Yukon Valiev News
VOL. III.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19. 1907
No. 43
KRA8TING
SUCCUMBED
Knew His End Was Near and Made
His Will and Appointed
Executors.
George Krascing, one of the heat
known miners and prospectors in the
Rampart district, died at Thanksgiving
at 4 o’clock p. m June 13
As reported a week ago, a case of la
grippe, neglected, brought on pneumo
nia. Mr. Krasting relied on his strong
constitution to master the disease, until
he was beyond human aid. L>r. King, a
medical practitioner now turned miner,
was finally summoned, and at once re
alized that there was but little hope of
the man’s recovery.
Mr. Krasting was aware of his ap
proaching end, and made his will and
appointed Charles Fehring and Fred J.
Kalning the executors. About a thou- j
sand dollars in money was bequeathed
to Mrs. Ahkinann, an acquaintance in
San Francisco, and the personal effects
and mining interests friends in this dis
trict. The mining property consists of
ati interest on 2a Thanksgiving, an in
terest on Omega, an interest in an asso
ciation claim on Muckluck creek, and
possibly other interests.
The ucceaseu was horn near ruga,
Russia. lie left home at an early age
anil had so long been separated from his
kindred that the ties of relationship
were not strong, lie was probably more
than 50 years old.
George Krasting was a type of man
not uncommon in this country. He was
well equipped by nature to endure the
inevitable hardships of a prosjiector’s
life, and took the good and the bad
turns of fortune as a matter of course.
He is as universally well liked.
The remains were buried on the bar
near the cabin on 2a Thanksgiving. It
is the intention of his faiends to remove
the IhkIv to the cemetery at Rampart
next winter.
Whisky Was Out
But a Little Bit
Arrived Today
If auylmdr has hern going around in
this vicinity lately protending to carry
a jag tie was a hypocrite and a fraud
trying to work up a fake »tani|»«le.
The whisky was all gone. Several
■lay* ago a lew little sample hollies were
dug up somewhere ami when that was
gone there was nothing to <!» hut to go
dry or drink river water.
Smith A t ollins got in a little abek <4
rase gtssls by the Cudahy belay He
temperate with it—it ia not known when
the nest will cv*w.
LITTLE KNOWN OF INNOKO
Apparently Nothing Definite Heard From
There By Any One.
Diligent inquiry from arrivals on the
Cudahy today failed to bring out any
definite information or comprehensive
view of the gold strike on the Innoko.
McLean, who was sent in by persons
connected with the Fort Gibbon mili
tary post, returned on the Florence S.
Joe Anicich, of Tanana, said nothing
tangible is known in Tanana about the
country. He said McLean staked a
large number of claims, but does not
pretend to know much about the coun
try’s worth.
Frwl Stolk, who is well known in
Rampart, was on the Cudahy. lie said
McLean told him that what gold had
been found was on the rim, and there is
a theory that there is a deposit in higher
ground.
Several men from Fairbanks were
sjH)keti to, among them H.C. Ludvigsen,
a miner well known in Rampart. They
all said that nothing further was known
in Fairbanks than that letters had been
received from the Innoko expressing
confidence in the country.
Little Change in Miners’ Strike
A wire from Fairbanks yesterday said
the injunction against the striking min
ers had been dissolved. Otherwise the
situation was unchanged.
Men on the Cudahy today said it is
impossible to hire men except at the
union scale. II. C. I-udvigsen, formerly
of Kampart, had a piece of ground on a
lay, with an option to buy, that he con
sidered a good proposition under the
former condition, but lie thought best
to turn it loose as things now are.
About lfio men were on the Lavelle
Young when she passed here yesterday
morning, en route from the outside to
work in the Tanana mines. It was said
that a good many had deserted at Daw
son and sold their tickets to Fairbanks,
in some instances as low as
WELL-KNOWN
MEN ARRIVE
Quartet From the Outside Landed
by the Steamer Hannah
Last Saturday.
