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TELLER SECTION
BE VIQ1IIET
MAIL CARRIER SAYS THERE IS
RUMOR OF SOMEBODY MAK
ING FIND SOMEWHERE.
NO DETAILS CAN BE LEARNED.
Gordon Strange and His Partner Are
Prospecting With Drilling Outfit
on Gold Run and Adams Is Hauling
Coal to That Creek.
Fred Larson, the mail carrier, on
arriving in Nome recently on one of
his trips from Teller, reported the
Teller section very quiet at present,
but some little excitement is shown
over a rumor going the rounds that
“somebody” “somewhere” had made
a find, but Larson could not ascertain
any particulars.
Adams, of Teller, is hauling coal to
Gold Run for some outfit.
Gordon Strange and partner are
prospecting on Gold Run, using a
drilling outtit.
Albert Bernard was a passenger
from Teller with the mail team, and
expects to return there in the near fu
ture. Larson has a herd of reindeer
and he will leave for Sinrock to butch
a few of them for the Nome mar
l
et
CREEK ON WHICH GO LI) DIS
COVERY IS REPORTED IS
9 MILES FROM OLNES.
Recent arrivals in Fairbanks from
Brooks report a quiet stampede to
Washington creek, nine miles the oth
er side of Olnes, says the Fairbanks
Miner.
Quite a few persons have gone in
from the Brooks country, but there
have not been any from the Fair
banks district to take part in the
stampede yet.
Ban McCarty, the well known
Brooks operator, is one of the latest
of the Livengood men to investigate
the scene of the reported new strike.
He will thoroughly look into Wash
ington.
There was a stampede to Washing
ton creek last year, according to some
Lai) hanks men who know the creek,
but there was never any particularly
good prospects located.
SHE OBEYED ORDERS.
Son ? time ago, before we all got so
dn-:;.: ully economical, a mistress told
her n- v Scandinavian kitchen girl
never .0 leave in the refrigerator anv
thing old or left over, but to keep it!
dean and fresh by throwing away the
old things every morning.
On tne day following, the mistress1
happened to look out of the window
^ and she noticed something peculiar in
the \ a 1x1. Calling Hulda she asked:
'* h‘“ that and how did it get
tiiere ?”
1 nat s the old ice, ma'am, left over
from yesterday,” answered Hulda. “I
threw it away lak you tol’ me.”_Bos
ton Transcript.
NICKEL IS OUT OF DATE.
t j It is announced by the press of one
' of the large cities in the United States
that its 5 and 10 cent stores are to be
supplemented with 25-cent stores. This
looks very much as if, in the course
of time, the old-fashioned and once
popular dollar store would find its way
dylback.—Christian Science Monitor.
Anchorage Daily Times, “The
Newspaper of Alaska.”
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PAY IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
FOUND ON STREAM IN
GEORGETOWN DISTRICT.
DROVES OF RABBITS ON COAST.
Charley Worden and Clarence White
Leave Aniak for Holitna Strike—
Dick Eskridge, Bear Creek Promot
er Is in Ohio.
Good pay has been struck on Crook
ed creek (also called Donlan at upper
end) in the Georgetown district on the
Kuskokwim, according to the Iditarod
Pioneer. The pay on Crooked is about
three miles below Harry Stevens and
Joe Konechney’s camp, and about five
miles below Smeaton’s workins.
An Akiak trader came up the Kus
kokwim river recently to Aniak and
exhibited a list of the cleanups at the
new strike on the lower Kuskokwim,
as reported at the time of the freeze
up. The list would indicate that, in
stead of the report of the find being
s veiled, it was by far too low.
Travelers from the lower Kuskok
wim report there are milions of rab
bits along the <^oast, and they are mov
ing toward the interior. Brer Rabbit
has been conspicuous by his absence
the past winter or two.
Charley Worden and Clarence
White left Aniak recently for the Ho
litna strike.
A letter was received recently at
Aniak from Dick Eskridge, the erst
while Bear creek promoter and Kus
kokwim plunger. He had, so the letter
ran, settled down to the simple life
“somewHfere in Ohio.” Dick says he
now has kindly visions of the “rough
and woolly life” while smoking his
pipe of an afternoon.
CHARLES STRUM DIGS PROS
PECT HOLE DIRECTLY IN
FRONT OF KANE HOUSE.
Charles Thompson, who recently ar
rived in Nome from Council, is quoted
by the Nome Nugget as saying that
Charles Strum started a prospect
hole in the Main street of Council in
the hope of locating a pay streak.
