Is The Geographical Description of Your
Camp—Kead it Carefully anti Let
The Woritl Know It.
The geographical position of Rampart
Mining District with its extensive miner
al deposits makes it one of the chain of
gold hearing localities. Beginning near
the Boundary line between the United
States and Canada, extending to the Ber
ing Sea on the north .winch has long been
recognized as “the gold belt'1, and can
he easily traced on anv map <>1 our nortli
eru countries, starting at Yale, B. C. and
continuing to Nome. Aka.
It. is not our intention to offer any sci
entific arguments nor pet theories, or un
fold in these columns pages oi geographi
cal data to show that the gold might ex
ist in large (jnantities in this district ,t hat
is proven already, to wh en our annual
output of thousands will attest, but to
give a concise and clear description of
our country and its mines.
Whether the gold belt is tlu
am o
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erosion caused by a large stream of an
other period flowing, sav from south to
north or in such direct.on as would c'over
the chain of rich deposits, so lard wclop
cd or til at tiiere existed at the time the
da.-posits were made, a eon.r, mioiis uepres
s'om into wh cli was tlirown the riches
teen from the ledges of the surrounding
country by phu\ r actum ami hitter given
occasional connect.on through vems
caused bv eruptions, \v ■ d mi t prebend to
a note. Let it suffice to sav that the io
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cal.ties meiit oae<t are coatiguous nna
that the richest deposns of each are link
ed to tile succeeding bv those ol lcs. er
value and that the in iicuiio is that have ,
led to the development of one have been
present m the others,
The same indication that led the Fra
zer River miners to fortune arc relied'up
on hy 111 e iti; 11 e i s «.> 1 t* > lay, 111 e c 11 a r a c t■„ • r -
isthes of Car bou—exceed mg frozen muck
k o
—have been successively lohowed through
Cassiar, Klond;ke and into Rampart.
The former had heir vast alluvial depos
its, the saint an found in Rampart, they
had their quart/, slate and granite con
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bats, deep and
tacts, schist -c. high
shallow d.igy a , ah of which Rampart
can boast and exclusive unbounded coal
fi e 1 d s an (I opt rat 11 g i ii i ties. 111 111 e c <ise
ot Klondike we can go one better ior on
Hunter, Little and big Miuook, Hoosier,
Rubv, Slate and Tyureka Creeks we have
hundreds of properties that are decidedly
summer diggings a substantial number
of which already taken the initiative in
that manner of working, with tire most
satisfactory results. Next summer will
see employed hundreds ol men on similar
properties recently proven to be rich.
Klondike has gold bearing tiibutaries to
its main arteries heading almost in a
e 1 uster a mi crow i\ed 1)y 11le K ui g 1)oijie;
she finds her counter part in Rampart
where Wolverine Mountain presides in
all 111s grand'- ur. distributing liberally
a11d impart .a 1 iy his v> e;111]i {r, ylike IIess,
Eureka and Big Minook with their num
erous tributaries,all of which we will, in
our succeeding issues, give you a full des
cription, besides leaving a territory ad
joining just as large and valuable and
not yet mentioned.
Mail Carrier Curritr mushed up
from Tanana with 50 pounds of
mail on his back arriving on the
opposite side of the river Thursday
morning and was several hours at
tracting attention on this side, final
ly two soldiers made the dangerous
passage oi the river ina small boat,
'file great chunks ol running ice
made it a daring feat but. they safe
ly landed on this side an hour later.
Hen Hiker: When the bv>ys foot
ed up tb.e cash after thej, C. dance
Thursd iv night thev came out soe
shoit, in its pi ice was a lire festival
check from Walker Bros., Fargo,
N, 1). Now what do you think of
that? 1 il Hen will send ‘comps’ to
the boruni hereafter, we promise to
redeem the check and not let it hap
pen again. Ivds. )
C.B. Alien who has charge of A.
R. Dearborns cabin, went there the
other morning, and Umud it rifled
ol everything including a lot of
looks and iron; someone had been
there since he had gone. Still no
commissioner to act in these matters
which are rapidiv on the increase.
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I.HOAi, NOTiCKS
Til Tilt: District i Cut L ol the Du ited State>
l he 1'i^U id ol Alaska, Third Division.
North Am eiiciu Tran-'porta-1
lion ami trading C mipanyA Summons for
]>l*ii 11 ti »T }■
vs f Publication.
Samuel Ik McDill, defendant t A
The 1'nited Stales of America It) Samuel Ik Me
Dill:
You are hereby re paired to appear in the
District Court oi ihe DniteriStates lor Sue District
ot Alaska, i'hinl Division, within tliirtv daws
after the completion of Hie publication of this
summons i.e. on or before the 22 day of December,
1 coo, and answer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff, now on file in the olilce of the
clerk of said court; and unless you so appear
and answer the complaint 111 e plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief demanded.
This summons is published in compliance
with an order made tlie 12th. day of September,
1900. This action is brought to foreclose a
mortgage made by defendant to plaintiff on
011 December 19, 18 ,S. lor £j ,117.42, upon 20 acres
oi land on i.irch Creek, District ot Alaska,
situate about 12 miles from Circle City in a
Southwesterly direction, upon which plaintiff's
alleges is due the sum of $893.72
with interest at 12 per cent, per annum
from December 19, i8;8, with reasonable
attorney’s fees.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Conn at Hagle City,
District of Alaska, this 12th.
day of September, i900.
Albeit R. lieilig,
a y pool, C1 c r k o 1' s a i d C o 11 r t.
A u < n ^ \ f<; r P1 a i n t i if,
C i: ch Citv, Alaska
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1.18,25. >:ova ,8,15,22.1900.]
Dr. Getcbell is to start .t
circulating library having ;
ected cloth bound books,oi •
authors, and irimerous pa
ered ones—which will be v
by the community.
Lynn Smith, thepopula*
maker, ought to figure in
walk specialty at the J. C. Vi.;;
giving celebration.
Young and Trempe liave !.(
4 below on Kureka from b. j- p
file Masonic Association of
meets every 2nd. and 4th. Satin--::
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V\ A X T
AI)S
W anted—Two liK* 11 to chop
ply to Sam Heater—at once!
uK.G.11. GLi CM Li
Surgical Dresser and Me
Attendant. ()ccusiona 1
made to the creeks and s
and expert work done as a
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A null Line of I lie L inrst WLi 1
and Liquors of all Le.'vvqaiui
Ti-.D ST(>CK A Si i C #C ! Y\
BOHEMIAN LAC
IMPORTED & DOM k
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LYNN SMITH,
1 'radical I! di '/UiU
dud7 Graduate ( yV/
GIVE ME A TRIAL.
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