The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-10
BOURNE WAS ONCE
SALT LAKE CITIZEN
DiscOyerer of Jarbidge b.
nanza Works for Wages
in This City.
RENEWS A FRIENDSHIP
IN TWIN FALLS STORE
Lure of Gold Draws Men To-
gether in Remote Corners
of World.
To The Tribune.


TWIN FALLS. Ida, Feb. 3D. A.
Bourne. father of the Jarbidge gold
camp, owner OF the great rich dyke
wherein the discoverer estimates there
is $4,000. 900 worth OF ores standing
practically above the ground, arrived in
Twin Falls today. eurouto TO camp, after
having visited eastern and coast cities
and having meanwhile decided on the
necessary milling plant for handling OF
the low-srade parts OF The vein als
name on the register of the Hotel Per
rine Immediately called the attention oil
tho local mining fraternity TO this new
figure in western gold mining history,
and the Impressions made were iaror-
able. for u. a Bourne has n personality
similar in almost all features TO the ag-
gresSivc and constructive characters who
first opened the great west half a cen
tuIy ago. About 10 years OF age, stand
ing fully six feet in height. his physique
is tower OF strength. His every move
ment suggests that his mind, Will and
physical forces are III harmony-cach
is capable OF supporting the other; and
imply that when he starts out 10 do
things no obstacle is sufficient TO even
nally conceived. Analysis. therefore, OF
y. y. .Bourne's wonderful success In ind
ing what may be the biggest gold mine
in the world. is less difficult when 1t
may have been the pleasure OF the writer
to meet him. The task OF solving the
problem of why Divine Providence left
IL lu lulS peculiar D'lScIlstIlNN " pp'i
the Midaslike treasures OF the Jarbidge
mountains so that they may bless all
mankind Is furthermore less irksomc.
when the fact is realized that his quest
for this special result began twenty
years ago.
Then lie had once visited the wilds of
northern Nevada. was convinced OF It's
possession of wonderfully rich gold re-
sources. and wendcd his way back TO
Salt Lake There he obtained employ
ment as a lamp trimmer for the electric
light company. and his immediate supe-
rior was George d. Aiken. who was scrv-
ing as superintendent Of the plant Aiken
lives In Twin Falls now, being owner OF
a warehouse. wholesale grocery and
with Bourne's inquiry for such an inSti-
tuition as Aiken owns, and the fact that
the former was seeking to learn whether
he could ship his proposed mill into Jar
bdee easier and cheaper via Twin Falls
than Via the Bruncau and Mountainhome
route. brought both men together the
first time since their association on the
electric light plant III Zion.
Asked to Be Staked,
AZ that time Aiken was frequently
asked by his lamp trimmer To invest In
the identical ledge which is now said to
contain so much golden wealth. stake
me out with a few hundred dollars,
Bourne would say. in a somewhat meek
and unoStcntatous manner. "and VIII
find for US both the biggest gold mine
in the world" Aiken would then be
Bourne always carried in his pockets.
and their especially rich features would
be explained. Aiken then paid but lit
tie attention to the matter however. in
asmuch rs the city was always filled
with prospectors who sought grubstakes
for each summers operations.
Repeating the experience of the ordi-
nary lamp trimmer. Bourne finally re-
signed and quietly departed from
Aikcn's world, and the latter thought no
more of him until their meeting here,
when their recognition was concurrent
with sight Of each other. Il recalled
your name as soon as ! saw YOU" ex"
planned Aiken. but il had never oc-
CURED TO me that the Bourne we have
been talking about as the discoverer OF
Jarbldge was the Dave Bourne who used
TO work for me in Salt Lake II am
the same party" replied the Jarbidge
nabob. land 1 had wondered many times
when have seen the name of your firm
in the newspapers II you were my old
boss in Salt Lake,
1T was the Jarbidge mountains / was
then thinking about prospecting, and l
never quit thinking about il until found
the stuff there-the place where the gold
was contained In those hills This eX
preston contains the keynote 10 Bourne'S
dlscovery-in doGged pcrseve
rance on the part of the man from youth
Ia middle age,