The Nome nugget., 1901-09-27
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TELLER A DEAD ONE
Steam 1hawers at N1ark in -ihe Agi- apuk District--A Few Sales Oi Mines Are Rep0rted-Capital Lack
 Ing. However. to Open Up Claims.

Teller, Sept. 23. 23.-Substant'al pros pebting is going on in the Agiapuk .Gistrict, the main creeks being Alleen, Swanson and North. Under the super vision of Harry Burk and Julius Ben son, two holes arg being put down, with the kindly aid of a steam thawer. At the depth of 50 feet in one hole, in the wash gravelSnd blue clay, was found bark and parts of Jog. The work progresses with determination known .only to true miners.
 John Burk and Hopkins are opening up the lower half of discovery on Alleen, while Capt. Coy has been .sluioing mrhe topper half for several weeks, paying Sl per hour for labor. And the men ge. their wages.
 Walter Kings property has all been jumped in the Agiapuk district, bu. sWalter is looking for the paystreek on No. 10 Gold Run.
 Good work is being done on Sunset creek, across the hay,>a few sales hay ing been made.
 Igloo creek IS promising we'll. From all indications there is a rich paystreak in the vicinity of these creeks. The capital is lacking at the present time >for any systematic development work, ibut it is the opinion of the few miners here that some day.n. rich find will be located.
 No. Gold Run paid e.rf labor at seven cents on the dollar last ~weak. The blessed result of litigation.
 The first few claims on Alder, creek are doing much to regainrthe lost con- ,tidence in the RluestOne. Harris X Mcdonald are making preparations to ,open up No. above on Alder this fall.
 Mo. l4tEold Run, seems to be com ing to the front very rapidly. With sl7 nuggets and good cleanups, the Upper end of the disappointiag creek ,xnAy prove to have been too hastily .cendemned.
 Three claims are sluicing on Dease creek.
 Teller is Ion the bum." There will not be corporals guard left next win fer. The Cafe Be l'Are And The .1Arct:o-are closed, after t;ding over the Song, dreary months of winter. It is mournful to see the rapidly leaving in- habitants, the unemployed gamesters the numerous, gaunt, lean, idle. hungry and half-starved pack animals, mourn tul malamutes, smiling aborigine, as he and his diminishing family con gratulatingly view the fast xacating performance; semi-trlumpnant, in the contemplated revenge of the "'burned lgloos," together With the calm, serene (?) Artic breeze, as it lovingly pays with the cheek of the thoroughly ,daunted sour dough, who gazes long ingly at the frigid draw which ,nsym- pathetically pours forth the chilly blast, and with one long, lingering regret, ,.as he steps aboard the faithful Elk
 Joe Griffith and "Frenchy'' came 10 grief over their sale on Sunset. Alter getting in posse ,sion the purchaser re- fused to pay for the claim.
 A'rhe Kougarok is booming once rimore. Chas Schultz arrived from the scene of his summers toll. slightly em- .barassed but still in the ring. He thinks looking for gold is better than ,being Deputy Marshal.
 A $3,OOO cleanup was made on No. s Quartz few days ago. No. 8 is at the ;anouth of Dahl, and after good substan- .tial development work by the Clark Bros, formerly of Gold Hill, Dawson, they will not be the reapers of the gold zen harvest, having 8 short time ago sold their interest to Olsen. San Fran cisco capitalist. The price paid is not known Martin Dahl is ono1s>tolrhNf ry at having brought out his partners 'in the property.
 Windy, of the Kougarok, is showing up well.
 Lane's surveying party arrived from .the Kougarok last evening. The num- erous claims, still objects of large ex- .pense, prove that the worthy ''C. D" has not lost faith in the camps future.
 Very little stock is placed in the re- ,ports of tke Arctic boomers Few of the individuals of recent arrival; 4.yould be believed under oath.
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