Douglas Island news., 1900-09-19

was made recently by the owner of No. 10 above discovery, MT. John Jensen, who tapped a 30-foot pay streak which returns anywhere from S65 to Sl00 per day to the shovel. Much work of the development order throughout the dis trict, but especially on this creek and it's tributaries, is being done, and this has received a great stimulus through Jensen's discovery. Numerous claims are being worked both above and be- low No. 10.
 One of the mining camps of great promise in the north that has been largely overlooked is the Big Salmon. Not only has the Big Salmon prospec- tive value, but according to George F. Pope, Livingstone creek miner, it is now a good camp and one that will rap idly improve. MT. Pope is on his way south to negotiate for hydraulic ma chinery to use next year on Living stone creek, and in speaking of the camp to representative of the Daily Alaskan, said: "The claims that are being worked on Livingstone creek are paying we'll. On discovery claim they have been taking out S100 day to the man. The claim is owned by J. 10. Pe- ters, Ben Cavanaugh and Sam Lough, all of Seattle. They are mining on bed rock which is exposed. The creek at this point runs in canyon, the walls being high and perpendicular. A large Hume has been built and the water car ried therein several feet above the heads of the miners. The pay extends down two feet into the bedrock. Liv- ingstone creek is tributary of the south fork of the Big Salmon and is all staked. The upper portion of the creek is quite deep. In places we have to go thirty to forty feet to bed rock, but no man has yet gotten down without find ing pay. The crown claims have all been sold and the assessment work has been done on them all. In fact there was not claim on the creek unrepre- sented this year. The assessment work for another is now being done. The bunch of ten crown claims adjoining and just below discovery claim sold at auction for S15,0OO. The ten claims commencing at No. 10 above discovery sold to Ben Lowrie for $500 and he is now taking out good money. The crown sold 100 more claims on this creek but they sold cheap. On each bunch, however, pay has been struck. There are four other creeks all parallel ing Livingstone, all of which prospect we'll, and some good pay has been: found. The creeks are Martin, May, Mendocino on the east of Livingstone and Cottoneva on the west. Cottoneva l is all staked and several claims are be- ing worked. About on fourth of the claims on Martin creek have been To- cated and good pay has been discover ed. May creek was all staked by one man, who came out and got men to go in and represent them at $2 per day. This man is Nova Scotian and there is great feeling against him in the country. Pay has been discovered in several places on Mendocino creek, though there are only one or two loca- tions on it yet. In addition to these creeks there is a dry gulch between Cottoneva and Livingstone, which are about six miles apart, which contains six claims. They are being worked and pay two ounces per day to the man. There is no fine gold in the country, the small pieces average g or S3. There are many nuggets taken out, the lsrg- est two being valued at S305 and S294. The lowest assay so far had from the