SKOOKUM GROUND
RIVALS KLONDIKE
Big Minook Hydraulic Plant
to Go to Hoosier.'
Contracts To Be Let for Freighting
the Material in a Day or Two.
Mining and Creek News.
For son it' time past it lias been known
that very rich pay is -hemp hoisted on
Hehbik tiaetz’s ground at thi' inouth of
Skookuin. The public has not known
actually how rich the claim is, but it
has been generally Conceded to be far
ahead of anything previously worked in
this precinct. Men who have seen the ‘
dirt within the past few days class it
well up wi$h anything that was ever
found in the famous Klondike itself.
Last Thursday two pans were seen that
went an even $150.
It is costly ground to work. It is not
frozen, and every inch.of it has to lie .
timbered.
lledrick, Ferguson and Verde will
complete their eontraet of getting out
lagging for the claim this month. The
contract is for 10,000 pieces.
Big MinooK Plant for Hoosier.
A deal has just been consummated
whereby the hydraalie plant of the
Rampart City Gold Mines Company, on
Rijr Minook, has been secured for *»pern«
tion on the Munster Cruek rompany's
jrround. Contrnets will lie let in ft day
or two for fn iohtinvr 150 tons of the ma
terial to Hoosier.
The agreement is in the nature of a
lease of the Hi>> Minook plant for use on
the Hoosier property. It is pp>|He-ed to
set up the plant and o|n rate it through
the next summer season.
To Work a Lay on Little Minook.
Lotii* Sevier awl W \V. t'roekett went
• •lit t<> Little Minook Lint Sntttnlav to
vit*rk a lay on the uj»|*t t-1»«t of No.
Mr. Seyler in well un|naint««i with the
Itrmiiitl an*I they i to tak«* out a
nicf hit of money hy spring.
Creek Notes.
.In*- Kamin-ki. '» Him-I» hi. il l, i*
faking out a target* |m> ihimp.
t ht-h«-lnt A I lvr»*||, mu Ihiit'A h.H-f/'-.
iHtrk Krmut«l, are hiking »*nt gi«al |*wy«
N ril'iu r A Ih wL r«*»n. U Thanksgiv
ing. ar» *till run mug into hrtt#r (hit.
h hru^ A Ut K«*n4te. V. | t hn*agot
*vr* •triieti out hv S*tur*l*v
the water lino*1 in lhr*'tigli ll» r»**<
I man ewriv »«i tin •***•*« tin* loot l«f»*
immune Imm water awl * <>n<*e*|t»*ntlv
hat# •#! a Imn*!••»»••* htn«|
THE CASE OF WICKERSHAM.
WASHINGTON, Jan.!).—A sub-committee will be
selected Monday by the judiciary committee of the
senate to take up tin* investigation of the Wickersham
case. '1'lie senate will examine into all charges and
hear all witaiess.es for and against. It purposes to settle
the matter for mod.
SUICIDE OF FRANK PHISCATER.
SEATTLE, .Jan. 8.—Frank Phiscater, a wealthy
Klondiker, slashed nis throat in the presence of his
divorced wife. He and the woman were in a room
together, and when her screams attracted attention the
door was found locked. The hall hov was let in over
the transom and found that the man's head had nearly
been severed with one stroke of the razor. The motive
is not known.
WITTE WILL BE BLOODY IF HE MUST.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 8.—The Moscow rebels
have been captured, and the government troops have
the upper hand theVe at present. Witte has adopted a
new policy, declaring that if all the socialists want is
blood they shall have blood. All agitators are being
arrested.
N. C. GETS MAIL CONTRACT.
F AIRBANKS. Jan. lb—-The Northern Gonnnercial
('oinpany lias received the contract for carrying the
mail between Fairbanks and Valdez the next four wars.
MISS ROOSEVELT TO MARRY.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 0.—Alice Roosevelt will be
married to Oongrcssman Fongworth. of Ohio. Feb. 17.
The wedding will he in the East Room of the White
> 11 oust- at noon.
To Work Roads.
t inter w hut is known as tin- N»l*m
Mail law, whrrrin it is |>roviilnl that
••arh ablto!<li. •! mail' inhabitant shall
I my fit nr j. rform two iluvs' talsir on
th • roinls ami trails, work is m»>n to l»'
it mint'.uni in this |n**• »m*t.
- I- Hi'i lrr i- flu toa.l mi rsi t r. ami
hi- has WlllloWItrml tiiat In* will m ini out
■‘watiiinjs to •lifts nut |.»rts o( thr
}>n- in t atom •. Thr trails arr far front
* i’f iil|'<M inislitk>n. ami tin work
»i I •■ft.-ct at hast a ti infs mryim|i»otr
III! lit.
