Otters Busy
as Beavers
There lias been no cleanup on Otter
the past week but everything is ready
for sluicing on several of the proper
ties, and we look hopefully to Andy
Hensley and George Utley for first re
sults this coming iveek.
At the mouth of Granite, on the
upper end of the Gumboot association,
Arnold and partners haye started sluic
ing in their winter dumps. They have
completed their llume, which is 700
feet long, well constructed.
Captain Worth, Schuyler. Billy Wise
and Captain Woods, who have the
lower end of the Otter association,
have got their gasolene- engine and
pump installed and are hoisting and
sluicing.
Abe Audett, on the Green fraction,
is getting his big plant in shape, and
will be sluicing in a few days.
On 2-a. bench Ole Widestrom and
partners are hoisting and sluicing some
good dirt.
Lipsitt's men, on the lower end of
that claim, are getting into shape for
the winter’s work.
Frank Tanike, on tlie lower end of
2 above, is still ground sluicing and
will be hoisting in a few days. He lias
bought out one of his partners.
Bates, Merritt & McKenzie, on the
upper end of 1 above, have been shut
down through the order of the court
for a short time.
Andy Hensley lias almost finished
scraping and will bo hoisting in a few
days. Great things are expected from
Andy's 400-foot lay, for it certainly
prospected good.
George Riley will be tearing it]) the
bedrock on his lay in a few days and
has the best wishes of those who
watched his systematic method of min
ing.
Mat'kle and Tuttle, on the Ceienc
fraction, are hoisting good money, as I
are the Bates boys 011 Discovery bench.
RESTAUHA^T
Discovery Otter
on Otter
Creek
C. S. Bernhardt & E. B, Duncan, Preps.
Fire Stations
STATION NO. 1 —Foot Willow street.
STATION nO. 2 —First ave. and Willow.
STATION NO. 3 -Second ave. next Smith's
Cun Store.
STATION NO. 4—Richmond and First ave.
STATION NO. S—First ave. near Miners
and Merchants Bank.
E. M. Sullivan, Fire Chief.
Food for
the Knocker
On Flat creek is registered the first
cleanup to which the ’’Guggs” lay
claim on the Wildcat lay. It weighed
up in the neighborhood of $7,000, and
represented about $1,200 a day or $100
to the shovel for a six days’ run. It is
expected that the remainder of their
cut will beat this average. If so, they
will take out somewhere about $40,000
out of the little cut they have opened
this summer.
Dave Johnson, above them, will be
ready for sluicing within a week. His
ground prospected the best on Flat
creek with the exception of tire Mari
etta.
Doc Madding is hoisting, and is re
ported as having better money than
the “Guggs.”
Malcolm McDonald and Lockio Mc
Kinnon, at tiie mouth of Flat creek,
are stripping quite a blook of ground
which they will tear out next spring.
But little work is being done in the
center of Flat creek with the exception
of prospecting. However, the laymen
on the Bonanza and Lynx associations
are opening up their ground in good
shape and will be heard from within
t lie next month.
Joe Martindaie, a well-known Butte
man and one of the staff of the Butte
Evening News, arrived here recently
to join ills old mining partner, G. F.
Kilroy. __
Cloth signs for trail advertising
at the Pioneer office.
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Watchmaker
DISCOVERY, OTTER
Formerly with E. A. Suter. Fairbanks;
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,—Q(fer Creek
One of tlie cleverest things perpe
trated on the public of the new camp
this summer is the advent of the Gold
Dust Twins, two astute political rnana
gors who hit the Iditarod in the inter
ests of Ed y. Orr, Republican candidate
for delegate. Col. Ousbv and Capt.
Gilmour make a splendid team, hut one
must see them in their specialty to
really appreciate them. Take the litt'e
cascaret, they work while you sleep,
and it is one continuous performance.
Given the proper scenario, which
may be a barroom, a convenient street
corner or the middle of the road, the
following one-act comedy is pulled off:
Col. Ousbv (pulling large, bulky en
velope from his inside pocket): “Yes.
we can show you why Wickersham is
against the Guggs.”
Capt. Gilmour (excitedly): “Now
where is Birch?”
Col. Ousbv (pulling memoranda from
envelope): “Wo have here photo
graphic reproductions of a letter and a
telegram—r”
Capt. Gilmour (ecstatically): “Oh.
where is Birch?”
Col. Ousbv (waving letter and tele
gram before excited populace): “Now,
gentlemen, what d’ye know about
that?”
Capt. Gilmour (jumping up and
down): “Yes, what d'ye know about
that? No interrogation there. Where
is Birch? Now, just tell me, where is
lie?'’ (Gazes from one to another with
compelling glance).
Col. Ousbv (returning papers to en
j velope): “Those are actual photo—”
Capt. Gilmour (imploringly): “Gan
no one tell me where is Birch?”
Voice in crowd: “Aw, come on and
! have a drink.”
General scramble.
Curtain._
IS
—
The Kuskokwim is the second largest
stream in Alaska and is perhaps the
best river for steamboating in that
country, with the possible exception
of tlie Yukon. Steamboats of large
size can ascend the river about 650
miles to the confluence of its two prin
cipal headwater branches, the East and
South forks, and smaller steamboats
have been up the South fork about 40
miles above this junction,and no doubt
could also ascend the East fork for
some distance. Boats with a draft of
two feet have ascended Takotna river,
a large tributary of the Kuskokwim
that heads against the sources of the
Irinoko, for a distance of about 60 miles'
to a point within 25 miles of Ganes
creek, whence supplies may be for
warded 30 miles farther up the Takotna
to the mouth of Big creek, which is
only about 12 miles from Ganes creek.
