Yukon Valiev News
VOL. III.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1!K)7
No. 22
CHANDLAR18 UNTESTED
The following letters are self explanatory. They are
from intelligent, reliable men and show that the worth of
Chandlar has yet to be proved or disproved:
F. D. Decker to Jules Marion.
4!) below Lower, Hijr Creek,
Dec. 1, 1906.
.lull's Marion, Fort Yukon:
Dear Sir: In compliance with your
request, 1 now proceed to report you
what I can on this part of the moral
vineyard. F. very thing is staked from
hell to breakfast and across to dinner.
I got in on 87 below, where there are
some tine hills of gravel and a possible
chance, where 1 have also located you.
She may he rich as ... . I have
tieen up to diseoverv on Big creek.
Water is driving most of the boys out
up there, as well as below. A great
many are trying to get down and some
of them undoubtedly will, as a number ;
are trying on the benches and bends of
the creek. 1 am trying here for a half,
interest. We are just finishing a cabin
and will lie more than glad to see you if j
you come out; but you can learn very
little now. The ('oldfoot people who
are here are very skeptical of the camp.
People are coming to this creek from
other creeks anil say llifj creek is going
to he a prealucer if any of them is. As
near as 1 can learn three hundred odd
dollars was taken out at the head of
this creek, out of a strip IS bv til) feet,
which, if so, would make fair sniping.
There are a number of good miners and
prospectors here, and we are going to
try and find it, and of course we hope
to. Scarcity of wood is a big drawback.
High winds and water are going to
make the camp very slow to determine.
If you come up lie sure and call. You
can go up Pig creek to most all of them.
Judge Howard was here the other day
from Cold foot. He reports very few
|atopic recording. Most of Squaw creek
is open.
This camp has a la tter showing than
Fairbanks had at this same stage of the
game. We are in hopes that the iitini
ler of people who arc in here prospect
ing will find it even latter than Cleary
creek; but she is likely t»> la* another
Coldfoot camp, with a few good *|a>t*.
There are men here 'tigging now who
have been here three, foil r a ml six yearn,
but they mined-prospected all around
the Klondike If I bear of anything I
lielieve in, or see or tind anything, I'll
let you know. Sincerely,
I !•. I'm xKM.
Bob Sehaber to Dr. Carter.
Caro, Alaska, Jan. 7, 1!K)7.
Pr. ('. P. Carter, Rampart:
Dear Sir: Well, old chap, I am lo
cated in the new town. Got a good lot
on Front street. Getting out logs and
will soon he ready for biz. Have staked
a couple of claims—one for you and one
for myself. Things are not looking
quite us bright as they might, but you
Know now li is wnit mese new camps—
one day everything is booming and the
next she goes uj> in a cloud of smoke.
They are having a good deal of trouble
with water just now, and a good many
are getting a bit discouraged; but I
think everything will come out 0. K.
Manual t iuilarte, of Circle, is stopping
with me tonight. He has just come
down from Hig creek, where he has
bought some interests, and he thinks
pretty well of what he has seen up
there.
After I get what logs I need I will
take a good look over the camps and
then will be more able to tell you what
I think of the country. Thought best
to get a couple of good lots and get in
the logs while they are handy, as they
will be cut pretty fast once the gang
gets in. Well, if the camp makes good
we have a good chance. Am putting in
some good licks—up every morning and
me to the tall trees, with the big ax
hewing to the line, let the the chips
fall, etc., etc.
C'tirlv Munroe is here from Dawson
and is going to build.
Jim Funchcon came in a few days ago
and went up on Fast Fork, w here he
has been before and found a prospect.
I think I will put on the snowshoes and
trail him up.
I will write you a good long letter
when I have looked the camp over.
1 am yours truly, etc.,
Bob Mciiabkk.
kamparters to Go.
Lotiii >* yh r ii in from I.iltlf Minook
awl *-x|»vi'* in •. tu lli*- t'hamUar •
ty tonll. .lark may |C<> with
him.
