Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-09-11 | Page 8 | Jarbidge Property Owners Hold Their Prices Too High

JARBIDGE PROPERTY OWNERS HOLD THEIR PRICES TOO HIGH J. A. Cantilena), a we'l known metallurgist, metal-lurgist, who waa with the Ohio Copper company for some time, has recently- re-! turned from Jarhldge. Ho was In -the) camp on professional huninfs snd had j charge of Installing the mill on the ' Fletcher lease, whit h la now rompleted j and operating. This and the Pa v Ink mills I are the only two plants In the amp at present, the Fletcher mill having a ca-; parity of approximately fifty tona of or i dally. The Pavlak plant Is larger snd , can treat atsout double the amount of ore that will be handled by the Fletcher plant. ! The Fletcher lesse In on the Bourne ; ground, which haa the brat showlnr in I the entire group, whh h Wtngfleld endea- j vorco io purcnase, itui inere mi.cn larger tonnage dcvelo(cfi. and at present It givea proinia of being a prodin-er for a number of years to come. on the Bourne crop la where the flirt discoveries of the Jarbidge aectlon were mao, and the finding of gold on thla property caused the rush Into those diggings a couple of years ago. Mr. Carmlchael waa very' favorably im-preaeed im-preaeed with the camp aa a whole. He say a that an erroneous im predion has the ore will Jiave to 1e treated In the camp, this U because of the distance from the railroad, and the fact that both the peeth and tlreat Falls wagon routes traverse a very rugged country. The ore of the camp Is jaid to average pomethtng like 13 In gold to the ton. which would make l a very fair grade of ore to ship direct If haulage conditions would permit. per-mit. Thre Is much significance attached to the. fact that Oeorse Wt'igtfeld obtained an option on the extennlon of f Hhister group. Tie paid fin, one down and aareed to piv fn.onn additional -on-e time later. Wlrgfleld lias shown hi faith In the camp ana wouin nave taken th Bluster group, but for the fact that Ihe owners of theae four claims asked a much higher price than he raid for the extension of this ledge In sdjolnlng ground. There are a number of men who hav hung on to thlr properties fiir th last two years. They hold their proper Ilea at fabulously high prices, contlderlng the fact that the camp Is stl'i In Ha first prospective stages. Thev haven't enough money to develop (he ground prooerly and until they get out or reduce their prices the camp will be held In check.