The Kuskokwim has not been used
to any great extent as a route for the
transportation of supplies, because the
country within its watershed has not
been prospected or developed, as has
the territory within the Yukon basin.
Another reason is that Kuskokwim
bay and the estuary or tidal portion of
the river's mouth has been considered
a hazardous locality in which to navi
gate ocean vessels, but this opinion ap
pears to be duq more to the fact that
this part of the Alaskan coast is
mapped only in rough outline, and is
not known in a detailed way, even by
the very few who have some personal
knowledge of these waters, rather than
the presence of any real dangers to
navigation other than those caused by
lack of acquaintance and proper charts
for guidance. When accurute surveys
of Kuskokwim bay and the channels
that run through its extensive shoals
are properly marked, ocean vessels
with a draft of 12 feet may enter and
ascend it to Belhel with safety and
despatch. In fact, even without these
aids to navigation, vessels with a
greater draft than 12 feet have entered
this river and departed from it success
fully. The United States fish commis
sion steamer Albatross, of 036 tons and
a draft of 13 feet, ascended the Kus
kokwim about 40 miles in 1880. A few
years ago another ocean steamer of
good size, the Leelanaw, of 1,923 tons,
went up the river to the second island
in the channel 40 miles below Bethel.
This point has since been known as
Leelanaw Anchorage. In 1908 the
Charles Haason, of 192 tons and 12 feet
draft, ascended the Kuskokwim with
several hundred tons of freight to
Bethel. Thus it may be seen that the
importance of this river as a route of
transportation has not been fully real
ized, although it enjoys the advantage
of being one of the two rivers in Alaska
which can be entered by ocean vessels
of commercial size. The other is the
Nushagak, emptying into Bristol bay.
Notice to Public
I am not responsible for any bills
contracted by my wife. Mrs. L. N. Mar
kie, or Elizabeth Markle, since June
14, 1910. L. N. Markle, Dis. Otter.
When you visit Flat creek call at
Carroll’s Globe Bakery and Coffee
House for a lunch.
MRS. ALLBRIGHT,
At PJo. I* A. DiS.
OTTER GREEK
Good Log Building
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
Good Clean Beds
Telephone—Long, short, long
Willow Creek, July 26.—With plenty
water here at present this creek is
showing up very well.
On the Wildcat association, which is
the principal producer at present, there
are six sets of laymen hoisting and
cleaning up every few days, and all
feel satisfied with the future of the
creek.
On the upper end of the Wildcat,
which is a mile long, King Bros. &
Spencer have a GOd-foot lay which is
paying well. Next below are Drake &
Hanson, who are cleaning up regularly
with good results. Fournier &; Co. are
next: they have A-l ground and have
splendid cleanups. Phillips, Kells,
Young & Carpenter with some of the
best ground here have uncovered a lot
of bedrock and are doing well. They
are putting quite a lot of dust into cir
culation.
McHaskell, Berg, Olson cc Collins
have the adjoining ground and they are
hoisting steadily and their cleanups
are very good and getting better uk
the time.
Gagnon & Lorange.-are on the lowet
end of the Wildcat ground sluicing and
will be producing shortly.
The association claim immediately
below tiie Wildcat on this creek b
practically unprospected, but the left
limit benches show a separate pay
streak. Haggerty & Co., wiio art
working eight men, open cutting theii
ground, which is only five to six feet
deep, and Billy Muckier, who lias live
tnen working a little lower down or
the same kind of ground, have had
trouble getting sluice lumber here,
will be shoveling in within a few days
They have one of the best and most
cheaply worked propositions in tht
camp, and will take out a lot of money
Lhis summer.
A good roadhouse, which was badly
needed on this creek, has been opener
opened by Henry Howard, where ah
travelers may be comfortably accom
modated.
Happy creek, at the head of Willow,
has several outfits prospecting, with
vety good results, and is in line as
winner. Pioneer Reader.
All sir.es of doors, sash and glass at
Anderson Bros. & Net-land. Willow st.
Store fronts made to order.
AT THE FORKS OF FLAT GREEK
First-Class AGGomniadations
Good Trail to Willow, three miles :
from Flat (,'itv
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r y
Development, work on the creeks is
now bordering on the result stage and
within the next, 30 days one will bo in
a position to give a rough estimate of
what Otter and Flat creeks will pro
duce this summer.
To date the outlook is most promis
ing. Operators who have been fortu
nate enough to have their machinery
first on the ground are more than sat
isfied with their work, which, after
each cleanup, they tackle with renewed
vim and energy.
The cleanups to date are good—bet
ter than the property holders antici
pated—and the outlook is satisfactory.
If the first cleanup on Flat is to be a
criterion of the w#alth of that creek,
its future as a producer is certainly as
sured. For it is said that the ground
where Harry Johnson and his “Gug
genheim” associates made their first
cleanup is not classed among the top
aotchers at the head of Flat.
Subscribe for The Pioneer now,
Henry Schneider
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