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buried by Wm.
ussian Bill,’ on the Good
river in 1902. The effects were
arned over to Lieut. ‘Mitchell of the
signal corps. ‘Russian Bill, ’• not being
able to read English, left no address
with Lieut. Mitchell.
“August Meyers, and not Wm. Sha
fer, found the diary.
• ‘I left for *he Goodpaster country on
the steamer Delta, bat only made 29
miles in nine days. We came back with
the steamer disabled. It is getting too
late for me to attempt it again, as cir
cumstances over which I have no con
trol make it compulsory for me to go
outside this winter. I have arranged
with this August Meyers to go for me.
He knows tile location of the camp.
He will ship the remains to Mankato,
Minn.
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
fines levied.
M. W. Sinclair, President.
Hoosier Creek Enterprise
The hydraulic pipe which came in for
the defunct Hunter concern, and was
bought by the. new Hoosier company,
will be hauled out to the creek shortly
for rivetting. All together the concern
has secured some 13,000 feet of pipe.
> Mr. Wand will rush construction of line.
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Lumber For Milling Purposes
is Likely To Be Reasonable
There is a quiet fight going on in the
local lumber trade. What the future
will brip^ lorth ii> the way of prices no
one c'an say, but at any rate the con
-Stimer will be none the loser.
Manager John Stanley of the dredg
ing concern is cutting lumber on Big
Minook for $40 per thousand. The
cost, freight added, across the divide
will be around $90. A makeshift mill
on Eureka creek with a capacity of
1*000 feet per diem, has charged $125
for a species of lumber. This supply
was entirely inadequate.
It is reported that the proprietor of
the Eureka ‘sawmill’ is highly incensed
at Stanley’s entrance into the lumber
business, and claims that Stanley is
‘butting in’ and trying to ‘hog’ both
the dredging and mill businesses of the
camp, and that $125 is about right for
lumber—across the divide—but that it
will be lower.
It is now highly probable that the
Stanley mill will go over the divide as
lumber contracts for this side are filled.
The plant will be set up in the Hootli
nana forests. This is owing to the con
stantly increasing demand for sluice
and fiume purposes.
Big Minook Pipe Line
Loses Considerable Length
The Big Minook hydraulic pipe line is
just 500 feet shorter than it really
ought to be. This is owing to contract
on caused by the cold weather and oth
er causes, principally the utter absence
of slip joints in its construction. Mr.
S. P. Bobbins, the local representative
of the company, states that all present
defects in the line will be remedied in
ample time to allow operations to begin
with the first appearance of water in
spring.
Mr. Robbins is not an hydraulic ex
pert, neither is he a ‘natural born' me
chanic; simply a first-class machinist.
He is eminently qualified to make the
required joints and air valves, so that
the pipe line portion of the enterprise
will be perfect. Mr. Robbins stated
that he did not know whether Manager
Koonce would return next spring or
not.
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Strictly First-class
The BEST MEAL in Town
Meats, Fish and Game
Bakery: Bread, Pies, Cakes
Harry Callham,
&/>e King
LACEY
WHISKEY
Horthem Commercial Co.
Distributors
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From Our Exchanges
Two thousand and forty acres of pla
cer tin ground in the Cape York region
have recently been bonded to Enf >
capitalists for $5,000,000.
Seattle papers chronicle the death of
Mrs. Joanna Russell. Mrs. Russell was
the mother of Emmett Russell an old
time resident of Rampart.
Cortes Ford has been appointed com
missioner at Haines by Judge Gunnison
of the First division. Ford was elect
ed to the position by the citizens who
then requested Judge Gunnison to con
firm their choice.
The biggest nugget ever found in
Alaska, which weighs 202 ounces, and
is worth $3726, is exhibited as part of
Nome’s display at the Lewis and Clark
exposition. The nugget is kept in a
cage but visitors are permitted to lift <
it. ' ‘ ■
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The Miocene Ditch Company anr’ e
Campion Company at Nome have se. J.
their differences. By the terms of the ■
settlement the water rights in contro
versy are divided equally; the Miocene
to take the first 2100 inches from Buff
alo creek, but there will always be 1200 |
inches left for the Campion Company.
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