On North-fork Pioneer
Diver, Lane & .Neilftny have\ located
' the pay crossing on the north fork of
•* Pioneer. This news came in late last
Saturday night. It w-strrtert'that Sev
eral buckets averaged$3, and that pans
J The paystreak which feeds the Pio
partrnen who will put in the season
; there, are: Kinney McLeod and sob,
Dave Williams, Max Neville and Clip
^Williams. A miner, named-Farley will
•; also summer there. Farley is. the ordy
; remaining member of the Cheesemin
ranging from 50c to $2 are not uncom
hundred feet 6? Dekd
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George Shirley left for the Toolavana
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mar’s outfit. Shirley states thatrmuch
party.
Around and About
The McKinley strike is branded as ‘a
fake. ;
- Henry Papin and O. H. Thunim re
turned across the divide yesterday.
S. A. Yantiss left for Fairbanks yes
terday morning. Yantiss is making
the trip to dispose of'some property.
Ben Baker blew in from Chena on
his way to Tanana last Wednesday. Hp
will return to Chena before navigation
opens. Baker states that Chena is ra
pidly forging ahead and the outlook for
the coming summer a prosperous one.
He. left for Tanana yesterday morning.;
- Mail arrived yesterday from up and
down river points. The outside mail
for Rampart was in brass lock sack: as
these can only be opened at terminals,
the postmaster wired Eagle to. had out
if the sack had to go on to Tanana to
Be opened, or whether it could be brokf
open here. The npcs&*ary permission
was giVen and the mail JlstrlouteJ. •
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Frpspetiors Start
To Trace Cross Channel
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• Ben Baker reports that the prospect
ors in the Fairbanks district are spread
ing out in the direction ci' Rampart. A
Mmbef are'now within twenty miles
of Eureka, investigating Monte creek.
BakeF states that the Fairbanks mi
ning men firmly believe that the chan
nel that feeds their district, is a cross
country channel, and has also enriched
Glen andL surrounding creeks and bars.
These prospectors are now working,,on
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Decisions Reversed %
pngrassmaiif 'Cushman, has |ent. a
IrtolAi Wtiitje ftiatfking the people
,p£. this..sectian.Xoc: prasanting him with
a gold watch fob. *. . S i
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The United States circuit court ©f
appeals has reversed the decision of
Judgies WickCrsham irr the case of Bros
nau vs Ai White. W ickersham. decided
in favor, of White. Several other cases
from Alaska were decided by" the court
of. appeals, all of which were- reversed.
According to the P-I, the Senate will
not confirm Wickersharn. The presi
may give him a recess? appointment,
although Senator Spooner declares the
president has; no right under the senate
rules to make another recess appoint
ment in the case of Wickersharn.—Val
dez Prospector.
Among The Miners
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Jim Greene.What Cheer bar eom
pany, spent the, past week in camp.
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Antonsom, Palm & Graham are sink
ing j>n the bench dpposite 24 1 m jri
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Dave Rushing: is5 lying sick at 9 1 m.
He has been laid up for the-past -week.
Allan & Calham are building a small
portable thawer. for summer prospect
ing.
Frank & Graham will put in the sum
mer working 4b: Little Minook. This
claim produced big last season.
Joe Kaminski states that the Rhode
Island hydraulic, plan t will be in opera
tion this summer.
Reports from the other side are that
mett-will.be scarce the beginning of the
season.
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