The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-11
Many of the Miners Already
 Actively at Work.
PLENTY OF SUPPLIES
Said to be Three Hundred Tons at Dalton's Poroupine City Store-- Nothing to Fear From Indians on the Route Up the Chilkat.

Louis K. Pratt, the attorney, who has returned from a visit to the Porcupine country estimates the output of the placers of that district this season will approxi> mate S25o,ooo. He says there are a large amount of supplies in the camp, and de- velopmen work is being done on mum Der of the claims which are, he says em phaticallv, not prospects, but accepted as sure mining properties. He says further
 "Poreupine no V has thres frame houses, two log houses and a number of other structures.
 "Dalton X Handlev have large trad ing establishment at Porcupine, and are said to have 900 tons of miners supplies and merchandise under its roof.
 "The town of Porcupine is almost de- serted. everyone in the district being out mining.
 1 "ln regard to various concerns working 1 in the district, Nilsson X Cranston are put in large dam and Hume. Fitch X Mc> | Elravev are working on bench and have good ground. Smith X Bigelow are work ing on No. below discovery, from which it is reported they last year took out SIo,- 900 to SI5.ooo.
 Dalton and Book are operating exten- i Sivev on discovery. A half mile further up Wiley, Mix X Stewart are at work, Danforth X Quilter are working fraction further up.
 "At the mouth of Mckinley creek and just above the falls Chisholm X Hall are operating. Not far away the Cahoon people are putting in near the mouth of Mckinley Hume 1000 feet long, and have already completed goo feet. They are probably the biggest operators in the dis trce, and are putting in saw mill It is said the Calhoon people last year took Saooo from I2o feet nf the ersek bed Add joining the claim from which this cleans up was made. and on Mckinley creek Is my claim now leased to W. H. Ellison, who has one man helping him. They will put in Hume.
 "On Glacier creek, Smith, Bgelow and Dalton are operating a stear pump and propose to go to bed rock. Gardner Is go ing in to work on the same creek right away.
 Frank Griglay is at work on a bench between Mckinley and Porcupine.
 "Mr, Campbell is putting in Hume to take water from near the mouth of the Mckinley and run along the Porcupine to supply the miners at either side of the creek. However, he has not much capital and is not progressing fast. He Is prob ably working to hold franchise on the water rights.
 "The biggest find of tfe winter Is that, presume, of Smith & Bigeow on No. I below discovery on Porcupine. They sunk two holes to bed rock, each eighteen to twenty feet deep, and both giving bot. tom area Of eight by fifteen feet, and took out several thousand dollars. This pay was taken from the creek bed, and was reached by working through the frozen Ice and using pump tv keep out seepage.
 George Penz Is working on the copper properties in the Rainy Hollow district.
 '"The Canadian Mounted police were the gueste of the people of Porcupine Feb. 22, and for five days great international love- feast was held. It IS said eghtv-fve gal Ions of good liquor was absorbed. This social gathering was held in return for the courtesy of Christmas party at which the police entertained the Porcupinians.
 "The Indians at Haines. up the Chilkat and at kluckwan are not troublesome or menacing, and white people who enter tine region and attend to their own business are not harmed. l was taken up the river by an Indian man and his wife, and spent one night with them. The Indians at Kluck- wan seem sorry, isolated lot. The place in which thev live seems to be barren and forsaken spot, vet am told they and their ancestors have lived there 300 years."
 MT. Pratt will leave in a few days for