The Nome nugget., 1903-02-11
Worst Weather in Its
 History.
SNOWFLAKE CAvE,lh
But No One is Injued.'.'MinerS Are Pleased That Gambling
 Has been Stopped.

Dexter Creek. Feb. 7.-The weather ha. been the worst in the history oi Dexter creek. Snow has been piled m all kinds of fantastic shapes, ana m VOL ume il far exceeds tke amount Of pre- vious years. While not very agreeable at present, it foretells an ample water supply for the different bench claims that are taking out dumps and are de- pendent entirely on this source for thelr water supply.
 On tho Snowflake a mishap occurred last "Wednesday that might have been . horrible catastrophe had any one been in the drift. While the men were out to their meal one of the stopeS. which is very wide, in some instances So feet. supported occasionally by pillars CT dirt, fell m. fillin. the stope with tons upon tons of heavy dirt. The accident has caused the cessation of all worN for the present. but under the direction O Superintendent Ashley. things will be in shape for working before long.
 On the Lena, owned by the WIG Goose O., the work will soon be suS- pended for the winter, as all the ground that is blocked out will then have been removed.
 LsutifT and Folsom have abandoned their lay on the Apollo claim and will carry their operations to the Daily elaiu at,he head of Specimen gulch.
 Sutherland and McQuaid on the Sul- prise bench. Nakkila eulch. after a hear,-breaking seige of prospecting have at last req rhed point where the Cru nd has more alluring aspect, and . large dump will be taken out before sprng.
 Mrs. T. 4. Sutherland h.s been quite i'll for few days but is now better.
 The Summit Bench company have in stalled 2 hoist on their claim at the head of Grass gulch, and began taking "out dump today. Wm. Coughlin, or Manila Bill' has been appointed engi- uesr.
 The Nome Exploration Co.,. on Grass xulch are still taking out dirt, and the dump is assuming gigantic proportions. Mir Campbell, manager of the com spany. makes many trips to the creek.
 gas. O'Sullivan has discontinued work for the winter. having completeG the work he started in to do.
 Doyle and Nswhnus are putting in a Io l~1l ,,,l will prospect the claim well by takin, out a'dump.
 . On Dry creek Black and Shuler are also doing considerable work, as their insignificant dump will testify.
 At the mouth of Dexter Kelly's plant is igettiny in readiness for the sum- mer work. Several trips to this plant shows each time a vast headway hay. ing been made, and under the superin- tendence of Mir. Soper everything vii be in ship-shape before the opening oi navigation. Five teams are constantly on the trail carrying an almost incredl ble amount of supplies for this grea enterprise.
 The invariab'e opinion of the resi- dents of this locality as regards the re- cert closing down of gambling in the city of Nome is one of approval. While it certainly works d great hardship up on some individ duals, at present they are in no worse positions than are hundreds of men with families, when strike + called in the states or when some greal industry is stopped, as forinstance, tic wh ls.e closing of silver mines in the 'early nineties.
 Travelling to the kouGarok and Arctic is almost at a standstiil. Nome river has been under water for quite while, and the fierce storms also helped to pu, Quietus on the mushers.
 Recent among the guests at the Sour Dough are: Jas. Huston, pr. Phar G. F. Mckay, w. J. Black, Mir. and Mrs Jack Calvin, A. l.. Matthews and the Misses Ryan.