The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-06-13
Wonderful Development Will.
Cause Its Construction.
GOOD MINERS IN DEMAND AND
WAGES GO UP.
Grand Two Day Celebration Of the
COuntry's Birthday Is In Pre-
paratiOn.

be the most important in the history
of the Jarbidge mining district, the
development of the past winter on sew
eral of the mines has proven beyond
any further doubt that the veins and |
ore deposits of the Jarbidge mineral |
system are permanent and of great
value The wonderful developments |
of the Long Hike, the o. K. the Buck
eve. the Buster, the Starlight and |
the Legitimate mines will probably |
hurry up the building of power |
plant on the river to supply power and |
light to the mines and the town Sur
veys have been made for power plants |
at several points on the river both
above and below the town. The nee
essity of cheap power has long been
drawback to the development of the
camp. Everything in the camp is
now run by gasoline, which, owing to
the distance from the railroad and the
great expense of transportation, makes
the present cost of power almost pro-
hibitive There are large bodies Of
ore and the average values have been
S12 to SIS per ton, although the deep
er workings are showing up better
average values. AmalgamatiOn only
saves about one-half of these values
which with the high cost of power
leaves relatively little to the profit
side of the ledger But with greater
DEVELOPMENT, larger ore bodies to war
rant larger and more complete equip
ment, it is expected that before long
there will be much more bullion pro-
duced and that good profits will be
shown
The camp is now enjoying most
perfect weather and an era of pros
perity seems to be at hand. There are
over one hundred men at work and
probably as many more will soon be
put on if they can be had. There VIII
be a call for good miners from now on
as there will be several new proper
ties started up and those now working
will be adding men from time to time
Owing to the scarcity of good miners,
the wages were raised fifty cents a
day, to try to induce enough to come
in here to fill up the quota necessary
to push on the work.
Jarbidge expects to celebrate July
4th with a very extensive program of
races. drilling matches, and children's
games. Lots of cash prizes will be Of
fered for all kinds of stunts and
rafting good time is promised Some
of the best fancy riders will be here
with a string of fine horses. 1t is eX-
pected that the sports will cover two
days and be very interesting. Last
year there were a number of visitors
in town and a most interesting time
was enjoyed by all. This year it is
expected that many more will be here,
and it is proposed to furnish big
barbecue for their entertainment. A
general invitation is extended to all to
come and visit the big camp and have
a good time.
Twin Falls county commissioners
have been doing considerable work on
the wagon road from Twin Falls to-
wards Jarbidge and that part of the
road is now in fine condition. The
Elko county commissioners have a
large force of men and horses at work
on the road between Jarbidge and
Charleston. They are shovelling out
the snow and repairing the road gen
orally so that in another week it is
expected that this road will he open
for travel again Work has not been
started yet on the new piece of road
down the river from Jarbidge to the
Hot Springs, but the road officials OF
both Idaho and Nevada are working
on the matter and this road will prob
ably be built this summer. There is
great need for this section of road tC
be finished as soon as possible as
there are so many autos coming into
camp now and the grades over tho
Island are great strain on the cal
besides being dangerous. DR.. r. l.
Thompson, the dentist, who has jus
come into camp to locate, had the mis-
fortune to run off the grade and his
car landed in the creek a complete
wreck. He lost a lot of his denta
tools so that he had to wire for new
ones and is waiting for their arriva
before he can start work. Frank New
ms. who has meat market in Bull
has opened a shop in town. c. q
Troup, who brought Mr. Nevins int
camp in his car, says that if he eve
attempts to come over those grade
between Jarbidge and the ITO
Springs again that he will insure hi
car before making the trip. Al HUI
son. a freighter, has purchased tw
large auto-trucks to put on the roa
between Rogerson and the rim tn
other side of the Hot Hole. He wi
bring the freight from the Rim to tow
by teams If the new road was fir
ished he would be able to come rigf
on into town in one day. The Jai
bidge Jitney, the big seven-passenge
Buick, is kept busy. Mr.. Southar
manages the tough grades with goo
success and can make the trip
Twin Falls in about six hours an
the return trip in less than seve
hours.
Another miner has been taken
his last resting place in our littl
cemetery. His name was Phil Scot
and he was a native of Scotland H
had worked in the camp before bl
thi time had been here but a shoi
time He had recently been in I'll
no nital in Salt Lake for treatmeI
and came here from Ely. He died
the Alpha boarding house May 30,
400 D. m. Death was sudden, a
thou0h not altogether unexpecte
and was due to disarrangement OF Il