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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. f>, I9O5
BE TIER i WEEKSTANDLXG
OF T1IE LAW.
Out of the great number ot de
cisions in important mining cases
rendered and being rendered by the
Fairbanks court it is hoped will
come a better general understanding
of the law as it applies to conditions
in this country. Following the de
cision of Judge Wickersham where
in it is established that a discovery
is the beginning of the life of a
placer claim came another where
a discovery, as such, was upheld on
so slight a showing as to cause a
belief that the first decision might
be held practically meaningless, and
a few surface colors satisfy the de
mands of the law. Later, in the
case of Cascaden et al. vs. Bortolis,
known as the Gates City case,
Judge Wickersham in his instruc
tions to the jury defined discovery
somewhat more clearly. In pan,
he said:
The mere finding of a color or colors of
gold, or a cent's worth, or even 13 cents'
worth, is not of itself sufficient to consti
tute a discovery, or to prove that tin
land is valuable for mineral working.
There must be such a discovers- < f min
eral on the claim as to satisfy you that
an ordinarily prudent man, not neces
sarily a miner, would be justified in ex
pending his tune and labor thereon in
the itf-Vf hittim lit of lilt- tilril^rli
So, tinaliy, the question of dis
covery, as we'l as of the other
matters that are sure to come up,
will doubtless l>e settled reasimahly,
justly and, above ad, definitely.
The intist important thin>; is to be
able to proceed without the in nace
of a lawsuit hanging over either
the prospector or t!ie ojaria'or who
invests his money and h<>| es to
develop the prospect into a pro
ductive mine. No country i» ri h
enough to stand w holesale litre a
ti**n.
Gootl Word Spoken
For Rampart Camp
l-'airbaiikr* N«*w«, Auk. b).
Rampart is such an old mining district
that very little attention is given it by
the press. Since the time when men
began taking out gold around Rampart
new camps ini umcrable have spiung in o
life and flickered out again, but all the
while a steadily increasing etream has
been flowing from the Rampart district
and big improvements which required
capital and enterprise have been carried
forward.
S. K. Heeter, the owner of the Yukon
Valiev News and a prominent business
man of the place, is in the city on busi
ness and gave some interesting facts
about his district.
“Lack of water,” said he, “has been
the great drawback to the creeks hereto
fore. The grave! on nearly all the cree^i
carries gold from the surface to bedrock,
and the average depth is about ten feet.
I panned three pans on Glen gulch and
they yielded $10.20 to the pan. While
they were picked, I could have selected
pans which would have run higher. This
gulch is a pup of Eureka creek. The
pans will run from 4 cents to 65 cents to
the pan. Nothing very low grade about
that, is there ? ^
“In fact, thcr&BtJm in plenty of water
this season, ami it has not only proven a
great boon in increasing the output, but
has shown up the camp at its true value.
On the strength of this showing outside
capital is now being enlisted to put in a
ditch twelve miles long at a cost of $250,
000, and for bringing in additional dredg
ers and hydraulic apparatus. The big
gest hydraulic plant operated in Alaska
is already at work on Minook creek.
They had had no cleanup when I left.
The company is known as the Rampart
City Gold Mines Company, of which Rev.
M. K. Koonce is the manager. There is
also a large hydraulic plant at work on
Ruby uak, another on Hunter creek
and two on Hoosier creek. There is also
a small one on Glen. John Stanley, an
old resident of Rampart, has ordered a
steam scraper for Gleu, which is proba
bly there bv this time. [ This statement
is erroneous. The scraper has arrived,
but will be installed on Big Minook
creek.J It is guaranteed to handle 2,000
square yards of dirt every ten hours, and
you can readily understand what that
will mean for dirt worth anything at all.
I do not believe it will handle so much
dirt as claimt d. but even should it handle
half that quantity it will prove a rich
revenue maker.
' 1 he output !<>r the Kampart district
this year will reach *250,000, against
)lin, ««i last season. The fact that there
has lieen plenty «>t water since the rains
is accountable for the increase. It would
tie much larger, t ut the operators are
short of men. C. I. Jordan, of Jordan &
Johnson, of Seattle Tar, on Pioneer creek,
has ’leetl telegraphing all over Alaska for
men. A large number could have been
put to work on nearly all of the claims.
“As an indication of what ground in
that country will yield, when a person
has water, I may mention tin Whatchrer
bar Pour mdes of a ditch supplies this
plan i’.,.. geo: ..-too i* la ing mire I
with t w rt vt u.mevi ry twenty tour hours.
The i . amip tor one week » wide 1 #5 <«»o.
II V. Thun.in. one of the prominent
min rg men • .Is. i iiup. iarovs outsnls
enlisting ant tor the new ditch I spoke
about. With the show ng made this
suit'liter I do nol hrti-vc he will have any
tioubk in gv tttasg all he need* Ills plan
N. V. HENDRICKS
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To (iforu** A. Corbett and A. 15. Austin:
You, and each of you, will take notice that
the undersigned co-owner with you iti the
placer mining claim known as No. 22 above
discovery Little Minook Jr. creek, situated
in the R a uncart mining and recording district.
District of Alaska, has expended one hundred
dollars, in labor and improvements, on said
placer mining claim during each of the years
ending December 31. 1902, 1903 and 1904. as
required by the laws of the I'nited States to hold
the same, and that if within ninety days from
the date of service of this notice noon vou by
publication ^that is to say ninety days after the
29th day of November, 1905, you fail, neglect or
refuse to contribute your proportionate share of
such expenditure, as co-owner, your interest 1
will be forfeited to the undersigned co-ownei.
Date of first publication. Aug. 30. 1905.
I>aie of last publication, Nov. o, 190=;.
W M. DAWKINS.
NOTH F OF FOKFKITUIIK.
To *101111 Hock:
You will take notice that the undersigned,
co-owner with you in the placer mining claim
known as claim No. 23 above discovet v on I.ittle
Minook Jr creek, situated in the Rampart
mining and recording district District of Alas
ka. has expended one hundred dollars, in labor
and improvements, on said placer mining
claim during each of the years ending Dec. 31,
iqoi, 0.02. 1903 and i«k>4. as required by the laws
the Tutted States to hold the same, and that
if within ninety days from the date of service of
this notice upon you bv publication that is to
say ninety days after the 29th day of November,
igoy you fail, neglect or refuse to contribute
your proportionate share of such expenditure,
as co-owner, your interest will be forfeited to
the undersigned co-owner.
Date of first publication \11g.30. 1905.
Date of last publication. Nov. 2«^, ux»s.
W M HAWKINS
i* to take the water from the Ilootlanana
river. While the main trunk ilitch will
be but twelve mile* long, it will eo*t at
least £250,000, as the country is some
what rough. Onct built, however, it will
give all the water needed for every creek
on the opposite side of the ridge, includ
ing Glen. Thanksgiving. Kurrka. Shirley
bar. rnd any number of creek*.
"The Kagle Mining Company'* prop
ertv 011 Glen 1* turning out big pay.
Johnson Si Spicer are using horses to
scrape the dirt into the Hume* and are
making good money. • ttnega creek 1*
showing up big." 1'av ha* hern found
on ten claims."
peeling the grow ng importance of that
part of the country, Mr. Ureter intend*
to improve the paper, with a view to giv
ing voire to the need* of Rampart. He
ha* ordered a new plant from the outside
which should he at Rampart by the time
he return*.
OKOK6K A. SALISBURY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Rampart. Alaska
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