ABOUT THE KANTISHNA
John Palm lias received a letter from
Josh Ray, dated at Glacier City Feb. 8.
Mr. Ray went on the Toltat last fall be
fore the freexeupand has been prospect
ing in that country ever since.
The Toltat heads up against the Ne
nana and tiigh mountains and drains a
i>ig territory. It is divided from the
Kantishna by a long spur of schist,
slates, shales, etc. Ttie formation is
identical with the Fairbanks country.
Rut it is wet and glacierv, and Mr. Ray
says it will take another winter, at least,
to test the region. He believes the same
is true of the Kantishna side. There
has positively nothing been struck, he
said, except that hare-bedrock proposi
tion that caused so much talk.
People are leaving the country in big
bunches, but Mr. Ray believes it will
lie all right in time. The water and
glaciers shake his confidence more than
anything else. He managed to freeze
two holes down ti anil 7 feet on Caribou
creek during the extreme cold, but most
of it refuses to lie frozen—so it requires
means to take the long chance. If pay
is located there will lie more summer
work than at Fairbanks, for indications
point to shallower ground, particularly
on the Toltat—though they are meeting
with surprises on the Kantishna side
every day in greatness of depth.
Mr. Ray thinks the Kantishna side
somewhat more favorable than the Tol
tat. He will stay with the country till
summer; then if he does not strike it
he may return to Rampart.
FROM ROBERT R. WRIGHT
In an iiitereatinjf letter under <lute of
Jan. 13 from Kota-rt K. Wrinlit, aim
wan imi eeveiely injured un Tliank-ttivinit
rrrtk a year ay. he »aya fir underwent
an operation in St lamia IKI. It ami
aeveral pinm of lame were irmiarnl
from liia ahattrred ie* Hr ha-1 to all li
mit to another o|Miatiou Nov. SI, but
the Unit oil* »a* not ao arverr. Hr in
no» at home in Mnim, Mo ami la
proarraama fairly writ.
Itoliert write* tliat hla little •later
\laaka la got nit to *rlw*4 ami enjoys out
a»W life immeliaely.
Hi* nenrhbor* all Ilk* to *rr the Yu
kon Valley Nvva
9 AND 10 LITTLE MINOOK
Louis Sevier was in from Little -Mi
nook last Sunday after supplies. He
and \V. \V. Croekett iiad just sunk a
shaft on the line between 0 and 10 and
struct excellent pay. They had not got
to bedrock, but had jiaesed through
three or four feet of dirt in which fl
pans were easy to find.
Mr. Seyler says they will do well this
winter, but hope to take out a great deal
more money next summer and the fol
lowing winter. Besides the ground on
0, they have a lay on the lower half of
10. Mr. Seyler has a theory that for
mer workings missed the best jiart of
the pay on the last-named ground, and
if this proves to be the ease they will
take out lots of gold there.
THE BIG HOOSIER PLANT
Uist Friday S. P. Robins and his
heljiers finished taking apart the hy
draulic pipe mi liig Mims.k and putting
it in readiness (or the freighters to move
to Hoosier.
More than half tlie material has al
ready been carried to the relay station
not far above the mouth of Hoosier, anil
the remainder will doubtless la- placed
ut that |*>int within the next ten days.
The relay station was established in or
der that the men and the stock might
find accommodation each night at 35
Pig Mi nook, where John Stanley's
freighting crew and Mr. Ho hi ns’s dis
mantling crew have their lieadi|ttarters.
Another advantage in relaying the ma
p-rial is that, on account of the nature
of the route, greater loads can la- hauhd
over the first half than the last.
After th«- material has lawn all placed
at the relay station tin- bcadipiaitcrs
will la- removed to the works on lliaaiier,
and w hile one ere a is landing the |>i|a
at its destination another will la- build
ing a lot of necessary trestle and getting
ready to set up tike plant.
Mr ami Mrs. K I* Mill expect to
move across the divide sen ami Mr.
Ilill will proepvet ami mine in the- vi
cinity of Thanksgiving.
Hr' M I h-s>n, was in ^cattle
March 2, on bis way in
Mall WupertntemWnl Jnb a Marion was
in Faille last Wwtnr<bty
FRANK STEELE
HEAD JAILOR
Several Changes Made in the Per
sonnel of the Force at the
Fairbanks Prison.
Several changes have l>een made re
cently in the personnel of the force at
the federal jail, says the Fairbanks
News. Frank Steele, formerly of Val
dez and liampart, has lieen made head
jailor; A. G. Miller, formerly in charge
of the city jail, has been appointed
guard temporarily in the place of Peter
son ; George Carter, an ex-mounted
policeman in the Klondike, has been
appointed guard in the place of James
Gallalier, who resigned, and Charles
Schaupp has l>een appointed guard tem
porarily in the place of Bill Schnabel.
The latter helped to recapture Hen
drickson.
Several improvements have also lately
l>een made in the jail. A large steel
cage made by the N. C. machine shops,
has been installed. It is for a double
door, the same as used in all jails out
side. The jailor enters the cage, when
desiring to visit the prisoners’ room, and
locks one door behind him before open
ing the other door into the inside room
This makes it impossible for a recurrence
of a jailbreak similar to the last one.
A. H. Monroe
Gone to Scotland
A. H. Monroe, who formerly operated
on Hoosier creek, spent Christmas with
H. II. Wright’s family in Mexico, Mo.
Robert R. Wright wrote that Mr. Mon
roe was on the way to Scotland.
Duke d’Abruzzi, the famous explorer
and cousin to King Victor Immanuel,
has completed arrangements for a voy
age of exploration into the heart of
Africa. _.
Valdez is working hard for a summer
mail service over the all-American trail
to the interior.
DEATHS. *
HANDY, A. N. At Juneau. Jun. 12. Suicide.
Miner, *2 ye atm old.
POEflCHKK. WILLIAM-At Fairbanks
Feb. 13, of heart fuilure. Was a watch
inuker. born in (iermany. and haw a «inter in
the State*.
FELIX. MRS. HENR1KTTE At Cbena, Feb.
13. She wam Itoru in Still* titer. Minn., and
leaves a himbund and three children.
SHIRK, DEFOE H. At Seattle. Feb. HI.
Suicide. Wat connected mith the Omar Min
ing Com punt. of Shoal Arm. Altutku. hud
plenty of money, and hi* home a a* at Hunt
ington. Ore.
RECEPTION
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Up in a Balloon.
A Cleveland (Ohio) man tells of a
' trip lie once took in a balloon with
Baldwin, the ill-fated aeronaut. A gale
j came up anil it was necessary ro de
scend, but Baldwin wanted to know in
| what part of the country they floated.
I The landscafie was swept with glasses,
hut in the failing light only one house
was visible, and near by a man worked
l in a field. Baldwin, with great skill,
brought down the balloon until it was
only alsiut a hundred feet alsive the
man's head.
“lli,” he shouted, “Hi!”
The workman looked up in amaze
luent.
“Where are we?" cried Baldwin, as
the balhsm floated onward.
“Where are ye?" related the man,
in his slow, dull way.
“Yes, where are we?"
“Why," came the reply, almost in
audible, the aernonauts were now so far
jsist; “why, ye’r up in a balhsm, hain’t
ye?”
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