NEW HYDRAULIC SYSTEM NEAR
DAWSON PROVES TO DE A SUCCESS
A system of hydruulicking alloy ail
gravels in a creek bottom has been in
troduced on ifiget creek, in tlie upper
Stewart river country, by Elmer Mid
dlecoff, who is visiting the city, says a
recent issue of tlie Dawson News,
.Mr. Middlecoff is greatly pleased
with the results of his new scheme, and
declares It goes a long way toward
solving tlie problem of handling placer
gravels in the Northland, lie says:
"My system is to hydraulic the
gravel and all overburden and what
ever other material is in the way into
a bedrock drain or flume, and to shove!
out tlie tailings with a clam-shell
bucket. 1 had the plant in full opera
tion this season and uncovered 50,hue
square feet of bedrock in ground over
twenty feet deep. Dart of this ground
was uncovered by the hydraulic and
ground-sluicing system and part of the
malarial was handled Hum Hie surluce.
i had an average ol seven to tell men
employed on the job.
"The bedicek drain oi Hume is made
entirely of sneet steel, and is in sec
tions. U lats a total length of duo lot-!
and is so plated mat i piogicbs tip
stream With the vvoik. WuuU tne |.,w i
olid is clean anu Hie goid g.iUiercu, un
lower sections of Luc lluine uro taken
up and placed at tne term, anu tin
woia goes lucl.ny on. i tut aaK iiIk->
alia piuitkb ale uscu. t nave one noz
zle and lau pound pressure.
"iiie cium sued hucaet sets ut tin
lower end, anu nisi uig.- a piL foi Hit
tailings anu tlie watei to liovv into as
il pours from tne flume or uram. As
tne grave 1 begins to accumulate it i.
pickcti up from tlie pit ol the bursal
arm hurled on a lulling pile.
Tile bucket lias u cap icily of Ini ei
quel icis of a yard, nd will Handle an
m er..ge ol a yard a minute, wnn u is
ample for Hie present workings. .v
thirty horsepower engine and a twenty
horsepower boiler are hooked up toi
the job. Tlie bucket is known us u
flay ward, anU weighs a ton ana a hall
anU 1 am well pleased with it. it dig.'
the pit as rapidly as desired, ant
swings ihe tailings with a set lity-fln
foot bootn. We dump tlie tailings u
one side only, and call throw lliciu otu
15u feet from the shovel,
"Of course there may be some grouni
in ihe country which cannot lie worker
by tliis system, but 1 think my scheme
goes a long way toward solving the
problem of bringing low-grade gob
bearing gravels of the North into tin
workable zone. 1 hope to improve oi
it, and 1 also hope that It will be :
means of helping to open many creek:
which hitherto have lain idlo beeausi
of heavy costs of operation under (hi
old system.
“All rocky and clayey material i
thoroughly washed In till |.r>n «is. The
silt is carried out of the pit find sw, pi
down the creek b\ the water,
“We worked this last fall until no
vemher 1. I will return in short lime
to prepare for the coming season's
operations, and will work up .1 device
for handling the large rocks we on
counter.”
Mr. Middleeoff Is an old (line opera
tor. and worked on the creeks near
Dawson on an extensive scale several
years before going to Higher He is
the owner of a long stretch of ground
i n Highet, and plans to be working
there several seasons.
The scheme for hydraulic king in
creek bottoms was tried to some ex
tent in this country several seasons
ago by the Yukon Gold It had several
large steel elevators to hoist the gravel
as It was washed to the buckets which
worked on an endless chain after the
fashion of a dredge bucket line, and
the gravel was washed in a flume sup
piled by water from a big ditch along
the hills. .Mr M iddlecoff's sv.-tmi dif
fers from that of the Viilion (hdd inas
much as it puts stress on the bedrock
sluice box and has the lighter and less
expensive device for handling the tail
ings and all the washing is done on
bedrock instead of having to lift the
gravels for tlie washing process
TANANA MAY GET NEW
NAVIGATION OFFICE
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iiilurniuliuh received in 1'UiTDJinhfc
recently is to Liie eileci that llic oin
iciuis ul liie American-i ukun Naviga
tion company are now conleinplatink
1 i no construction oi a complete new set
"l buiidiiiiis ul Tahuiui, liie lown ul
i he mould "f liie Tauunu river. il is
1 evpectcd Liiul the construction Work
i v\ Ui stun in Lite cany sprint;, should
I me company Ueiimtely decide liiul such
l action shall be taken, which is us yet
n> no means a certainty.
When the American-1 ukoii Navig.i
j lion company look ov i the huldin^s
| "i the Northern Navigation company
iin interior Alaska, it was seen that Ihc
"dices ana other buiidihks at 1 anaiiu
i w ei« entirely inadequate lor the
j mount "l business done at that point.
• 'metals ol ui® company, passing up
and auwn me n\ er last summer, wm
• puck lu see llial such was Uie case,
with ine iesuit that the} recommended
the construction ul new buildings.
it is understood that plans ioi llie*
buildings uio now ill wu> ol prepara
lion, in place ol Uie little tog building
Which now selves as an ollice, a coni
muUious ollice building will be con
structed, should the plans mature, as
well as u good sized warehouse and
docks, lor Uie accomodation ol the
snippers ul Taliana. It is expected that
the new buildings will be placed on
or near the site <»i (he present uilio
rtuyiatmt and Kyer chucoata* and
bolter crisp at the Mow handy &tor*.
DNMUNM buLLL i j in use.,
i art 1-iAPN fc L iVIAUl. t»>\Li no-ti>.
| isliW 1 ullK sLiiapute'. Vi u.aJ.
riububiy ha\ e bet a el "iieuusi^ al
u ibuleii lu use ul dumdum build uiiu
u d lu clialgcs llml toe pluiliblteU ill ■ ->
'sites Were being useil in Uie iburupuaii
| liar, ueeuiilmg iu Dr. l. i-. Winker ul
I Slucktull, bill., will) da' in Hulidull
j w hen Uie war stulieii, and iviiu sei'i eu
in the ilurjus ambulance turps in
I Irance.
Dr. Walker, who airived litre "b the
steamer Arabic Hum Hivcrpnol tuduy.
said lie had failed to tint) auj evhlenee
"I the use nf dumdum bullets during
1 his service.
"Shruimel appears In have been used
; in nearly every battle." Dr. Walkoi
said, "and pieces nf steel entering the
i j flesh, making a small lade, wnubl enme
■ through on the other side, causing
■'great, gaping wounds, leading to the
i impression that soft nosed nr split bill
i j lets had struck the victims."
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TWO AUSTRIAN CFiEFS QUIT.
—
\IK.NXA. Kmperoi Francis Josapu
has accepted the retirement applicu
lions of Gen. Juiborius you Frank, com
mamler of the Fifth arm) corps, and
l ield .Marshal Arthur I i zyoorski.
Both were active m tier via. Gen. von j
I rank, who occupied Belgrade on Dec. |
2, retires, it is announced to ill lieal'h. j
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Nome. Alaska, March 25, 1M15.
Temperature—Max. 25, Min. H
Iurometer 30.2k inches.
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Wind X. E. 12 miles per hour.
Precipitation Trace snow
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