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(rood nranupS From All Dumps Now
Washing - More Small Humps
Than In Former Years.
The streams are all running gaily and
the enormous quantities efsnow still ly
ing in the foothills assures us that they
will continue to pour a steady stream
into the Yukon long after the period
wnen in times past they were almost dry.
The miners on the creeks are therefore
reioxii g in this fact, as it is very evident
111 it no pay dumps in this district will
need to wait this season to wash up on
account of the scarcity of this fluid.
From a number of creeks that are now
shoveling in, and made a cleanup or two,
the most favorable reports have come.
1 lumps that were not expected to pro
duce scarcely anything have surpassed
the estimatesof the men who ought to
know—the man iu the hole and his part
11(t, the windlass man.
There were a good many thousands of
dollars taken out this wash up from small
dumps that were purely of a pros
pecting nature, and on what the owners
did not expect to gain more than the ex
pense required to wash up.
In these instances the substantial re
turns will induce these men to put in
proper machinery, and next year’s clean
up will certainly overtop the best of any
we have yet had.
Kven some of our most pessimistic and
dark-glass-wearing heat consumers are
beginning to thaw out and may possibly
be seen with a pick and shovel next win
ter—their most proper sphere.
Mr. S. I. Randall, who was bad
ly injured some time ago, is now
around town again. He still uses
a cane to help him over the bad
p1aces.
Grand Vaudeville Kntertaitment
and Ball next Thursday evening.
Ad mission $1.50 Reserved seats $2
To Tlie Public — Self Explanatory.
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Tin-: Forum was approached by
a large number of miners, who had
the welfare of the district at heart,
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to publish a supplement that would
give anyone so desiring a full and
complete histo: y of the camp, its
resources, great possibilities, etc.
We agreed to do so, provided
enough spate be contracted for to
pay the actual expense of publica
tion. The representatives of the
companies were called upon; but it
was impossible to get a decided an
swer to the proposition from any
one ol them. All said, ' If So-and
so and So-and-so goes in I will.”
This was their style ol doing busi
ness. The effort to appeal to their
business capacity was a failure.
Such a capacity is doubtful, so the
representative of The Forum,
whose time, while it may not be
so valuable as that of any one of
the said representatives, is still of
some value to himself, hied him to
his office and dismissed the subject
and the supplement to the limbo
of the past.
The Forum will do all it can to
build up our camp; but it will not
issue a supplement.
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A Remarkably Kirh First Cleanup.
The cleanup after the firss twen
ty hours’ shoveling in by three
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! men on 8 Little Minook was sent
in last Tuesday. It weighed up
I 160 ounces. This compares more
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mer years on this claim for the
number of men employed and the
time consumed in shoveling in.
greatly
reduced!
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Boots,
Rubbers,
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Underwear.
A FEW PRICES:
Roasted, and in the bean, $0.50$
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$19 F»Air> for all LOCAL
$19. GOLD $19.