DREDGES MAKE MONEY
ON SOLOMON RIVER
The Solomon correspondent of
the Nome Nugget, under date of
October 16, says:
“Mining operations on Solo
mon river during the past sum
mer have proven beyond contro
versy that the dredge is the ma
chine that pays the dividends,
and so convinced of this fact are
a number of claim owners on the
river that they are making ar
rangements for the installation
of a number of additional dredges.
“The dry weather which has
prevailed during the past two
years has demonstrated conclu
sively that the ditching schemes
are not a success. Too much de
pendence must be placed upon
the elements. Not one of the
companies owning water systems
of mining have made a dollar this
summer, and it is safe to say that
some of them are heavy losers.
They have had to keep up their
ditches and hold them in readi
ness for rain that never came.
“The five dredges working on
the river, however, have kept
digging away, and while it is im
possible to get definite figures of
the amount of gold taken out, it
is known for a positive fact that
every tone of them has made a
large profit.
“The Three Friends dredge
lias turned over an average of
nearly 3,000 cubic yards every 24
hours, and the Pearson dredge,
on the adjoining ground, has
treated about the same amount.
CHAS. B. ALLEN,
Attorney at Law
Rampart, Aka.
Legal Papers Carefully Drawn.
Stoddard Kay
THE
NORTHERN.
BEST WINES
LIQUORS AND
CIGARS.
Pool Tables In Connection.
Stoddard Kay
H. L. HEDRICK,
GENERAL
BLACKSMITH
AND MACHINE SHOP
Horseshoeing Repairing
Near Cor. Campbell ave. and 2nd St.
Rear of Yukon Saloon.
BILLIARDS
AND POOL
Elegant New Tables
Gibbon Bar
BEST OF WET GOODS
That their cleanups have been
satisfactory is demonstrated not
| alone in the fact that they kept
working, but also in the fact that
! efforts have been made to secure
more ground on the same stream.
“The Silverten and Wilson
dredges, two small machines,
have done excellently. It is true
that they have not washed as
i much gravel, but the running ex
penses have been lighter. It is
common report here that Silvert
sen took out sufficient money this
summer to purchase an additional
12 claims on the river.
“The steam shovel operated by
Webb & Williams has also done
considerable work, but, as in
other cases, it is impossible to se
cure any definite figures on the
product. Your correspondent
talked with one of the principals
in this firm the other day, and
was informed that a fair margin
of profit had been made on the
season’s operations.
“Among the new propositions
is a plan to place two big dredges
and two smaller ones on the up
per reaches of the stream. The
current in these places presents
somewhat of a difficulty, but it is
one that can easily be overcome
by the use of additional “dead
men.” All things considered, the
people here look for a most in
dustrious season next year.”
SECOND-GLASS MAIL
MADE GOOD TIME
| Fifteen sacks of second-class
mail for Tanana, Rampart and
Hot Springs arrived at the post
j office from the Outside via. St.
j Michael last Friday afternoon,
j being the last consignment for
: warded by that route this fall,
j Newspapers from the Mississippi
j valley as late as Oct. 13 were re
| ceived — which is considered very
I good time for the early-winter
[season. _
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Gold in the Cordilleras
Goldfields in Pern and Bolivia east'of
the Andes have been described by W.
M. Conway before the Royal Society of
Arts. On the Beni river below the
Gorge at Guanay is a lake basin filled
with gravel carrying as much as $4.23
gold per cubic yard. On the neighbor
ing Inatnbari river gold has also been
found. In both cases deep and flat
lying gravels occur. Companies have
been formed to mine them. The vari
ous experts who have examined these
gravels have tested surface gravels
only.
In Incahuara, however, many pits
were dug and the ground was explored
to a depth of 16 feet and found to be
rich. At no place has bedrock been
reached. Neither has the bed of either
river been examined. Only one method
of working these gravels is practicable,
and that is by dredging. There is not
grade enough for sluicing.
At Incahuara there are no boulders,
the largest stones being little bigger
than a man’s head. Most of the reaches
of the lower Inambari, except where
torrential side streams enter, are also
void of boulders. On both rivers the
ground is loose, a mere mixture of
stones and sand without clay. The
current of neither river at proposed
dredging points is swift enough to
make trouble for a dredge. In flood
time it can float over and excavate the
banks or can be worked in a paddock.
