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PIONEER WORKS FLOODED
Tin' works of l.ane, Ncliany & I liver,
on tin- North Pork of Pioneer, have been
flooded and all the men laid off. Their
dumps are covered l>y an immense gla
cier which reaches from bluff to bluff,
and there is no chance for a resumption
of operations at this point the present
season.
Prospecting will be hurried on the
bench, however, where it is thought pay
may be found and work continued. In
ease they succeed in locating pay on the
bench the men will be recalled.
In former years a big glacier has
formed higher tip the creek. 1'p there
the creek has a wet lied rock. In the
drifts recently flooded, however, bed
rock was dry, and water came in from
the surface. They were on excellent pay
up to the time when the shut dow n be
came necessary.
Much inconvenience will be caused
aside from the premature close of opera
tions. The glacier will present a for
midable obstacle to the washing of the
dump next spring.
SKOOKUM WILL LEAD
llebh, tiaetz & Kattlbach’s graind on
Skookum will yield the banner cleanup
of the fit in p next spring.
Work is progressing in a most satis
factory manner ami big dumps are
piling np. Men recently arrived say the
cleanup will go $7o,0(X) to $100,001), and
still others intimate that this estimate
is too law.
To Sink on Skookum.
l*ete Johnson, I. Jordan and ,1. W .
l’.oothby will make another attempt to
get to liedmck on Skookum, where they
have heretofore lieen hatthsl by water.
They have secured a steam pump from
S. K. fleeter and hope to control the
water. _
PAY DEEP IN BEDROCK
The party composed"! Frank Stevens,
< teorge Shirley, Jimmy laiw rei.ee and
Pad Foster, who are working on Hold
Itnn, where they recently uncovered
good pay, are finding gold ton depth of
six and seven feet in the Uslroek.
Mining men say this is a condition
not encountered heretofore in this coitn
try. Itedris'k is rarily taken tip to a
depth exceeding two feet.
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WORD FROM FAIRBANKS
I). \V. Scott lias returned to What
Cheer Bar from Fairbanks Men who
have talked with him say he has a good
opinion of the big Tanana country.
lie, as well as Noble and Stanley, who
were lately at Fairbanks, reports that
enthusiasm over Kantislma is waning.
Of course it is impossible to enter into
details, hut ii is undoubtedly true that
Fairbanks people are weakening on the
Kantislina.
Esther creek has been proved one of
the rich creeks of the Fairbanks district.
Sam Carruthers, formerly of Rampart,
has valuable property on Esther.
The opinion is held by many people
that a large area of pay country will la*
opened up between Fairbanks and Baker
creek. The belief is based on a careful
study of the trend of the gold belt as it
is shown to exist by present develop
ment.
A good word is spoken for Chena.
Bill strong, formeily of Rampart, is do
ing well there in the stoves and hard
ware business. The Chena Times will
be rived, with former Editor Roden as a
creeks reporter.
HOOSIER'S HYDRAULICS
Tlu‘ work "f transferring the hydraulic
pipe from Big Minook to Hoosier creek
commenced lust Monday. John Stanley
will make his residence at 35 Big Mi
nook, where the supply depot is located,
until after the freighting has been fin
ished.
The Hoosier people sec nothing in the
way of an early installation of the plant
and a successful run. There will he no
shortage of water. Honald McLean has
acquired a water right higher up on the
creek; hut there is an amicable under
standing between he and the hydraulic
people, and should a dry time occur
when the larger concern will require the
whole How the matter will lie arranged.
FROM THE KANTISHNA
Y ilk* n (Tnnanu) Prr*n. Frb. 3.
t-'rnin Mr. Kenny, \vh>i 11a-< returned
from tin- KiiiiIhIiiki, we him- imtliered
tin- follow init inten-ntini! information
relative to the i ini|) and it* }>r<:
l»n No. M above on (ilaeier Mr. K.irrer
in down to tin t, with no Inilrok. On
the left limit Jolmnon in '*4 lift uml in
tin- w liiti- i-haimel, lint no Innlroek. On
iipivr di.-n-overy I'h nmn ami llrnm-t are
down .il lirt; no ln*dr»n'k.
On Mowi ,i nniidn-r of holen are down
from iiti to 7t> fret mid no bmlrork.
*>ii Uni rn-ek, *i t» iki feet wml no
In-dr* n-k.
The "lilt -KalI->w ground «■ (nr found
in on ('.trilnai, wltiili in looked ll|-o|i n«
tin- banner «nvk Moiinuia ami Huth
rrluml Inn i- I U-low upper, mid have
very lair cn»|»i t<
There in a ginnl ilt-ai ol none* In night,
Imt the -Wvrlojmo-nl will Ini. «!•■» until
arrival -I mat Inner?
