The Nome nugget., 1901-08-13
GOLD IS COMING OUT
\ Authentic Information Concerning the Operations in Different Districts Between 'Nome and Council City
 Greeks That are Producing Gold.

Authentic news from the creeks be- tween Nome aud Council City is en- couraging, considering conditions with which the. miners have to contend. The late season isa more serious detriment ! to mining than most people imagine. In the higher attitudes there are snow : and ice in many of tho small creeksand gulches, and the frost king smiles se- renely at the futile efforts of miners to break his back on the hidden treasures will permit considerable development work. is being done, and in some in- stances hard work has been rewarded by rich strikes.
 Considerable work is in progress on :. Buster creek, above Lillian, and, in the language of the miner, Buster is look ing we'll" Probably 40 men are work ing on Buster. Morse gulch, a tribu- ., tary of Bonita, not far from where that stream empties into Osborne, has a few : good claims, 40 cents to the pan having been found.
 Venetia creek will :be thoroughly prospected this year. No pay has been reported above Victoria gulch, but there are -24 claims below Victoria gulch, and work is being done on all of them except No. , above. The forma- ! tiOn is lime schist. and the pay is in the bed of the stream. and runs from . cents to 20 cents a pan, two feet deep in bedrock. It is necessary to run beu- rock drains and wing the stream. On No. 6 above, when they got ready to sluice, prospecting revealed 90 cents to the pan and coarse, high grade gold. There are indications that the pay is spotted, but the general prospects are encouraging. Most of the claims on the creek are owned by Italians. Vic toria gulch is undoubtedly rich. Pans ; as high as 75 cents are reported. and ' one claim is paying not less than $50 9 day to the man.
 Some good property has been devel- a Oped on Iron creek, and Canyon and . other tributaries have shown splendid prospects,. The Beau Mercantile Com- pany, A. M. Pope. who owns No. $ / below, Farnsworth and others, who a have,a lay on No. 5 above, have good s ground. Some claims have been par tially prOspected without locating the paystreak, but sufficient work has not been done to justify the belief that the creek is spotted. Some of the claims that have been opened up will pay $250 p a day to the man.
 There is some goOd-looking country in this part of the peninsula and num- Der of unprOspected quartz ledges. Gold has been found on Slate creek, but it is deep. There is every indica- . tiOn that the creek contains good pay. The lower part of Rock creek, a tribu- !; tary of Slate, is promising, and there are a number of other creeks that empty into the Pilgrim river in this vicinity that look good, show colors, !, but have not been prospected in a way ; to determine their value.
 On Ruby creek and the headwaters of Solomon river more men are work ing than in any other section of North western Alaska. There are probably one thousand men in this territory. Ruby creek contains good pay, and will make . material addition to the output g of Alaskan gold this year. On the headwaters of Solomon there are claims , paying s5O and S6O day to the man, and there is good ground here that cannot be worked on account of the frost.
 In the Council City distric: work is in progress on discovery, Nos. 3, s, To- 12, l3 and 15 on Ophir. The best show ing is made on the property of the Wild Goose Company, where a large force of men are at work, and it is re- ported that the clean-up averages S12.- oOO day. On discovery, the Pioneer Commercial Company are taking out from $l,0OO to 5000 a day. No. l on Sweetcake is yielding about the same amount. Crooked creek is very rich, but work is hindered by frost. All re- ports indicate that Lanes property on Ophir is the richest in Northwestern Alaska. Wages are S5 and $6 and board day.
 Don't forget to see the great line of neckwear that just arrived at Gus Browns, 3l6 Front St.