ALASKA FORUM
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VOLUME I. No. 36.
THURSDAY, MAY 30, I9OI.
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EDITORIAL.
The season of the small boat and
the prospector is now at hand. It
is conceded by all that we need
more men who understand mining
and the handling of placer opera
tions. This being the case, let all
who really have the welfare of our
district at heart and are confident
of its richness lay the fact of the
dea-.thof prospectors and the enor
mous undeveloped and entirely un
prospected ground before the down
river migratiouist; get him to stay
in this district. Every miner who
works one winter here increases
our output and incidentally en
riches himself.
From reports now coming in on
the first cleanups on the different
creeks, the final addition should
run high. It has been variously
estimated at from $200,000 to $500, -
000. The facts as to the exact fig
ures are difficult to obtain, each
man being very secretive as to w hat
he does get. If the figures do not
run as high as $500,000, it will be
due to to the scarcity of dumps and
the men to take them out. All
agree that our district contains'
good rich placers.
■ The ice almost entirely thinned
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i out the evening of the 27th; but the
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following morning, at 3 o’clock,
; ice began to come down in greater
quantities than at any time pre
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vious. From the broken-up ap
i pearance of the floes and the rapid
raise of water, it would indicate
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that a large jam somewhere up riv
er had given way.
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McCamley’s Choice Collection.
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Mr. McCamlev, who has been
w( rking on 33 Big Minook this
winter, has shown us a large sack
full of nuggets, which he picked up
on the claim. They range in size
from $3 to $62, the latter being the
largest nugget ever found on Big
Minook. Mr. McCamlev and part
I net have made a nice cleanup for
their winter’s work, notwithstand
ing the fact that they were sick
and unable to work for some time.
MINES AND MINERS.
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Tommy McGravv came in last
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1 Saturday with several large sacks
i of dust—the result of three clean -
I ups. They expect to be shoveling
in for two or three weeks yet.
| Mr. Hebb, of the Boston party
ou discovery, Eureka creek, is in
town and says that the snow on
the Tatiana side is three feet deeper
than it is on this side of the divide;
also that the water is still hanging
off, preventing sluicing. The Bos
ton boys will work a full force of
men on discovery this summer and
expect to clean up a good many
thousands of dollars before fall.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Large schools of trout and grey
ling were seen at the mouth of Big
Minook creek just before the ice
broke and made the water muddy.
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Nels. Rasmussen has been given
the position of guard at the "bird
cage,’’ made vacant by the resigna
tion of Billy Porter.
i Billy Porter has re>igned his
position as guard at the "bird cage"
and will disj ctise liquid refresh
ments at Doc. Haven’s this sum
mer.
I)r. Tweedie at’d J. \Y. Young
were the winners of the pool on the
ice break. Their guess was less
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than forty seconds out of the wav,
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being May 24. 9:35 p. m.
The dismantled steamer Unity,
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i lying in the bend below town for
the past two years, and which has
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• heretofore escaped damage In pre
vious breakups, was badly handled
by the ice on Sunday night last,
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her entire upper works being de
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: molished.
! Messrs. Knapp, Sexton and. Jud
; kins measured off the distance from
,St. Andrew’s chapel to the various
, establishments dealing in wet
goods, last Saturday. The A. C.
Co. is a few feet outside of the dead
; line, 400 feet from the chapel; but,
so far as the law is concerned, an
! inch is as good as a mile.
Yukon Order Of Pioneers meets every
first Saturday in each month.
Miners Mutual Protective Association
meets every alternate Wednesday night.
! The Masonic Association of Rampart
| meets every 2nd. and 4th. Saturday.
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Attorney at Law.
Office At Residence.
Rampart,
Aka.