Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-31
Recent STRIKE ADDS Millions
TO JARB|DGE LONG HIKE MINES.
VEIN CUT AT EIGHT HUNDRED IS NEARLY
FEET IN THICKNESS. THE CHARACTER OF THE ORE is uN
CHARGED AND VALUES T,HuE AS IN THE uppgs
LEVELS THE LONG NOW BEYOND DOUBT ONE
GREATEST GOLD MINES m UNITED STATES

The future OF Jarbidge Is no longer
speculative. The recent strike in the
Long Hike Mine. owned and operated
by the Elkora company, absolutely in
sures the permanency of the camp.
and it makes that property one OF the
greatest gold mines in the United
States.
In the lowest working level of the
Long Hike, tunnel which is in a dis.
tance of thirteen hundred feet, the
ore body has been encountered, and
the vein shows the same strength and
values as in the upper workings. 1t is
nearly fifteen feet wide, the ore is
OF the same character. a soft quartz
formation, and average samples show
values OF upwards OF twenty dollars a
ton. The strike adds not only mil.
lions of dollars to the value of the
Long Hike. but increases the value OF
every other property in the district.
for II demonstrates that the ore body
has depth. which heretofore has been
matter OF speculation.
The importance of this discovery
cannot be overestimated, particularly
In the face OF the fact that one mining
expert after another has given the
opinion that the ore body in Jarbidge
Is only a surface enrichment. The
greatest depth where ore was had be.
lore was four hundred feet, and at
that time according to statements
made by N. NJ. Mure, who was for a
long time prominently identified with
the Elkora company. more than five
ini.. ion dollars worth OF ore was block.
ed out. The recent strike fully dou.
bles this amount
Over six thousand feet of develop
ment work has been done on the Long
Hike property. Three tunnels have
been driven, each distance Of twelve
hundred TO fourteen hundred feet. The
t"o upper tunnels are on the vein the
entire distance, but in the lower tun.
mel the vein was missed. II parallels
the vein, and was encountered by
niCeDs OF crosscut near the face. The
ore body Is one OF the largest known.
varying In width from twelve feet to
thtrty-six feet. The face OF all the
tunnels is in strong ore body.
No other property in the district
has been developed to any consider.
able depth. but this strike will TN.
doubtedly stimulate extensive develop
ment. There are number OF other
properties which hold as rich promise
as the Long Hike did with the same
amount OF work done.
Besides the Long Hike property, |
which consists OF three claims, the
Elkora company has acquired the Jar.
bidge Gold. the Starlight, the Buckeye |
and the Flake properties.
The only other properties In the dis.
trict which have been worked to any
great extent are the Success, which
has about four thousand feet OF de.
velopment work and where three hun.
dred thousand dollars worth of ore
is blocked out. and the Bluster prop.
erty, which has about the same amount
Of ore and the same amount OF work
done.
South Of the Starlight and below the
Long Hike is the Elmore property,
which II said to be under bond and
lease to George winsfield, the Nevada
millionaire mining man. This proper.
t. Is now being sampled and develop.
meht work is in progress.
The population OF Jarbidge is be.
tween seven and eight hundred. About
two hundred men are engaged In min.
ing. half Of whom are with the Elkora
company. The payroll OF the camp is
approximately $4,000 per month.
The orr bodies generally are soft
decoIuposed quartz, easily mined and
milled. The country rock Is a rhyo.
lite formation.
II Is understood that the Eikora
company will begin the construction
OF n large roller mill In the spring Just