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During low water it can work the bed
of the stream. The transport of dredges
to these remote places is difficult and
costly.
The extent of the two dredging
grounds is not known. The only part
of the ground yet examined thoroughly
is the Inenhuara basin. This contains
10,000,000 yards of workable gravel to
a depth of 30 feet. Its surface has
been sampled and has nowhere been
found to yield an average of less than
$1 and in many places much more.
The bedrock value is likely to be much
higher, and so is that of the actual bed
of the stream. An average of 75 cents
per cubic yard is not an extravagant
estimate. At this rate the Incahuara
basin alone contains $7,500,000 worth of
gold. For 100 miles below the Inca
huara basin it is believed that the
Beni gravels contain gold. There are
numbers of places where it has been
definitely found.
On the Inambari a much longer
stretch has been actually sampled than
along the Beni, and as much as $5.30
gold per cubic yard has been obtained.
The Inambari, therefore, is likely to
yield as much gold as the Beni. The
lower tributaries of both rivers con
tains alluvial gold. Indications point
to the conclusion that this part of the
eastern slope of the Cordilleras is a
real gold field of great size and im
portance. Its southern limit seems to
be about the latitude of about Mount
Illihani, but its northern limit is un
known. That it reaches far to the
north of the Inambari valley is proba
ble. Gold is reported on the Yucayli
river and elsewhere, but the informa
tion is at present vague.—Mining and
Scientific Press. |
ARCTIC BRETHREN
HAVE Hl-Yll TIME
Two "cheechacos from below”
were initiated into the Arctic
Brotherhood last Monday even
ing, and from the amount of
noise and laughter to be heard in
the vicinity of the lodge room
the candidates certainly got all
that was coming to them. The
meeting was one of the largest
ever held by Camp Gibbon, and
now that the members and offi
cers are becoming well ac
quainted with the initiation
work, the weekly gatherings are
hugely enjoyed, and lodge night
is looked forward to impatiently
by the brethren. Several appli
cations for membership are now
being considered by the camp,
and there’s plenty of fun ahead
for the entire winter.
Judging from the progress the
local camp is making, it will, al
though the “baby” member of
the sisterhood of lodges forming
the order, soon be one of the
best equipped and strongest.
TO RESCUE MANY
“WHITE SLAVES”
Denver, Oct. 26.—“Before the
Civil war a negro girl of good
physique would bring from $800
to $1,200, when sold on the block,
but today in Chicago and in every
other big city in the land you can
buy a white girl for 50 cents.” So
declared the Rev. Melvin E.
Trotter, founder of the Grand
Rapids Rescue Mission, who de
livered lectures at Central Pres
byterian church yesterday after
noon and Central Christian
church last night.
The white slave traffic, de
clared the speaker,“is the great
est menace of our modern life.
Girls getting off the trains in
large cities are met at the depots
by agents of an organization
which has branches in all parts
of the world for the propagation
of the white slave trade. Drive
them from one city and they go
to another. I knew an instance
of a minister's daughter who at
tended our mission and prayed
with us, meanwhile coaxing away
young members of the mission to
a life of shame. The mission is
the refuge of the poor, degraded
and downtrodden who need a
boost in life. We clothe and
feed their bodies and rescue their
souls.”
Trotter raised $2,800 at the two
services for the Sunshine Mission
| in Denver. He lias established
21 rescue missions in the United
• States, and he is about to organ-1
i ize five more.
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There'll Be
Mushers
Galore
On the trails this winter looking for good places to stop—
more than ever before known in the history of Interior
Alaska—and the roadhouse and hotel keepers who introduce
their places of business and their accommodations to the
man along the route is the fellow who'll get the trade. The
Tanana Leader makes a specialty of printing large and small
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rigors of the Northland elements.
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THE LEADER
Tanana, Alaska
On One of the Last Steamers We Received Our Yearly
Supply of Paper for
Commercial Job Printing
OF MANY KINDS