The Nome nugget., 1902-04-09
A Good Strike Made on the
 RluestCne River.
GOLD lN BENCNES
Another Promising Strike Has Been rlade on the Right Fork of the Biuestone-rliners Preparing for Extensive Work This Season.

That the Bluestone country is com ing to the front is evident from the following letter, received by J. F. Whittren from !. C. Murray, of Sul- livan City. The letter is dated April D. and is in part as follows:
 "The best piece of news l have to write you is that they have struck it on the Bluestono river, and this q strike, not prospects. Soundby, who has been working on the Bluestone off and on for the past two years. and the same party that found the ian@f1l Cf mug gets on the bench claim djOining one of the BIuestone creek claims last sum mer, has located wide paystreak cn No. above, which runs from , to 25 cents to the pan.
 "On No. 10 below, on the B,uestCne, they are getting the paYstreak located. and on No. above Al Chamberlain Is getting ready to open up with one of the best thawcrs ever seen in this part of the country. Last fall when they represented No. s they four some pretty gCod indications, and Mir. Cham berain is going to find out just what there is in the claim before the water starts to run.
 "Alr Codding has located pay on the upper end of No. above the mouth of the right fork of the Bluco'one, and Phil Unger, on No. l, is getting out q dump for the spring washup.
 "Dawson x Dunkin have taken lay on No. above Hayden's for the sum- mer, and three pans taken from the right bank of Gold Run on this claim went 20. 8 and 40 cents. It seems that the main run of gold up here is in the benches. and not in the creek proper.
 Louis Myers has purchased from Johnson & Sullivan on No. 5 above Hayden's on Gold Run. and is bringing in wood from the beach to keep the drawers going on lLe claim, there be ing three.
 "Jamcs Mckay was here the other 
 day to look over the ground on No. above Hayden's and expects 10 open it up during the summer on q large scale,
 The quartz mines up here on Alder creek still remain the center of attrac- tion, for work is being pushed ahead on both of the claims that are being opened up.
 "On Mike Sullivan's and Gus Seifert'S claim they are down over 60 feet and are crosc-cutting the ledge in order to see how wide it is. At this writing they know it iS over f3 feet. Mike is taking a lot of the ore down to have it assayed, for the deeper they get down on the ledge the better the ore, and the gl cater the assay ia gold.
 ''On Jack Sullivan's claim they are down 36 feet and have started to cross cat as the ore is found to be rich enough to work, if there is any great amount of it.
 'The camp will be better one than last year for people are doing their prospecting before starting in to spend lots of money on dead work, before they know what they have. like they did last spring when it was thought the whole district was overrun with gold. At the present time there arc five thuwer- working on the Blue- tone and three on Gold Run. while last spring at this time there was only one working in the whole district, and that not half the time.
 "In Sullivan City there will be two stores, two restauI ants, one bunk house and two saloons this summer, inst, ad o1 the many which existed here last year and as everything is going to be run or cash basis the camp will be much better than last year"