Slate Creek Tailings.
Fanned Ont For Prospector Read
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Koike.
Special Correspondence to the Phoafcctok.
Slate Creek, Aug. 11. —The
Tacoma people have found a new
pay streak and are working it for
all there is in it. They have on
three lines of l*oxcs anil are work
ing them two shifts every 24 hours.
Billy Finical has a tenas electric
light plant made out of tin cans
and electric candles. He uses these
through the dark hours of the
night so the men can tell the dif
ference between the gold and the
gravel. Mayor Dooley says that
when he comes down Miller gulch
at night the Tacoma looks like the
sand dunes around South Chicago
when he was a boy, and they went
anip'ng. The only difference is
these fellows hold a "No. 2” instead
of a sack, and look for the “main
squeeze” instead of the fellows to
drive the snipe. Papa McGee told
Dooley the Tacoma was a good
place to “snipe,” “Then they all
took one.”
All the claims arc working two
shifts yet though the nights arc
quite dark. Most of them have
changed time, cutting out the hours
of from 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Grogg & Johnson have finished
up the Tenas Fraction all but two
cuts, and have gone over to Chesna
and taken a lay on Discovery with
Eli Larson and Andrew Nelson.
All the claims in the district have
turned out dust this year beyond
the fondest hopes of tho owners.
The output will be far greater than
last year, consequently every one is
happy. Everyone is going to work
as late as possible and all are anx
ious to see the finish.
There is lots of fresh beef in camp
which is a Godsend, and costs 50
and tiO cents per pound, some of it
costs 75 centB. The choice cuts
Bubh as get served up to you at
Mine Host Herr NelsJepson’s Cafe.
Nels is what one might term “con
glomerat.” His dialect is that of a
Swene. He dresses like a Turk.
His cooking and pretty beard arc
decidedly Freuch. But he spends
his money and drinks like an
American.
Sam Miller and Bob Kelly ar
rived from Nizina yesterday. They
left Nizina about the middle of May
and came via Scoli pass, White riv
er, Nabcsna, Chusana, Tanada lake,
Bachaneta, Hatell river and Man
koman lake. They have been near
ly three months on the road, and
estimate the distance at about 500
miles. On the Nabesna they met
Leslie Suessdorf and Payment.
Jako Jacobson was on his way to
some strike to the east. On the
Chusana they met Norm Patterson,
who went in with Chet Johnson.
He had been 15 days on a diet of
ptarmigan and rabbit. Patterson
together with two other men and
Black Martha secured provisions
and made a break for Dawson.
Red McConnell and Joe Hueston
together with Tony Pierault and
Arthur Meaurn built boats at Na
besna and have gone to Fairbanks.
Moike.
Slate Ckeek, Aug. 19.—Water
has been very short on Miller gulch
for some time past. The rainy sea
son has been late but is here now
in all its gloomy glory, and all the
claims have started up again. It
is hardly possible that they will
be compelled to shut down again
before the end of the season on ac
count of the shortage of water.
Quite a number of men have left
Slate creek and gone to work for
Jack Tansy at Six Mile. There*is
quite a bit of excitement about the
bench diggings. This proposition
ol Tansy’s is situated about a mile
east of the old Six Mile camping
ground in a gulch coming in from
the north. Lumber for boxes has
been packed in from Hazelet A
Neal’s saw mill a distance of seven
miles. There is about twelve men
at work on the creek and all are
doing well. Much bench prospect
ing has been going on in the dis
trict this season, and nearly all
with good results. The benches on
which the Tansy outfit are working
extend from 8ix Mile to the mouth
of the Middle Fork, a distance of
nearly 18 miles. Where ever any
prospecting has been done good i
remits have l>ccn fount! and much
staking has la*en done. L. A. Deck
er and Willard («. Wright arrived
here Aug. 16, they report a pleas
ant trip. Decker brought in a train
load of tobacco, spuds, oranges.'
onions, beer and whiskey. Every
thing brought a dollar a pound ex- j
cept the beer and whiskey, which i
sold for 93 per quart. The tobacco j
brought 93 per pound. He wasj
about 4 minutes and 10 seconds*
disusing of his stuff. There was
“ Gne grund-a-dam-a-gonil-n-timc
among the hoys until the bottles
were emptied. And one of the boys,
a nice boy, has such lovely eyes,
and such pretty teeth, and is such
a good dancer—in fact he is so good
and innocent he even blushes when
he is 8|H)ken to, and with his pretty
blush, downcast eyes and coquet
tish nod of the head, will answer
; your questions in low, sweet tones.
That kind of a fellow he is. He,
The Innocent, was passing by a
crowd of those awful men from
Miller gulch. They stopped him;
some held him while others made—
actually forced—the poor fellow to
swallow—in fact they drenched
him, and drenches at $3 j>er drench
at that—some of that awful fluid.
I think it is a shame, that in a civ
ilized community such things
should be allowed to occur. When
he took his clothing out of pawn
next morning he was not dressed
in a barrel as previously reported.
