Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-03-01
You may have the Sand,
but Lack the Oppor-
tunity of join
ing the
GREATRUSHTO NOME.
The Buster Creek Hydraulic Mining
Company, of Nome, Alaska
has the Sand as we'll
as the opportunity
Desert

This Company is organized under the
laws of the State OF Washington, with t.
800. 0CO shares Of Capital Stock OF the par
value Of %l.00 each. IT. principal place
OF business viii be at NOME, Alaska, with
branch offices at Seattle, and Aberdeen,
Washington.
II is Chehalis County Company, Oil
GERS rs follows:
Geo. u. Schofc,d, Montesano, i'rcsi-
dent; n. Y. Cory, Westpor., Vice Prcsi-
dent; Collin Murray, Aberdeen, Secre-
taiy; William tanning. Aberdeen,
Treasurer.
The Company owns Eleven contiguous
bench claims agsiesating Two Hundred
and Twenty (220) acres, Eleven miles
from Nome, on Buster Creek, Nome,
Alaska, a short distance below the now
famous No. 3, owned by Jack Cooper Of
Hoquiam, and G. ID. Lane OF San Fran
cisco.
The locations were made by Cory, Lam
ming and Murray the latter part OF Sep
TENDER, 1899, and in surface prospects,
the claims PANIED five cents to the pan,
1.-TWO cents per pan is considered fine
showing for Hydraulic work.) No bed
rock panning was obtained owing to the
lateness of the season, but every indica-
ton is that the claims will prove rich at
bedrock, owing to their location and
what is known Of surrounding claims.
The claims will be worked by hydraulic
process, the fall and quantity OF water OF
Buster Creek being more than ample to
guarantee first class gravity hydraulic
system.
The Company has engaged passage on
the steamship Oregon, for its officers, and
has reserved ten tons OF f.eight space.
Hydraulic appliances consisting OF 5000
leet OF Eight (s) inch hydraulic hoze,
hydraulic giant, nozzles, and lumber for
dams and sluice boxes will be taken in.
For these purposes, the Company has set
apart $780, 900 shares of Treasury stock,
100 900 shares of which has been placed
on the market at 10 cents per share.
$4,000
was offered the locators for a controlling
interest in these Eleven claims, which
was promptly refused.
Unlike great majoiity OF the stock
Companies, this Company is not in the
market to SELL STOCK ONLY. THE
PRINCIPAL OWNERS HAVE NO STOCK FoT
SALE AT ANY PRICE. The Company will
sell Just enough Treasury stock to pur
chase the hydraulic plant, and no more
anticipating that this summers clean uT
will provide ample means for better ap
pliances and more approved methods, az
we'll as paying satisfactory dividend OF
all of the Capital Stock.
WE mean business. We are not goint
to Nome on wild goose chase, but OF
an assured fact.
Buster Creek is recognized as one OF thu
rich creeks OF the Nome District and THU
Company's holdings are believed to b'
as valuable as any on the creek.
1t is confidently believed that a small
investment in the stock OF this Compan.
at this time will yield handsome returns
Nothing ventured, Nothing Gained.
Stock is row on sale at the following
places, with the following officers OF tn
Company:
Geo. ID. Schofeld, President, Monte
, sano, Washington; N. T. Cory, Vic
President, Seattle, Washington; Colli
Murray, Secretary, and William Lannine
Treasurer, Aberdeen, Washington; II
l.. Sauers, Cosmopolis, Washington.