Show the elboro mines at barbi harbidge jarbidge Jar bidge d ge 1 1 BY JAMUS JAMES F OBRIEN N reno nev oct 9 newton crumley arrived yi I 1 ved yesterday from jarbidge harbidge Jar bidge where lir ho has been living for some years and brings with him reports of splendid progress in the development of that camp where is located what is doubtless one of the greatest gold silver mines of the country this is the long hikes mine and is owned by the el koro mines company a guggenheim corporation po ration though the real development of the mine has been in progress progress scarcely three years yet owing to the ease with which it is opened up by means of a series of tunnels which gain depth rapidly there is now nov blocked out and in sight high grade milling ore variously estimated to be worth from to more than th that at the former estimate is conservative may be inferred from a statement credited to E A austin the local manager of the duggen li heims elins before a meeting of the county commissioners ners and others who were cobai considering der the question of building a very expensive wagon road to jarbidge harbidge Jar bidge the statement was that there was ore in sight in the long hikes mine and other properties controlled by the company to keep a town of 2500 going for ten years without any further development vein Is big the vein on the long hikes varies from twelve to thirty five feet in width and there is a practically continuous ore shoot for more than 1000 feet in length in developing to a depth of feet the average value of all the ore in the different workings is a trifle over 17 per ton th the elboro company is putting in a power plant at thousands springs on the snake river sixty five miles away will not only furnish electric juice for its own mines and mill but also lights for the town and for other mining compa companies nips also the contract price for the power plant is mill under construction A new mill to cost is also under r construction by the company and it is expected that both power plant and mill will be in running order before the winter set seia in most of the machinery for the mill is coming in by way of deeth A large part of the timber required is being sawed at jar bidge 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 in jarbidge harbidge Jar bidge ten tons of cyanide A good idea of the magnitude of the guggenheim operations at jarbidge harbidge Jar bidge may be obtained from the fact that they have recently given a contract for linear feet of logs to be used for and mining timbers new road to district jarbidge harbidge Jar bidge has been badly handicapped in the past owing to the fact that the road from deeth owing to the deep snows could not be used for many months and the road from twin falls was none too good this condition will soon be remedied through th joint action of the county commissioners the government and mine owners and a road is being built from the nevada kaaa siraj which can be kept open the year round this road will not only prove a great con coll vengence veni ence but will be one of the most beautiful drives on the continent the new road will go down the jarbidge harbidge Jar bidge river from froin the camp then across the diamond A flat I 1 and out by way of gold creek among other good properties in the district i are the bluster success legitimates flaxie and others the bluster is now under the management of george winkler and besides the development which is go goin n on at the mine the company is keeping its sawmill busy the most of the outa output it b being ei n taken by the elboro company |