The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-19
GLACIER
Peculiar Nature of Gravel
 In Pay Streak

John E.rcIlw. who s known on the creeks 1s one of the puorsotc mining men | nf thr KioulIse. h1s returned from a Grip Go Rampant. and comes back aa Che Iovnrr of some promising ground on Glenn ruIch IIc lef herc August 3rl In response to summons from h.s broth er Perry EeD'ow. who was about thc ur.t man to stake cI1im on Che new crock While the whole creek was taken whom Mr U.eelow reached Che place hc w1a ubIe to r.t likely looking bench clm only short distance from tho cr.sk claim of hls brother.
 "I believe it ls 1n old glacier claim. s1u Nr UecIow Tho fact thot Che material where thc gold deposits are
 found s rot like wash gravel. has lcd
 folks to believe that It was nu slide from the d.romnosed surface of Eln- c.er Mr. E.r.Iow docs not ugrec with that view of thc clse. "lt Is a kind of a broken up s'ate." ho added "and some ul.c.s are polished so much th1t they look ilso marble
 .rhe nlyere1k so far located s two miles In width 10 begins 1t 1hoyc dis- coyery and extends Go q below The claims arc loo foot long and thc pay has boon found continuously through the uirr claims
 .Aoe1rJIn- tH appearances thcrc is 900 pay on th. benches or tho right limit above wherc the pay is first found on
 8 below. and it seems to tokc Go tho lcrt limit
 "suaugo Go say tho pay on Che benches
 is not on tho bedrock 10 's right on thc
 surface. with no muck or gravel above it
 Whom you sink a few feet it runs out con my bench. which is on Che lcft limit of 2 below. 1 holc was sunk three feet and Gne prospects were found
 some reports have hccn spread that pans of &g0 had been found on Glenn
 ruich. but that is not true. The best pan
 vc got on Che claim located by my broth or which ls No. ! above. was Sl2. On
 our crock cllim it Is only about seven feet Go bedrock We have four feet of
 r8y Both above 1nd below there Che bedrock Is deeper On above they win
 work Che upper end out by drifting and
 Che lower end by summer siuicing.
 "Thcrc was not much water In Glenn
 euich this year While ] was there it
 was very dry and not half a s'u.cc-hc1d could bc secured. 10 wW probably be necessary Go conduct Che water necessary
 from Rhode Island creek. milo and half away 10 can bc done very easily with a large canvas hose. One of Che claim owners is outside now and win bring -e0 feet of hose with him when hc
 returns. The rest ot Che distance cau
 bc managed an right There arc at Ioast two good sluicc-hcods In Rhode ls- land even in dry weather
 "Thc work this summer win he rriu-
 cipaIly in Che line of prospcct.nF At least 500 men win bo engaged In it in Che dForeut parts of Che country
 "Wo1ld you advise man Go leave here and ro Go Bompart?' Mr. Bigclow was asked
 QUO he has some money Go Invest ! de- | cidodiy would" hc said "Th1t country | is stakod from N to z. hut there ls so lt- | tlo of it thot is known. Such claims as
 arc more prospects can bc had now. of
 1u times. for very reasonable prices | 10 is iko th.s country Go certain cN-
 tent in th1t direction But I believe the | chances there for a man with a uttle
 money to Invest arc a little better than
 here. 10 is certainly very promising ! country"
 Mr. Bigclow states that hc only re-
 turned hero for Che winter Go look after
 a claim or two. and Che principal one has
 been sold. SO ho win return ln Che spring | Go Rampant During his years in this country hc has operated on Dominion. El-
 dorado and Last Chance. Hc hos owned claims in various other places