Some of the men were mean enough
to refer to him as the bearded lady
from Bridgeport.
Cha9. McLane, Angus Gillis and
Jack Sargent are here bound for’
the Tanana They will pack their
outfit down to lioating water on
Delta, send the horses back, build
a boat and go on to Fairbanks.
Mr. \\ right seems very much
pleased with the country. He has
been doing quite a bit of assaying
since his arrival. The samples of
rock from Tanana found by Field
«fc Paulson he says are very good.
He has stirred up quite a platinum
excitement here. He says that all
the black sand the miners are throw
ing away contains a large per cent,
of platinum, especially is this true
of the Miller gulch claims and the
Date and Rosenthal property on
Slate creek. He is taking out a
number of samples^from the Ta
coma and Humdinger claims. The
Tacoma and Humdinger claims
seem to be the richest in platinum.
The other claims show up well. He
says that this is a very rich district.
He will go from here to Fairbanks
with McLane «fc Gillis; from there
will go to Seattle via St. Michaels
returning here in February via
Valdez.
Mrs. Strouse and Mrs. Austin
will leave in a short time. Mrs.
Strouse will be accompanied by
her son Will.
IS.li Larson, Andrew Nelson and
! Hrogg and Johnson are working on
discovery on Chisna with flattering
resultB.
Horses are getting very cheap in
camp, some sold yesterday as low
as $50. Decker had an auction
to-day and will leave for Valdez.
‘“Crit” Stevens and Fagenberg have
sold all their meat. Ben Cockrill
has seven and Con Begg has two
steers left. Cockrell will stay here
and sell meat until the close of the
season, and drive back to Valdez
what steers he does not kill. It is
needless to add that he is not likely
to drive any back. Con Beggs will
drive his steers back to Fisher road
house at Gokona. There would
have been a grand old famine and
lots of people would have had to
go out if the cattle had not come in.
Already 15 head of cattle have been
disposed of, and the chances are
good for Cockrill to dispose of his
remaining seven head.
From present indications the sea
son will be rather late in closing.
Moike.
John McCrary, expert horseshoer
and blacksmith, is prepared to do
all kinds of blacksmilhing at Cop
per Center.
Wood is expensive on Slate creek.
Get your meals cooked for fl. per
day by Jepson and you will need
no wood.
Elaterite Roofing, nothing equals
it.
Dry Bay.
Pry Ray, Cook Inlet, Ang. 1st.—
Things an* progressing slowly hut
surely at this place, Inerskin and
Oil Ray this season. Better indi
cations for an almost unlimited
supply of fine lubricating oil have
not l>een found anywhere.^. Thous
ands of acres are Ix-ing located l>e
tween Cape Douglas and Chinitna
Bay, a distance of 80 miles along
the Cook Inlet coast, and it is not
known how far north the indica
tions run.
At this place a well ip being sunk
ami is now down 1(100 feet. The
well has filled with water and a
new casing has been put in. Not
withstanding the Ida) feet of water
some oil is flowing, and recently
natural gas was struck in the weli,
and when lighted blazed up for 10
or 12 feet. If this gas coul l»e util
ized it could easily be used for fuel
for running the drilling machinery.
It is believed that as soon as the
casing in the well is completed and
the water pumjwd out that there
will be a good flow of oil.
Another well is being stink at Oil
Bay, a few miles from here and is
now down over dOO feet.
>\ ork on the well here is not pro
gressing rapidly, as the manage
ment of tho company is d sirot s
of having the surveys of the prop
erty completed before much other
work is done.
Mr. A. J. Adams, deputy U. 8.
surveyor, of your town, is here mak
ing a survey of two thousand acres
of land that will be patented. Mr.
Adams is accompanied by bi9 wife.
U. S. Commissioner II. II. Hil
dreth and marshal Geo. Sexton
made us a flying visit last month.
They went from here over the port
age to Illiamnu village on Illiamnu
lake.
A number of prospectors are
working throughout this section.
I)r. Pratt who spent Inst winter in
Valdez, is prospecting near Clark
lake and has brought out some very
fine specimens of coarse gold.
Several men are working on a
copper prospect near Illiamna lake
•and believe that they have a very
extensive ledge. They claim that
it is from thirty to fifty feet wide
and that they can follow it for 20
miles.
Judge C. G. Brooks well known
throughout this part of Alaska, is
now prospecting near Clark lake.
Mr. & M rs. Harry H. Hicks have
just moved into their new residence
at Illiamna. Mr. Hicks has two
trading stations in the Illiamna
country.
Ur. * air has secured a Kodiak
cub bear, which he will take out
to the states. The little fellow is
quite ferocious, and is a fine speci
men of this species of bear. The
Kodiak is certainly a distinct spe
cies of brown liear, as can be readily
ascertained from this cub. The
nose is shaped different and the
claws are more cat like, while the
color is different from the common
brown bear, being more of a bluish
brown.
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