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Mining Season
P[I!| summer -will, without doubt, be
the busiest yet seen in the Ram
part mining district. From all re
ports amd indications, more gold will
be produced than, in all the summers
put together since Rampart was first
struck.’ It will also mark the com
mencemisntofa systerif- summer min
ing which will^ totally .displace winter
mining of any magnitude. The miners
are beginning to realize the jgreat econ
omy of summer mining over the old
time winter methods. There is also
good reason to believe that the coming
summer will see several more hydrau
lic plants landed at Rampart.
The Pioneer, Glen, Gold Run, Omega
Rhode Island and Thanksgiving creeks
and benches will all be hydraulicked in
time. In fact there is a complete hy
draulic plant now in town ready to be
placed on Rhode Island creek. The
one difficulty now to be overcome, and
it, is a great one, is that of an adequate
supply of water made available at a
moderate cost. When this problem is
solved the topography of the country
across the divide will be materially al
^fcred.
All our present hydraulic plants are
located on the Rampart slope, but it is
certain that the great beds of gold pro
ducing gravels on the Tanana slope of
the divide will not be much longer
overlooked by hydraulic men. From a
hydraulic standpoint the bars are much
easier worked on the Tanana slope
than on the Rampart side, and with the
water problem solved, more profitable.
This is owing to the shallowness to bed
rock, gold throughout the gravel, and
the absence of muck averlying the
gravel to any great extent.
The W. P. & Y. R. are perfecting
plans to become a factor in the pass
enger and freight traffic on the Yukon
and Tanana rivers this summer. J. W.
Young, at one time local manager for
the S-Y. T. Co. at Rampart, and a rail
road man of considerable experience,
has been appointed travelling passen
ger agent for the White Pass, and will
attend to that branch of the business
exclusively.
Among The Miners
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Harry Calham is no longer with the
Big Minook company.
Joe Kelly is working with Chas. Ehr
horn on 20a Hoosier.
Dave Fancher returned to Quail last
Sunday. He will prospect a bench near
6a.
John Stanley, foreman for the Big
Minook hydraulic company, was in town
the past week.
Thronson, Gill, & Drake, 10a Slate,
lost their boiler house by fire not long
ago. The machinery was somewhat
damaged and hoisting will be done by
windlass for the balance of the season.
Pearson A Williams, now working a
lay on 5a Little Minook, will ground
sluice 3, 4, and 6b Gunnison this sum
mer. From results last summer they
can shovel in $1 per hour from gravel
some distance from bedrock.
Anderson, the trapper, arrived from
the Toolavana Wednesday night. His
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camp is srtuaiea auuut iw nines nuni
Rampart and 40 miles west of Mentah
lake. He reports that most of the mi
ners now In that section are located on
Goose creek on the north fork.
Davis & Weir are getting ready to
prospect the hillside on Russian creek
about six miles from the mouth. Mr.
Davis left for the creek this mbrning
with a sled-load of supplies. The men
have done a great amount of prospect
ing in the creek, but are now of the
opinion that the gold came off the
sidehill. "
Around and About
Mail arrived both ways late last eve
ning.
C. L. Hawkes the roadhouse keeper
at Baker creek is in camp for a few
days.
Lars Svendsen, “Jumbo,” was taken
to Tanana for medical treatment Wed
nesday morning by Ed McCormack.
Messrs. Chilson and Wand accompanied
the party. Svendsen refused to allow
any physician to treat him here oh ac
count of expense, and haggled four
days over the price for his transporta
tion to Tanana. He is suffering from
strangulated hernia, and as it is now
of over a week’s duration his recovery
fa doubtful.
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