The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-26
JARB|DGE, NEVADA,
FINE OUTLOOK 1914
CAMP OFFERS FINE OPPOHTUNl-
TIES FOR CAPITAL SEEK
ING GOLD MINES.

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the brightest in the career Of the camp,
says the Contact Miner Jarbidge,
discovered in 1909, was heralded
throughout the mining world as the
much misleading information caused
thousands to reach the new gold field
who were entirely unequipped for
helping in any way to work out the
salvation Of the camp.
It became apparent at once that the
district was capable Of producing large
amounts Of gold but time was required
to develop and perfect processes to
discover the best means of reducing
and saving the gold in these new ores,
A general exodus took place and those
who remained for the most part We're
experienced miners and metalurgists
we'll acquainted with the conditions
they found confronting them and by
consistent effort of brains and capital
are now bringing the camp to the rank
in which it deserves to find a place
Cause of Mill Failures.
The mill failures of the district were
the result of poor designs, misdirected
effort and the scarcity of ore of high
enough grade to carry inexperienced
operators over the peak of organization
troubles. The last mill to be INSTALL
ed, the Alpha mill. making three in
all now in the district, was built and
is being operated by experienced min
ing men and the results have fully
justified the expenditure Of time and
money entailed. This mill has done
much to increase the confidence of
these hardy men who have fought for
four years to put Jarbidge on the min
ing map. a fight that has slowly but
surely developed more and more COM
mercal ore in the various properties.
Busters Big Deposit.
The developed ore of the Jarbidge
district now standing in the slopes
waiting to be broken down and milled
is approximately as follows:
In the Buster mine, by careful sam
ping and calculated by the ounce foot
method, there is standing 10000 tons
of ore that averages s13.40 to the ton
in a vein that varies from to 10 feet
wide, making a gross value of 100000
above the tunnel level
In the Success mine 10000 tons Of
ore of an average value of SIG to the
ton, total of 100000 gross value
above the second tunnel.
In the Flake mine 5000 tons Of ore
of an average value of $33 to the ton
total of $19S,O00 above the tunnel
level
The above three properties, except
the Alpha contain all the ore that can
properly be called developed ore"
though many properties have show
ings that may develop as much or
more ore than the ones cited above.
Millions in Sight.
This makes a grand total of 1884,
600 of new wealth which needs only
to be stopped and milled to be put into
circulation. At this point it might be
well to remember that the Buster ore
was developed at a cost Of about $40
600, the Success about $4,000 and the
Flake about $4,000.
All of the properties above have
high grade shoots of ore but the fig
ures given above include all ore run
ming over SO per ton except the Flake
when all ore over $3.50 to the ton has
been taken.
To mill this ore three mills are con-
templated for the current year, one
for each of the three above mentioned
properties.
Practical Consolidation Plan.
What rare opportunity for some
genius of consolidation with the back
ing to buy all three properties and
build one mill instead Of three! Aerial
gravity trans could be built from the
three mines at a cost less than a Wag
on road Of good grade, one manage
ment would cut overhead expenses
greatly and eventually. coupled with
economical operation and the higher
extraction obtained under such man
agement, would return the original
cost of the mill.
Here it might be well to point out
some of the difficulties connected with
such a consolidation in the light Of
past events.
Unfair Expert Reports.
About II big mining companies have
sampled the various properties Of Jar
bidge but have with few exceptions
done no work. The average mining
engineer examines a property Of Jar
bidge figures up the ore developed and
makes an offer on that basis without
taking into consideration the practical