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Thursday, Aug. 15, 1901.
No. 47
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HUNTER’S PAYSTREAX
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Is finally uncovered by Langford and
Johnson. The find is on the bench.
Creek has been overlooked in past.
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Langford and Johnson, who have
been prospecting the bench otf 18
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Hunter, nave found the pays creak. ’
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Pans rangeing from 12c to 6oc have
been takeu out; each pan raising
as ■ the shaft increased in depth.
At 24 feet a large bouiuer was ,en-j
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Countered that has stopped sinking |
until powder can be uad to remove |
it. it was at this dentil that the
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60c pan was obtained; so the tip is
now going the rouuds tuat Hunter
is all right, aud will divide the non-1
ors with Gienn gulch in the future
gold output of this district. Over
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iifty men left camp eariy yesterday
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morning, bound ior tne scene of
Langford’s discovery .
jtiunter creek, is one of toe lar
gest creeks in lue district and lias
heretofore been entirely neglected
Davis, oil 17, lias been taking out
pay ail summer, and witu this sin
gle exception, the creek . has been
deserted. It has long been known
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that there is plenty of grouud on
Hunter that would pay 5c to the
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pan, but no one who owned claims
there had the capital necessary to
'place machinery required for the
, ; profitable working of 50-to 10c pay
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pectors in camp we print in anoth
er column,adiscriptive sketch of the
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creek, from the pen of a mining ex
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pert, v^Jio visited the creek last
summer.
BRIBERY AND PERJURY.
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A too ze«lf|Ufi Kagle attorney under bond !
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Eagle, Aug. 5—H. Beaumont,
the Ft. Yukon trader, was found
guilty of adultery, and sentenced
to three mouths imprisonment. i
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The defendants attorney John C. j
Ka 1 im was indicted for sub r atu n
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of perjury, in procuring Beaumont
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to offer in behalf of his defense; a
torged letter. Kallum was held inj
$5,000 bonds and ease continued
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until next special or general term j
of court. Kallum was also indict- j
ed oh another charge, with W. W.
Powers, an Eagle saloon man, brib
ery of a juror in the same cause.
Powers gave a $5,000 bond and
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Kalluma nominal one. This case
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wiil also be called at the next spec
ial or general court term at Eagle.
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A subscription list is in ctrcula- j
tion on behalf of Dan Carolan; he i
being without funds and in view of
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the extenuating circumstances de
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veloped at his trial. The money is
to be used to defray the expenses of I
an appeal; printing a iranscr pt cf
the testimon}', and a brief, and not
for any attorney fees. The Forum
is requested to say that all who are
willing to contribute in this matter
can forward any sum, by money
order, to V< E. Bevington, Eagle,
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Alaska, one of Garolau’s counsel. j
MILLIONS IN SIGH1
A practical mining operator places liter
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output on thteeGlenn gulch cluiin*
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at «250,«0«. Can double this.
The latest reports from Glenn
gulch, say that Dillon an d his j art
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ners, owning disdovery, and 2 and
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3 above, are now ready to shovel
in. A great many estimates have
been made as to the amount of
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money that will be taken out of
these claims before fall. A Daw
son operator, after a careful and
thorough examination of the ground
has placed it at $250,000. He
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states if he had horses, scrapers,
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and plenty men and water he could
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guarantee to double that figure be
fore the snow flies.
Shirly on the west bench, rocked
out $9.60 in 5 hours; his pay is
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now known to extend Over a large
portion of his ground. . Bob How
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ard, who owns the claim adjoining
has found good prospects.
Lawrenson, 1 above, is running
a ditch, and has some very rich
ground in sight. The claims a
bove are too deep for summer Work
and will have to remain In their
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present condition until King Frost
locks up the land in his icy grasp.
A number of cabins are now in
course of construction with the idea
of the builders to take out a dump
this coming winter:
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