Mining and Prospecting
Tenderfoot.
Fairbanks News, Aug. 15: Frank II. |
Hall has returned from a trip to the I
Tenderfoot district, and reports a new j
strike on the right limit of the river op
posite to little Delta station. “It is on
a new creek,” said Mr. Hall. “I do not
believe it has even been named. A
strike was made, however, by the part
ner of Fd liodgers, and there are twenty .
men working on the creek at the present
tinun I heard that they had found tirst
elass pay in one hole, but 1 did not learn
any of the particulars. This creek is
some little distance below the mouth of
Tenderfoot creek, on the same side of
the Tanana. It is not such an exten
sive creek, I was told, as is Tenderfoot
creek, but the men working there are
confident that they will soon have an
other important producer added to the
Tenderfoot district. One can not help
being impressed, after visiting the Ten
derfoot country, with the fact that it
will be a large producer next season.
Considerable golddust has lieen taken
from there already this, season, but it is '■
only recently tllat the operators have 1
developed the pay streak any distance,
and there still remains a great deal of
prospecting to be done.”
Upper Tanana.
Xanana Teller, Aug. 15: Charles Cut
ting ami James Forsythe left Cleary last
week on a prospecting trip to Faith,
Hope anil Charity creeks, in the upper j
Tanana country. They will return here
lit tore the freezeup in onler to perfect
arrangements to stay in that district
during the coming winter. Mr. For
sythe has spent most of the summer in
that part of the valley.
Ridges Around Glen.
Kelsey & Co., of Coldstream, Fair
banks district, have put two men to
work on the divide of tilen gulch and a
trihutarv of Engineer. The men figure
that the source of the tilen gold is the i
benches. Should bench diggings he 1
struck, says the Fairbanks Times,it will
stimulate the work of prospecting these
ridges and perhaps the Klondikurmay he
rivaled in the riches obtained.
Kantishna.
The Fairbanks News >rtj the ai
rival tn that place AiIT of Joe I'al
toii, Jim Ihiltou and Joe .'tiled, with
$N1.IJU0 in dm*t I Ip-lured on Kureka
creek during the pant deason. Kureka
id a tributary of Moose rreek in the
Kantiahuu district. I>v«pitc the Mark
eye the district had rrrrived oil ever,
hand, the large nidi taken out by these
men nhowd there is still some piojuTty
there worth handling. A niimlier of
men will remain and |irod|>eet in the
roiintry and ho|». to tind out by next
spring whether or not their holdings
will justify working on a large scale.
Dredges for Klondike.
t’.ight or ten tlrvtlu* * t«*l to
arrive Mil KUiiUff to work hmuiuI
-t.tkt'l mi the ki*»tikikv tho |»rv«i*iii
in*aitMany lit**** »»uM U* iuitiiDol
w« rv it u*‘t for the •litftetftlty in **»ttiu«
uhl«r« IllUtl.
Quartz Near Haines.
A quartz strike made by prospectors
engaged by Lieut. Walter S. Brown, of
the Tenth Infantry, is causing a stir at
llaines.
According to the Skagwav Alaskan,
Lieutenant Brown’s father is a big stock
holder in the United States Steel Cor
poration. lie instructed his son to keep
bis eyes open for iron properties. This
injunction is what led to the discovery.
Ore taken from Mount Ripinski was as
sayed for iron values and found to go
$11 a ton in gold. The assayer advised
that claim owners disregard the iron
and treat the ore for gold. Staking was
renewed with interest, and most of the
army officers at Fort William II. Seward
and many of the citizens of Haines have
securedclaims. Lieutenant Brown, how -
ever, is the heaviest claim owner. He
secured many from private soldiers at
from $;10 to $80 a claim. lie is shipping
ore south for the purpose of securing a
mill test and intends to instal a 10-stamp
mill at once.
Beaver River Country.
Taiuuia Teller (Cleary City): Josh
Itay, the well-known prospector, re
turned a few days ago from an extended
trip through the Beaver River country.
He made the journey all by himself,
taking a pack of almost HH) pounds up
to the Faith, Hope and Charity district
and from there striking across into the
Beaver basin. There are but few people
in that section. Sam McDill, Charley
Whitcomb and Charley Armond and his
partner are now prospecting on Monu
mental creek, where Josh located dis
covery claim. The gravel comes clean
up to the top, and being thawed makes
thorough prospecting almost impossible
on account of water. Mr. Ray killed a
couple of wolves on liis trip which at
tempted to attack him. The four men
now on Monumental will crosscut the
creek as soon as cold weather sets in.
