Yukon Valiev News
VOL. III.
RAMPART, ALASKA, \VKI IN LSI > A Y, APRIL I!, 1007
No. :’,2
BIG MINOOK CREEK
Ground Shows Up Well Where a
Hydraulic Company Formerly
Planned to Operate.
$100 A WEEK’S PICKUPS
Work primarily undertaken for rep
resentation purposes l>y Sid Williams
and Frank Nelson on No. 40 Bio Minook,
has resulted in a great surprise. In the
einirse of a week the men pieked up$100
in coarse gold and pannings have shown
so favorable that they will lose no time
in piling up as Big a dump as possible
before the water comes.
Their ground has a reputation of car
rying most of the gold in the bedrock,
and without further particulars the bare
statements above might be misleading;
but at the very least it is certain they
have cause to feel pretty good.
Their ground was included in the
group on which the ltampart City i iold
Mines Company set up an up-lo-uato
hydraulic plant in 1!K)5. From one
cause or another the season slipped aw ay
without the capacity of the plant or the
writs of the ground having a thorough
tost. The plant was removed and oper
ated on Hoosier with fair success last
year. It is to he worked on the last
named creek again this year, and the
pr sped seems fair for a successful run.
On tin I'.ig Mitmok, another claim that
was in the scope of the llampart City
Company's original intentions, high
water in the creek laid hare a nugget,
said to be worth flat), afti r the removal
of the hydraulic plant.
PROSPECTORS ON MELOZI
ACCOMPLISHED NO GOOD
('om-'nlonililo on the Mo
Inzi, \> hero fnvoruMt* |>r* *-|-« «■« -* ho re
Kti>l lo lutvo boon foil ml Ki-t mnninor,
han Uoii |>r«xluotiv« of imtiHul r<—<ilt«
tiiin winter.
Tlmt in Ihr ih »h Kil Itiitlrrman .-anl
two moil liroiialit in from tlio Motor i to
Tatiana l.of.iro lio loft tli.it plaoo with
tlio mail lu«t k.
!• i: .» o -till working on tlio
. , i at llioy niv |irottv mnoh ilin
IW.i||i
ELIJAH III IS DUD
OF BLOOD POISONING
I NI,». .* • .1 »hit AlrtuifU r
Kli|uh III. *»l m
• Irutl nl »««»»t iitf r- flw l;»*t liv
by hi« i« Mr»l thr
«rr %!%*•*« m| a |»|i% ’inun. Many •*!
*!*•* Ld «tv*k ftr*l I- r VfliVM r»llu>l
U* buu In 1«* U»t b*ni9».
COURT AT FAIRBANKS
Rampart Prisoners Probably Be Tried
This Session.
FAIRBANKS, March 28.—Judge Gunnison arrived
yesterday and opened court today. He will call grand
and petit juries. The prisoners in Rampart jail will
probably be tried this term.
t'ourt In.'adjourned in Valdez, and Judge Wicker
1 uneau.
STRIKE ON DAWSON BENCH
May Foretell Paystreak of Extraordinary
Proportions.
What may prove to he a find of more
importance than any hitherto made on
this side of the linker Creek divide was
reeently made on the high liench oppo
site No. 12 bauson ereek.
bauson ereek is a tributary of Hunter
coming in on the left limit at No. 22.
Where the strike is reported the bench
or bill is steep.
< tharley Johnson and Charley Swan
son sank a shaft -to feet to bedrock at
the foot of the hill and then drifted
tin feet straight hack under the high
ground, with the result that 122 pans
washed from end to end oi the drift
averaged 7 cents to the pan. lledruck
pitched under the hill and pr< s|«-cts
improved as work progressed. At the
further end • f the drift |.'I2 was washed
out of less than a cubic yanl of dirt, one
$11 nugget til ing found.
Drifting was then stopped and a new
shaft started which will tap the bedrock
to feet further under the bill.
The new shaft may prove to be To feet
deep or more, and until it is bedrocked
nothing further will become known re
garding the extent of the gold.
Hearing that James Langford bad
been in the drift, be was i|iiestioned
and said the information previously
gathered, outlined above, is substan
tially correct, lie also said be saw gold
in the gravel at the end of the drill
when work was left off and knows that
that part of the working is in exceedingly
good ground. Mr. Langford feels more
than ordinary interest in the outcome of
the -trike for the reason that he himself
put down thirteen holes in Dawson
creek at that |»>int in 1!KM.
Is the Pay Coextensive With the Gravel Plain?
