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WHAT IS BEING DONE BY CAPITAL AND LABOR TO DEVELOP
ONE OF ALASKA’S GREATEST INDUSTRIES
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THE TUNNEL between the
Bonanza mine and Mother
Lode mine has been driven
through and these two big
copper properties are now
connected and the power from Ken
necott will be used for both opera
tions.
Activity on Dome Creek.
A recent arrival from Dome creek
reports that from the appearance of
things on that creek there will soon
be considerable activity in the min
ing game.
On tte strength of finding the lost
rich Dome paystreak by Emil Dorf
ner at the mouth of the creek hopes
have been revived and a great amount
of prospecting is being planned, to be
done between where the coarse gold
was lost several years ago on 7 below
and the place of the present dis
covery.
At the present Charlie Shiek, a
pioneer of the creek, is sinking a pros
pect hole on the steep hill, first tier
bench, left limit, opposite 9 below. Mr.
Shiek has encounterd thirty feet of
slide rock in large slabs and has been
compelled to use powder to blast his
way down. He has a theory that
under the deep slide lies the true
Dome channel, which, whenever
found, always contained the rich pay.
J. P. Schoeser, the Fox blacksmith,
has taken a lay on Crowley’s ground,
8 below. This claim was worked by
the Buckley Brothers in the early
days. They worked out a run of fine
gold, not having located the lost
coarse run. It is reported that
Schoeser intends to prospect the
ground thoroughly with a Keystone
<UJ ill.
The informant stated that on
Fraker & Nelson’s ground, where
Dorfner located the lost paystreak,
active preparations are going on and
a large crew will be worked this sum
mer. On 7 below Dockham & Co. have
out a large dump ready for sluicing.
They will also work a crew the com
ing summer. On 3, which is being
worked by a party of Finns, and Ner
land, on discovery, also have out win
ter dumps waitng for the water to
run.
Owing to the unsettled conditions of
claims 9 and 10 below, which belongs
to the McAvoy estate, no lays can be
let upon this ground, although sev
eral responsible parties are willing to
take lays on the ground.
Three Dredges in Circle District.
James Hamil, representing the Ber
ry interests in the Circle district who
recently passed through Cordova on
his way to the interior, accompanied
by six dredging and hydraulic experts,
will operate three plants this year;
the dredge on Mastodon creek and
hydraulic plants on Eagle and Mam
moth creeks. The dredge will require
about twelve men, the hydraulic
plants about twenty-four. >
Those who will be connected with
the dredging operations are H. Heit
man, who will be in charge, L. V.
Stanley, S. C. Ensor and C. A. Hof
fart, all of San Francisco. The addi
tional men will be picked up at the
scene of operations.
The hydraulicking operations will
be under the supervision of J. Mc
Pherson. The crews for these two
outfits will likewise be picked up in
the Circle country.
Prospecting on St. Patrick.
Old nearby St. Patrick creek, one
of the first creeks in Fairbanks to
show indications of having a pay
streak and on which pay has at dif
ferent times over a period of years
been located at variance with the
theoretical ideas concerning the de
posit of the valuable mineral, will be
more thoroughly prospected this year
than ever before. As far back as
1906, when Whitman and Murray, and
others, operated large plants on the
upper part of the creek and since
which time other small plants have
been working, the creek has been
more or less prominent in the history
of the camp.
The recent developments of the
creek shows that a paystreak Is likely
to be found most any place. Last
winter a dump was taken out by
Reagan & Co. and Bodin, Stay & Co.,
located pay away over on the left
limit last summer and have out a
large dump. Other developments of
the creek are those of Sherrard, Lil
ly & Kelly, who have a 90 horsepower
plant installed on the Sagan fraction.
A working shaft has -been put down
and timbered and operations will be
commenced on a large scale probably
by the time the sluicing season com
Two large Keystone drills are now
on the creek; the Gus Peterson drill
and the Crosby Keene machine, the
latter having been brought from the
Tolovana quite recently by Sherrard
and his associates. This drill will be
used by them in systematically pros
pecting the upper part of the creek.
The Peterson drill, which did much
prospecting below discovery on the
extensive holdings of Mr. Peterson,
has been thoroughly overhauled and
is working well, having put one hole
to bedrock of a series that will be
bored for the purpose of crosscutting
the lower and deeper part of the
creek.
A friendly rivalry has sprung up be
tween the two drill crews and through
the efforts of both machines St. Pat
rick creek should be well prospected
before the summer is over.
Ruby Is Picking Up.
According to recent advices three
local strikes have occurred in the
Ruby district, viz; Long, Poorman
(lower) and Fourth of July, two
claims on Greenstone turned out un
expectedly well.
The new prospects on Long and
lower Poorman are as yet merely
holes down to bedrock, but with very
good ground showing up there. On
Greenstone the claims being worked
comprises ground that the Yukon
Gold Company leased to other parties
as they did not believe it worth while
to work it with the dredge for a new
season on account of the limited area
of ground.
