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Show MINING NEWSl JARQIDGE GETS EASTERN ..CAPITAL Frank L. Itcber, mining man and proprietor of the National Miner, which knows no district boundary linos but takes delight in stepping over into its neighbors and recounting recount-ing In flowery language the numerous numer-ous attractions, In an elaborate write-up write-up of the cam) of Jarbidge, says: Tho Nebraska bunch of capitalists camo to seo and be convinced. They saw, became convinced, invested and departed enthusiastic boomers and boosters for Jarbidge opportunities Jind the naked evidence for great gain that Jarbidge offers. They are earnest earn-est American citizens and capable, rich mon. The leader or daddy of them all s A. P. Akerlund. one of the rich men of the Mississippi valley and one of the leadidng agriculturists and business men of the great corn state; R. C. Healy, a realty broker and manufacturer; man-ufacturer; Hon. Joseph Cook, leading lawyer and candidate for congress; C. T. Rector, known as the largest land owner and corn raiser in that great corn area, and Captain McVIck-er. McVIck-er. a warm personal friend of W. J. Bryan and who as a mining man received re-ceived his trnining with the Home-stake Home-stake mine of Dakota as head man for tho J B. RoblnBon interests In Transvaal, South Africa, and with Interests In-terests in Coolgardle, Australia. Tho capitalists were here for observation ob-servation sampling, and If satisfactory satisfac-tory to make heavy Investments The3e investments were made before thoy departed. Captain McVleker was the expert and scientific man. He gave the situation a coldblooded Investigation. In-vestigation. Their particular mission was to acqulro stock In tho Bluster mine and did acquire 50,000 shares of tho treasury stock at 50 cents a share Captain McVleker as a seasoned sea-soned veteran of the mines thoroughly thorough-ly examined the property, sampled it and favorably reported and earnestly expressed himself that the Bluster demonstrations was one of the finest fin-est and best he had evor seen and that it was a big mine showing. Here Is what he found, a property with 3,000 feet of openings and an approximate approx-imate ore exposure of 75,000 tons rating rat-ing from S4 to ?1,500 a ton and averaging av-eraging $15 a ton for 35,000 tons and balanco rating above $6 per ton. ', Other properties visited bIiow sim- ! ilar geologic features and approxi- ! mate gold and silver values as the , more developed properties It was , some nine months ago since the writer writ-er visited Jarbidge and so far as the more developed properties on the : east ore trend Is concorned the showings show-ings are larger, exhibit strength and permanency, and arc affirmatively stronger in gold and silver probabilities probabil-ities ton times over than tuey were In December. Has a Great Future. This Is prophetic, notwithstanding the jars and setbacks the camp received, re-ceived, In time it will prove one of the strongest and most lasting milling mill-ing camps in Neada, or the west for that matter. It is very much conditioned condi-tioned geologically with metal deposition deposi-tion to DeLamar and Silver City. Ida., two gold camps that have proved their stability and which have produced pro-duced great quantities of gold and sil-icr. sil-icr. made manj fortunes for the daring dar-ing spirits who undertook and still are being operated .profitably with great ore reservea assuring profitable raining for years to come. The Jarbidge Jar-bidge section excels these old-time and present Idaho producers In the matter of largeness, with easior and ' cheaper mining and milling facilities. Jarbidge is all right Jarbidge Ib an ideal place in which to live. It Is in a deep gorge with the fine clear Jaro'dge stream full of trout passing through the cottages ! and around the cottage yards of tho town. The river Is studded with stately trees and Is abounding with the finny tribes. |