Charles Traeger, the well-known
business man of Kuni|>art ami St. Mi
ehael, rump down on the lluiiiiuh Sat
urday morning. He spent the winter in
the States ami visited many places of
interest east and west. He found his
affairs (a re in very satisfactory condi
tion. Mr. Tmetrer is in a hnrry to pro
ceed down tlie river, especially as the
Innoko stampede is on and In- has a
business associate in the new distsict
He will if” on the Hannah, eapeeted in
a couple of days—almost tadore he lias
lime to greet his numerous friends.
tt It. Cook, a resident of Kampart in
the early <lava, waa a traveling compan
ion of Mr. Traeger, ami lias been his
guest here, lie will also leave on the
Hannah Mr. C<s.k came to Kampart
in company with A. II. ami tleorg* W
Wood in ’i»8 and left in the spring of ’hit.
On hia return the other day he was al
most j>ersuaded to link his destinies to
the camp a second time, but the load
stone of a possible boom will draw him
down the river. He is a very agreeable
gentleman.
Rev. M. K. K(since arrived from Penn
sylvania and lost no time in getting out
to Hoosier creek. He is said to have
gotten into harness at once. Two shifts
are running on the hydraulic works and
it is tielieved that Mr. Koonce found the
situation pleasing.
M. S. (dll is another arrival who had
I wen outside for the winter. He has
lieen in the hands of his friends ii|> to
the present time. He will get away to
the creeks without further delay.
HI those returning from the outside
ls-ar marks of good treatment during
their alwenee.
An Apt Scholar.
‘ Johnny, ran you name a city in
Alaska?"
"Xla."
"Y*«t should I* more reetwelftti— ;
Jimmy, ran you*"
•So’m."
"CtfTwt. Nome is a thriving Alaska
town.’’— Washington Herald.
SWIFT WATER
ON EAST FORK
Returned Stampeder Tells of His
Remarkable Experience on
a Raft.
Jack Coleman, accompanied by George
Pierce, arrived from theChandlar Friday
evening. Mr. Coleman went into the
country last winter and stampeded up
the East Fork this spring. Asked about
his opinion of the East Fork, he said the
portion up where he went is so full of
glaciers that it will not be in shape fora
prospector to accomplish anything, in
his opinion, before well on into July.
From what be saw he believes snow and
ice covers all the high ground up to the
present time.
Mr. Coleman said there is some swift
water and big rittles on the Middle Fork,
but that stream is placid compared to
the Fast Fork. He says the only teason
he is alive now is because he didn’t have,
a whipsaw along, lie wanted to build a
boat to come down the East Fork in,
but, having no saw, he had to make a
raft. He and a companion started and
were soon experiencing thrills as blood
stirring as if they had been outside mill
ionaires on a runaway mobile or news
paper reporters sailing over the north
l>ole in an airship. They went so fast
that at one time a bullet fired by Jack
at a lynx struck a tree Lt) feet too far
down stream. The rittles were some
times five miles long anil were always so
steep that at the bottom the raft ran
under the leveler water and everything
loose floated off, including the dogs.
Jack thinks they traveled fifty miles in
one hour of tumultuous hurry.
Asked his opinion of the Chandlar as
an all-around proposition, he said he
had never before lsen able to think up
a country with so many tough sides to
it; but he didn’t say it was not a likely
place for gold.
A good many men from the Chandlar
are drifting by Kampart now. At the
time they ure leaving there is little
chance to form u more correct opinion
of the country than there was six weeks
ago. It is too early to tell how the w a
ter will site up for gloundsluicing the
high ground and there has lieen no
progress on the deep ground lower
down.
August Nelson and Axel llolmdal
were two who came along Monday.
They went in from Nome in March, go
ing beyond the head of the iHdl and the
llosiana from lamina. They believe
that with plenty of water the claims at
the head id Hig creek will undoubtedly
pay big.
All say more people are coming out
now than going In
Frnvst MrLrol, flare me Avey and
liar other pros p**e lore who were in (tie
llosiana have returned to I hand far.
They got suave holes duwa and found
granite.