The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19

the mouth, and will, after getting some
oLp SILVER q ckEEK' sEdz' slightly pros
very coarse gold. The same may be said
of Star, Benson and Cub creeks.
COMET CREEK, Bear and Arkansas
creeks have been staked out but not
EUREKA CREEK is the continuation
of the North Fork. Little work has been
done e on it. L. A Flint James Mrs B9ggan' an
Krebs and Dan Powell have done more
prospecting near the mouth of Slate
Greek, and have found good pay; T They hey
in getting provisions over to enable them
to work the claim this summer. This Is
Discovery. The creek is staked to eight
Is room for many more.
SLATE CREEK enters Eureka Creek
at Discovery. on the latter creek. 1t Is
miles from the mouth, and from, the
mouth to 43 above the creek is staked and
recorded. Prospect holes have been sunk
at frequent intervals over this long
ing coarse gold The creek is said to have
developed not single 'KnockerD out OF OF
this last winter The creek was staked
originally about the Fourth of last July,
and a tributary also thoroughly staked,
Fourth ar pl6tfs of July. Il B Discovery was made by
the Hudson brothers, Teddy and Jim.
who previously distinguished themselves
Dy great re gaSg95ber Oh letting them
selves into the newspapers. Their ma,
backed by an energetic effort to get pro-
visions over the divide to tnelr &c eiann, nnu,
about fifty men at work on the creek and
twenty well separated claims. Many
others. are engaged in taking provisionSs Prov s11S
over, for the diggings are all shallow, ana
the real work will be done this summer.
In fact, the town of Eagle city. is now
comparatively deserted from TINS ms cause. cause
eve boys, who own several claims, have
thoroughly prospected No. 13 below, ana ana
for width across the creek feet OF ST SAsy eyave iue
which pans from to 40 cents. BEDROCK
is eight feet deep with three feet OF
muck The BuSkeye evIUsster boys are Wideman
liam Theme. William Fettle, Howard
Huntington, George Miller Charies s 81 S,hlsn. IN
hen. j. L. and Ross Livengood, FRANK Az
tleman, Dal Days and Patrick McCristal;
all Of sandusky and Julian Z; obia Shay The4 hav
form the Alaska Co-operative Mining
Company, q corporation formed at San
dusky, and Of which James Il. Snexeley
with the company and they put MIN on
rations and told him to leave the coun.
try, and he did so. The company owns
lack MahaIcik, Mike Becker, Nicholas
LIGHT and ". M. Flaherty are known as
the cariboo boys. They own Nos iv anu and
II above and have the same golu, put the
depth of gravel is not so great
IT is estimated that 100 men Will be
working on the creek all summer II
enough provisions can De got over "hlie
There will be a great deal of prospect
ing in the neighborhood this summer Tor
quartz a number of men having clalmeo
to have found good indications In several
nIaces especially on Jim Creek and on
Gold Run. Bench claims nave peen Staked
on Slate Creek, but the ground is by no
means covered as yet = c,o
The principal tributaries OF slate are
independence. Ruby, Fourth OF July,
Merry Christmas and Happy New ear,
on all of which the same good surface
work is yet being done on any. There is
a vast country in here that remains TO be
prospected. Almost nothing is known or
the Middle Fork and all It's tributaries
These will be invaded this summer, no
BOUNDARY CREEK is a good sized
stream that flows into the YUKON Just at
the boundary line. The lower half of the
lower claim only lies in British territory.
About a dozen men are working there ana
they claim to have found big prospects,
but that water has troubled them all win
ter so that they could do little work, but
they hope for better opportunity IN the
Tie district thus touched on its directly
great number of creeks that are wholiy
What prospecting has been
done on any of the creeks is generally OF
the most superficial kind, consisting of
the sinking of mere potholes that almost
run out before they reach bedrock Ihi3
has not been because of a lack Of inclina-
tiCn on the part of proSpectorS, but be-
cause of an enforced hurry. On mere
prospecting tours into regions dihcult or
access and distant from base of sup
plies men cannot carry great quantltles
nd fhnrafOrp what
they can do quickly. The whole region
remains to be really tested. Even the
coming summer will not see this done,
although the thousand men at work there
now Will see their number multiplied sew
eral times.
The Seventy mile is big stretch of coun-
try, with on the map more creeks to the
square inch than any other division. There
are about a hundred men working there
and a small settlement at the mouth;
Nothing to cause thrill has come out of
Seventy this winter. Twelve claims
are being worked on
BARNEY CREEK - Like Forty-mile
and Mission, nearly all the. Seventy-mile
during the mosquito drill. Twelve claims
are being worked or made ready.
Lee and Frohlick are the owners
of four claims, one of which paid three
ounces to man last summer. The dirt
runs from Is to 20 cents in 31s to feet of
gravel. Powell '& Nelson are working a
claim, and Reynolds and Runnells two
others. A. j. Freitas and V. l.. Bening
ton own portion of 1000 feet at the
mouth which developed excellent pay.
FLUME CREEK enters seventy miles
from the opposite side from Barney, the
left going up, and some miles farther
up. Several claims were worked there
last fall, and provisions were taken in
this winter for the summer campaign.
Claim owners in the forties say they have
made recent good finds.
Claim owners on Crooked Creek, Broken
Neck and Pleasant creeks are cheerful,
and declare a stanch faith in their prop
erty.
There is a little bunch of creeks that
enter the Yukon in close vicinity to each
other about thirty miles below Seventy
Mile They were staked during the throes
and enthusiasms of the late war time
and were called Dewey, Schley, Fourth
of July, Mckinley and Michigan. 1 wrote
them after my run down the
river last fall. l was unable to visit them
this time and cannot tell whether any
thing has developed in line with their
promise or otherwise. What they hold
will, however only be delivered in the
bright summertime. Fourth of July fs
the creek of this group that caused the
most stir last summer. 1t is about thirty
miles long and Discovery Is half way up
Discovery was made by T. McMichaels,
and it Is said he took out gold In ounces.
Nos. 10, IL and IL are owned by Van Ness,
Pennoyer and Pickenbaugh. They SHOW
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