Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19
WIRELESS TO JARBIDGE
SOON TO Be FINISHED
CamD-Nuch Work Being Done
On Promising Prospects.

Between half a dozen and a dozen
new tents are being pitched In Jar
b.dge every day. from 20 TO 30 new 9eo-
pie are coming into the camp every
"A hours with a present population "
over 1000, many leasers busy sinking
shafts or driving tunnels; others de-
veloplng their own properties; all nee
cssary paripheruaha on the ground for
the wireless telegraph to connect the
isolated camp with the outside world.
and the experts there with promise
20 have IL In operation inside OF 10 days.
every indication that not less than
four big gold mines are on the eve Uf
being opened up. and high hopes and
the great enthusiasm OF the place all
go 90 make Jarbidge the much talked
90 camp. with "a few days stay you
can't get away from &c. is the way
Dan Greenwalt who just arrived from
there today sizes up the situation.
The tower for the wireless station
viii be- erected on one OF the high
points 1000 feet above the tent town.
giving IL an elevation Of 1900 feet and
an uuobstructed stretch to Twin Falls.
about 100 miles 10 the north" says Mr.
Greenwalt Chicago people are back
Of the project. which will be OF great
benefit 10 the rapidly growing camp I'm
placing 10 into direct and quick COM
munication with the outside world
Things have quoted down since the
uncalled for killing Of Byrne. the result
81 too lax distribution Of bad whis-
key The camp Is on government
reservation. where the sale Of liquor
s. prohlb ited. but In spite OF this prep
aratIons for several saloons are now
going on. Liquor can be had In Jar
bidge. but II Is OF the bootleg varie-
ty and is let out cautiously. The near
est point whore a saloon may be opened
a.. D.. I.s. al ~ HaUN IL
10 the north And for the good OF the
camp and the men, I hope no saloons
win he opened in Jarbidge. II viii
save tho new officers, who by the way,
are getting on nicely, a world or trOub-
H.. and much money TO the miners
who haven't sense enough 70 know
when they have got enough Byrne.
when picked up dead behind the rock,
had two bottles OF whiskey IN his pock-
cts. and il was this that caused the
first tragedy In camp
SNOW GOING FAST.
'.Thc snow is pretty well swept from
the hills. now swarming with pros
po.rtors From the camp 10 Robinson's
Hole ~ miles 10 the east, the ground
has been taken up solid all the way,
and up to the east fork OF Bruneau
river The miners are bringing out
some surprisingly fine ore from that
country: similar 10 our Jarbldge proper
ore and apparently just as good.
"Brunu and Kinney have started I'VE
sets OF leasers on the PavlOck property.
There is one shaft 40 feet deep In an
immense body Of white quartz ore
showing free gold. Planning Of any
OF this ore shows up big strings OF
gold All Of IL runs better than 80
TO the ton
.-Phree shifts Of miners are now driv-
ing "a tunnel on the Bourne property,
having gotten IN about so feet giving 20
fcet vertical depth on the vein Tho
tunnel Is i'm solid ore. top, Sides and
bottom. with no walls in sight This
will run $50 20 the ton. n Is the big
rost thing 7 ever saw. II Is beyond
doubt the making OF great mine.
especially when you consider the gen
eral formation. and the vain as Il out
crops above.
o,The Belmont Is working force OF
men In a big body Of ore. driving
tunnel In one place now 30 feet In,
and in another a shaft. now some 70
feet deep They. too, are in solid ore.
some Of this assays 5000 10 $500 In the
rich streaks.
''Tho Jarbidge Bunker HIN property
has n busy force Of men opening mp
its big ledge In three different places.
II now shows as good values and as
fine bodies Of ore as any property IN
the camp. Some OF the pay streaks
ASSAY verv hl-h Twenty feet u the
depth a. the shaft when left camp
other properties are being actively de-
veloped.
BETTER WITH DEPTH.
"But one Of the best things and most
distinct things about this new gold
camp is that wherever a shaft has
been dug or tunnel driven the values
increase as depth Is attained on the
vein. Tho surface has been leached
by the action OF the elements, and TO
get the true rock values, you must get
below the leached gone. This has been
done I'm a dozen or more places, all OF
which show increasing values with
every foot or depth on the vein.
''T now consider the future OF jar
bidge so assured. that no longer r.
boosting necessary, the camp will nom
now ON speak for itself, and mark my
word. 1910 viii witness the opening up
OF not less than four OF the biggest
cold r7fnea I'm the west"