The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-07
Theory That Wealth Lies
 Under the Benches
Coos to Export tho Engineer Min ing Group Story of tho Frsnoh Syndicate and Its Rooonstruotion Prominent In Mining Affairs

Maurice Clcrc. the mining engineer n charge of the extensive hydraulic work, ou Boulder creek. in thc Ntln district left on yesterdays train ioi thc Engineer mines. where he wll make a careful examination oi the prop crty. upon which Co base a report Co the directory oi the Engineer Mining Company. which will furnish them a program for opening up thc property.
 Oi conditions ou Boulder creek. Mr.. Clcrc said that it was undoubtedly thc most active creek iu the district near y every claim being operated. The property iu charge oi Mr. Clcrc wa, purchased from the yariou, locator, by htc DcLamar Syndicate. oi Paris. France. The works. last season. were under the management oi (. Chris tophcr N the closing oi thc work last season the property wa. sold to thc Socictc Minicrc dc la tolumbic Briuaniuuc. While thc new company virtually include, the DcLamar Syn Jicatc the company is strengthened by fhc infusion Oi more capital and is a reconstruction oi the original com pauy Mr. Clcrc wa, sent out Co take charge oi thc property ,or thc recon ,tructcd company Until very recently .hc high water made it impossible Co work at a profit CuIy two claim, ou thc creek could bc worked continuous 'y. No. 1i below. owned by Germans. and ,hc lluttiup claim below Four oi five large derrick, are being used to nl thc boulder, from thc bcdrock The outlook l, now very good and a'I the owner, of claims. where hig open cut, were made. are preparing to mmc I.a,,y resume work. a, they are able t1 take uut thc tailing, m good shape
 The French company especially have been set back hy thc effects oi high vatcr lt has. however. afforded a chance Go set ihc .lumc much below where i hld been contemplated The Hume |, now placed tcn feet below where it was possible tu place it la,t season. aGorl'ue an opportunity Co work much larger area of dirt Good drt is now being struck and there is every reason Co believe that thc bal. ancc of thc season., work vilI foe proc itahlc
 Mr. Clcrc assert, that thc future oi Ntliu cannot bc predicted Hi, ob,cr- vltous bears him out in thc theory that only one wall of thc streams i- a true wall and that thc other l, false wall of huge debris
 Thi. debris forms. without douht a false bedrock underneath which there may bc pay dirt oi great value li 'u
 urc development should prove the
 truth %. such a theory. thc digging, oi \tlin will be practically incNhaust- 1blc So far thc most extensive work ing, do mol hardly more than amount to a ,kimmne of tbc surface Pros pcctine h3. not cNtcujcd Co thc bcd- rock under thc benches 10 may bc found that hydraulic mining win not hc able to cope with 'hc future dcvol- opmont- of thc country and that work ing on much larger scale must bc cm p'oycd
 Boulder creek i, now hardly pros Dcctcd The property of thc French company include, fifteen hydraulic lea ,c,-a creek stretch oi two miles.
 lt wa, on thc report of Mr. Clcrc Co capitalists oi Paris, France. that the recent heavy deal m Engineer Mining stock wa. con,ummatcd
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