The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-05-04
news OF
TANANA
Great Future Predicted
for New Camp.
$4,000 CLEANUP
This Spring, and Greater Amount
Estimated for the Summer
SeaSOn-NeWS Notes.

Copies of the Fairbanks Weekly
News, of recent dates, for which THE
NUGGET is indebted to Mr.. G. Fl.
Hawkins, contain the following con-
corning the Tanana section:
A glance over the record of advance
ment made by the Fairbanks camp
duriag the past twelve months must
create in the minds of all most opti-
mistic opinion of its great future. AT
the beginning of that period the camp
was full of stampeders-who had rushed
to the supposedly new Eldorado in
hopes of improving their fortunes.
The outlook was dreary enough to any
one coming from camp where activity
prevailed. TO the stampeder who
reached here, worn out by hardship on
the trail, short of provisions, and none
procurable it was disheartening.
Sufficient development work had not
been done beyond demonstrating the
fact that gold existed on the various
creeks. No dumps OF consequence
were being taken out. The claims
on all nearby creeks had been staked
or blanketed: snow was deep and
travelling almost impossible. Those
who had business interests elsewhere
returned to them, and the reports
made by the most conservative Of
them were to the effect that "Tanana
may be good camp in two years: it
will be low grade camp
With the advent of spring the
camp began to taken on new life.
Prospectors located on creeks where
they had an opportunity of acquiring
ground for themselves. New finds
were made which created in the
minds of all "a brighter outlook Pay
was located superior to anything that
had previously been found on the
creeks which caused the excitement.
The area began to widen, and even
now is only commencing.
Charles Fisher and partner. who have
been prospecting on Pearl creek, a
tributary of Fish, spent a few days in
town on business during the week.
They put two holes to bedrock on Pearl
without locating prospect. They are
now sinking on discovery on Fish,
which Mr.. Fisher was fortunate enough
to secure in the stampede at the begin
ming of the year.
w. A. Boss, on No. 3 above Fair
banks, has located good pay. In the
earlier part of the season he prOspected
on the left limit of the creek without
finding anything very encouraging.
Recently he put hole to bedrock
across the creek, on the right limit.
| He is reported to have three feet of
dirt that will 60 40 cents to the bucket.
Saturday evening last the second
wedding to take place in Fairbanks
was quietly celebrated in the rooms
over the Tanana saloon, when Mrs.
Campbell and Thomas DeCamp were
united in the holy bonds of matrimony.
Judge Cowles performed the ceremony.
Only few friends of the contracting
parties were present.
Pat kanelley, who took lay on 3d.
bench, Cleary creek. few weeks ago,
has reached bedrock and was fortunate
in finding pay in the first hole, that is
said to be equal TO the famous No. g.
The benches all along the creek from
discovery down to NO. ID are being
prospected. The location of good pay
by Mr.. Kanelley proves that the find
on No. 9 was not merely rich spot or
pocket, but that continuous pay
streak may be developed.
While Judge Roy of Fairbanks creek
was in town on Wednesday last he was
interviewed with view to getting his
estimate of what the output of that
creek would be from this winters
operations. The judge had just taken
trip over all the creeks where work
to any extent was being done. When
asked at what figure he placed the out
put of the creek for the spring clean.
up he said: ~ am better acquainted
with conditions on Fairbanks than any
of the other creeks. | have been work.
ing there all winter. Water has been
retarding operations more or less along
the creek claims, but all the miners
over there are busy. The dumps are
growing rapidly and we have practi-
cally two months of the season still to
go. II is little too early to have any
definite idea of our creeks output, but
| believe it will reach 100000 be.
lieve the output of the camp for the
winters work will be close to half q
million. 1t may possibly exceed that
figure. Development work is going
ahead at such rate that it is difficult
to say what the near future will bring.
Ii this camp produces half a million
next spring under the conditions
which it has been laboring this winter,
believe next summers operations
will more than double that amount"
A newly discovered creek is called
Ester" The ground it is claimed is
not deep, being about % feet to bed.
rock. Pans running from 81 to 81 have
been taken out by the discOverer.
kilograms have been received from
Mr.. A. r.. Heilig, chief clerk of the
district court, who is now at Eagle, an
nouncing that a term of court will con-
,vene at Fairbanks on Monday, June 13,
and stating that grand and trial juries
would be summoned. The telegram
also conveys the information that Judge
Wickersham and Mayor Barnette,
accompanied by Mr.. Manley of Cleary
creek. left Eagle yesterday morning
enrOute to Fairbanks. Court was con-
vened at Eagle on Tuesday last. There
were no cases of Importance on the
docket there and it was deemed un-
necessary to summon grand jury.