The Nome nugget., 1901-12-04
The Sum of Si2,OOO Taken
 From Sam Peppers Claim
BY ACTIVE SHIPPERS
But Pepper Never Kicked ard Told Them to Keep lt AI--Many Mush- CTS Hurryirg By Several Routes to the keewaiik Country.

Candle creek is the prospectOr's mecca just now. In the past two weeks hundreds of mushers from all parts of the coast have started northward lured by the tales told of the golden sands of the creek called by the luminous name, Candle.
 Recent arrivals in Nome from Coun- cil City and from points on the Eastern coast say that mushers are met by the score, all bound for Candle. Those going by the Fish river route outfit at Candle and Chinik.
 Tim Sullivan, who runs Magnus Kjelsberg's store on the Keewalik, left Tuesday morning for his headquarters with long string of fine dogs and a heavy freight. Sullivan tells marvel ous tales about Candle creek, but he admits, as do all others who have vis- ited that section, that outside of Can dle's creek bed little is known But the creek bed has been dandy; is yet dandy, in fact.
 Nearly every body in Nome knows Sam Pepper, who is now at Candle City. Pepper is interested in several claims on the creek, besides owning one outright. When he reached the creek late last fall man known aS Big" Clark was sniping on Pepper's claim. He went to Pepper, offered to give him his share of the gold he had extracted, remarking that he had in tended to visit the old country this .winter and see his meLheR s,,sse ss. as-
 "l1eep the gold,' said Pepper, with his well known generosity, anu Clark is now visiting hIs mother. Other snipers on Peppers claim were at work. He did not interfere with them, telling the men that the gold they took out was theirs. "But I'd like to know, just for curlosity's sake, how much gold you fellows have taken out. , They toted up the amount, and it fig ured l2,0O0.
 When Sullivan left Candle, several weeks ago, men were yet busy shovel ing up the sand through the ice and rocking it. He thinks that Candle will prove rich, as we'll as Bear and other creeks in that section. The largest nugget found in Candle creek weighed only 40 cents, and this was some ten miles up the stream.
 Last July, when Candle was discov- cred by EnoS Thomas and others, Sul- livan and partners. were on First Chance creek, on the KOyuk. They had sunk 2 holes to bedrock on that stream and found in all but one color. Thomas and two or three others made their way across to Candle, where they found their first prospects. Adam Snyder was sent back to Sullivan's camp, some 30 miles away, to tell Sul- livan they had struck it. Sullivan was down at cache few miles away after grub, and the messenger missed him. He helped himself to some pro- visions, however, and started back. While Sullivan thus missed being one of the first dlscOverers, Snyder gave him half interest in a claim in return for the provisions taken.
 H. o. Blankenship, the champion stalker of Candle creek, staked claims in every name that he could remember, so it is said, and when he ran out he staked for Mills Seminary, San Fran cisco, the San Francisco hospital and g number of other public and private in- stitutions. But the latter locations have been jumped upon with both feet. The best is the cheapest. Get your eatables at the Nome Trading Co.