The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-21
Careful Investigators Certain of
Monies Rich Resources.
NOTES FROM MANY DISTRICTS.
Lack Of Water In the Greeks Delays
Active work-Iitfie Tint Can lie
Done Gives showings That Sur
pass All Expcctstions-sinic
Near Topkuk Continues sinrock
and Cripple River Districts Lively

NOME, July THE great mineral
wealth Of Nome and adjacent districts is
not questioned by those who have under
taken any sort of careful investigation.
The walls Of the disappointed who came
North looking for easily earned riches or
to prosper by the luck Of others and the
threatening health conditions OF the over
crowded city, have had no effect upon
the hopes and plans Of those who are
here to give the resources Of the district
a fair and thorough trial Claim-owners,
miners and prospectors are either al
ready prosperous or have plans and pro-
perties from which. with utmost conf
dence, they predict great results.
News from the creeks comes in but
slowly owing to the backwardness Of
the work. which cannot be prosecuted
with any great amount Of Xigor until the
miners get more water 70 push ahead
with. Nevertheless hardly a day passes
without some report coming into town
which. taken as an earnest of the things
that are 10 be. shows that the richness
Of the claims have been. II anything,
under rather than overestimated.
Mig Nuggets Found.
Tho latest stories that have been
brought in tell of the finding of a 500 mug
get the Lindebcrg claim. on Anvil
creek, and of sA-ounce nugget that
was picked up on Dexter. on Dexter
they backed up. enough water to allow
them to work for three or four hours
In that length of time they succeeded in
cleaning up over 1000 from one small
piece OF ground before the supply 81
water played out and they were forced
To discontinue their iahors.
The Pioneer Mining Company has been
handicapped, as have all others. by the
dryness OF their claims. Yet they have
done little spasmodic work. and have
been exceedingly we'll paid for their
trouble. On one OF their claims they have
cleaned up considerable. The dust of that
place has not yet been weighed but 1t IL
heavy enough to tax the entire strength
OF a strong man to lift It.
BI,6 city Beach sands.
Numerous pumping plants are being pu:
into position a. Blur city. near Topkuk,
Only two plants, however. are yet In ope-
ration. and but ono of them Is OF suf-
head Of water. on Saturday afternoon
ono plant. with four men, cleaned up
eight ounces In four hours, working over
reached Nome today from Bluff city.
says that Daniels creek Is rich. hut there
II not enough water on the creek even
who has n lay on No. 3, has "a big area
stripped and is waiting for water. which.
ne says, VIII soon come, Other claims
are being gotten ready for sluicing
On the stnrOck River.
J. J. Underwood and A. + Bredul re-
turned today from n trip TO the head
waters OF S.nrock river. where Mr. Un-
nerwood ~ Interested In number OF
claims. Mr. Bredull made an examlna-
ton OF the claims, ana both he and Mr.
Underwood will shortly proceed to San
claims 10 parties represented here by Mr..
Brcdull. A good strike is reported on
Charley creek. sinrock river But little
work, work mas YET been done because OF the
ins Of Oregon creek. Mr. Underwood says
that 'ft ia cracker-jack.'' and while
" IL not as rich as Auvil. 10 promises 10
DO sharp rival OF that famous creek.
Cripple River District.
G. II. Packard who came down from
Cripple river district yesterday. says that
some claims on oregon creek have been
jumped az many AZ four times. Every
where. In fact. Is the trail OF the Jumper
seen One of the easily worked ara re-
haols claims on Oregon Is the Francis
half blind IL Is only "A foot 70 bedrock
however. and the old gentleman II rock.
ire out daily from Sls to SIS. PrepuTa-
tiena are being made to sluicc the dirt
Water II scarce ON all the creeks but
thcee is enough for rocking purposes
and In some places a suice head can be
az water b. concerned. On t.aym.in a
lssnxdonB claim good pay liz also being
found, party with a wagon and horses
reached Mountain creek SATURDAY, whore
they have taken lay On No Noun
tain sluiciug Is IN progress and 81
get gulch On which there are fourteen
claims
From Other roi0ts.
Lee Peacock. NJ Npkomo Ind has
started cut into the interior with d num-
hvr ~ pack animals he visited Anvil and
other creeks few days ago. and saw
the gold betting shaveied out There he
remarked iherc WAS quarts TN this coun-
try, AMI being man af means he So
cured tho necessary OUTFIT and struck out
lie viii be gone month or six weeks
Charles Pond reached Nome a few DAYS
age from the kny ukuk Mr. Pond SAYS
that there are as beast -four rich creeks
iu that district
s ue 90 the creeks near the upper
waters of Nomr glSsg scrn 90 promise
we'll Last week On nohvrtv creek
trttutafN % NoJuc river } a Wcstuy
Nhat vlci IN So 10 forty minutes
" D. Thompson has % nice sample
~ Hummer crcck god York district II
is COARSE ARID very slack ITO got sbout
s q iu thrrc-fouUhs 20 a yard 90 dirt.
Fear bedrock Whs mot reached
frsei ~tudstrVn came down from NuE.
ett suac1 TRIBUTARY ~ Oregon crook
crtpric river ABSTRACT. ca saturday Mr.
Sandetrom SAYS Nuggct "a showing tip
sausaN as wrt as Oregon From seven
l4Hs th SGT 8 III