The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-06-12
WEEKLY LETTER
FROM JARB|DGE, New.
MUCH CAPITAL INVESTING IN
CAMP AND NEW STRIKES
ARE MADE.
To the Editor of The Miner:

associatcs-the latter being wealth.
citizens Of Cincinnati, Ohio Mr. Mel
son has been very close -mouthed, bu
on Tuesday your reporter wen
through the tunnels and over the sur
face Of the Arizona and knows now
that the strike rumors had very sub.
stantial foundation In fact The Arr.
IONA l.. group joins the Pick ant
Shovel on the north, also joining with
the northwest corner Of the Success
mine. and is bisected by Bonanza
creek Work Is being steadily piose-
cnted in two tunnels. The upper one
Is in $40 feet but the wash Is so deep
here that solid formation has not yet
been reached The lower tunnel Is
Just above the creek bed where the
vein had been exposed by the action
OF the waters. II is 1900 feet below
the No. tunnel Of the Success, and
the dump of the latter is In plain
view.
X IL in this lower tunnel. now In
about $50 feet that the strike wat
made. From the time the ore was
encouraging, but In the last IS or 80
feet the vein Is shaping up splendidly
and the values are much better The
ore is a soft sugar quartz, mixed with
tale that greatly resembles the tale
which carried bonanza values In the
Bowes- Kernick lease ON the Jumbo
mine at Gcldheld in its early days.
Paintings from the richer portion OF
the vein. made In the writer's pres
ence, would indicate values ranging
from $50 to 5000 per ton in gold. A
sample taken across 3 IL feet in
dicated yal"as between $50 and $50
ton. The ore here seems to be 'of
the identical character and the gold
just as free, as In the Buster and
Success mines, over 1000 feet above
Float Shows Gold.
Going UP the mountalnside to the
Pick and Shovel and Success, in Q
shallow gulch which evidently marks
the course of the vein, one finds guam
titles Of rich float in boulders, some
Of which weigh many tons. When
broken the ore shows the characters-
tics Of the rich ore of the Jarbidge
district and some times free gold Is
visible to the naked eye The sharp
corners indicate that this float has
come from no great distance. and
nearly all of II will doubtless pay tc
mill. while some would pay to ship
It Is reported that Mr., Nelson has
recently obtained control of the Pick
and Shovel, which could be worked
nicely in connection with the Arizona
+. This combination would give 50ot
feet along the same vein system.
Another strike Is reported on thu
Pan claim, which is just west of the
Anizona L. and is owned by John Nc
Rae. Jim Duncan and Malcolm Nc
Donald. In surface prospecting tht
oose dirt at one point showed much
rec gold In the pan and the suppo.
ilion Is that the gold comes from
ich shoot In vein below. A pros.
,ect tunnel was started some distance
'elow and when about Is feet unde,
over II opened up strong. fine look
ng vein about feet in width TIL,
alues in this vein, SIS shown by pan
ings in the last few days, are YER,
ncouraging, though some few feet |
urther will have to be driven to ge |
nder the rich surface dirt.
Flake Improves Daily.
When the enthusiasm of the prac.
teal miner working for days pay ir
NY property grows steadily as devel,
pmeut proceeds. 1t Is always a good
ign. The men at the Flake say thu
zine Is getting better every day-anf
AZ It in way that leaves no doub
{ their sincerity A drift to the nortl
'om the 53-foot point in the winze
longside the high grade streak, Is
ow out 10 feet. This drift is 6 feet
Idle and is all in ore that. while not
high grade. is yet more
IAN ordinarily good. Today the cross
1t to the hanging wall was started
Empire Group.
l. A. Dwight who is associated with
continent Boise, Idaho, citizens in the
mpire group at Jack Hole, was In
'wn this week and expresses con-
nued confidence in the prospects of
lat section. Among Mr.. pwight's
'sociates are Ex-Governor Hawley |
I'd his law partner, W. H. Puckett. !
r. Shaw, a wealthy lumber dealer:
ID Haven Sawyer. n big placer man
all residents of the capital city of
aho. On the Empire they have a
mel In 20 feet on strong. we'll
fined vein about 4 feet wide. AS
VS. UP to 800 have been secured, |
lea Empire is on the east rim Of the
ok Greek crater, one mile In an air
e from the Flake, and half mile
I'm the Occur d'Alene Jarhidge
III Of which properties have very ;,
ii ore
Promising Jack Hole Prospect.
A. j. Tucker has fine prospect adj
ming Dwight's. lie IS driving
mel which will have to SO 100 feet
crosscut vein from which he has
Item good results in surface pros
citing. From number OF assays the
rest return was s14 and the high
$97 per ton. Among Mr.. Tncker's
t~k r.. nv. /