district now adj
mits that it is not Eaerely a question
whether the camp makes good, but
how great 1t is going to be-.
Winter owns a ranch within 10
miles Of the recently discovered Boz
nanzas, in conjunction with his
brother, and was among the first to
respond to the announcement that
Bourne had at last located the seat
of the gold deposits which had been
furnishing for many years the placer
H.. artD nd
that in earlier days the Indians
brought to the settlements nearby.
He enjoys the reputation in northern
Nevada. as we'll as in southern Idaho,
of being an absolutely reliable man,
and inclined to be extremely conser-
vative on mining matters and never
theless he declares that the camp is
positively the biggest thing ever
found in the history of American dis
coveries.
Winter secured great many OPP
tions on various properties within the
last there weeks. since he was here.
and when he organized the Twin
Falls-Jarbidge Mining & Develop
ment company. composed of some of
the principal business men of this
city. He purchased for this corpora
the EscalIon group of claims for
$250,00O, its showings being regard
ed as the peers of the showings in
the Bourne group, and consisting of
a dyke that stands high above the
surface similar to that property, and
paintings from which show much gold
to the naked eye in addition to the
tellurium sands on which assays only
M 20 rtn A 10
the stockholders in the Twin Falls
Jarbidge Mining & Development COM
pany are Frank Kimball of Salt Lake,
and c. j. Hahn. c. T. Booth, Attorney
W. p Guthrie, Dr. Boyd, j. w.
Craven and Sheriff J. c. Dyer of
Twin Falls. The company members,
Immediately upon learning of the
requirement of the Escallons de-
cided to prepare to develop the
ground at once. from which il is be-
lieyed that a very little development
will furnish much high grade ore that
can be shipped to the Salt Lake
smelters.
Milder weather. which began here
today, saw the departure of several
crowds Of prosnectors who have been
anxiously waiting here for a more
mouCldtt temperature 70 uHueltdht
the journey. Included in these cara
vans were restaurants, roOming house
outfits, assayers, stock of merchan-
disc, and especially supplies of min
ing tools, for which the district has
been standing much in need.
Twin Falls is becoming more and
more excited every day over the news
which is coming from the district in
private letters to friends of parties
who are on the gorund from several
parts Of Idaho and are arriving here
on every train in larger and larger
numbers. The tenor of all this infor-
nation is most enthusiastic in tone
and extremely optimistic.