Douglas Island news., 1904-06-29
Windham Notes.

The steamer City of Seattle arrived here last Saturday morning among the passengers were J. Geffeler and four other men for Windham Bay.
 The dredger is expected Eere in about ten days to commence work on the lower Shuck river bars.
 Last week Wm. Scott commenced work on the Vulcan Mining Company's tunnel.
 Mir. Dennison who has been in Seattle the past month on business for the Golden River Mining Company, return ed last Saturday on the Seolin.
 R. V. Rowe has commenced work in the tunnel on the Windham Chief Mining Company's property near the Spruce creek glacier.
 Last week J. P. Bartels cleaned up s25 in one and one half days, shoyeling into his sluice boxes in the Third Basin.
 The Dirigo is expected here in few days with 300 feet of F inch convey ancing hose for the Golden River Min ing Company.
 Mir. Earl Hunter came in from the fishery at the Narrows yesterday with his launch. He treated the people here to a mess of Hailbut, which was very much appreciated.
 More attention is being paid to placer mining here this summer than any time within the last fifteen years. Within the last two years the pros pectors commenced to find out that shere are hydraulic and dredger prop ositions here that will pay to work if properly handled. The bars on Silver creek and Shuck river below the first canyon contain about 1000 acres of placer ground which on account of the small amount of fall are either dredger or hydraulic elevator propositions. The average depth of pay gravel is about six feet, the ground has been pretty thoroughly prospected and it is estimated that the lower part of the bar near the salt water will average about 20c to the yard, while the upper part near the canyon will average about 40c. A dredger which was built in Seattle last winter will be here about the 1st of July to commence work on this ground. Mir. Hutchinson the manager of the Dredger Company says their dredger will pay the working expenses if the ground will average DC per yard. If the lower part of the Shuck river bar proves paying prop osition there is no doubt that dredgers will be put to work on upper Shuck, where there is miles in length by 1000 feet in width of richer ground. A can yon one mile long with fall of about 50 feet separates the two dredger prop ositious, and in order to get any heavy machinery on the ground it would have to be taken over the Shuck trail in sec tions, or good wagon road two miles long with an easy grade could be made to the head of the canyon. This group was all located this spring. One man has commenced work on his claim; judging by the little work he has al- ready done, he is satisfied that be could make 8 per day hand sluicing if the ground had the necessary fall to set up line of boxes. At the upper end of this ground near the foot of the second canyon the Golden River Min ing Company have : claims located. Within the last three years this com pany have expended nearly ST 900 driving a tunnel feet wide by feet high in order to turn the water from its present bed. The company expect 10 have the dead work completed by the latter end of August, when they will begin sluicing and continue until winter sets in. This part of the river has more fall and the gravel is not so deep but considerable richer than the lower end, and is the only part of the bar that can be successfully worked by hand sluicing. Above the second can yon which is one half mile long with fall of about 40 feet very little is known, as no prospecting to speak of has been done. J. Fl. K. JUNE 24th, 1904.
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