Th hole was directly in front of the
Kane house and the fact that it was
a city thoroughfare appears not to
have bothered the townspeople in the
least.
Strum did not find the paystreak,
although he encountered likely look
ing gravel. Water finally compelled
him to cease operations.
Thompson states that Strum then
ti led to sell the prospecting shaft to
Mein Host Balkke, of the Kane house,
for $75, for use as a well. Balkke
wanted the well all right, but started
to bargain, with the intention of se
curing a reduction of ten dollars in
the price. Strum refused to listen,
however, and rushed out and filled the
hole up again.
REFUGEES STOLE FROM POLICE.
The “gratitude” of some people who
found shelter in an East London po
lice station took the form of stealing
a new broom and some enameled
mugs. At another police station they
stole a clock, two pairs of boots and
some provisions, and damged some
uniforms. At one of the town halls
where the public has been allowed to
overflow into the police court pre
cincts the Old Testament was pur
loined, and in a public library several
volumes were stolen.—London Globe.
DEXTER CREEK
AT NOME IS
SUITE ACT!
WINTER OPERATIONS OF RATH
ER EXTENSIVE NATURE
NOW IN PROGRESS.
MANY PROPERTIES! WORKING.
Cen Gillette and Charlie Caulkins Are
Drifting in Fair Pay Dirt on Daisy
Claim Where Is Is Fifty-Four Feet
to Bedrock.
Winter operations on Dexter creek
in the Nome district are quite active,
according to the Nome Industrial
Worker.
Dan and Tom Connolly are sinking
i a shaft on the divide between Dry and
Dexter. They are down over seventy
i feet and expect to reach the bedrock
’ within the next few days.
The Nickolanovich Brothers have
j reached bedrock and have commenced
'drifting on the claim to the westward
adjoining Connolly’s.
I Harry Clark and partner are pros
pecting on the bench of the left fork
of the creek.
Martin Newland and Jake Topolsky
are searching for the elusive on the
Rosalind claim which is situated near
• the lef- fork.
Looking for Extension.
Doyle, Sullivan and Liston are
1 trying to locate the extension of the
rich paystreak which was extracted
from the famous Kathleen claim two
years ago by Nelson, Ohrem and
Brown.
Billy Arthurs and Ed. Gross are
working on Grass Gulch. They found
good prospects a few days ago and
have drifted into fair pay-dirt. They
■ will continue to drift and cross-cut to
determine how extensive it is. The
mazuma is conveyed to the surface in
jar. “Irish buggy” which is driven by
Engineer Arthurs through a tunnel
, fiver 100 feet in length.
Schomaker and Holmberg are sink
; mg a shaft on the claim near the
junction of Dexter and Grass gulch.
Sinking to Bedrock.
Ed. Rohn and Frank Rohn are sink
i ing on No. 11 Dexter. They expect to
encounter the bedrock after sinking
! from eight to twelve feet further.
Frank is manipulating the Arm
! strong hoist for this concern.
Bob Yanke, Quesky and Dipple
j have reached bedrock in one shaft
; and they are down forty feet in the
j second one on the Bowery claim. It
is about seventy-five feet to bedrock.
They struck low-grade pay dirt at
| the bottom of the first shaft and the
bedrock was dipping at a forty-five
degree angle.
I Ben Gillette and Charlie Caulkins
are drifting in fair paydirt on the
Daisy claim. It is fifty-four feet to
| bedrock on this claim and their main
, drift is nearly 150 feet in length.
COAL PRODUCTION IN FRANCE.
Recent figures of coal production in
France, an industry of which the de
partment of the Loire, in the St.
Etienne consular district, is an im
: portant producing center, with an an
nual output of over 3,000,000 tons,
I show an increase from l.SOO.OOO tons
' in November, 1916, to 2,367,000 tons in
: March, 1917, says the Scientific Amer
! ican, and a total increase in produc
; lion and importation of from 3,400,000
tons in January, 1917, to over 4,000
000 tons in May. This gain was made
possible by a readjustment of mine
worakers and a closer study of trans
portation problems. The movement of
coal by motor lorries, in addition to
other commodities by a fleet of heavy
motor trucks purchased and operated
by the city of St. Etienne, is a recent
ly inaugurated service which has aid
ed distribution and relief of conges
tion materially.
PERFECTLY NATURAL.
“Why does that young man reach in
his pocket and draw out a package of
papers as soon as he begins to talk to
any one?”
“That’s a mere matter of habit. You
see, he is a life insurance agent.”—
Exchange.
