ALASKA FORUM
THE FORUM PUBLISHING CO.
J. B. Wingate Editor and Manager.
VOLUME I. No. 21
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, I9OI.
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KIHTOK I A I,.
Alaska is awaiting the coming of
its Messiah, in the shape of good
clean supplies and provisions, at
50 per cent profit, instead ol 500,
as at present. If Alaska is to pro
gress, and take her proper position
the prospector should be encour
aged, and not driven out by ex
cessive charges. As the matter
now stands, a miner, with suffic
ient funds, to buy his winter out
fit, is in the position to leave the
country, and live in comparative
luxury in civilization, for double
the period.
From the ever increasing demand
for fresh vegetables, it would ap
pear that there is an opening for
some one in this line, next sum
mer and fall. Copts. Williams and
Mavo have demonstrated that it is
possible to grow the entire line of
vegetables here; potatoes excepted.
Since various persons, not occu
pying seats on the bench, have de
ckle! that the law holds, that four
corner stakes and blazed sidelines,
are necessary to hold a claim, it
would be a good plan to enclose
the entire area with a barb wire
fence in addition; it ts just as logi
cal.
Th a citizens are entitled to ask
the Postal Department, why is our
post office without stamps? The
Department maintains an Inspect
or, for this division; still, the last
Inspector visited the Rampart post
office, in August, 1899: nearly two
years ago.
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JORDAN WANTS TO KNOW.
| Rampart, Aka. Feb. 8. To the
I Editor of the Forum, Dear Sir; Will
you kindly devote enough of your
' valuable space to inform m\ se r, and
I other miners on the creeks as to the
boundaries, to the amount of Alaska,
that our postmaster, Fleishman,
is owner of? As one would
think, when asked tor mail, or per
taining to the same, that he owned
the whole ot Alaska. Yours,
C. I. Jordan.
(Perso- ally, we are not i formed,
but if you think you have been
treated discourteously, your proper
course is to ii.foim Inspector Mc
Grath, chief clerk Railway Mail
Service, Circle City, Alaska.)
MIN ES AND MINERS.
Geo ICmmett with his crew of
men on the bench off io below,
Hunter, have developed a 24 foot
| pay streak and taking out Sc and
roc per pan. Tuesday last George
picked up a $4.20 nugget and de
clares things ate looking brighter
ever}* day for him.
O.H.Bagiev, who found the $300
: nugget on 13 Hoosier last winter,
j is working with Moulton on 26km.
jr. Bagiev declares that he wi 1
i find the largest nugget of the sea
son again this year.
! McDonald and Halley, on discov
ery and 1 below Florida, are getting
ready for underground sluicing.
The pitch of the bedrock is such
that they can use a thawer in sum
j mer’ and ground sluice out the pay
! streak, not touching the surface
ground at all.
I
Austin and party on the upper
end ot 24 l.tn. jr. found four feet of
; water in their 50 ft. drift, Wednes
; duy. It was necessary to begin
j sinking another shaft. They were
on good pay.
! Menard, Spooner and Morgan,
j have sunk five shafts on Slate
| creek and have decided that it can
! lie worked to better advantage in
summer.
j Billy Walsh, left for Tanana
Monday last. J. Risdon accompan
ied him.
1
I Bob Cicero, 6 l.m. was partially
1 blinded by gas, during the late
warm spell.
Chas.Towle, was in from Califor
nia bar a few days ago, he reports
several holes to bedrock; but only
prospects so far.
Capt. Williams, 52 b. 111. has 9
holes to bedrock, good prospects,
but no pay yet.
Fisher, the tinsmith, has gone to
work on 6 l.m. helping Cicero, un
till he is well.
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Yukon Order Of Pioneers meets every
first Saturday in each month.
Miners Mutual Protective Association
meets everv alternate Wednesday niirlil.
• .O
The Masonic Association of Rampart
meets every 2nd. and 4th. Saturday.
Mnm
J. UNDLBY OREKX,
Attorney at Law.
Ollice At UrsideiKT,
Rampart, . IP
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