The only production going on in the
camp is on Me-catch-um creek, a
tributary to lower Long. There are
five different outfits working on this
creek. The pay is very narrow and
everyone is working in a small way.
Only one of these outfits is doing well.
On Spruce creek a couple of outfits
are working and only one of these
has anything worth while, the lucky
one being Kred La Belle. As far as
other mining activities are concerned
the rest of the camp is stagnant, with
no new creeks reporting pay from the
winter’s prospecting.
The so-called new strike on the
lower Yukon caused quite a small
stampede from there but they are all
returning one by one with the inform
ation that ther is nothing there and
advise all those who are on their way
or contemplating starting for the
scene not to go.
Trying to Locate Lost Paystreak
That Ben Brumbaugh and asso
ciates, mining in the Tolovan country,
are making a determined effort to lo
cate the lost paystreak in Livengood
is evidenced from the latest reports
to be received from that comp. A
large Keystone drill, which ig oper
ated by the Brumbaugh group, is at
present working cross-cutting the
wide flats of that creek, trying to lo
cate the missing pay, the scene of
the present operations being below
the mouth of Lillian creek.
The men behind the undertaking
evidently share the belief of most of
the mining men of that camp that the
coarse Livengood run of gold con
tinues through these flats, under sini
ilar conditions as existed in the rich
Dome creek pay, which continued
down the famous Niggerhead claim to
the Chatanika flats.
Drilling on Steele Cre^
The Howell drill) which is prospect
ing on Steele creek, is still boring
holes to bedrock on the newest, addi
tion to the mining creeks of the camp.
According to Information twenty
holes have already been put to bed
rock and operations will be continued
until the creek has been thoroughly
prospected.
In addition to the prospecting the
drill will put down four, more holes
to bedrock that will be used by Mike
Rakovich in sinking his working shaft
on the claim on which he took a lay.
Wifrhin the next few days active op
erations will be commenced on the
sinking of the shaft and good results
are looked for as soon as bedrock is
reached.
Strike Is Much Overrated.
According to advices received from
Fairbanks in a wire to Judge Charles
Bunnell, Commissioner Thomas de
Vane of Ruby, who has recently re
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:urned to Nenana from the scene of
;he reported strike on the Stuyahok
river in the lower Yukon region, says
;hat hundreds of holes had been sunk
to bedrock in that regron, and with
the exception of one or two holes in
which some little pay was found, the
labor spent in sinking the holes was
absolutely unproductive or any
results.
Mr. deVane remained in the Stuya
hok country for some time and made
a very thorough investigation before
returning to Ruby.
Strike on Stuyahok River.
A telegram from Joe Crabtree of
Marshall, a well known former oper
ator of Nome, contains the informa
tion that he has Just returned from
a trip to the new strike on the Stuya
hok river and that they have found
good prospects on the benches and
ther is a fine chance for a good camp
to develop.
It seems that all the Marshall pop
ulation has stampeded to the new dig
gings and reports coming back are
very encouraging. The camp Is lo
cated 12 miles from the Yukon and
about 50 miles in an air line north
east from Marshal, on the border of
the Second and Fourth division, but
most likely in the Fourth. The Bon
asila river of which the Stuyohok is
a tributary empties into the Yukon
midway between Holy Cross and
Anvik.—Industrial Worker.
In the Nome District
Fred Barnofsky has left for Hastings
creek to look after his mining inter
ests there.
Sam Fernengel is makinig a flying
trip to Council, where he will look
after some mining interests acquired
by him and Fred Mebes.
Fred Mebes, the only operator in
the Submarine paystreak this winter,
has fourteen men employed taking out
pay which had been blocked out early
this winter. He has several months’
work in sight, and will extract quite
a good-sized dump. Fred says that he
would have a good proposition if the
running expenses had not increased
so enormously..
Attilla Cordovado is reported to be
in fair "a- at Deering, having sent
down for some men. He seems to
have some difficulty in procuring the
necessary help In Deering at the
wages he is offering.
All the prospectors are taking ad
vantage of the remarkable warm
weather we are havinlg at present
and considerable work is being accom
plished by the seekers of the yellow
metal.
Gus Hed, who with Martin Strand
!s doing considerable development
work on a quartz property owned by
them on Nome river, was in town
for more supplies. He states that they
have been busy driving a tunnel on
their property, and that they are well
satisfied with the results obtained so
far. Their judgment that they have
a good proposition has been fully con
firmed by assays obtained by them
from reliable authorities.
Chris Niclanovich and John Tomic
are busy as beavers prospecting on
Hobson creek. They have located
some pay which they intend to take
out this summer by ground sluicing.
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Spring Work In Klondike.
Spring mining operations are get
ting well under way throughout the
Klondike camp. Dredge, hydraulic and
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