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BETTLES WILL CLOSE
FT. HAMLIN STATION
Gordon Betties will move his stock
from Ft. Hamlin to Fairbanks immedi
ately after the river opens. He is now
building scows at Hamlin to land the
goods at Tanana for reshipment. Mr.
Betties has enjoyed a good fur trade
with the Indians the past winter, and
if even a rat skin got by him to Ram
part it was because it was mangy.
Betties, however, did not locate at
Hamlin solely for Indian trading, but
on account of the fact of its being the
natural supply point for the Beaver
creek country. The failure of that sec
. tion to show up has caused him to call
in his men and move his stock. About
twenty-five tons remains of the large
stock taken up last fall, and Rampart
people will be given an opportunity to
fill out their shorts. Mr. Betties ar
rived Thursday and after a few days
spent on the creeks will return upriver.
Jim McHugh returned from Tanana
. with a load of feed Thursday morning.
The subject for tomorrow evening at
St. Andrew’s chapel will be: “The
walk to Emmaus.”
Jonn Stanley has nearly completed
his winter's work for the Big Minook
hydraulic company and has moved his
family to town.
Jack Nelson is up from Tanana and is.
running a faro game in a lower town
resort. The tiger is being curried and
and put in shape for the cleanup.
Frank & Graham are moving their
outfit to 4b Little Minook where will
ground sluice this summer. The claim
paid big last season.
Morris Hawkins is in from 1 m jr. un
der the care of Dr. Hudgin. Hawkins
was struck by the windlass handle and
his forearm broken.
Munroe & Lindsay, Qoosier hydraulic
company, are now getting out battens
and 2x4 timber for their new flume.
Active work will begin as soon as the
season is sufficiently advanced.
Mail carrier Schaber left for Tanana
Monday morning with the last regular
winter mail. Schaber will return Mon
day and bring Rampart mail from low
er river and Fairbanks if it reaches
Tanana.
NEWS FROM BEaVER
AND THE CHANDELAR
The Beaver creek section is a blank,
so far as gold production is concerned,
is the report brought down by Gordon
Betties. A great amount of prospect
ing has been carried on the past winter
with no results. Golden creek produc
ed the best prospects; pans running to
40c—but no pay, Betties states that a
quartz stringer, carrying free gold,
crosses Golden; below this stringer the
best of prospects are found—above it,
not a color. It is now believed that
this quartz stringer fed Golden creek.
The Chandelar is about the same as
when the last reports reached the Yu
kon in January. Both Trail and Mon
arch creeks are producing, but so far
no other creeks have been bedrocked
on account of water.
The Dali river quartz ledge is still be
ing prospected; a tunnel will disclose if
it is a true fissure or a mere pocket or
breakof from the ledge by a slide.
In From Toolavana
George Shirley arrived from the Too
lavana Thursday and will remain in
camp until the river opens, when he
will return. Shirley reports Williams,
Fancher & Neville hard at work sink
ing shafts.
Shirley is deeply interested in the
the new strike made on the north fork
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of Pioneer on a former claim of his.
He states that he did not knowingly
let the claim lapse, but arranged with
Charley Bevens to do the assessment
work. Bevens told him he had done it,
but subsequent developments proved to
the contrary.
LOST. —In town or on Big Minook, a
check for $200, payable to the order of
John Spodnek. Payment stopped. A
reward wiil be paid upon return to the
local telegraph office. John Spodnek.
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OLD PIONEER
Carries a Full and Complete
assortment of the Finest - -
Brands of Imported and Do
mestic WINES
...LIQUORS and CIGARS
RAMPART
TANANA
JOE ANICICH
Proprietor
FRANK BROWN
FREIGHTING
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TEAMING & JOBBING
...Dry & Green Wood Sold... ^
IMMEDIATE FREIGHT DE- %
LIVERIES TO ANY CREEK. £
Walter Sundborg
Freighting
Goods DELIVERED Anywhere
DRY WOOD FOR SALE
Leave orders at MINERS STORE
C. H. GIBBONS. M. D.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office Hours: I to 3 p. m. and when not otherwise engaged
Office and Residence, Second Avenue
James B. Wingate
NOTARY PUBLIC
Forum Office
Rampart
GEORGE A. SALISBURY
Attorney at Law
Rampart Alaska
Masonic Association of Rampart
Meets on the last Saturday evening of each
month. All Masons invited to attend.
J. H. Hudgin, M. D. Pres. J. B. Wingate, Sec.