Lower Cleary.
*‘ riio mining men on the lower part of
Cleary creek,” said C. 1’. Keesling to the
i'airhanks News, “are of two minds
alsnit whether pav will he fouml along
the Hats. It is found in stringers for a
mile wide along our part of the creek
15 hrlow , hut whether it conies to
gether again lower down is a mooted
i|iiestion. >>ome of the miners are work
ing on the theory that it does, and that
it swings along the left limit of the
Chatanika river and follows along the
hank, coming together, ]»rlmps, just
ladore it reaches what is known as the
Muff, l'rosjsstors are scattered out
pretty well over the Hats and for a con
siderahle distance down the Chatanika
river, so that it should not lie very long
until we know what liecom** of the pay
found along Cleary creek.”
Circle City District.
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HARRY BURRtJSS. \
HEETER&BURRUS8,
FREIGHTERS and PACKERS
Freighting and Packing to and from all Creeks.
Good Equipments and Service Unexcelled
GHANDLAR
A New Recording District Cut from
That of Circle City—Will a New
Field Be Opened on the Arctic?
Judge Wickersham issued an order
Aug. la dividing the Circle City mining
and recording district and creating out
of the northern part of the same the
Chandlar mining and recording district.
Samuel .1. Marsh was named as commis
sioner, with the usual powers apper
taining to that office in Alaska. The
appointee is required to take oath of
office and to furnish bond in the sum of
$1,000. lie is further required to desig
nate the place where he will hold his
office and to give public notice thereof.
The newly created district is hounded
and described as follows:
All that portion of the present Circle
City precinct, beginning at that point
on the international boundary line be
tween Canada and Alaska where the
Porcupine river crosses the same; thence
down the main stream of the Porcupine,
river to the Yukon river; thence down
the Yukon river to the mouth of the
Chandlar; thence northward along the
western watershed of the Chandlar river
to the divide separating the waters of
the Arctic ocean from those flowing into
the Yukon river; thence westward along
said divide to the headwaters of the
Canning and Savaovik rivers; thence
northerly along the western watershed
of the Savoavik river to Anxiety Point
on the Arctic ocean; thence easterly,
including all the islands to the north- j
ward, to the 141-d meridian, and thence
south on the 141st meridian to the |»>int
of beginning.
Who marsh is.
Tlit* Samuel J. Marsh named' us com*
missioner of tin* new district was in the
Dawsmi country live or six years apo
lie has *|wnt considerable time on tin*
Arctic slojs* west of tin* international
Ismtnlary line ami is said to have a Ixiok
now in the liantls of the publishers treat
ing of that little-known country. Jim
Qualey, an oUl pmajiector i.ihI miner
who came ilowii from the vicinity of
ituin|»«rt House this summer, suiil that
Marsh ha<l also written hundred* of
letters to |s'o|*le in the east, ami it was
tjnaley’s o|.mioii that a stani|x-dc to the
Arctic s|o|s> was lieinn hatched.
When Mr. Marsh was on his way in
from the outside the |>ast spring it was
inn..inn . *1 that he was hound for the
Arctic slope. Ity far the greater purl of
the new .listrict of which he lias been
nuiilr n>iHiiiiwl"iwr lies *>n that sale "I
JOSEPH TWAN,
Near
Smith &
McHugh’s
Barn
(anr vnilone°*t*’0$li!Pe°p,ewh®v
AuL I UU seldom write home? \
They will know you are all right if you 1
send them the YUKON VALLEY NEWS. I
Mail yours or let us send one weekly.^
the divide. There is no developed dig
gings in any part of the district, t’nder
these eire 11 mstances it is a matter of
interesting conjecture where the official
heudi|inirters will lie established.
Mr. Marsh is reputed to he a student
and a geologist of considerable reputa
tion. All pros|>ectors who have investi
gated the country on the Arctic side of
tin- divide ts-lieve the formation is fa
vorable for gold. It may be that these
circumstances jioint to the o|wning of a
new goldfield still further north than
any vet worked in the northern extrem
ity of the continent.
Two Hu-shin cruisers have been aat
into the Vrvtie .vewn to look after the
lawless whalers win* have Iwen guilty uf
outrages on the Silwrian coast.