Srvrral nth*-r» will go l»-(nr*- Ih*- mow
m«-ll« il III*- IM-WK fri-m the *litfK>»Ki* i»
favorahl*-. _
Tli* lairl«nli< Northern light Warn*
llmt M-\«-ral l-.il.r* luir hrrn takni into
t ham liar Iron* th«- K»ynktik
EXTENT OF THE QUAKE
Following the terrific gale
of the night of Sunday, Jan.
13, a distinct shock of earth
quake covering a large area
was felt on the night of Mon
day, the 14th.
At Rampart the disturb
ance was so slight that its
true nature was in doubt at
the time; hut at places not
far distant the vibration was!
more marked, and in some I
instances caused considera
ble alarm.
On Little Minook, Slate,
at “72,” and at other places
on this side of the divide a
noise resembling thunder—
said by some to be exactly
like that coming from a dis
tant snowslide—immediately
preceded the shock.
• Across the divide the shock
was quite as heavy as on this
side, and some cabins are'
said to be left out of plumb.
Mail Carrier Ed Bieder-!
man was at Fish ('reek on
the Yukon, and the shock
was plainly felt there and a
loud hissing noise was heard.
A rumor that considerable
damage was done at Tanana
was unfounded. The shock
appears to have been heavier
there than in this vicinity,
hut no further damage than
a wrenching of doors and
walls occurred. At Bybees
place billiard cue’s fell from
the racks.
The news from St. Michael
is indefinite. A tidal wave,
probably caused by the wind,
came in Sunday and was fol
lowed by the quake Monday.
The wireless station was put
out of commission and some
of the wire line destroyed.
Docks and other property
are damaged. A report that
the “canal” at the hack of
the island had been filled
with debris is unconfirmed.
Joe Minard, the mail car
rier between Rampart and
Fort Hamlin, heard nothing
of an earthquake.
Telegraph communication
was established with St. Mi
chael today. The line to
Fairbanks is still down be
tween Tolovana and Nenana.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
I late 3
Jan. l'>
Jan. 10
Jan. IT
Jan. 18 ■
ix. Min.
10 — l
5 —20
Pate Max. Mm.
Jan. 19 —52 —59
nan. 20 —:$2 —54)
Jan. 21 —IS —52
v lear, .>: j>urtly
Mini tier ol (lay*:
cloudy, rlumly,
Snowfall: .75 inch.
Fkkdkkiik K. Uadkr,
Voluntary Observer.
Alaska Road Commission.
In all thecommission »*x|n,iulwl ♦110,
000 la?*t year, tin* numey having U>**n
• ll follows:
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K*u«l from Koirtmnli* to rwln 3M«i
Koatl from Kaut|»orf •*» vri^lu
On K*»rt> mil* rl»ar 5.Sia»
K.iltutr-MMir ho* I w h»trr trail VW
V>m*-4'oiiueii road l.'W
Von* t«> Jhinl-Utu h |M.)slri>«k
Tlw rrtftiUir winter |ailro| u| the
t .»ii.» li,in |*»ltee I* ft IhiM-on for Me
I'lunon, on the Aretir, IV»*. 1*.
CLOSE CALLFOR ROGERS
Frank Rogers, teamster, narrowly
escaped incineration last Sunday night.
He occupied a cabin in front of Smith
it Burniss’s barn. Some men passing
about 7 o'clock noticed smoke issuing
from the cabin and rushed in and found
Rogers in a drunken stu|M>r with his
clothing afire and the cabin almost
ready to burst into flame. The man
was dragged out into the snow and the
tire extinguished.
Several tons of loose hay is stacked
in the barnyard and had not the tire
been discovered in time the cabin, the
hay and the burn would have burned
and Rogers with them.
I’resident Roosevelt s|s nt Christmas
possum bunting in Virginia
A man in New York died from hydro
phobia. said to have re “id led from a pet
log nosing bis bands.