The Alaska prospector., 1903-05-07
Resurrection Bay News.
Shortage of Provisions. Forty Men In the Camp. First White
 Child.

Seward, Resurrection Bay. 4-2S-3.
 Seward is iss. going ahead: Dick inson avenue is nearly cleared and grubbed; will have Governmcn. way and Caine avenue under way shortly, and surfacing Dickinson avenue will he done in the near future. Men are cutting pilin- for the dock. The railway engineer corps and, o.L.sT men will be here shortly aGd then Seward will he lively camp. At the present time we number about forty and in- c-rasing right along, men coming in from the interior. (There will not be any more help needed until we get more supplies az We are al- most out and not enough to run us.)
 The first white child born in this section was on Feb. Sth to Mir. and Mrs. Kimball. Has not yet been named. A girl.
 The weather has been rather nice for the past few days. Yesterday and to-day 1t has been raining and snow is melting very fast.
 Ducks and other wild birds are very plentiful around here.
 Recent arrivals from Sunrise City report grub there could not be bought for love or money. Every one awaiting opening of navigation on Cooks Inlet with impatience.
 Fred Laubner left Seward, Re- surrection Bay, on April 18th and arrived at Sunrise the 14lh, making the trip in 19A hours, the quickest trip ever made from Seward, q dis tance of so miles, with dog team. On lake he met four large black and one grey wolves. The black wolves are worth $20, but he con- sidered his life worth a fraction more and arrived at James Hatchie camp, told them the distance he had come and they would not be- lieve him. Next stop was made at Robert Michaelson's at Policy Min ing company, and he made Sunrise in four hours from there. Grub at Sunrise was scarce and no one would dispose of it. Everybody was getting ready for this season, and expected to prospect as soon as the weather permitted.
 Robert Lounsdale anticipates si- phoning out boil hole in Gulch creek and taking oui $35 900. Ken nedy & Cook expect big clean up this season. When navigation opens up large number of people are looked for at Sunrise city.
 On Lynx creek there was strike of about $2.5O :o the pan. Assess ment work on Oliver property net ted F cents to the pan for 30 feet of gravel.
 Mir. A. NJ. McElhaney left Sew ard the 17th, making the trip in four days to Sunrise. Left 22d arriving the 26th. Reports the trail in pretty poor condition, and few strikes on Crow creek and Re- surrection creek.
 Jim Wallace, of Seattle, and P. M. Ogle, formerly of Seattle, are putting in a hydraulic plant on Bertha creek. Have sawmill in operation.
 Policy mining company have a hydraulic plant established on Mills creek.
 Turnagain gold mining company Minneapolis people-R. E. Louns- dale, manager,) are going ahead with their hydraulic work.
 $. w. Wible has done consider able work on Canyon creek.
 Big Horn mining company, (Se- attle people) have got their entire hydraulic plant on the ground this year.
 Saw Mill creek company are go- ing ahead with their quartz mining and have made several strikes.
 Some of the companies are short of men. The wages paid are 8 per day and board. One mine could uaa S0 vuon