The Nome nugget., 1902-08-02
} DEXTER '''' ( GREEK Mining Men Wear Happy
 Faces. BECAUSE OF RAIN The MiOcene Ditch Company Have Turned Water on to No. From
 Banner Creek.
BECAUSE OF RAIN

AcAtcF Crcch, JuI. -'' btNttI uuH been lively place during the last few asys, owing to the copious rains Every claim was working full blast and as Il result the owners are wearing broad smiles instead of the habtual look that can be found nowhere except on the face Sf Dexter mine owner while it don't rain.
 Tho Miocene Ditch Co. has turned the water from Banner creek to No. : Dexter creek, and the laymen, Messrs Baldwin and Keene, are doing consider Sble work in consequence.
 Tony Peterson and Jas Frawley have purchased the bench of No. Dexter from F.. H. Danielson, and have begun vorkingit.
 On No. l, creek, George Pyle and Bob Adams have taken lay from Captain Carlson.
 No. 1 has been sold to Leo Lowen herz, the popular owner of No. Q. and will begin work on it as soon as the transfer is made. It is rumored that Ar. Lowenherz intends investing ex- ssnsivsly in Dexter creek property in tho near future.
 J. NJ. Streeton. on No. 8, is sluicing and stripping at the same time. waiting the arrival of rains.
 On No, IS, Dufresne worked two strings of boxes, and "Durey" could always be seen standing on an eminence overlooking the work, while below the legions busilv lertracted the root of evil from mother earth Alfred Carlson, co-owner in the Sugar. Honey snd other rich properties, leaves on the Senator for winters visit in Sweden and other points in Europe. He will not return until 1903.
 The Dexter Placer Co, "A. F Afur- phynnd others are moving a great lot of machinery to their properties back or the Sugar, and will begin work at once. They have boring rach4narv, and Mir Murphy computes that dozen holes can be sunk to bedrock for the same cost as one of the old-style wind. lass shafts.
 Mrs. Cooper and son, Mrs. Mulford ana +. w. Levy made Sunday trip to No. g, Dexter, on a visit to Mir. Leu Lowsnherz. They returned on the evening train.
 Among thos. who resisti ed at the Sourdough roadhouse recently are: c. r. Perrin, New York City, II. l.. Smythe, Boston, P. B Irvine, New York, V. St. C. Paine, of Nome, A. F. Mur. phy, Nome, all members of the Dexter Placer Mining Co.,, Jafet Linderberg, F.. o. Lindbloom, J. w. Kelly. Thomas Hopkins, C. H. Gray, Stockton, Sid : B~fber, Walter J. King, Nome, Miss Lottie Tillotson, of Honolulu, Tom 'ISne and J. C. Muther.
 The Sourdough has new mlch COW and fresh milk is among the luxuries dealt out to the patrons and guests o1 the hotse.
 DhutSisou ~Hilu tLIle DHNt DPeT thoroughly prospecting their cTaims with the object of finding some winter drifting. Good pay has been found : Nhder the Sonrdough, and will have tc be taken out in the winter.
 John Sandstrom has been rocking or Nos. and ? left fork, and have done extremely we'll.
 --Mr. Base, of the Pioneer Mining O. is kept very busy looking after the com pany's numerous interests on the creek
 Miss M.> E.r Burke mas been doing great deal of work on No. II lower . while on upper II Sutherland and Me Qusid are doing good work with tn, ditch.
 :. Sullivan and Del Ray, on No. l, Grass arc doing a great deal of work groun, sluicing and preparing their ground fo She advent of the waters.
 F. J. Mathews has several crews pros pecting his different properties in thu ,. vicinity.
 Shuler, Larson and Morris are, dr, washing on No. l, Deer, the only in stance of its kind, to our knowledge, or this creek.