The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-13
FINE WEATHER
FINDS JARB|DGE
VERY OPTIMISTIC
DISCOVERIES AT SOUTH END and
JACK CREEK AROUSES MUCH
ENTHUSIASM
NEW CLAIM MAP OF DISTRICT
ABOUT COMPLETED
Question of Good Roads Becomes OF
Paramount interest Camp Still Is
Short OF Supplies Jarbidge Child
rem Shown Good Time.

JARBIDGE, Nev-The long cold
spell has at last broken and the
Camp is now enjoying some very
fine weather Quite a few new men
have been added to the working force
for the different mines, and many of
the Old-Timers are beginning to look
over their outfits with a view to be
ready to take to the hills just as soon
as there is a possibility of doing
anything. The feeling through the
Camp is very optimistic for the future
and everyone is looking forward to
a very lively and profitable summer
There have been many inquiries for
properties, nearly every prospect with
any showing has been bonded, still
there are many desirably located pro-
perties which may with development
open up as valuable ore deposits as
any of those already developed. Some
very promising discoveries were made
late last fall in the south end of the
district, near the head of the Jarbidge
river and about nine miles from the
town of Jarbidge, and also in the
Jack creek section of the district
about three miles east of the town.
Recent development work has been
confined almost wholly to that nor
ton of the district adjacent to the
Long Hike and Buster mines, but ting
remarkably fine showings made IL
these mines stimulated prospecting
N the balance OF the district and
much of the ground was relocated,
and in many instances good indica
lions were found either in the rock !
formation or from float, such is
would clearly warrant further work.
Engineer Fisk is revising his claim |
map of the district and in a few days
will have complete map showing
all the claims of the district both sur
veyed and unsurveyed this new map
will cover more territory than either
of his former maps and will prove Of
great assistance to investors in Jar
bidge properties.
The recent opening of the Long Hike
vein on the new lower level which is
200 feet below the 600 foot a L. level,
greatly enhances the value of this
mine as well as further proving the
continuity of the ore deposits at
depth and therefore gives an added
value to every property in the camp,
and set more weight to the old say
ing that Jarbidge is destined to make
a big gold camp
The power drills in the Legitimate
tunnel are doing very satisfactory
work and the company is vel pleased
that it went to the expense of install
ing them new cabin and bunk
house was built near the mouth of the
tunnel and water was brought from a
spring about 200 feet above the tun-
mel, in the head of the north fork of
Bourne gulch, which supplies The
drills with a good supply and win
abundant pressure, and also furnish
es water to the boarding house and
for all other uses.
The great necessity of an all-the-
year-arOund road has been felt more
than ever this year. owing partly to
the large number of residents and the
added fact that more of them were
working and the requirements were
greater. For some time there was
too much snow and the Commercial
club had to send out a team and men
with snow plows to level off the road
on several occasions, and also do
more or less shoveling through drifts
and slides; now with the break in
the cold weather and a few days of
strong sun the snow is rapidly going
from one side OF the road so that there
is rapidly becoming a condition where
there is neither a sled nor wagon
road, and the camp is still very short
of many supplies. Soon it will be a
question of all hands turning out to
shovel out the entire road for wag-
ons. and then the mud and frost will
make hauling bad for another two
months. A new road located so that
it will not have all of these bad fea-
lures is a positive necessity for the
camp and one that will have to be