Kennicott, April 13—Late ad
vices from Xizina report the trail
up the Chitjna and Xizina rivers in
perfect condition. W hen the Chit
itu and Dan creek contingent,
with Greer. - La kina outfit and Mc
Carthv’s Kuskulana division,
struck the glare ice at the mouth
af the Chittyna. on April 4, Geo.
M. Esterly piieu twelve tons on
cacti of his double bob sleds, and
with the snow plow well in ad-i
vance, fairly sailed along, covering!
ten and twelve r. lies in each day’s j
run. The trip up to the mouth of!
Xizina was made in seven days—!
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record time. Sour Dough cabins :
were reached on the evening of the j
13th inst.
The Bonanza outfit, consisting
of Messrs Davidson, Bill and Jack
Williams and Clyde Crenshaw ar
rived at the lower Bonanza cabins
on the 24th. They say that they
have had enough Tasnuna in
theirs to last a decade.
Ocha Pot e.', Ed Mitchell, Bill
Westlinger and Young Tweedon,
with the Donohoe-Barrett supplies
and assay outfit, delivered their
freight at John Barretts cabin on
the loth, and left the same day for
Potter’s property on the Chitty
stone.
Jack Smith, the discoverer of the
Bonanza mine, with his partners.
Oscar Heglund and Oscar Saal,
are camped on the copper claims
which they discovered last fall at
the head of McCarthy creek.
Peter Erickson broke through
the ice in th’e Nizina Canyon and
on emerging declared that it was
the most water he had seen for a
long time.
John Bloomqnist, foreman of
the Great Northern Development
Co’s, holdings on the Kennicott,
arrived at his cabin by dog team
from the Ivotsina on the 11th. He
found that Peter Peterson, who
had remained in as caretaker dur
ing the winter, had frozen one of
his feet, and that Frank McKen
na, one of the Bonanza outfit, had
amputated the end of one of Peter
son’s toes with a horse clipper.
According to late advices the pa
tient was convalescent.
Kotsina River, April 9—We are
now enjoying the finest of spring
weather. The snow on the south
side of the mountains is disappear
ing very rapidly and promises
eailv opportunities to prospect, al
so early grass for stock. Some lo‘
cations have already been made,
six claims having been staked by
W. Russel, who was sent in by
Captain Hartman, or the signal
service, early in March. At that
time there was from 6 to 7 feet of
snow, but owing to maps and in
formation obtained from H. B.
Greenig, who spent last summer
here, he * as able to make a good
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_ _-w-~7« r.vi c me cuppei de
posits were.
The Crawford party is within
four miles of their destination, and
will have everything at their per
manent camp in about five days.
The Amman outfit is near them
with its entire outfit.
The following outfits are now
abont 12 miles from their respec
tive summer camps: Sheehan A
Greenig, Sr., Gelineau A Lathrop,
Larson and party, Hyde A Greenig
Jr. The Hubbard Liliott Co. is*
hauling its provisions tf the Cop
per river at Billum’s cabin. It
was formerly their intention to go
via the mouth of the Kotsina, but
owing to the outbreak of a glacier
jam or lake the entire Kotsina
river was cleared of ice, making it
impossible to sled through the
canyon from its mouth. Although
the upper part of the stream is all
open there are bars on each side of
the river, and owing to this fact
the progress of all other outfits was
not checked in the least.
Charles Wulff ana lom Ken
ney are among the arrivals at Bil
1 urn’s cabin. The McCarthy and
Esterly outfits are now camped at
McCarthy’s cabin, on the Chittyna
river, with their entire outfits.
Other Tasnunaites are 9 |or 10
miles down in Woods canyon, hav
ing much trouble. It is reported
here that Jas. Fish is running
short of horse feed, and up against
a hard proposition with the bob
sleds, owing to so much snow on
the Copper. Aid will be sent by
all the Kotsina people as soon as
their own outfits are in. This will
enable Mr. Fish to get everything
in in good shape.
The trail this year has been
exceptionally good in all respects.
Dr. Billum will operate the Cop
per river ferry this summer, and
Len Thompson will establish a
roadhouse and trading post near
the old Stephens place.
Copper Kings
Nizina, April 15—The Esterly
outfit is on the way up Chititu to
day and will go into permanent
camp tonight. They have averaged
nine miles a day since leaving the
mouth of Teikhell river. The river
was pretty good but is now break
ing up just behind the outfits. The
Bonanza outfit, Potter, Williams
and Pete Ericson are-all in. Lev
ensaler is pulling up Lakina.
Weather is fine and prospectors
are gathering ammunition and yel
low backed novels preparatory to
the summers work. The ladies are
getting out their prckages of seeds
and onion sets Flowers are in
bloom on the hillsides already.
Goes Out To Wed.
W. R. Millard, left for Seattle
this morning where he will be
married to Miss Louise Baker, a
former resident of Chippewa Falls,
Wis. The couple will spend a few
weeks in the States and then re
turn to Galena bay, where they
will reside for the present.
Seattle. May 1—The waiters ar.cl
cooks union held a meeting last
night and will demand an increase
of wages and a day off every week.
If their demands are refused they
will strike.
Los Angeles, May 1—Hugh
Kelley arrived this morning to pre
pare for his fight with Twin Sulli
van May 10th. He is in the pink
of condition.
Brussels, May 1—There was a
severe earthquake in this section
last night, causing considerable
damage to buildings, but so far no
deaths have been reported.
Wstrngton, May 1 — The su
preme court has dismissed the case
of Chas. Johnson against Nels
Hulberg. This action awards val
uable placer mines at Nome to the
Swedish Covenant church.
San Francisco, May 1—Carmen
of this cityj have been in meeting
all night debating whether to call
a strike, but they decided to post
pone the matter for a few days and
will probably accept the Oakland
scale of wages as full settlement of
their demands.
Guatamala City. May 1—An at
tempt was made yesterday to blow
up the carriage of President Cab
reras, whiie he was driving along
the street. A bomb was planted
under the pavement and exploded
by electricity. The coachman was
killed but the ofher occupants es
caped unhurt. Revolutionists are
suspected of having committed the
crime.
Denver, May 1—Mrs. Thaw*
mother of Harry, has endowed the
new Westminster university at
Denver with $50,000
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for mon and beast. Hav and Grain for sale.
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