The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-21
JARB|DGE CAMP
Of POSSIBILITIES
Recent Arrival From District
Tells of Conditions
There.
FIRST MACHINERY
FROM SALT LAKE
Prospect6fs Make Locations in
Ignorance of What They
May Get.

e. G. Winter, one OF the nrst OF III!
prospectors to enter the newly-discov
cred gold fields In the JarbldSe district
northern Nevada and one of the las
men out. was a visitor In salt Lake ol
Thursday he having been here for the
purpose OF purchasing machinery Tor thf
development of properties In which he Is
interested In the new country, Mr. Win
ter represents the Twin Falls-JarbidSe
company. interested in which are a mum
Der OF local mining men, and which has
the control OF the Escalon properties.
among the first locations in the district.
"Our company Is going TO have the 6rst
equipment OF machinery In The dis
trict," said Mr.. Winter In speaking of
the camp and we are going to blow
the first whistle ever blown In the camp.
and II will be a Salt Lake whistle al
that"
Among other equipment purchased by
Mr. Wn5eT Inter IN this Gty WAS h 29
ing load from Il 300-foot shaft. and
this outfit will he sent Into the Jarhidge
camp as soon. as possible. Mr.; Winter
left In the afternoon Tor Jarbidge and
Will at once construct rough sled Tor
the purpose of hauling the machinery
over the snow roads from Twin Falls 10
the mines.
Mr.. Winter states that the Jarbidge
country is becoming populated Just as
rapidly as men can get in. "On my way
out, SalQ ne i passed 0ttN-ScNeu ncAu
of pac horses and twenty-five men. and
this, travel is being kept up continuously.
There are now about 300 men In the
samp can should p Say and this the big rush
more open. There are no real houses in
the camp yet, though two cabins have
been hastily erected. The remainder OF
the town consists of tents. which are
also used for sheltering the animals. II
Is out of the question to attempt to take
lumber Into the district at present, al
,r-i, a. ~,
ment of the roads. now being consid-
cred by the Twin Falls Commercial club |
are completed, traffic will he made pos |
sihlc. There is from two to twenty feet |
OF snow in the country at present. and
prospecting is almost impossible. The
only ones who can do any work arc |
know just where they're at The others.
Tor the most part are Just making their
locations and taking chances on what
they may get.
Biggest Ever.
"One cannot appear 10 be conserva-
tive. continued Mr.. Winter. "snd talk
about the Jarbidge country, for It Is one
OF such possibilities as seems 10 shame
The truth II Is so large. in fact. it's
lodges are so enormous and Its values
son for It's never having been found be-
fore; The values arc found in the ledges
thirty feet above The surface, running
$3.50 In gold. As in all porphyrItic-
rhyoite formations. values can be found
500. 600. (
The Jarbldge and wilkins creeks. as as
amounts to 2i 600 6orsepower. and GpJi this Ms
S at the front door OF the district as !
are also the vast stretches of splendid :
amber, The natural resources 10 be
ouno In the district arc point greatly ;
n Its favor.
II am satisfied that it will be possible s
o min" and mill the ores OF the district :
II cost OF not more than sI95 per 5
on, when The properties are In produc- ;
'roduct showing 1t TO be a strictly !
traight- milling proposition Twin Falls 7
,eople now have crew OF surveyors on I
he road doing the preliminary engineer 7
nd by the time this work Is completed [
here Will he plenty OF ore ready TO haul
ut OF the district. I am anxious TO get y
ack with my machinery before tho Y
pring thaws set In. as l would rather Y
axe chances on the snow roads aud :
rails than in the mud. which Will come
Plan Work. :
{ the Escalon property for the deveI r
pr Tso Of, Of this prospect. and 1t is on
~ Esoas9m n'91f claims that the new ma c
on 70 sink a shaft along the vein and G
prospect TO determine the true extent c
lHs property wealth. a..
ANY OF the locations so far made in o.
,e ,e district viii develop into million q
olar mines. in Mr.. Winters opinior II -
le Lodges of the section average -
lroughout not above $40 In gold whiSb n
is satisfied they Will do. -
quite rivalry exists between dIffar- r.
~ ldaho towns among them Twin | L,
ans, Glenns Ferry, Mountain Home and -
UNI; as TO which shall get the bulk of =,
le business promised hy- the JarhIdga ~
mp, though so far Twin Falls seems ~
nave made the best progress TO this II
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