The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-20
JARB|DGE HAS
GREAT FUTURE
VAST TONNAGE OF GOOD ORE is
NOW BLOCKED
OUT

Newton Crumley arried yesterday
from Jarbidge, where he has been
living for some years, and brings
with him reports of progress in the
development of that camp where is
located what is believed to be n ot
the great gold-silver mines of the
country. This is the Long Hike
mine and is owned by the Elkoro
Mines company, a Guggenheim cor
poration.
Though the real development of
the mine has been in progress
scarcely three years, yet owing to
the Ease with which it is opened up
by means of series of tunnels which
gain depth rapidly, there is now
blocked out and in sight, according
to Mr.. Crumley, high-grade milling
ore variously estimated to be worth
from 100000 to more than $780,
0OO, 1000.
That the former estimate is not
wholly unofficial may be inferred
from a statement credited to E. A.
Austin, the local manager of the
Guggenheims, before a meeting of
the county commissioners and 9TH
ers who were considering the ques-
ton of building a very expensive wa
gon road to Jarbidge. The state
ment was that there was ore in
sight in the Long Hike mines and
other properties controlled by the
company to keep a town of $500 go
ing for for 10 years without any
further development"
The Elkoro company is putting in
a power plant from Thousand Springs
on the Snake river, IS miles away,
which will not only furnish electric
juice for it's own mines and mill,
but will furnish lights for the town
and for other mining companies also.
The contract price for the power
plant is $25O,0OO.
A new mill, to cost 100000, is
also under construction by the COM
pany, and it is expected that both
power plant and mill will be in run
ming order before the winter sets in.
A large part of the machinery for
the mill is coming in by way of
Deeth. A large part of the timber
required is being sawed at Jarbidge
but some lumber is also coming from
Rogerson, Idaho.
The cyanide process will be used
in getting the ore values and to
avoid any delay in getting that scarce
article the company has already
stored at Jarbidge 10 tons of cyan
ide.
A good idea of the magnitude of
the operations at Jarbidge may be
obtained from the fact that they have
recently given a contract for 250,00
feet of logs to be used for stulls and
mining timbers.
Jarbidge has been badly handi-
capped in the past owing to the fact
hat the road from Deeth, owing to
the deep SHOWS, could not be used
for many months, and the road from
Twin Falls vas none too good. This
condition will soon be remedied
through the joint action of the coun-
ty commissioners, the government
and mine owners, and a road is be-
ing built from the Nevada side
which ear be kept open the year
around. This road will not only
be one of the most beautiful drives
on the continent. The new road
will go down the Jarbidge river
from the camp, then across the Dia-
mond A flat and out by Gold Greek.
Among other good properties
which have not been taken over by
the Guggenheims are the Buster,
Success, Legitimates, Flake and
others. The Buster is now under
the management of George Winkler,
and besides the development which is
gong on at the mine. the company
is keeping it's sawmill busy, the most
of the output being taken by the
Elkoro company.-Reno Gazette.
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