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May 20. 1905.
No. 20
NOW OPEN
Yukon lew FmaHy Makes Start May
1 IS—Barely Enough Water For lee
To Clear Bars—Some Ice History.
The Yukon ice moved in front of the
"town at if o’clock May 16, when it
dropped down about 1,009 feet/; It
hung on tile bar at Russian creek and
at Big Minook until 10 o’clock Thurs
*day morning, when the water raised
sufficiently to allow the final start for
ni of 1965.
was a most tame one.
Smd a number of miners who remained
known to witness their first break-up.
declared it to be a fraud and delusion.
iFrom their remarks they evidently ex
pected that vast ice-floes would dash
thai^Mdvee against tee store MMfcsgt
on Front street and cause the residents
'to hike for the hill-tops—all for their
special edification.
The fact has again been demonstrat
ed that the winter, whether it be miid
or severe, has no effect‘whatever on
the date the ice moves off. Last year
the river broke May 11, and the past
. winter was the mildest within the mem
ory of
The latest breakup, as fur back as
any records extends, was at Nulato on
Jtmel, Russian calender, or June 12,
a@c$p3ingjto eur calender. This was
dsrilg the Russian occupancy, and seer
half a century ago.
the earliest breakup at Dawson, or
ra&er where Dawson now stands, was
ApHl 29, 1276; the year following the
lee did not twees until a month later,—
K«ar *9. The Oarliest breakup on the
btw river wae at Tanana in 1879; the
lee moving out that year on May 6.
td G. W. Ledger are
ty report that they
IteLaer A Snd that K
nc Liean gl Mans
up good .'
P .
UNKNOWN MAN DEAD
AT TANANA TOWN
The local commissioner received a
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telegram from the newly anointed jus
tice of the peace at Tanana Thursday,
advising him that “a man died here,"
and asking what to do about property
belonging to the deceased. An effort
was made tofad out the identify of
the dead man when the Kne went out
commission, and has remained soever
since. Justice of the Peace Bathurst
is evidently a man of few words.
KETTfeRER FILES SUIT
AGAINST D. McQUESTEN
G. A. Ketterer, on behalf of the N.
A. T, A T. Co., has brought suit to re>
cover $250 from t). M. McQuesten. It
is for provisions furnished the latter by
the company. Attachments were is
sued and placed in the hands of the
marshal, who levied on twelve cords of
wood, and on an aceount payable thro a
local merchant. Kris Falkenberg now
claims the attached wood to be his per
sonal property.
M. S. Gill it rivetting the hydraulic
pipe for the Gold Bug company. |
The steamer Tanana is reported by
the N. C. Co. to have left Eagle for
down-river Thursday.
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The steamers Luella ami Monarch
passed dawn the Tanana immediately
behind the ice. . i
John Stanley will leave for the outside
the first boat. Mr. Stanley expects
to return in sixty days with his comp
any's big dredge for operations on Big
Minook. «
Dr. Gibbons and E. T. Half left for
Eureka creek Thursday morning. The
doctor has leased several claims below
the What Cheer property on the bar,
and will run air open cut to prospect.
He has arranged wi
What
company for the use of their waste
water for that purpose.
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Portions of Dumps Shovelled Show A
Good Average—Some Cleanups Go
In Exeess of Winter Estimates.
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Good average cleanups for the quan*
tity of dirt grovelled in, is the reports
received iaeamp yeaterdayfremacross
Inf QIVKW.
Butler & Oslin, 3a Glen, have sluiced
barely a quarter of their dump and so
far have cleaned up over $3,000.
Stevens & Sinclair; 4a Glen, have on
ly been able to “splash" a few hours a
day. Their only cleanup so far was
around $1,000. The dirt shovelled in is
but a small fraction of their dumps.
R. H. Wright, Thanksgiving, has
had one cleanup; over $1,000. About a
fifth of his dump is sluiced. This is
not considered a fair average of the
big dump, as the dirt is being hydrau
licked in o the sluices;, a large percent*
age of the gold settling through the
dump. The bottom of the dump wilt
contain the cream.
Holland, Parsons, Olson & Swan are
shovelling in some big dumps os Fiah
er's ground below Wright. They had
one cleanup and the result was
of aO their estimates. They will have
u big. cleanup.
their, dumps on Omega. Joe found s
number of nuggets running over $3&in
his boxes.
H. F. Thumm has finished clesni^^
up on Doric. His total cleanun is rail
ported to be arou
$10,000.
C. I. Jordan on Seattle jr. ba
several men working. He is t
out good money, and if the water
out will have & good summer's- run.
Tom Antonsom is with ered Cassidy
on upper discovery, Hootlanana