The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-01
LOST SHEEPHERDER'S
MINE RE-DISCOVERED
Twin Falls Advices Say That
Prospector's Claim Is
Authentic.

TWIN FALLS. Ida. Feb. 2S.-Relable
reports came here today from Jarbidge
gold camp confirming rumors Of the last
week that the famous Lost shepherd =
cr's mine in that vicinity has been found
| by Il. +. Robertson, at a point locally
| known as Roberson's Hole. and the
circumstantlal evidence involved In the
descriptions OF the locality tallies so well
with the most authentic history OF this
bonanZe region, as related by many vet
eran sheepmen of southern Idaho, who
are acquainted with the same, that
credence is generally accorded the report
In this city, Reports say also that a
stampede followed announcement of the
by Robertson himself, after assays on his
ores. said TO have heen taken from the
ledge. and that a great crowd has col
lected at the scat of the disclosure,
which is ten miles north OF the scene OF
the heretofore principal excitement over
gold deposits.
"On February o1," writes corre-
spondent. another big strike was made
on the east fork of the Bruneau river.
by b. f. Robertson. who came to the
ranch of H.. S. Waite, and then departed
story. he has found the long-lost sheep
herder's mine, Robertson said he had
Travelled through the snow, waist deep
eight miles to Jarbidge. and had his rock
with the following result: Gold. Sfd6.46s
silver. Sl720: total values. S90i.66 per
ton. Robertson says he also found an
old, shovel and also what had been at
one time "A pair of snowshoes. Immedi-
ately upon the announcement of the re-
port Of this assay by Tom Beaddlc,
stampede began. which carried great
many prospcctors out of Jarpldge TO the
scat of the new strike. Samples OF rock
found In the vicinity of Roberson's Hole
were brought here week ago by pros
pectors. and II was then declared that
the vicinity of the Lost Sheepherders
mine had been found.
The ores were red in color and evil
IDENTIFY, very rich. This character OF rock
has always been described as having
been the same as the chunk OF ore that
was found I'm the cabin where the sheep
herder's effects were found by John
Pence, his employer, after death had
sealed the employees lips. The locality
OF the discoveries just announced Iallies
correctly with the description which the
dead Isham Uhe herder) pointed toward
Immediately preceding passing OF the
life spark from his dsease-racked frame
years ago.
Further Reports.
Another correspondent writes as fol-
lows from Jarbidge, The shovel which
Robertson found was cached in a large
dyke and covered with rock. The point
OF discovery is about four miles down
the East Bruneau from Three Creek.
Robertson staked twenty claims. and 9TH
ers who have staked claims, NIL of which
show fine ledge ores, arc: Henry Ross
and Roy Bogard, four claims, Guy Il.
Evans and +. y, Lambertson OF Noun
tain Home. fourteen claims. Names of the
other claim stakerS have not as yet been
learned
From the beginning OF the JarbdGe eN-
element IL has been expected that some
body would find the Lost sheepherders
mine. In the beginning many people
held to the belief that Isham had Sc
cured his rich ore worth $4,000 TO $4,000
per ton, from what is now known as the
Bourne ledge This theory was. how
ever effectually stamped as false by
John Pence himself, as well as other IA
miliar characters. who insisted that when
found the bonanza region would be 10
Gated just about where these recent re-
ports place II.