HITTER M GO Oi l
Messrs. Davis and Owens Are
oil lor l.os Angeles, Pleased
With the Favorable
Outlook.
I,. M. Davis, president, and C. B.
Owens, of the Rampart Hydraulic
Cotnjrany, Hunter creek, took pas
sage Monday night on the Sarah,
hound tor Los Angeles, Cal., alter
a lew weeks spent in inspecting the
company’s property here The gen
tlenien are enthusiastic over the
outlook, Mr. Owens, especially, be
ing highly pleased with what he
has sJeu. Out ot virgin ground
one i an of $7.20 was taken; an
other went $3.85, a!'d indiscrimi
nate pannings more than continued
Mr. Davis's good opinion ot the
property. A dozen nuggets found
the present season are being taken
to the outside, tunning from four
ounces to slightly le.-s than half an
ounce. The largest one is three
inches long and over an inch wide.
In previous years nuggets have
been found going as high as Sits5.
Two years ago one of $120 was
Taken out, and a great many went
from $30 to $50.
Mr. Davis has been steadily
working this property since iNyS.
lie early realized that improved!
methods were necessity to secure]
the best results, and the first hv- i
j
tlraulic plant on the American |
Yukon was in-tailed here. This I
small plant has been run very sue- j
cessfullv at the lower end of the '
property, on No. 17; but in order
to work the upper portions greater
pressure is required. A company
was organized in order to increase
the capacity cf the plant so that the
entire six claims may be worked to
the best advantage. This fall 3.000
feet of pipe and other fittings will
be received, amounting to 25 tons
Next yeat this will be »tipy lemented
by another mile and a half of pipe,
who b a >.!1 give a pressure of more
than 150 feet and be ample tor the
rcquiiemenU of the w hole property
Notwithstanding Hunter creek
has been a steady producer since
the ear best days of Rampart's his
t rv, scarcely more tbau a begin
ning, in ibe opinion of Mr. Davis,
has been made in extracting its
ii widen treasure A width c>| N.0
feet si the buib t» yet untouched,
attd t-ay mcrea-es in richness as the
lilgk kill in approached
Tbf Hin|4iw has been m hm
• me h*it a ,»ar ami t o yatd run
expense
a
e l»»«
w illi a sui pics It It nvfi.
One great advantage | obsessed
by Hu.-.ter creek is ,m ahumlanceof
water.
The gold is of high grade, going
over $ty to the ounce.
HOOSiER PROPERTY
CHANGES HANDS
New Comimny Acquires the
Mon roe-Lindsey Hydraulic
Piofiosition.
C. II. Wand, for himself and out-j
side parties, last week concluded a !
deal wherel-y he acquired the entire '
property ot the Hoosier Hydraulic
Company, including leases, water;
rights, etc.
On the ground at the time it was
turned over to the new owners bv ;
Messrs. Mon toe & I.indsey was a
small hydtaulic plant, with which,!
although inadequate for the work
and handicapped l>> dissensions and
cros-, purposes in the fornrei mart
agement, has been accomplished
enough to prove the richness and
extent ol the pa\ .
The new management will have
the ;ul\antage oi abundant means
ami a thorough acquaintance with
the conditions to be encountered,
and will prosecute the work on
strictly business principles, The
old ditch will l>e abandoned and at
least two miles ot additional pipe
will be installed, which will insure
a fall of over 200 leet. W hen the
plant commences operation next!
yeat it will be next to the largest
hydraulic works in the district.
PLACER STRIKE
NEAR HAINES'
'kngwuy l!a»k*n, Aiif. *411.
The news was received from
Haines today that a sliikeof placer!
gold lias been made on the Katchein
river near Chilkat. i.ittle is known
ot the strike beyoud the fact that
locations from alxjnt lorly persons
have been received at the office of
the United States commissioner at
this place.
The Ketchikan river flows into
the Chitkat frtm the west and has
been little explored iu the past.
It is 'aid the strike was tu.»d*by
1 homa* 1'lttcaii Among those who
have claims are Judge Millington
and 1 Sowterby, oi Haines
TEAS
“fraHmnt," “tleliciouH,” “perfect” and “lYeMt” are 4
n« plentiful tiH gold mines, but people only
Minile and »ay, ‘Give u»
CEYLON
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Agents.
Outside Mining Man
Came on the Cudahy
A. F. Schmitz, president of the
A. F. Schmitz Alaska Mining and
Dredging Company, was an arrival
from Seattle on the Cudahy last
Saturday. Mi Schmitz is just in
time to see his company's steam
scraper installed on Big Mitiook
creek, which will he accomplished
hy the close of this week.
Theuoik of snipping and pte
paring the ground lor next sum
tint's operations will he l*gun
early next week. 1 trough will he
got in readiness hehoe hard frost
lot a long run
JJming life winter him her will he
sawed and wood cut tor use oh the
works.
Mr S* limit? was i»n the Klondike
in '<)N *»>«», and then ton,- is not new
to cordiiious rn the moth. He
also stopped in k am part for a
month m \>S, and acquired a town
lot here, which has got lost in the
shuffle and can not now he located.
He will have ample time to form an
estimate ot the comjan\’s ground
licforc returning to hi.s headquarters
at Seattle.
Ktlmtr’H Kplnlle
Hent to His* Mu
A postal card »va» picked up oti
tlte street last Saturday scribed as
hereunder. It »s supposed to have
Ireeu dropped by a Cudahy passen
ger, and was duly posted:
K .impart. S*j>t. a,
(Srar 3d a
Home was never like this. We just
struck this port 4 he tow sens amt the
tK>at just covered with »now amt the
ground 4 111. thick as t even body wrap
ped with ftirs—it u» j^jst delightful, f
cannot repress the scenery—-mt* most
see it themselves to enjoy it. I never
thought ! should be in the Arctic He
ft «*n*. Vie otiU travel .n the day tune,
is we in sat watch out we doe't go on «
sand t>wii k and remain a tew da vs. The
boat* go up tire river like a corkscrew
C. A.
I * \ V 11 *HOX, V 'I'.-, w*.
Hats, Clothing
nnd KurnaHhingB
MINERS STORE
(In t'nt* Postoffice Building)
Outfit tiny
California
Kitchen
Strict* v first L'l;w— Rest Meal it> lawn
MKATS. MSI! AND GAMP.
Baki.ri Bread, Pies and Cakes
OUJLIM & LrfUIlE.
C. P. Kftl/NING,
Blacksmith
(in«i
Wood Worker
<tengml Hepra 1 r HI top
dodging VM«t bank* und Iceberg*. A
«><«»» of whisky vast jorTell Hint tv j
**t>t>lr* Utr ft ftrang** 50c, apiece.
Vegetable* cheap »iwj fun?. I.ovr tv kM
I am writ. Hope w»biv At home.
K.ltf-.ir,
Now, dear Kdgar, take warning.
Unexpectedly as you found your
self here in these Arctic regime,
so, ware day, it you continue to
disregard lire rules 6t veracity a>
you did in the above communication
to your ru*. you may find y outsell
at a p-u? where September iceberg*
will uot temper the fervid atmos
phere ami jo eeut whisky will be
sought in vain.
Jock Nelson came up from Tan
ana on the Sarah Moutlay night, on
• short busines* trip, ffe haw
bought a large amount of m<*m
meat from jnhuw X a finest or f, which
h* will take to Tan-ana to use )a hi*
restaurant
Httultkktiti, the Isold up uuu.
and Herbal who broke jail at Kair
Utak* are *ttU at Urge.