It is •ant tin oust on; of tin- Minrr*
\ -»•• t at to.'t tm nil. In M at W tiat tho r
Uar !• nsnltr.-l thr nm-1 *|Hi’stion ami
r#sohr«sl to a-k Hint flu- law hr laiiarwl.
Thr iitrtsrt'l iiiirmitsl .w lion may hr
a rr.il it of thr iliilintnr taki-n *>v thr
nit i» f
fr in tin natiirr of thinifs, littli or no
1* noaoriit a**sl ran tsr a«*%'oui|iliiilop4l at
• his sssiii of thr vrat| hut in at Um
|s ran l.tlirun nt may rvsitlt front •
arltsRVvrliit > (fort
Trails Are Bad.
Freighter* re|»*»rt that the late wind
an«l !*i»o\v nt«>rin.'* Iimyc mode the trail-*
aliutirt tni|iii«**ahle. Snowbank* ten feet
high are in many |>laeef", and the |>re*
ent rohl .weather ha* fanned l*ig Mino«>k
t«» overflow, making it very danger**)*
t*» rmwa while the low tem|H iatnre r»»n
limit)*.
One of Mtlltn*h *\ Smith** tea in* g*»t
*ti»ek in the »*v at the imaith **f Slate
eieek, ami Teanmter ► rank Ham tit* »nd
(UNm near getting hi* it * t tr* xen He
wa- «t>tii|i* II. d t«» nnliiti h tin h«r»* i ami
leave the aled ami go t<* I*a• t%*«tdliott*e.
a di«? a nee of mi Ira, with a* I feet.
Ih»* ate* nit tin Ith Mti tin* **th Mt
Hugh ami llamitM nd went U»vk with
l«u IiWHm ttiHfl the I* ltd In gtllmg
tin* '•led • Hit "f tin- watt r ami n» tiny
leth g..t wet ami Mi Hugh * let t were
mute had It lr*t«eit llaitiHi**ml t>«»k »*••
ilwittr*, 1ml l**k Imt h«>(w«*r off ami
wra|»|*ed hii* let t in hlaiikrit ami t«»
the r*«idh*at«e without anv fnalhitr*,
WINTER WEATHER
IS UPON US NOW
75 Below at Fort Gibbon
Last Night.
Rampart a Pretty Good Second at
65 Below—Summary for the
Week and Month.
Euless Fort Gibbon thermometers
lmve gone astray in their reckoning, our
neighbors down there are experiencing
a little touch of old-time winter weather.
A dispatch from there placed the tem
perature at It o'clock this morning at 70
below, with a minimum for last night
of 77>.
Here in Rampart winter weather has
also been distinctly noticeable, with a
minimum of 05 below reached sometime
in the early morning of today.
Below will be found the conditions for
the past week, as. well as a summary for
the month of December:
li, highest — <>; lowest —15
4, " -7; “ -27
5, “ —27; “ —57
ti. “ —10; ■* —58
7, “ —50; “ —58
8, “ —dti; “ —50
!), “ —39; “ —63
Snowfall, 2.25 inches.
Number of days—Clear 5, partly
cloudy 0, cloudy 2.
MONTHLY Sl'MMARY FOR DE
CKMBKR.
January
January
January
January
Januarv
January
January
TEMPERATURE.
Average maximum, —10.
Avtr«|»: liiiiiinmin, —.2;!.8.
Maximum, 13; date, 15th.
Minimum, —56; date, 5th.
PRECIPITATION
(Haiti and melted snow.)
Total, .34 inch.
Greatest in 24 hours, .16; date 2d.
SNOW.
Total fall. 3.25inches: onground 15th,
20 inches; at end o( month, 20.75 inches.
Total fall so far h r the season, 34..5
inches.
NUMBER OK DAYS.
With .01 inch or more precipitation,
3; clear, 14; partly cloudy, 3; cloudy,
Back From the Springs.
K. h. Miners I r«*t nr n«*« i Stimht) from
Hnkrr t nrk ll«*t Springs, slightly ii»i
l»roYr<l by lii?* *h«»rt »t*y at thr note* I
matfring
Thr »|»rtng*, n* *tt«T», arr vrry highly
«;okri» **f by Mr. Minanl Tlw- rt
of thr art* not. In truth it
ttththi I* ini* in»l thul hr t oii»t«h r» it
Ru |»lnvr for ii»»y <»itv not liol rttotigh t«>
nttcii hi* Mttti rabbit*, **r thoughtful
ritottgh t*» tiih along hi* ii |>r«»vm*irr,
^trio(i*lv, making iiin* allow a m r for thr
n*ttal rranktur** >»f At» imalhl an*I nirr*
billy WftglitAg thr vlltlrni'r, th« i'»tn tu*
»i‘»u i* r* a* hr* I Hull thr •entrry rut* t**v
hum h lig'tir in thr bill >f tar*.