The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-11-09
ITISGREAT
Porcupine Will be Producer
 for Years % Come.

F Ils Ruod, United States mineral and land surveyor, who returned recently from a two weeks engagement surveying min ing claims in the Porcupins district Is thorough believer ln the great future that Is !n store for that country. ln spe,kirg Of tns prospects in store for the P0rcupIne anI the country generally, Mr. Ruud said;
 "lr the first pllce the Porcupne country has good appearance. lt looks like a gold bearing country. One would eSpsc' Co gs, gold there from the very look of things.
 "Ihe Porcupine, itself, the stream from which most of the gold has been taken thus tlr, runs 10 a narrow channel. On
 both sides are narrow benches. These b,.cHss are of great extent and lll are gold belrilg, and easily worked with hydraulic appliances. There has been no work on these high benches. ln fact they have hardly been prOspeetsi. All lhs work that has been done has been confined Co Che treek bottom and the low benches. l m. very formation of the country .tI- clisS ,h.t there Is ds lIksly Co be gold on the benches as in the creek bottom. The
 whole section Of the country Is 9 glacial ! deposit So the gold Is no doubt dls- Iu5 ted throughout the whole country. ! The reeks hlve probably ground sIuIesj their be and thus made the gold easier to rsich ln th.lr beds The land Is not mad. by the wash Of the ,rss<S. The Pu,lp.us Is destined Co bscoms one Of the grsl hyjraulic counties.
 "AmlnE the properties that are being developed in the P0r,upine country per- ! hlps the most extensive Is ths McNialey Creek Mining Company 0f which c. P. ! Clhl0n is mlnsger. This compmy has gone up on the mountain side aud tapped ! Clh5on creek for water of which they secure an ample supply, with a 41o-to3t ! hsli Inv have sufficient power not only to tear the earth and gravel down, ! bu. they cin actuIlly pI,ku up the bed rock. . rhl c5mplny has 70 claims wh ch have ! just been surveyed for pitents. They 0ll, worked a, actual mining about six E-. ,s this yelr. The remainder Of the ! tim. wls exp njet in pyepSing, This company should io great work next year as they ar. now ready Co begin at once at taking out gold
 There are many other cI inns upon wuI.b work Is being satisfactorily pushed. N.tsl., that of Dc. Eslar and Dr. Moore ant discovery owusI by Jick Dllton and associates, and the claims of AIx S Co, W.y x Finley, T ,s,he and others. Mix
 x Go have taken supplies in and they are going Co work al winter. This will be the only winter work thit will be done.
 "rhsrs is every indication ct gold in the flats in the nelghbo,holi of P5rcupine c.fy. There has been only few prospect holss pl. down and l am informed that geld vas always found. The ground w.uld be elsily worksi with m ichinsry. The same may be slii of the Kiihesna ryer valley.
 "Ole 5f the remIrSt tbls features Of the Po-.ID.ne un,ry Is the great growth of ,as forests. The spruce and hsmlock grows IS tlll and even ls thIckiy there as luy pIlce in the country. For instance, . there Is a flg pole d, Porcuplne city that studs 7S feet ou. of the ground and It wls l pl ..t in Che ground nine is,t deep whith Is only six inshes thick at the ground. The pole was not dressed. The bark only taken oft.
 "Itmly b, added that the PJrcuD.ns Is also adapted to agricultural purposes. F. . E. clark has 70 or 30 aorss els.rsi, which Is level and very rich. He raised ,s tns %, toes, clbb ge and roots Of all kinds as | have ever saw growing at any place.
 Intelligent application of capital Co meet the peculiar eoniiulns in the 9.rcu- pine country. will make that not only a profitable elmp, but one that will produce an over increasing amount of x 10 f0, mary ye rs Co come.
 That the people Of that country think vel. Of their camp Is demonstrated by the fac, that the claim owners lr- having 'hsir r-crsr,y surveyed and patented"
 Mr. Ruut surveyed the McKi lev uesk .-.. srtv referred Co and ytbsr pr p-rtl,s,