The Nome nugget., 1901-12-25
A. Party Os Mushers Reach
 Nome From Candle.
CANDLE IS QuIsT
Prospecting tic Claims Is Beginning to Start Up-N0t Much Buiness Being DOne-Pe0pie There Are Confident That Strike Is Oenuine.

Dr. G. M. Morris, A. $. Nelson and Thomas C. Moves and Mrs. Moves ar rived Saturday evening from Candle creek, which place they left on Decem- Der To- They also had two natives in the party They came by way of Fish river and had hard trip, the rivers being Overnowed good portion of the way and the snow being deep.
 Dr. Norris, when seen by d NUGGET representative, said there was little new to report from Candle creek, fur ther than what has already been pub lished in the NUGGET. ~
 The residents of that section are con- fident that they have a good camp, and it is believed that the gold belt, which is prophyry, schist and quartz form ation, runs from the Keewalik to the Buckland and Selawik rivers.
 Dr.. Norris and A. 5. Nelson are located on Alder creek, which en.ptie into KOtzebue sound a few miles west of the mouth of the KeewaiiK. The latter, by the way, says Dr. Morris, is not the name of the river- The natives call it the Kougalik, but the Alast map makers have taken liberties with the name and changed it to keeWalik. By the same token, it is not Inmachuk, but Ipnachuk-the river at the mouth of which Deering City is situated.
 Bedrock has nowhere beea found in Keewalik section, except q sort of bhus clay bedrock on the beach. Accord ing to the doctor, no bedrock has been found on Candle creek, the gold being all through the sand.
 On Alder. creek some prospecting has been done, gold being found at, the sur face only, and the indications are that the benches may contain gold. Some prospecting, that is real prospecting, has been commenced on Candle creek, and natives had reported strike over in the Buckland country.
 Candle is a quiet town, and there is not q great deal of money in ncireulation, the men who are there only having gotten out grub stake, as rule The price of drink of whisky now is 50 cents, the price having been advanced from 9 cents; a bottle of poor hootch costs S5, while beer is $4S a case, or $2 a bottle. There is only one restaurant in the town, and It is not doing much business, meals being $2 eacb- but it is not likely to hold at that figure. The. saloons are not doing much business. either. %
 Some of the people from the barge Nome City, ashore near Cape Espen- berg, are making their way into Candle, most of them broke. w. T. Lopp passed Alder creek about Decem- Der with 200 reindeer for Point Blos-. som. The deer were from the govern ment station at Cape Prince of Wales-
 Thomas C. Moves, late recorder fot the district, was very popular with the miners. His successor, w. J. Milroy, arrived at Candle on Dec. !, and this was the first intimatiou that MT. Moves had of his removal. He had fully in- tended, however, to resign the office upon his return to Nome, The people of the Keewalik presented him with.an endorsement which was signed by all the men in that section except two.
 According to Dr. Morris, steamers will not be able to reach the Keewalik until well on to the end of July. By the middle of September it begins to freeze, so the mining season will be short. He thinks, however, winter mines will be found and work prose- cuted all the year round. Speaking of the timber in that section, he says it is and he does not think it is fit fur siascs lumber.
 Dr. Morris, Mr. Nelson and Mir. and Mrs. Moves will return to Candle about January 10 next. I
 Among the Candle people en route to Nome arc Mr. and Mrs. 5. A. Pepper, whe,should reach Nome today or to. morrow. \
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