Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-09-10
POSTMASTER DOUGHTYS
JiRBIDGE "TRIP

Postmaster Doughty gives the
following account of his trip to
Jarbidge:
The object of the trip of Mr..
McGinness. Supt. of Mails, was to
get bids on the mail routes into
Jarbidge from Gold Creek, and
from Three Greek, Idaho. He got
a bid from that side and bids from
this side, and it will be matter
of little while before the mail
will be going into the camp
regularly from both sides.
The actual time from here to
Jarbidge was about twelve hours,
to Gold Greek in the automobile
and tn last part we rode horse
back into the camp. From old
residents we learned that we could
have gone within three miles of
the camp in an automobile if the
road was fixed up. And with a
little additional expense the ma
chine could go right into the camp.
If this were done a machine could
go there from here in about eight
hours. 1t takes about tw elve
hours to go from Twin Falls TO
Jarbidge in a machine and tn, n
they have to be hauled out of
Jack Hole going either way. 1
understand heavy machinery cannot
be hauled over that road and if
any goes in it will have to be from.
this side. So if the people of this
county want to get the best from
Jarbidge they will have to help to
build a road into the carp. The
Commercial Club has appointed a
civil engineer by name of Fisk to
look up the most feasible route
into the camp from the Charleston
side; and in conversation with
him, he told me that from the little
work he had done be judged that
the road could be built for about
five thousand dollars. This road
would be such tina they could get
the heavy machinery or automc-
biles in. Its heaviest grade would
be about IL per cent and would
average 8 per cent, over the seven
or eight miles that would have to
be graded. This would enable a
machine to go from Deeth to Jar
bidge in about six hours. am
calling attention to the fact that
quick communication is what will
bring the people to a place like
Jarbidge or any other minir g
camp. From miners who are
working in JarLidge / learned that
the camp is looking better every
day as they go deeper. know
some of the boomers have saaid
this but don't pay any attention
to them. A miner told me that in
a year from now the camp would
have over three thousand working
in the mines. He says now there
are four hundred men working in
and around the camp either for
pay or pros ,ecting. Every one
that / talked with seemed to be
very hopeful of it's future and all
declared that it was only a matter
OF, time that it would be a great
mining camp.
One thing they need badly is a
telephone line. This will put them
in connection with the outside
world and wherever it goes in
from. there the business will 90.
The people there are all enthu-
siastic for Jarbidge and outside of
a few persons most of them would
favor Nevada If there was any way
in which they could come into the
state to do business. They all say
they can do better in Elko as far
as prices are concerned than they
can in Idaho. And with a good
road from this side Elko can get
what che wants without any
trouble. One of their complaints,
or rather what they feel hurt
about, liz the fact that none of the