The Alaska prospector., 1902-06-26
Heber Smith and James Black.

I shut down yesterday on account of frost. Jacks last years cut filled up with tailings from the claims a. bove. When he opened up this year he sluiced the tailings through the boxes and took out enough to pay for opening up his claim this Spring.
 Kramer & Lavclle were put to quite an expense and not little in- convenience by the pig slide. They spent nearly $2, 900. to get the snow cut out, and are working two shifts now. Dorsey is running the night shift and Chas. the day shift. They are employing about twenty men.
 Bert Hurd was in the slide but shoveled his way out, and has two shifts at work.
 Fully and Garrett are playing in hard luck this Summer. They have about Is feet of snow on their claim. It will be some time before | biNs S'' VI Noih.
 Bob Coles has a large force of men on the Dempsey X Coles claim. Work has been at standstill for some time, but will be resumed to- morrow.
 Neil Robeson & sam Miller are shoveling snow on their Miller Gulch claim. The claim is so high that they will be quite late in get ting started.
 | Date x Rosenthall's claim, the Marie, has quite bit of snow O 1t, and will not be opened much be fore July 1st. Fred Date, who is managing the property, tells me he has everything ready to start as soon as the snow is off the ground
 Me. Neffe Bros. leased the Von Zeiplc property next above the Ma rie. They are in the same boat as Date and Robeson. These are the three highest claims on Miller Gulch. and they are so near the skyline the snow is slow to leave.
 sam Taylor and Bert Me. Dow ell have their shaft down sixty feet. Neither one of them say very much but both seem happy. 1 guess it is all right. When every thing is all right Sam is quiet and smiling, but when it is not he is noisy and scowling.
 Over on Chesna everybody is at work on their property.
 Hazlett X Meals have both plants in full operation.
 The Jack Pot" is open. Billy Finicle opened it fof big clean up. Todd, Frazer, Stoker, GilIis, Mason and several others are at work on the property. They are working two shifts, and are open two weeks ahead of last year,
 For Seattle and way ports Str. Santa Anna, Friday June 21th. Tickets at Fish Bros.
 Dad. Nokes is doing quite bit of work on his upper Chesna prop erty this year.
 Grogg & Johnson are giving their entire time and attention to their Chesna property.
 Mir. Dempsey has large force of men at work on his various proper ties. He is camped at the ferry.
 The people owning property on Middle Fork are sending over quite d large number of men to do as sessment work.
 There was quite little excite ment caused the other night by Capt. Johnson going down the creek calling for d miners meeting ty settle dispute between Demp- sey, Coles and Hosford. Nearly the whole camp turned out When the meeting was called to order, Judge Levelle was elected chair man, and the disputants stated their cases. It appears that Coles & Dempsey, who own half inter est each in claim on Miller Gulch had an agreement not to sell their interests without first consulting together, and giving each other a chance to buy. According to the testimony at the meeting one is lead to believe that Hosford brought some influence to bear on Dempsey whereby he secured bill of sale from Dempsey of his one-half in- terest without Dempsey consulting Cole, Dempsey said Hosford told him that Bob was willing that Dempsey should make the sale. Coles denied that he told Hosford anything of the kind. Coles had a lease on Dempsey's interest. Hos- ford came to collect his share of the profits on the bill of sale and Coles refused pay, saying that
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