The Nome nugget., 1900-01-01

at the head of the gulch, for $20,00O. company comprised of the Beach brothers and members of the Aims worth party from Portland are work ing No 1 on a two years lay. This claim comprises the mouth of the gulch and reaches across Glacier creek. sThe lessees have been sinking and drifting during the winter on one sec tion of the claim, and although bed rock has not been reached at depth of ten feet, the dirt runs 40, 50 and 60 cents to the pan. The work. is done without thawing machines, as the ground is not frozen sufficiently to per init of their operation. Big dumps will be ready for the first run of water before the. opening up of claims else where.
 A large vein of quartz. with free gold visible. was discovered at the head Oi Snow gulch. running almost parallel with Anvil and Glacier creeks. This vein has been traced through several claims located by Messrs. Leedy, Yes tai and others. On the Leedy claim an unsorted sample taken from across the vein at point where it is about fifty feet wide assayed $3Qt the ton. G,asief Fsek. !
 With the exception bf discovery Gre ferred to above as N3 Snow gulch) work on Glacier creea was commenced late in thu season, consequently was limited, and Was con fined to No. 1 be- low, and to above. inclusive. This stream is one of the largest tributaries of Snake river. and is about seven miles long. Ihere is an ample supply of water, and bedrock is shallow.
 At No. l below, owned by Lane & Price, high water caused suspension of work just as their extensive bed rock drain was nearing completion. This claim is said to prospect equally as well as No. 1 Snow gulch.
 No. l above remains practically un- prospected because of a contest for ownership.
 Assessment work was commenced in a desultory Fay on No. ? above, owned by cIMpany oNSan Francisco Ger mans. C-a.s.-. eoci pan prospects, they borrower cker and two men took out $35 in hour and a half. Later the cleanup wiri, sl,ss IS was $50 day and upwards to the man. A S25 nugget was the largest found.
 No. above is owned by the Ingra- ham company. Only three days sluic- ing was done on this claim, and al though the pay ssreak was not reached the cleanup averaged an ounce day to the man. Difi running as high as 90 cents to the ran was found.
 The limited amount of work done on No. 31a by Jones & Co. did not un- cover the pay streak, but they took out $1O to SIS a-day to the man during the few days they were sluicing.
 The most: 4horough prospecting and extensive development work on the up per series of claims was done on No. 4 after its purchase in August from the original locator by an English com pany, the copsfderation being $20.090. A cr0ss-ctu at the lower end line, where the fiSsfprce from rim to rim is about 200 feet, exposes six feet below the surfaee, fnNhe old bed of the creek, a pay srrcs-t scout three feet thick in the center and twenty-five feet wide. This prospects as high as 8 to the pan. Just as Superintendent Paul had everything in readiness to commence sluieing. the freeze-up late in Septem- Der caused a suspens. .on of operations for the season.
 On No. 5 the A. c. Co was also "froze ont" for the season alter open ing up the property with big drai ditch and cross-cut; but the value O.