The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-05-22
MUCH ORE EXPOSED
IN JARB|DCE DISTRICT
QUIET AND STEADY DEVELOP.
MENT HAS PROVED A GREAT
GOLD CAMP.
Jarbidge, New. May T.. 1913

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A week spent in climbing its rug
ged and precipitous mountains. exam
nging its mines and prospects, and
sizing up the large ore bodies already
uncovered, convinces one that there
are few camps where capital will have
a better run for money spent in in
telligent and systematic development.
than al the camp of Jarbidge.
Then, too while its chief claim to
recognition lies in its large bodies of
is possible to get paintings from the
Flake, Success or Buster ore that re-
mind one somewhat of the early days
of Goldtield and which stimulate the
enthusiasm.
High Grade Ore in the Flake.
The richest ore so far found In Jar
bdge was uncovered on the Flake
mine some eight weeks ago by Harry
Dilts and Jim Johns who. together
with Hodge Bros, Of Bruneau Idaho
and c. W. Searles of Cripple Creek
own the property. The vein was cut
In crosscut tunnel, 512 feet from its
portal. at vertical depth of 300 feet
The high grade shoot was encoun-
tered in drift on the footwal of the
vein but feet north of the tunnel As
shown by development up to this time
the rich ore averages about Is inches
in width and, as is usual with high
grade shoots. the values do not run
uniform. But the average is very sat
sfactory.
Good Ton Value.
! The high grade is not being mined
now, but the drift has been continued
alongside for a distance of SO feet.
This drift, however, is in mill ore that
will go $40 per ton. a winze Is also
being sunk on the edge Of the rich ore
at a point near where 1t was first
struck. This winze is now down 30
feet and exposes the high grade for
the entire distance. While, as indi-
Gated it is not the intention to take
out the rich ore till later vet in cut
ting bitches for stulls while sinking
the Wine, it has been necessary to
cut into the high grade shoot. In do
ing this ton of the ore has been
taken out and sacked and "A grab sam
pie from the different sacks gave as
say returns Of 1884 per ton This is
not so good as the returns of better
than $4,000 per ton which were obtain
ed some weeks ago, but it is wonder
fully good for an average of the body
so far exposed
A deal for large block of the
treasury stock of the Flake Mines
company is being negotiated, the pur-
chaser being B. ID. Holcomb of Ia
coma, Wash, who has been in camp
for some days. This will provide the
funds for systematic development and
blocking out of the ore.
Much Ore Open.d at Success.
The writer had the privilege of be-
ing shown through the workings of
the Success company by President c.
j. Nelson. This property has splen-
did showing and the making of one of
the big mines of the Jarbidge district
The main tunnel of the Success is run
on the vein and is in $50 feet. II is
all in ore except for the first 30 feet,
and for 60 feet between the two ore
shoots.
The first ore shoot was struck 30
feet from the portal of the tunnel and
is $50 feet in length. AT the no.
foot point a winze was sunk to
depth of rs feet. This is on the hang
ing wall and is all in ore, with no
foot wall in sight. An upraise of 115
feet to the surface was made at
point $50 feet from the tunnel mouth
also all in ore. The average value
of the ore in this 150-foot shoot, az
opened up in tunnel. Wine and up.
raise, was a trifle better than ST.
ton, according to the report Of II. M
Jones. an engineer well and favoraby
known in Nevada.
From the 170-foot TO the 230-foo
point in the tunnel the vein is prac-
tically barren. but at the latter point
another ore shoot was encountered
which has been proven up for a dis
lance of nearly 200 feet. At the go
foot point a Wine was sunk to
depth Of IS feet and 65 feet further in
an upraise of so feet was made. Close
to the end of this shoot the vein was
crosscut, showing an ore body IA feet
and 10 inches in width, with neither
wall In sight. At the bottom of the
winze-237 feet in depth from the
surface-the vein was again crosscut
and the ore body here is II feet wide
! The character of the ore is a sugar
quartz, easily mined and milled AS
says show that the average value Of
the ore in this second shoot is about
SIS ton.
| B. y. Holcomb of Tacoma, Wash,
and Supt. Macaulay of the Mahogany
group. who accompanied the writer.
declared that the Success ore shoots
were "the prcttiest', they had ever
seen. When some of the ore was lat
er pannedn and the long string Of gold
showed they were even more enthusi-
astic.
BIuster Purchaser Potter PaIrner's Son
! Owing to the imperfections of long
1t