Vof. 9.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, October 28, 1905.
No. 18
One Koyukuk
Winter Creek
Prom Dawson Weekly News
Dawson, Sept. 22. —Minnie creek is:
about the only stream of prominence in
the Koyukuk this year, yet the camp
will produce for the season of 1905 per
haps half a million dollars. This is the
estimate made by W. D. Cram, the
reindeer expert who has just arrived
from the Koyukuk. He says:
“Minnie will be worked considerably i
this winter, but it is not likely there
will be much winter work on the other
streams in the Koyukuk. A number of
thawing outfits are on Minnie.
“The John river strike proved a fail
ure this summer* Midas creek, which |
was boomed by Duncan and Griggs last
year, has also proved no good. i
“Tremendous rajhs have prevailed in
the Koyukuk this summer. j
“Mail service on the Koyukuk has i
been bad this summer. By the contract
five mails are to be delivered during the
summer, but not at any fixed intervals, j
From June 3 to Aug. 5 this year we had !
no mail at Betties. The str. Koyukuk !
was busy much of the season freighting
goods up the river from a barge taken
part of the way up by the Rock Island.
“A man named Boyle was drowned
not long ago in the John river, a tribu
tary coming into the Koyukuk near
Betties.
“A number of people who attempted
to cross the Dali river trail between the
Yukon river and the Koyukuk river
were lost during the summer but were
all found again. The trail crosses many
streams, none of which are bridged,
and this makes travel over the route
precarious. Some of the men lost near
ly famished before they found their way
out or were rescued.”
J. A. Elwell and Allan Chisholm have
taken a lay on No. 1 Doric from Hebb
& Gaetz.
Will Sink Deep Shaft
M. S. Gill and Max Neville will sink
a shaft to bedrock this winter on lb on
Glen. McHugh & Smith are hauling a
thawer from Omega for this purpose.
Several years ago Neville and Jack
Fitzpatrick sank two shafts on the up
per end of the claim 60-feet deep. In
the gravel they found prospects, but
owing to their inability to secure a
thawer they had to abandon the work,
and the shafts were never bedrocked.
Gill is now the owner of discovery, the
lower half of which is deep ground. As
the work on lb will determine the value
of the deep ground of lower Glen, and
especially of discovery and lb, the old
shafts on the latter claim will be re
opened and put to bedrock.
| ON THE CREEKS I
George Shirley and Charley Mayo are
awaiting the completion of their thawer
at Cap Mayo’s boiler shop. They will
work on No. 1 Seattle creek.
Nelson, Olson & Bush, on 1 Joe Bush
creek, have one shaft to bedrock and
another 12-feet doGrn. The first sha'ft
struck the rim. No water bothered,
and if the second shaft remains clear,
the chances are good for Joe Bush be
ing a dry creek.
Scribner, Hall & Henderson have one
shaft to bedrock on 3a Thanksgiving,
and have struck a paystreak 6-feet in
thickness. The claim is the property
of R. H. Wright, and the shaft which
disclosed this pay is above where Mr.
Wright worked last winter.
M. S. Gill has just completed a sys
tem of shallow trenching on Seattle and
Rhode Island to cause the surface seep
age to glacier. This will store water
for the summer operations on 2a Glen
next season. The idea is said to be a
good and will materially increase thej
usual supply.
Geological Survey
Complete Work
Prof. U. S. Grant and Sydney Paige,
of the U. S. Geological Survey, Alaska
Division of Mineral Resources, have
completed their season’s work on the
Sound. Prof. Grant returns to the
states to resume his work at the North
western University and Mr. Paige goes
to Kayak to assist Mr. Martin in other
geological work.
The object of the survey made this
summer were two fold: First, a study
of the mineral deposits; second, a geo
logical reconnaissance of the Sound.
Practically all the copper prospects on
the Sound were visited, though most of
the time was devoted to a study of the
copper properties at Latouche^JMfemar
Boulder and Landlock bays, xhe geo
logical work was continued ^around the
eastern and northern shores^ on Knight
island and most of the western shore.
The first report of this sufvey will be
in the nature of an official bulletin, and
it will be probably some time before a
complete report is published.—News.
McHugh & Smith, the freighters, are
now the owners of 106 Roadhouse. The
sale was made a week ago by the local
agent for A1 Lavigne, the former own
er. The new own rs will use the road
house and stables for the accommodation
of their drivers and teams during the
winter. Their late purchase of Spicers
stock now gives them eleven head, and
sufficient business is contracted for to
keep them busy all winter.
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Miners'
Protective Association will be held at
J. C. Hall, Saturday evening, Nov. 4.
Election of officers. Important bus
iness will be brought. All miners are
requested to attend. No fees, dues or
lines levied. ,.
M. W. Sinclair, President.