GOLD DISCOVERY
IS REPORTED
S. Q. CLARK TAKES OUT TON OF
SAMPLE ORE FOR SHIPMENT
TO TACOMA SMELTER.
M A Y INSTALL MACHINERY.
Further Prospecting of Property It Is
Declared Will Be Prosecuted—Dis
trict Is cn Coast Southwest of
Seward.
“The property at Nuka bay looks
good to me and if the one ton of sam
ple ore taken out, which has been
brought to Seward to be shipped on
the first steamer to the smelter at Ta
coma, verifies my belief, there will be
machinery installed,” says the Seward
Gateway in quoting S. Q. Clark, a
mining expert, who returned to Sew
ard the other day from Nuka bay on
the coast southwest of Seward, where
he has been with a party of men mak
ing a thorough investigation of the
gold bearing ore property there.
“We were handicapped in our in
vestigations,” said Mr. Clark, “but un
covered forty feet of the vein notwith
standing the deep snow. When we
reached Nuka bay December 23 the
weather was severe but moderated
three or four days afterwards. We
made our camp and then started to
work. I am decidedly encouraged by
our prospecting and will probably re
turn with a larger party shortly and
continue work. 1 am almost certain
that machinery will be placed on the
ground within a few months.”
GOOD COARSE GOLD PROSPECTS
ARE FOUND AT MOUTH OF
OLIVE NEAR BROOKS.
According to a late arrival in Fair
banks from Brooks, James Hudson
and James Elwell, who operated an
open-cut on Olive creek with a self
dumping dam on a large scale the past
summer, are at present drifting in the
Tolovana Hats, at the mouth of Ol
ive, says the Fairbanks News-Miner.
The two men sank a hole there
eighty feet deep last winter, and it is
this hole they cleaned out and are
now drifting in. It is reported that
very nice prospects of coarse gold
were found in a six-inch layer on bed
rock.
It is also stated that Olive Creek
will be busier than ever the coming
summer, and that George Wheeler,
who owns ground between Phil Lynch
& Co., near the head, and Hudson &
Elwell, will work there this summer,
having already cleared ground upon
which to put up a residence.
At present several outfits on Liven
good creek are running tunnels and
blocking out for spring, and there is
considerable prospecting going on
along Livengood creek, also in other
parts of the Tolovana district, and
that Dave Cascaden will soon have a
big Keystone drill prospecting the
deep ground at the mouth of Olive.
COTTON IN BRAZIL.
A. L. Moreau Gottschalk, United
States consul general at Rio de Jan
eiro, is enthusiastic over the prospect
of a revival of the cotton growing in
dustry of Brazil, according to the San
Francisco Argonaut. He calls atten
tion of the fact that the republic is the
original home of one of the pai-ent cot
tons of the world. Cotton thrives in
the country when skilfully cultivated,
but the industry has thus far been
neglected for others more profitable.
The consul general advances a strong
point when he says that a by-product
of the cotton industry—cottonseed oil
cake—would be a great help to the
cottbn raisers.
LOIS OF GOLD
THOMAS AIKEN IS EXPECTED TO
TAKE OUT $4,000,000 OR
$5,000,000.
JUDGE VINAL ARRIVES HERE.
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Large Dredge Is Being Assembled to
Work Rich Ground and It Will be
in Operation As Soon As V/eather
Permits in Spring.
Thomas Aiken, one of the most suc
cessful mining men of Alaska, will
take out gold to the value of $4,000,
000 or $5,000,000 from his properties
on Candle creek, near Ophir, in the
opinion of Judge W. A. Vinal, who
with Mrs. Vinal arrived in Anchorage
over the trail yesterday from Ophir.
Mr. Aiken is now assembling a big
dredge on Candle creek and will op
erate it as soon as the weather per
mits in the spring.
Judge Vinal has acted as United
States commissioner at Ophir for ten
years and has always taken a keen
interest in the development of the
mines in that section of Alaska. He
resigned the commissionership in Jan
uary of last year, but his successoi
did not arrive at Ophir until last Au
gust.
This is the judge’s first visit to An
chorage. He is very favorably im
pressed with the remarkable develop
ment of the city.
HARRY WATSON ARRIVES IN
FAIRBANKS WITH NEWS OF
CAMP ON LOWER YUKON.
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Harry Watson, an old-timer of the
north, formerly employed by thc
Northern Commercial company at
Dike-man and other places, arrived in
Fairbanks the other day from Mar
shall city, according to the Fairbanks
News-Miner.
