The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-02-24

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umns of THE NUGGET?
(lst.J Is there in existence ma
chine which will locate a pay-streak
ed If such a machine exists, will
it tell the depth of the pay and the dis
lance to bedrock?
| 3D. Is there a machine that can
locate any of the known minerals?
BY answering these questions you
will be doing me a great favor, for
own quite little property at the head
waters of Dry creek, and during the
past month people have been coming to
me with propositions to locate the pay
on my claims and tell me the distance
to bedrock for the sum of $40 per claim.
They claim to be able TO do all this
with some kind of a machine known
as gold finder.
A. b., Dry Creek.
Ans. LIST and ID. a diamond drill,
or boring machines similar to those
operated by the Kelly Company and
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ing the past two seasons, will locate the
pay-streak and give the depth to bed
rock, but machine like the one you
have reference to which will do all this
from the surface, with the operator
walking back and forth over the claim,
comes under the head of one of the
| MI rim. fol- t,sat
ed upon "a mining community. Since
the early days of mining in California
miners have been subjected to fakirs,
who claim to be able to locate pay
streaks and tell the distance to bed
rock. Their machines are numerous as
the mining districts throughout the
world. and it is mystery how these
leeches spring up in every mining
camp, after the numerous exposures.
There is not mining journal printed
which has not at some time during it's
career exposed these fake machines
and shown to the community that the
owners and operators are akin to high
waymen.
Sd. Large bodies of iron ore have
been located by the magnetic needle.
The magnetic needle has two errors:
Deviation Caused by attraction of de-
pOsits of iron or the presence of from
and variation caused by the magnetic
pole Water, which is also mineral,
can be located, or has been in many in
stances, with the aid of forked twig
of willow or hazel, the affinity of will
low and hazel for water being great
enough to cause the pointed end to turn
passes over a body of water; but neither
twig nor needle will give the depth.
Cues Please tell me the origin of
the word yankee also of the tune
Yankee Doodle ~
HASTINGS CREEK.
Ans.-Yankee is the popular name
for New Highlander, and its origin
springs from corruption of the word
''English" as pronounced by the In
dans. During the revolutionary war
the British soldiers called the Ameri
cans "Yankees' as term of reproach.
During the late civil war it was applied
by the southern people to all the inhab
itants of the northern states. Yankee
Doodle is an old-time popular air, as
old as the time of Cromwell. Its origi-
nal name was "Nankee Doodle, and
was known in New England by that
name before the revolutionary war
The English troops used to play the
air in derisiye alluSion to the then pop
| ular name of the New Englanders.
| After the Americans had administered
a good, sound thrashing to the British
soldiers they adopted the air and COM
posed the simple words which go with
it, known by all American children.
Qnes.-HaS Il man driving a reindeer
any right to shoot dog that chases
the deer? Is there law regarding
the respective rights of dogs and rein
| deer? BEACH COMBER.
Ans.-There is no law in the United
States statutes which gives any person
the right to shoot dog for chasing a
deer, unless there has been one passed
since the spring of 1903. The only
right one has in the matter comes from
the common law in the protection of
property. DIR. Lind, superintendent of
reindeer for Alaska, when asked the
above question, said: 81 believe the
right exists for the herders to shoot
dogs which chase the deer, and believe
it comes from the department of the in
terror in the form of letter of instruc-
ton, or pamphlet" He is going to
look the matter up and send me copy
of the instruction, if such exists. which
will be published or sent to your adj
dress.
| j. POTTER WHITTREN.
Drinks two for 2Sc, the same as
formerly 2Sc each. Board of Trade