Marvelous Quartz Strike
Is Made Near Seward
Prom the Nome Nugpret.
Nome, Sept. 6.—Frank P. Skeen, a
well known Alaskan and Siberian pros
pector, in a letter to L. F. Shaw, of
this city, under date of July 10 from
Seward. Alaska, tells of a remarkably
rich gold strike made by himself and
“Dynamite Jack” Lechner, also a well
known sourdough of the Northland.
The letter, in part, is as follows:
“Well, friend Shaw, I have at last
struck it rich since coming to Seward.
On arrival here from Seattle in the
early spring, I found Jack Lechner.
We bought a small outfit and went out
prospecting. We stayed out about
three weeks, but did not find anything
but colors. We returned to Seward
and renewed our outfit and again went
to the hills. Our camp was inland
about — miles from Seward on Lake
-. We made up a pack for a three
days’ trip and started over a big divide.
When we got above timber line we
went down to a creek where there was
a little falls, to try rim rock. While
Jack was panning I noticed some red
porphyry. I dug a little up and took it
down to th creeK on a shovel, panned
it and got about 20 colors. We began
to get a little excited and tried more
with better results, getting good coarse
colors, but what capped the climax was
when Jack went about twenty feet
away and found a white quartz ledge
about two feet wide. He knocked off
a little of the quartz with a shovel,
pounded it up and got about 25 cents in
coarse gold. I began to look at the
quartz, and what do you think! It wa3
literally studded with gold. The ledge
<. is well defined and looks as if it was
half gold. I consider it one of the most
important finds ever made. We went
up the mountain about three-fourths of
a mile away and fo und the same ledge,
but not quite so much gold in it. We
have had no assays, but I believe we
have ore that will go from $25,000 to
$100,000 per ton."
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Dr. Hudgin. All Masons are invited
to attend. By order.
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Nome Nugget, Washington, Aug. 20.
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Washington, d. c., Aug. 20.—The |
categorical questions propounded by
Judge Wickersham, of the Third judi
cial division, to Gov. Brady, growing
out of Brady’s strictures upon the lax
ity of the administration of the law in
that division, .has evoked considerable j
comment. Judge Wickersham’s ques- ;
tions, while categorical, were also ar
gumentative, and intended to make a
favorable showing for himself. They
seem to have failed of their object,
however, for the simple fact that each
question was a defense of Judge Wick
ersham’s action and an attack upon the
veracity of Governor Brady.
While Secretary Hitchcock is avowed
in his hostility to Governor Brady, the
feeling is also here that Gov. Brady
has, to the best of his ability, filled the
not onerous duties of his position, and
that his statements are entitled to con
sideration. The opinion is also express
ed that the fight between them will re
sult in the withdrawal of Wickersham’s
name for judge of the district court, f
and the appointment of some man from j
the middle west or the eastern states. !
As for Gov. Brady, it is not unlikely i
that he will be asked to resign. !
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