Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-28
MUCH ACTIVITY
At JARBIDCE
Many Real Estate Changes. Pioneer
Prospector Journeys to the
Land Beyond.
Jarbidge. Nevada, April %. 1916.

There has been quite a real estate |
boom on throughout the town during !
the past few days, about dozen |
transfers of property have been made |
from $40 for a tent and lot to $500 !
for a saloon building and business, ]
while all the unoccupied lots have |
been jumped and fenced and tent |
frames are going up on most of them. |
/ There are still no titles to the town
lots and they can only be held by oc-
cupation.
| Quite a few men have been added /
on the payroll Of the camp the past
week; the Long Hike employed ten
more, the Morning Glory force was in
creased by two men. the o. X. by two,
the Buster Dy two, and two men
started to work on the Sunflowsr
ground.
Some picture ore was brought down
from the Buster, that came from a
new chute of ore encountered after
passing through the silver chute in
| the south drift.
In the upper tunnel of tine Buckeye
n new chute OF ore has been run into
about l25 feet from the first chute,
which already shows two feet of ore
that by pan tests is estimated to run
about $40 per Ton. The first chute has
been opened through from the lower to
the upper tunnel and considerable
good milling ore is ready TO be taken
down TO the arrastra, which will be
started running in a few days.
Mr.. w. Il. Colp of Tacoma, Washing
ton, Is in camp investigating the Legi-
innate mine, lie viii return to the
, coast city we'll pleased with the con-
dition and outlook of the Legitimate
as we'll as the other mines of the
camp.
The ose in the lower tunnel of the
;, Long Hike is showing up the high av'
!. craze values that were found in the
!. upper levels.
; The camp has to take the bad with
!. the good and our Easter Sunday was
!. marrCd by the. sad necessity of escort
!: ing 20 it's final resting place the
I remains of one of our citizens. The
!. last rites were performed for our es
: teemed friend and brother Gustav Mel
!. son, who was born in Sweden 40 years
I. ago. He came TO this country % years
9 ago and was staunch American citi
!: zen, having been resident OF tho
I: State of Nevada for about ten years
!: He was a Mason, having gone about q!
I high as he could and was q knights
Z Templar in good standing and wa!
!. very proud of his standing. While hi.
!. intimate friends pronounce him al
Z honor 10 the order, he was a yer!
:; quiet and unassuming man and Yer.
!. reticent about his personal affairs. III
= was very honorable and straight fol
{, ward in all his dealings with his fel
Z low men. lie was member of In
i Masonic Lodge in Dillon, Montana
f lie had worked in Idaho and numcrou
! Camps IN Nevada. including Goldfieit
Z Battle Mountain and Gold Circle be
I fore coming TO Jarbidge. He had bee
i here about four years, and about tw
Z years ago he and Joe Riff took up
I: homestead on Dave Creek, few mile
!. east of the town, which they were in
!: proving as fast az possible; worlin
I in the mines in Jarbidge part Of TN
:; time to obtain funds. Mr.. Nelson ha
j suffered with the Brights disease fo
/ a long time: about three years agt
i while he was working in the Alpin
!. mine he had such a bad attack that h
Z had to be carried out to Twin Fall
!: and he spent some time in CalifoTni
!, before he could return TO work.
Z little over week ago he was alone {
i. his ranch and began to feel badly an
+ went down 10 tha Hot Springs to sc
!! IL they would do him any good. but
z some way he caught cold and becam
:; worse. so he went to the Winter ranC
:! on Freighter's Defeat draw, where l
Z had spent considerable of his time th
I winter. Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Wint'
!. were his most particular friends ar
j they were his nearest nolghbors. i
= found Mrs Winter alone, Mr.. Wint'
I. having gone to Twin Falls on busincs
/ Mrs. Winter did all she could for hi
Z for day and then seeing that he vi
i rapidly becoming worse, telephoned
: Jarbidge for the doctor and for q
;" sistance. The doctor went out al