IS A MISTAKE
to offer your friends inferior tea,
when you can just as easily give them
$Jue/ tfOMhn/
CEYLON.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Agents
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE.
MINERS STORE
(In the Postofflce Building)
OUTFITTING _ Cigars by the Box a Specialty
< uu irurn*
Diamond City is constantly and rap
idly building up and now has upward of
170 cabins, with others progressing.
Hall Bros., dry goods and furnishings;
Richards, hardware; Fleming, dry goods
and jewelry; Rockwell, saloon and ho
tel, and Crane, restaurant, are located
here.
Glacier has fair pay and prospects,
but work is much retarded by water.
Part of the ground is shallow and will
make good summer diggings. Holes
have been sunk over oO feet, but have
had to be abandoned on account of
water.
At Glacier City the Tatiana Trading
Co., Air. Angel manager, and Messrs.
Hamilton and Nichols are located. The
town is building up and a large number
of cabins are built.
There is sufficient in camp to insure a
thriving camp, and for the amount of
work done will compare far more than
favorably with the Fairbanks district at
like stage. _
CLAIM JUMPING
ON KOYUKUK
Ugly Story in Which the United
States Deputy Marshal is an
/ctive Figure.
Special Correspomlenee Nome XiiKjjPt.
CoMfoot, Nov. 14.—Tlu* jumper has at
last arrived in tin* form of an official
assistant ami mining partner of “Cap”
Johnson, deputy I * uitt*< 1 States marshal
of this district.
On the strength of a decision rendered
at Fairbanks last June regarding discov
ery of gold on a claim. Win. James
jnm|k*«t what is known as the Calhoun
fraction on Smith creek, on the ground
that a legal «list*overy ha«l not lieeti
ma«le.
Calhoun had Uiught a l*»iler aial out*
tit to work the ground amt was on his
way up from Hetties to begin ojH rathms
when James .Ii*t the staking. When
Calhoun arrive*! »»n Smith creek he
culled a miners’ meeting at once amt
invited James to la* present. However,
James refused t*» atl«*ti«l, wherefore the
miner* p»-*e»l res*linti*an* t*» the effect
th.it tlirv 1‘eiisitlrml the ground Cal*
hoiii) * ami notified Jmiir* to move off
Ills boiler am! gtfr Calhoun p
\ few evening'* later lame* catleil a
meeting to captain his case, at which
time In* *tate«! lie dhl not «!iatM lait
C ilh im made a ilknartt prcvnwts in
hi* t'alienin'* staking lait that the
law required that one should he made
within ninety days after location, and
this, he believed, Calhoun did not do.
James was ably supported by his
mining partner, “Cap” Johnson, deputy
United States marshal, who developed
into quite an orator. He stated that he
told James to jump the fraction and
that he didn’t intend to get off; that he
would support him with the strong arm
of the law; that the miners there were a
set of bluffers; and said “If you don’t
like it what are you going to do about
it?” This raised the ire of some who
were already warm under the collar, and
a general “chewing match” followed. A
few days later James’s boiler was re
moved by some of the miners.
The feeling is running rather high
against Johnson, as this is only one of
several disturbances in which he has
been a moving factor. Either by an
unhappy coincidence or otherwise (and
most people think it otherwise) Johnson
has been a pronounced figure in nearly
all the agitations in these parts for sev
eral years.
A petition has been circulated asking
his removal as deputy United States
marshal of this district. The petition
was signed by about 150 persons, which
is about two thirds the number in the
district. Many who did not sign are
parties who came in this summer or
were in remote sections of the district
and were not acquainted with conditions
here, eft her one way or the other. A
copy will be sent to Washington and
one to Fairbanks.
Mr. and Mr*. .T. F. Nellany camp in
from the North Fork of Pioneer Monday.
Mr. Nellanv will return shortly, hut
Mrs. Nellanv will remain in town pend
ing the result of the prospecting on the
North Fork.
lsmis Iverson and Charley Johnson
came in yesterday from S< unlough
gulch, Sipiaw creek. They will secure
more gruli and return to continue pros
pecting.
McHugh at Smith are freighting
feet of lumber from the Stanley mill at
No. H I'.ig Mniook ior the What Cheer
I tar coin|>any.
Harry Iturruss is hauling lie t wren lint
and l-N** rofils of maul in the Thanksgiv
ing dislrWt._
tieorge W .»!- and Hilly '■ rah.no are
in from the V rth Fork of Pioneer,
va here water ratted them mil of a jote
lleeter A Biirr»*a move.| \| ,«*. '.ill.
holler trot** Fitreka to lilrn.