The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904, 1904-03-05
DUMPS
% ON HILLS
Gambrinus Has Largest
in Peninsula
WONDERFUL CLAIM
CIean.ups Next Spring Promise
to Produce Amusement
at Their Extent.



advent of spring the sturdy miners are
exerting their utmost efforts to remove
the treasure from the unwilling earth.
OF all these. the dumps on the Gam
brinus are probably the largest on the
peninsula. Messrs Ashby and Farrar
have been working without intermis-
sion on this wonderful claim, and the
sluice boxes will reveal golden story.
James O'Brien, also on the same
claim, has lay that should yield a
goodly profit. He is hosting the dirt
by means of within, as ii would not be
profitable to place hoist for the short
term of his lease. Messrs. Olson and
Will. who also had a lay on the Gam
brinus, have abandoned it owing to the
fact that most of their ground had been
worSei lds. winter ~ Scott AT I;eic.
The Wild Goose GO. IS wor@.n9 GA
10Th the L"ra and the Matte claims,
I have taken out large dumps.
-ellar and toote have a lay on the
feline and are giving it "a thorough
b. M Ting.
owtlake, as usual, is hOiSlng
dirt. and the snow fences,
e erected early in the fall
ample water for the Glec~'
-sprinG.
-gar is also in good pay, and
e management of Ed johnson
wv large return by spring.
RS Stevenson and Chas. L. John
the Pioneer Co., are almost
Visitors to this claim, as are also
The.t many other people from Nome.
.e Bowery claim has been in very
ID pay for several weeks, and Mr..
long has taken advantage of the short
time remaining before spring to put up
bunk house and double his force.
Waskey and Kinney are doing an enor-
nous amount of work on the Gold Hill,
and it is said they have pay, but wheth-
err this is so or not has not been veri-
fed. Mr. Waskey has also taken an
option on the Apollo bench claim ad-
joining, and has put crew to work.
Fred Grimm is prospecting the Daisy
on Nakkila gulch and will take out a
dump-if he finds the pay.
"Cariboo Bill'' is hard at work on
the famous claim on Nakkila gulch
and has driven a mile or two of tunnels
during the winter.
Baker and Garberg, on their Anvil
bench are through, having worked out
the ground which their lease covered.
On the Summit bench the popular
owners are doing a great deal of work,
and have out large dump as result
of their winters work.
On Deer gulch Stanley and Shu-
macher have been doing an immense
amount of work, which shows for itself
in the immense amount of dirt they
have on the surface.
Going around the hill may be seen
the artificial mountains that betOken
the Connolly, Duggan and Leach claim
at the head of Dry creek. This is one
of the claims that will, no doubt, Gre
ate a ripple of amazement from the
people when the time for the cleanup
arrives.
Denhart, Niebuhr and Nixon will al
so make gigantic showing by spring.
Anderson and johnson, on the next
claim, have fine dump, too, which is
very rich.
On nearby fraction two rival claim
ants for that fraction met, each one
accompanied by his friends. AS a re-
suit of the tete-a-tate, which ensued,
one of the participants is sojourning at
the Holy Cross hospital, whittier he
was COW eyed by alarmed but admiring
friends.
Macarthur and Delzene are prospect
ing the latter's claim on Newton gulch.
w. j. Black and Matt Shuler, two of
Dexter's most respected pioneers, have
purchased the Powell interest on No. 3
left fork of Dexter creek, and will con-
tinue the active development that was
begun last fall by Dave Black and Mr..
Rinkel.
On No. bench claim, left fork, Max
Wolf and Mr.. Anderson have struck
pay, ard wuI make "A strenuous effort 10
set cut good dump b. spring, as heir
lease expires with he season.
On Banner creek, a tributary of Nome
river, Scanlon and Storm have some
pay, and are taking it out, There are
four men employed, and are the only
ones working on Nome river creeks
above Dexter.
The Snowflake Literary society,
which meets every Saturday evening
on that claim, is one of the principal
social events of Dexter creek. After a
week of hard work it is great relax
alton to throw off the WEAKNESS and
give ones self to the enjoyment of a
really entertaining evening in which