I>> mrii hiniihar with tlic lay tin
icrottml thf <trikr mi tin- Ihiw«»n t'rffk
U’tit'h hull!■* mit (mil |irt»mi.*t'. It liviirt
• utl a 1iiii«-Iii’IiI thfiiry that thf iinmt
ini|M.riant run • .< if..1.1 in wlmt I* ttrmfil
thf Miinmk t'rffk tfrotip • thf iliatritt
it ytt nmlftinfil.
Thf i-trikf i< hftwrMi llnuttr ami
l.ittli MiiiiH.k. in a |«>rtit«n .>1 a wnat*
«iiiil-l. |.in« arivil plain that
if.’in ht .tr tlw V nk.ai wmif tfii ntilft
watlhwfttrrly lt> Kultjr rre-a k- thf iftnit
l.irfb taMf *.| tihl-fhamtfI witalt whifh
hut l*i ii t ill lit marly all thf important
I ay trtrkt ami a m^awi to W thf
-••nrtt. alt lli«- aulal in thf \|inn»k
rvai.’tt.
Hunter, Little, Mm«M>k, Little Min«»ok
Jr.. llo«>'i«r am! creeks are
note# I instunees nf im stern stream- etif
ting the t*l*ler-an-h U-iieh above name*l
ami «li«trihutiiig the if*I in the lower
level?*. The similarity in the eluirartrr
«>f goUl in these ereeks is striking |>r**»f
• ►f its eoiniiion origin.
The muvietton has groan as |>ru«|ieet*
itig has |*rogie»se«l that tlie g*»M •*( this
great mother hraeh is not ilt«trihute«l
haphaxartl throughout the oliler a ash,
hut a as l.int *|ov\n in «y»iet»uith* fa«hn>n
ami m»a vateml* in a regular |»»> streak
I la* sIk'I*- •listame If this theory is
e**rrvet the future i*| the \lim*»k valley
seetmn * |»r« *ftifert•**•• a ill he U*th l«»iig
ami great.
RAY RIVER SPRINGS
Outing Party Ate Fresh Eggs and
Enjoyed Adventures In the
Northern Wilds.
HASTY ACT OF A PET FOX
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Horace Boucher
and Walter Sundborg returned from an
enjoyable three weeks’ outing which in
cluded Kay Hirer Hot Springs. To and
from the springs each trip took four and
a half days.
Among the present-day luxuries of
the future-great resort the visitors found
a supply of fresh ranch eggs. Harden
ing will soon he commenced on the
warm ground and they w ill have new
grown vegetables at the springs almost
by the time the river breaks at Ram
part.
Mrs. Boucher brought back home the
tooth marks of l)r. llttdgin's pet fox on
her hands, which are more an evidence
of poor judgment than vicious temper
on the fox’s part. The trouble came in
this way: When Foxie's meal time ar
rived the lady followed Eddy Power out
to the fox house to see him give the
little captive its dinner. Kddy opened
the door and stooped down to get Foxie's
plate, when Mrs. Boucher's dog took
Eddy's measure (he isn’t tall at all),
jumped square over his head and en
gaged Foxie in deadly combat. When
Mrs. Boucher had succeeded in pulling
the dog loose Foxie was so excited that
he bit the lady, evidently by mistake.
Mr. Sundborg had bad luck on a
hunting expedition from the springs,
lie followed a moose track till the after
noon of the second day without sighting
the game. The track dually led down
into a deep gorge, and the hunter fol
lowed cautiously. Near the bottom of
the declivity a snowshoe caught over a
snag and landed Mr. Sundborg head
foremost in deep snow . Ilf course the
big moose was right there in the dump
of spruce, and of course it was far away
before the hunter could get righted and
ready to shoot. And of course the great
creature was not seen again, although it
was followed for two more days before
the chase was abandoned.
Mr. power was left alone at the
springs on the party’s return.
TO ESTABLISH A HOSPITAL
IN THE KOYUKUK COUNTRY
>knL'»;iy Al.i-k.tn : MU* t'artir, vtlm
wa* roitnrrtt-il with tin- |iinlK>t> K»wi*
in tiii* i ilv mu! who aiti-rwaril*
*w matron •>( tin- I ^>i-«->>|uiI ln>*|>ital at
iniilunlii, will lair iiiur#v ■>( a li..»|.|.
lal to I a* .-i.il'li'l.iil in 1 lir rurly *|irinif
in ll»- k >yukuk i"iintry Mu* t'artir
i» in tin n«i now, but will return a*
»*on aw naviuatimi «|tall liavi* Iwgiin ua
IW interior river*.