The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24

as so above. Claim-oWnerS who had been compelled to go down the river for provisions were returning to these claims and beginning again their in- terrupted work at the end Of winter. On March 2, the day that l came over from Dominion and Bonanza creeks, the owner of the claim at McCormackS Fork had just arrived and was relight- ing the fires in his long neglected shaft. The notion that the gold in Bonanza comes from Fl Dorado is clearly an er- TOT. as is shown by the fact that Bo- nanza, above Fl Dorado, is richer than below. Fl Dorado comes into Bonanza at above discovery, and 1t is nearly four miles further up that they keep a watchman on the dump to see that thieves do not carry away the dirt at night Bonanza is thirty miles in length and the average depth of the bedrock twenty feet.
 BOULDER CREEK is the first trib utary met with in the ascent of the creek. Good prospects have been found there, pans having been washed out as rich as $S 50, with pay dirt about four feet deep. The creek comes into Bonanza at 37 below. Claim No. l, at the mouth, is very rich.
 ADAMS CREEK comes next. It is four miles long and fully located. Two or three claims near the mouth are re- ported to be turning out well. No l will be worked this summer. This is the creek which is said to have attract ed the initial party of old miners from Fl Dorado Creek. They had gone up Bonanza and were undecided whether to prospect here or in Fl Dorado. They decided by the toss of a penny. The fall of the coin turned them away from Fl Dorado to this creek.
 THE SKOOKUMS-Big and Little Skookum gulches are the wonder of the camp. The rounded knoll or hill with bench claims. They are near dis covery on Bonanza. They can be worked during the summer, as they are above the creek bottom. Some of the lower claims have two pay streaks, that of Fl Dorado as well as that of Bonanza.
 FL DORADO CREEK-This creek has proved the most uniformly rich of any in the district, especially from 34 to the mouth. Benches Chat is the hillsides) on both sides of this creek have been found to pay wherever pros pected. It has more sloping banks than Bonanza. Much of Fl Dorado may be worked in the summer, the bed rock not being at a great depth.
 CHIEF GULCH-Chief Gulch is properly continuation of Fl Dorado Creek, but the original locators fol- lowed the smaller branch. Prospectors recently reported rich finds on this gulch and a stampede followed which resulted in it's being staked well up into the hills.
 GAY GULCH comes into Fl Dorado at No. 36. The claim at the mouth is being worked and proves very rich.
 FRENCH AND IRISH GULCHES- These are small tributaries of Fl Do- dorado. They are being prospected at the mouth, but had not shown any thing more than good prospects as yet.
 BEAR CREEK empties into the Klondike few miles above Bonanza. It is considered by the old miner to be the worst looking creek that has so far been prospected, but it produces the finest quality of gold. It is all coarse and it runs in value as high as $20 to the pan. It Is quite deep to bed rock, in places forty-five feet, owing to slides. Every claim prospected so far has proven rich. It is only about five miles long and has been fully staked of course. The sides of the creek are precipitous and there Is therefore little chance for the bench claimant. The creek is not worked much above discovery, which is two miles from the mouth.
 QUIGLEY CREEK-It is a small stream that has recently been located but so far remains unprospected. It emptieS into the Klondike below Bear Creek
 BUNKER CREEK-This is a very considerable stream and is the next in importance in this years schedule of gold producers to Bonanza and Fl De- rado. It has given considerable trou- ble in locating its pay streak also. It is in an advanced stage of develop k,ae ,s1l. very wide at the mouth and five miles of it's length from it's confluence with the Klondike Is staked by the pugilist Frank Slavin, and others for mining by hydraulic process. Slavin is at Ottawa-or came out to go therefor the purpose of securing governmental sanction to his scheme. Discovery is thirteen miles from the mouth. De- velopment dwindles from discovery up- ward and extends downward with some intervals of interruption to "A. There are some quite rich bench claims along the creek. There are number of small streams emptying into Hunker Creek that have not been prospected or located.
 COLD BOTTOM CREEK is the main tributary of Hunker. It comes in at No. 2S, below discovery. Develop ment work is backward. The creek is very crooked and no doubt many claims will miss the pay streak. Some claims near the mouth are very rich.
 LAST CHANGE CREEK-This is the next tributary of importance to Hun ker Creek. This is the first season it has been worked. Several claims have developed good prospects.
 LEOTA CREEK-This is a small stream recently located from which some good prospects have been report ed, but probably cannot be demon- strated this year.
 TOO MUCH GOLD CREEK-This empties into the Klondike above Hun ker Creek. There has been little work done, but the prospectors report uni formly good returns, The original name of the creek by whites was Slate Creek, but Too Much Gold is said