The Green Forest tribune., 1910-09-23
STRIKE GOLD MINE?
FORMER CITIZENS HERE MAY
 HAVE FOUND RICHES.
6lasingame & Mccormick are Prop erty Owners in Jarbidge Mining
 District Near Gooding, Idaho.

R. Blasingame is native here and is known to practically everybody about Green Forest, while J. T. (Town) Me Cormick is a son of the late Eld Wash Mccormick The article referred to says:
 Local interest in Jarbidge has been aroused during the last week to great CT extent than ever before and honofs have been about evenly divided between the prospects there and county division as topics of conversation.
 HHFhe reason for this sudden enthusi- asm in the Jarbidge mines was the ap- l pearance of J. T. Mccormick, former i ly of the firm of Blasingame & McGor- mick, who conducted the Traders store on Third avenue until it was destroyed by fire last January. After the fire, Mr. Mccormick moved to Rupert where he opened a general store with Jesse SWearingen as a partner In the early spring the two men went to Jarbidge and started store. Shortly after their arrival they grub staked three miners and sent them into the moun- tains.
 Last month the grub stake pros pectors returned to civilization and filed on number of claims neglecting to include Swearingen as part owner When Mccormick heard of this action, he put couple of guns in his belt and started to the claims to investigate He found the others there awaiting him, also carrying snister-look;ng car- pines to emphasize any remarks they might make. Mccormick demanded their rights and insisted that the matter be settled at once. After great deal of talk, the men in possession agreed to allow Mccormick and SWearingen four claims and let them have their choice. Mccormick is an experienced miner himself, but he took with him the highest priced expert in Jarbidge, and the two selected four claims. One of these the prospectors refused to d. low, even after they were reminded that 1t was their own proposition that Mccormick should have the choice. After three days argument, they said they would flip a coin for the claim. Mccormick s sporting blood was arous- ed, SC he consented to this arrange ment. The entire party went to Jar bidge, and there in the presence of a large crowd of miners who had hea,d of the valuable strike they decided the ownership by tossing up a quarter.
 Mccormick won.
 When the quarter landed heads and Mccormick was announced winner, there was a tremendous cheer, for he is one ef the most popular men in the camp, and the miners reioiced to see him win, As they expressed it, 'ProYi- denae was on Mes side.
 .'The grub stake miners Immediately gave Mccormick and 5wearingen a quit claim deed for the property, and they assigned their interest in the remaining claims to them. As soon as McCor-
 mick got clear title he started at once for Gooding Meantime the news of the strike had spread, and even be- fore he reached here it had been dis cussed in Denver mining circles and re- ported back to Gooding as the .oig strike made by q Gooding man.
 Arriving here, Mccormick went to the office of Attorney D. w. Hent, and prepared for the organization of com pany to be called The True Fissure Gold Mining company, in which he and his partner G. R. Basingame are the principal stockholders. The capital stock is one million dollars, of which only $50, 600 will be put on the market now. The money received from the sale of this stock will be used for de- yelopment purposes only. A great deal of the stock has already been taken by local men and it is probable that the company will be composed principally of Gooding citizens. Mir. Zent went with Mccormick to Jarbidge to inspect the holdings of the company.
 "McCormick's story of the strike as told to The Herald, is as follows
 The property is located in the Jay bidge district on the east side of the Jarbidge mountains and was originally known as the Mccormick crater dis covery. It is considered by experts as one of the best discoveries in the, dis trict. 1t has true vein in places ex- posed fer a distance of 1400 feet. Ad E. joining this property and on the same ledge is the Harder strike. At this place they are banning gold from tale near the surface which brings from g cents to $1 per pan. Close by is the Pick and Shovel mine which has over 200 feet cuts and shafts working iii. They are working from $40 to $100 ton. The Good Luck is startingin on large ledge running from $3 to $144 to the ton. This property is managed by Theodore Parker, Cripple Creek ex pert Also there has been a new strike by Swicegood which shows free gold in great quantity, Scott & Pow CTS have run into good ledge in the ' same vicinity. The Pavlak is doing great development work and has assays of high grade running from $10, ,00O to $26.00 to the ton. They also have un- covered another ledge that is equally as C good as the first one. Below and near ] the True Figsure property on the same ledge Theodore Parker is working inc