The Alaska prospector., 1902-08-21

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office.
What's the use being bothered
with lilies, when you can get fly
paper at Crary's.
r. S. Baird left town Yesterday
for his Fall creek property to do
assessment work.
If your watch gets rusty from
being in soak, take il to Tod VIM
tiers. He can fix it.
Mr.. a. y. Leopold arrived here
on the ,ast steamer from the East
and will spend the winter here.
Mr.. Leopold is well known in VAL
dez having spent several months
here last year.
The launch Marilla, in command
OF Capt. Worden,. is the busiest
boat on the bay. 1t is under con-
tract to the railroad people, taking
survey and working parties down
the bay and back each day.
The dime tea at Mrs. Hopkins
yesterday afternoon was success
socially and financially. Mrs.
Strouse made hit as fortune
teller, and the dime tea will here
after be quite a social event.
Judge Williams left Yesterday ON
the small steamer, Sunbeam. He
will secure men at Ellamar and
proceed with development work on
his Handbook bay property. The
work already done proves it to be
a very valuable property.
III. \. Cohen and party were at
the Davis roadhouse on the 18th
and were getting along very well.
Mr.. Cohen is standing the trip het-
ter than was expected and is dong
remarkably fast travelling consider
ing that he has u broken leg.
W. W. Collin has secured The
services OF several experienced men
to open up his copper property on
Solomon gulch. They left ycsrrr-
day for the claims, which are about
six miles up the gulch. They have
no connection with the Williams
property.
Among the recent arrivals in
town is a. Y. johnson of New York.
Mr.. johnson went to Aurora last
April and on the failure Of that
camp went to Seattle and flcn
came here to prospect or invest in
the interest OF Capt. T. II. Dunn of
New York.
Chas. Schlosser, Antoine Eide md
Billy Mockler arrived yesterlav
from the Nazina. They are de-
lighted with the country. In c,m-
ing out they came down the Chittv-
ma and Copper rivers in boat to
the mouth of the Tasnuna and
thence over the railroad trail to
town.
Mrs. King has received a bitter
from her husband, who went into
the Bremner country this spring,
stating that he was about to start
for the Nizina, in company with
X. i. Heron and o. NJ. Duntom. 1t
is their intention to prospect in
that country until driven out by
the snow.
Pink Dennison, Geo. Dickev and
b. .. Peterson returned last week
from the head of the Tanana where
they have been prospecting fer b.
F. Millard. They discovered an
immense ledge of ore there this
summer and located over forty
claims. They brought out Il large
number of samples which they will
have assayed.
a small party consisting OF Lou
ii. Crisman the well known mincr
and packer, J. A. Basset ana r. J
II. Bradley mining experts and
engineers, with five horses Nnd IA
good outfit left town yesterday for
"A trip OF inspection into the copper
country. They will probably visit
the Nicholi and Bonanza proper
Ties before they return.
Messrs Sam Lynch, DIR. Cu:kerel,
Clint Morris and \. Van Zsnt ar
rived in town Monday from the
kotsina country, where the, have
been doing assessment work on
some of the Willard praoerties. |
Ray Willard accompanied them as
far as Tonsina, where he met Chas. |
Willard and returned with. him To
the Kotsina To investigate some
recently bonded property in that
section.
Farmer Smith and Ole Scott
opened their new place known as
The Senate" last SATURDAYS even
ing. Both men are well Lied and |
the boys began to flock in TO see
them and II jolly time was main
fill f,as NINA, .rA,.x-ssf.., -.