Regarding work and conditions at
Marshall, Watson says that approxi
! mately $450,000 was taken out last
summer and he looks to see a larger
amount produced in 1918. Next sum
mer Blanker & Edgar will have a big
sreaping plant working on Wilson
creek. George Tilcher will have a
hydraulicking plant on Elephant
! creek. It is expected that these two
; plants will add considerably to the
j output.
At the present time there are onlv
I
, about 250 people at Marshall city, bu
Mr. Watson expects that there will be
l many more there next summer, as a
number of the old-timers went out on
the last boats, expecting to return in
the spring.
While coming up the river Mr. Wat
son found considerable interest in the
reports from the Good News bay coun
try, but few people were stampeding.
Among the residents of Marshall
i city is Bill Ward, well known in Fair
banks. Bill is running a restaurant
there and is reported to have a good
j place and to be making money.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S AD
MINISTRATOR WILL SOLVE
HOUSING PROBLEM.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The en
tire problem of furnishing living
quarters for workers in war industries
in various parts of the country has
been delegated to the department of
labor.
A director of housing will soon be
named to have administrative charge
of the matter.
Congress recently enacted a law
appropriating $35,000,000 to provide
living quarters for workers engaged
in manufacturing war supplies.
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AXEL BARD AND J. GOODRICH
ARE PROSPECTING FOR
OLD BEACH LINE.
EFFORTS FRUITLESS SO FAR.
Low Grade Pay Has Been Found and
Can be Sluiced When Water Is
Available, But Fabulously Rich
Streak Cam ot be Located.
Axel Bard, who has beer sinking
holes on his claim on Moss Gukn, near
Nome so long that those who know
him declare he has to use a mici oscopo
to find a new spot, arrived in N»:ne
the other day for a visit of a few days,
according to the Nome Industrial
Worker. He reports that the Moss
Gulch section is deserted save for the
presence of J. Goodrich and himself.
Goodrich is prospecting on Stevens
creek, a small tributary of Nome river,
located a short distance from Moss
Gulch. Bard reports that he contem
plates continuing his prospecting en
deavors this winter and believes that
he will ultimately find the old beach
line, which appearances indicate once
ran across Moss Gulch, but became
dislodged in some unaccountable
manner and cannot be located. Both
Bard and Goodrich have some low
grade pay which may be sluiced at a
profit whenever water is available, but
the fabulously rich beach line streak
has so far eluded them.
THEN HEAD FOR STATE HOUSE.
Major I’. Dale, who has a smokers’
establishment in Ohio street, says the
Indianapolis News, has a relic of the
Civil war that is causing the soldiers
of today considerable worry. Major
Dale’s father, Colonel Dale, was the
commander of the Fourth Missouri
cavalry during the civl war. Among
the relics left by the colonel was a
poster announcing a meeting of sol
diers at the statehouse in Jefferson
City, Mo. This pester is now the
property of the son here.
“Several days ago,” says the owner
of the poster, “I put the relic in the
window of my store, thinking it would
interest passersby. The poster calls
for a meeting of soldiers at the state
house at 8 o’clock. I guess I’ll have
to take it down, as the soldiers in
town from Fort Harrison read the
thing and then head for the state
house. They don’t observe it closely
or they’d discover that it is dated 1863
and that the state-house mentioned
was in Jefferson City, Mo.”
EIGHT SEEK MAYOKALITY.
Seven Candidates Enter Race to Wrest
Office from H. C. Gill.
SEATTLE,—Eight prominent Seat
tleites have entered the race for may
or of the city of Seattle to succeed Hi
Gill in the spring hustings. Those so
far who desire to handle the reins of
the city government are Frank Wat
erhouse, of the firm of Waterhouse &
Company, agents for the Royal Mail
Steam Packet Co., and the Wellington
Coal Co.; John F. Murphy, an attor
ney with offices in Lowman & Han
ford building; James E. Bradford, of
the firm of Bradford, Allison & Egan,
attorneys; Ralph A. Horr, of the firm
of Grass & Horr, attorneys; C. J.
France of the firm of France & Hel
sell, attorneys; Ole Hanson, of the
real estate firm of Hanson & Son;
Austin E. Griffiths, attorney; and
Hiram Gill, attorney and present in
cumbent. \
It is believed that Hiram Gill stands
%
a good chance to be re-elected with so
many candidates in the field.
THIS TOUGH OLD WORLD.
“Now Willie, see the nice cake I
have ma le for your birthday."
“Can I eat it all myself?”
“Why, of course not. You would be
sick.”
“That’s just the way with you,
mamma. Whenever you do give me
any pleasure, you always tie a string
to it.”