The Nome nugget., 1903-07-29
SOLOMON
 IS ACTIVE. A Great Deal of Work
 Under Way.
DREDGER A SUCCESS
Mining in tlle CasadepOga Section Progress of Construction
 Work of Railroad.

Down on Nc. s below on Solomon Northern Mining X Trading Co.,, has fully demonstrated that dredging is a success. For some time now he has been operating dredger built by the Thew Automatic Shovel Co.,. of Lorain, Ohio. The dredger was brought to Nome in 1901, but it did not work well, and it was practically abandoned. This spring Mir Perrin took it in hand and made several important changes in the machinery. Now it can be seen any day in active operation, scooping up the dirt and even the bedrock from the bottom of the river, and saving the very finest gold. The big bucket can lift a cubic yard of gravel every minute. This is deposited on a table or hopper, and is then passed into the sluice boxes 60 feet long. Two streams of water are used, slx-inch centrifugal pumps being used for the purpose. The river bed has been crOsscut for loo feet, and excellent pay has been found. as also on the bank on the left limit The dredger cost originally $3J GOO and Mr. Perrin, naturally, is much pleased be- cause of its successful operation. Five men are employed in operating the dredger thus expense of mining is re- duced to the smallest possible point.
 Mir. Perrin reached Nome Saturday night from d trip which included Solo, mon and Casadepoga sections. Over on Ruby creek, in the Casadepoga, he is operating the Midgeley claim, also with success. Thein X Garfield, Gaylord x Shearer and Abner Enoch and others are also operating on Ruby. and there are big mining outfits on some of the claims.
 Nos. 3i, 3G and 3S above on Solomon are being worked. and satisfactory re- suits, it Is said, are being obtained. A number of claims between the above and the east fork of Solomon are also being opened up, among them No. , above by the Northern Mining & Trad ing Co.
 smiths dredger is working success fully on Discovery claim: Reed Bros. are at work on No. below; No. ' is also being worked, as well as No. s. Nothing is being done on No. Q. Be- low that on Moran gulch, Rock creek and Penny creek considerable work is under way.
 Mr. Perrin says that work is being pushed rapidly on the Council City X solomon River railroad. Track laying had been completed for a bout i've miles. The company has good locomotives, flat cars and the like: the rails used are heavy, and the road bed is well con- structed. Five miles up Solomon q fill is being made, the gravel being brought in cars from the beach, the gravel train making the round trip in 40 minutes.
 The company is erecting a substan- Uial two-story Broom house and ma chine shop, at Solomon, both of which will be electric-lighted and steam heat ed. There are 420 men on the payroll, and the company now have all the men that they need. A substantial bridge has been erected across the lagoon. The lower end of the track will be rip rapped with rock brought from up the river, in order to protect it from the assaults of the sea during a storm
 The town of Solomon is full of dance house girls, and rows and brawls are of common occurrence. There is neither U. 5. commissioner nor deputy mar shal at Solomon, and both are badly needed.