Douglas Island news., 1902-07-23

John Cruise, former we'll known Skaewayan, who has just arrived ln that city from the Koyukuk in speak ing of that country, says: "There IS not a rock in place on Emma. The formation is what is termed there, waah. I should estimate that out of sS0OOO taken out of the McNamer and Morris claims last summer, all but s12,OOO was paid out in working ex- penses. Fifteen dollars day is the wages paid. The gold assays Sl9.l6 an ounce, but 1t sold to the big companies there for sl6, and is accepted in ex- change as tender in the camp at Sl7. There are several others besides the McNamers and Morris working on Emma, but they say little as to their fortunes. The Koyukuk is the best poor mans camp in the world. The ground is shallow, and can be pros pected in almost no time compared to the Klondike.
 Another rich find has been made at Rampant. The news was brought up on the Victorian that Gill and Wright have struck pay on Gold Run in the Minook country, says the Skagway Alaskan. The strike has created stir around Rampant. The find is the result of the first hole to bedrock on the claim. Pans were washed as high as sl.5O, and 10 to 9 cents are average ones. Mir. Wright is predicting Gold Run as rich as Glen, and no one in the camp is better qualified to judge, he having worked the richest ground on Glen the past winter. Gold Run paral- lels Glen, and is only separated from the latter by low, rounded ridge.
 The White Horse Star states that re- cent arrivals from Rivers Inlet bring a story of murder by Northern Indians, the victim of which was an unknown trapper and prospector who - like scores of others who are timber cruis- ing, prospecting, trapping and logging, along the British Columbia coast-was journeying about alone in an Indian canoe. The murder was committed in the neighborhood of Seymour Inlet in June, 1900, and the facts have just come to light, through cannery man, who is we'll acquainted with the Nak- wak-to tribe of Indians of Blunder har- Dor, of which the murderer is a mem- Der
 The Valdez News says that fine col lection of Indian curios was brought in this week and are now on exhibition at the Bohemian. A. F. Cramer is the owner of the collection. Two copper kettles stamped 1861 are probably the most interesting of the curios. The kettles were obtained from the chief of the Knuckluck tribe of Indians. The makers name is stamped on the handle of the kettle in characters thought to be Russian. There are various other curios in the collection, among them some axes, bows and arrows, stuffed seals and cubs and other odd things.
 Recent arrivals in Victoria from Nome declare that the problem of ex- tracting gold from the auriferous sands of the Nome harbor sea bed has been solved. In 1899 Capt. C.. F. Stroud, now the master of the Centennial and then in command of the steamer Santa Ana, discovered gold in the sand clinging to his anchors after he had raised them from the harbor at Nome. Since then various devices have been brought forth as practical for gold-get- ting from the harbor, and one of these devices is said to be now in successful operation at Nome.
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