THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as socond class matter. Septem
ber 17th, 1918 at the l ost Office, a
McCarthy. Alaska, under the Act o
March 3. 1879.
C. O. Marwood Editor
R. Marwood Circulation Manager
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Saturday, December 26, 1925
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
INNOKO CAMP
The best season in years
as well as the longest one was
enjoyed by the dredge operators
in the Innoko district, interior
Alaska, according to E. Anderson
dredgemaster on the Yankee
creek bredge for the Flume Dre
dging Company, operating on
Yankee and Little creeks, who
came south on the steamer Vic
toria this week, and plans to
pass the winter in the states. A
crew of nineteen men was emp
loyed by the Flume Dredging
Company, which had two dred
gers in operation, throught the
mining season, which ended Oct
ober 28.
Kiel) pay was found on Cri
pp)e creek this summer by Jam
es Wilson, an old timer in tile
country. Six men weie emplo.s
ed the last tew months by Wii
sou m tue new diggings and lar
ge cleanups were taken out.
The new find has stimulated
prospecting along the creek and
on other creeks nearby, says|
Mr. Anderson.
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YUKON FREEZEUP
CAUSES DAMAGE!
The closing of the Yukon
river, in the vicinity of Dawson
last month, was attended by un
usual features and considerable i
loss is reported to have be^n!
sustained by owners of stove j
wood which had been piled along
the shore of the river, near the |
water.
Ice began forming in the j
river shortly after the first of
November and between the first!
and fifteenth of the month the j
river closed and opened several
times, and with each m vement
of ice, there remained greater
accumulation along the banks, ;
Small boats were able to cross j
the river between times.
RICH STRIKE
AT NOME
The foreman of Lite Latoucho 1
copper mine recently received i
a wire from a friend in Nome,
telling of a great placer strike
in the old camp. Pans running a
thousand dollars each have been
taaen from the bedrock, tiie
wire said, and the discovery is
causing much excitement.
The wire telling of the Nome
strike was shown to several well
known mining men, among them
Dominick Vietti, who recently
came south, and who in turn in
formed an Alaska Weekly man
about it. Details are lacking.
WILLOW CREEK
MINE MERGER
By the joining of the Fern
Gold mining company and the
TaJkoetna Gold Mines group in
the Willow creek district, one!
of the largest high grade gold !
quartz companies of Alaska has J
been formed, according to Jer-j
ome L. D rum heller, president, of i
the Fern company, in a state
ment given to the Spokane Spoke
sman-Review of November 22.
The principal stockholders of
both companies are residents of
Spokane.
CONVENIENT BANKING
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Let Uncle Sam do the work in the easy modern way. This bank is as
close as the nearest mail box.
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