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Show ' Vi'.fc Enthusiastic Prospector Tells f$l of Wonderful Gold Dis- ' 'f3 coverics. ' : 11 "DEATH VAILKY SCOTTY" LOOKING FOR "STAKE" , , jij Expert Telephone Line Will i J Be Finished in Six i . "Weeks. .."fi Speclnl to TIio Tribune. :'u -B TWIN FALLS. Ida., Fob. 1, J. W. .-."C Powers arrived here Inst night from Jur-bMse. Jur-bMse. brlnpiiiK' anions other Interesting 'f'.'& Hems the dclall.s of the most recent , " j:; strike In that district, which has been M-fr fc made by prospectors grub-staked by II. B i j .!r'jfi II- Hoover of this city, twenty days ngo, H Powers .say.s the vein Is at the mouth H '"'-r of Pine creek, about a mile south of the H 1 ' : A Bourn o bonanza ledge, Is three to four 1 ' tiC" Wu'c 01 11,0 characteristic .Tarbldgc B quartz, and pans strings of gold which H v - Jmve greatly enthused the already cx- H ircmely optimistic mining men In the H camp. Some of the ore Is yet richer In H 1)11 Indications, but of a more sulphide B ' "MR character, and altogether the disclosure Hj , ' v J regrirdcd as merely another Illustration H r, of the wonderfully general dissemination B . v ""'..l! of gold alongside the ry hoi! tic dykes. The H ' j', news brought by Powers has increased H- t twl l!lc excitement among the crowds here I t quartered from night to night, some go- -wmwM' inpr in and others returning from Jar- W j ' 1 blrlgc. to make preparations for rclurn- . J, 'y'j Ing and beginning further operations. A l ' : s crowd of a dozen prospectors and oper- j ' !,tt ators came In today from Wallace, Ida.. U vil including W. S. Ilasklns and Dave Cro- H ' nilo- all of whom will proceed to Jarbidgc Hi ' h ii tomorrow. They were highly pleased Hji , '" P "when shown the samples here of the 1 X ores that are characteristic of the district 1 and which include thrco distinct classes, H each of which Is as easily ideutilled v-lih j ,'(,' Jarbidgc as wero the original ores from j ;. the Jumbo and Combination mines In Hl .-'!' Goldtield, and tho various ores yielded j . ,-(" j by tho principal mines of Cripple Creek. Hj - Big Offer Befuscd. H j t Thomas Clinton, a farmer of Buhl, but H n K formerly a mining man and who was Hi - iH grub-staked Into Jarbidgc a month ago K K is'- ny citizens residing In the vicinity of his H ''u residence, made :t strike early this week, U ft,,d 1'crtls!cl to sell his claims for $30,000. H r.'sH a fcason. ho exclaimed; "Heretofore H! ' i'w I gave away for a mere song several HH) 'tj prospects that 1 discovered In new mln- Hfc ''"'Te Z HstrJcts. and now that I have found j .. Ji a mine In a district which Is going to H i" lie a great wealth producer for many men, H I intend to work this proposition myself. . . If Ic falls I will have a loss all to bear j ry:1 myself; but I have tho farm and will H 3? 3iot feel the loss. However. I do not be- Hr " 1w lievo I am going to again meet with bad Hl v, . M luck." '-ift The lots in the Hilltop claim, whoso H )'. !' turfaco rights arc being leased for town- K ''-'h H'tc occupation, and which will form the H! vi : -J 3 heart of the business district, havo al- Ht h VA jnost been closed out, and prices have H i advanced until the bonuses offered equal H ' almost the amount of the original price, l' -'iC Another claim adjoining Is being prc- j ' pared for similar purposes. Hi ''wot Camp Building Up. j! I i Rcstiitirants, stores, rooming houses H i'-iJI and almost all other classes of businesses s jH arc getting established; tho construction . l of cabins, and the stretching of tents arc H ' largely occupying attention of now ar- H S". i rivals, and this work Is largely becoming H I -'Jg easier through the -disappearance of the H .(-' j snow from tho gulch. The woi-st features 1 . v. ' V S iittaching to prospecting now are the H' l snow slides, according to reports which if arrived today, which are spending them- Ht liit i-clves half u milo from the camp. Many H! j. narrow escapes are reported, but nobody Hli '"'a 5HH been caught In any of these ava- i '! A' f lanches, which arc started by the chlnook H' 1 , ' ; iij lCxpcrlmcnts made this week by As- B I" ,i if naycr C. B. Hart oh some of the Jar- H J I J hldge ores convinced him that (hey arc l j ji easily treated by cyanide, and he said H 'I 'rk that he expects a considerable portion of 1 r tho district's output will be found amcn- "Scotty" on His Way. H "' viB Mayor llahn has received a letter from 1 ':"( "Death Valley Scotty," In which he says fl ! "r: t 3,e is enrouto Into Jarbidgc camp with his i: )P k big pack train of (lftecn mules, which H ' Nl1 n havo transported, according to report, Hl I'fr C vast wealth from his southeastern Cali- H Sj l'ornla bonanza, which is said to havo. H (H-3 been exhausted about eighteen months n It' r u- "Scotty" mailed his letter at Im- ttrx s Twenty outfits bound for Jarbidga arc B delayed at National camp, northern Ilum- H I V i oldt county, Nevada, by tho deep snows Hl un pic mnges Just north of that district, 'i ' ( , ! according to Information brought hero to- 4 u bi' "Wallace- Erwln. who camo around Hi) ( u-fi I via WInncmucca and Ogden. ITo said: ' ,' B "The Ogden railway route, which brings Hi ir,' B ono in by the way of Twin Falls. Is the H! 4i -'r on'y aml Practical route into Jarbidgc 1 ' ' s that I havo discovered. Almost every one U in National Is coming through this way r I , vory soon, excepting those who have HIP i) their teams, and who will wait until late Hl . .-Xs in the season and come over the hills. B, , j r "Telegrams received this week here H' ' 1 R from Senator Hcyburn at Washington ,i ( Announced that the postofflce at Jarbidgc H? ' will soon be established with W. A. Wines K rt as postmaster. ,j f. "Work will start the coming week on a r .1 F IHcpbone line from Twin Falls to Jar- 1 E bldge. which Is expected to be completed Hj,1 f In about six wcclcs. The Bell company Hu '"j ls making this extension to its system." |