Douglas Island news., 1900-10-24

There will be no welcome in the Big
 Salmon for the professional claim stalk
 CT, says the Skagway Alaskan. The
 miners there say they will not encour- age any but those who desire claims
 for the purpose of working them, and they say there is plenty of rich ground
 for those. "There is abundant room for all those who come into the coun- try with the intention of actually
 working and the miners will help all such to get claims" said Sam Lough, "but there is no room for the claim seeker who will not work. We don't want stampede of power attorney men. These retard a country. There is already difficulty brewing on Mendo- cino and Martin creeks over this kind of proceeding. Both of these creeks were staked on the snow by mon who never stuck pick in the ground or washed pan of dirt. Actual miners are stalking over them and the gold has been discovered by subsequent loca- tors. The Big Salmon is country worth developing and if it is worked it will be possible to get better roads and cheaper transportation facilities. The gold on Livingstone creek is coarse and rich On discovery claim six or eight nuggets were taken out which were worth over S200 a piece, and dozen or more were worth over S100. The largest nugget weighed over S305. The gold is richer than the Klondike metal, running from S17.85 to S18.3O per ounce. The south fork of the Big Salmon; of which all creeks named are tributaries, offers splendid inducements for genu- inc prospectors."
 A new strike has been made on the Koyukuk, and according to F. c. Nc Manner, the discoverer, it is very rich, says the Skagway Alaskan. The new diggings are on Emma creek, a tributa- ry to the famous middle fork of the Koyukuk river The gold is coarse and S1OO per day to the shovel has been pro- duced Mir. Nc Manner arrived Satur- day directly from the new diggings with S6000 in gold nuggets to corroberate his report of the richness of Emma creek. "Emma creek was discovered on July 5th," said Mir. McNamer, "and active work commenced shortly thereafter. I left on the 20th of August and we had by that time taken out S6200 in gold. It represented the work of three men. I left my brother and another partner at work. They expected when l left to continue work until the freeze up and come out with dog team which we had on the claim. When at Dawson, where I stopped few days on my trip up the river, learned that my brother had worked 10 days only, leaving Sept. 1st for St. Michaels. He had taken out in that time over $3000. When at work we took out S100 per day to the shovel on an average. Frequently it went over that. The ground is from three to five feet deep and pay is found from surface to bed rock. It is a summer proposition. Emma creek is, so far, the best discovered. There are at least 10 miles of very rich ground. We worked in three different places, about the cen ter of each of our claims, and all were found to be very rich. Before the dis covery of Emma creek, Myrtle and Minnie creeks, tributaries of Slate, were the best creeks in the Koyul1uk region, and considerable gold was talk. en out there last season. Emma creek is about six miles above Slate and di- rectly opposite Marion. We will go back next year and expect much de- velopment in the country" MT Mo- Manner had several large and very pret- ty nuggets that he had taken out of his claim. The largest one was worth be- tween S15o and S160 and was flat and we'll worn.