The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-20
WILL REPAIR
JARB|DGE ROAD
Twin Falls Organization to
Build Bridges and Con-
struct Highway.
RUSH TO DISTRICT
ON in EARNEST
Returns From Ore Samples
Satisfactory to Those
Interested.

Special TO The Tribune.
TWIN FALLS. Ida. Jan. 19.-Leadint
bankers and business men OF this cltl
organized a mining stock exchange hcr'
yesterday. tho first service TO be under
taken being the care OF the rush of miners
and prospectors headed for Jarbidge golt
mining district, just over the ldaho-N
vada state line. in Nevada. The trai
leading into the new colorado is exceed
ingy difficult, even In summer time, ow-
Ing To the streams being intensely swol-
len. At this time there are hundreds go
ing I'm over the snow, and tons OF freight
are piled up awaiting the pack trains
that arc working over the twelve
miles of trail which is covered with Ice
In camp. the snow Is six feet deep on
the level, and prospectors are warned
here of these conditions. but Will not
stay their progress. and the rush over
the route is extraordinary. Tho Twin
Falls -JarbidEe mining exchange vii! I'M
mcdiately build bridges over the streams,
thus assuring cgrcss and ingress later In
the season. a telephone line WAS also
arranged for by Twin Falls capital and
will be built Immediately
Tests successful,
Tests on ores from the Waring bonan.
"a strike owned by Burlcy bankers and
merchants, show values OF $500 per ton
from surface rock OF tellurium character
istics. Waring and Ave OF the syndicate
behind him passed through here today
from BuTley, taking In train of proyi,
the largest that has ever entered the re-
gion- 1t can only proceed TO within
Twelve miles OF the capp. from WHICH
point a pack train will be organized,
Tests on the Pick Shovel and Shovel
Fraction claims received from Salt Lake
show values OF 5000 per ton in rock whose
outside, surfaces carry mosses. SampleS
were Knocked from the outcropplng.
These n Ss-
cured through paintings by the dlscoy-
crcr John Escalon. an experienced Nc
ysda prospcctor, and who has bonded
these properties to n Twin Falls syndi-
cafe for S@5o.0Oo, and which is a close
corporation.
Slides arc occurring in the camp, and
prospecting is only being carried on with
sreat danger but the excitement is so
strong that new arrivals cannot be re-
strained from trips over the hills under
many Disadvantages Eugene Crurt, the
waiting 10 pick up properties. Agents
are here also from Spokane. Butte and
the Occur d 'Alencs representing big op-
orators In those sections.
Plans for Work,
The Belmont -Jarbidge company. of
which G. y. Stevens is general manager,
is also arranging to commence develop
mcnt operations as soon as materials can
be placed on the ground. Further tests
on ores from this company's property In
dicate that the higher grades carry $500
10 $500. and that there is an average
OF about S25 per ton in the lower grades
Manager stevens is anxious TO get ar
iangcmcnts made soon for the shipment
OF carload of the best grades from the
district, and 10 this end is ia Salt Lake
He is In receipt of hundreds of inquiries
rom mining men all over the United
States inquirine about the camp. and has
kept Stonographers around the Perrine
MOTEL busy for the last week answering
TINS great bundle OF correspondence To
all, ne says ''lt is tho biggest discovery
ever made in the United States In the
shape OF gold camp"
{. g, Winter who came out OF the dis
trict few DAYS ago. brought as far as
Three Creek. Ida, tho nearest postofhce.
so many letters from prospectors in the
camp that $40 was required To stamp
them all.