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The Nome nugget., 1904-06-22
The Renowned Midas Creek - MT. Othner Speaks -

in 'maStodoon bones. and if that's q sign, Midas will make Anvil and Dex- ter look like thirty cents worth of dog meat. Slim found whole one, hair and all, the last time he was up. He wasn't alive, but he was d. near it. There it was down in the bottom of a cave. standing on all fours. wi.h a wisp of moss in his trunk and a curl in his valise, looking like a nine- time winner. But Slim don't realize what that's worth: he didn't even stake it. Why. if he took him to that 'Smithsontonian institute there in Little Rock. he would sell for million. And there are other signs. The willows are look ing upstream and the creek flows to the south every place it gets half a chance. What more could YOU ask: What troubles me most is how ospend the money. | like to sit and smoke and think it over. Under the influence of good pipe the world looks very bright, and can never think of Midas | 300. 000.0 GOO. Even if am looking at sign which reads Coffee and dough nuts, l5 cents. it Immediately changes and says 300 100000 as plain as day light. That money if used right would do whole lot of good in the world.
 There are many trivial things which need fixing, but am no cheap guy. l can only think of two things that would justify man like me to tackle. The first and most important is to free Ire land, and second, to convert the United States to socialism. Either proposition is a pretty hard game, and l do not know which to go up against first. in freeing Ireland there is much to be considered. The only way it can be done is to charter transports and land them all in the United States: that's q cinch. Then 1 ask myself what would they do, and again, ask myself what wouldn't they do when 1 turned them loose? The best way, in my opinion. is to have them sign contract to drink nothing but water, and side-step poli- tics (eXceptng the police fOrce) until they are civilized, which will be deter mined by three Swedes. We may need few more patrol wagons, but they can be made for almost nothing if get the right scald on my sOcialistic scheme.
 At this point MT. Othmer was inter- rupted in his story by man who wished to inquire about the condition of the tratl between the Northern and Hub, as Mr. Othmer had mushed it short time before.
 If the new town at Midas is not called Othmer City l shall say that those who go will be the most ungrateful people who ever stampeded to a new country. Mr. Othmer is certainly the hero of Midas creek. And he deserves the honor. JERRY MAHONEY.
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men were employed during the win ter, the dump amounting to 25,ooo buckets. This represents only three months of winter work, lack of coal preventing further operations. The cleanup" was about $15,ooo.
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 No. 2, below Pennell, on the In- machuk, is owned by Huelsdonk, Mcdonald, Case and Humber. The laymen are Ruhl, White and C.. Goodall, and a dump of 7,5oo buck cts was taken out by them, when the scarcity of coal made further work impossible. The amount talk en out was $6, ,ooo.
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 The Alice" bench on the Inma- chuk is the property of Calame, Howe and Legg. It was mined on a lease by l.. Banks, who employed three men to assist him, and the dump amounted to I,2oo buckets, netting about $95o. This bench is on the left limit, opposite the Utica" claim. Pay was struck late in April.
 The "Deene" bench is on the left limit on the Inmachuk, oppo- site the Utica" bench. It is own ed by Howe, Calame and Legg, and operated by Brus and Dover, laymen. The dump contained HOO buckets, netting $7oo. Only a small pipe boiler was used, and much time was spent in prospecting.
 The "Dashley" group on the In machuk, is owned by Dashley. Red wood, McGroogan and others.
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ON CANDLE CREEK

HANDLE creek, which the Keewalk river, rbu
 Kotzebue Sound discovered July 26, 1901, by
 Patterson, R. w. Snyder and H. O. Bankenship Pat
 found the creek several days before Blankenshp but they did not then stake it. few days Banensp arrived at the mouth of the Keewak and miles to the creek that Candle named after the candeke willows grow abundanty along it's banks story told to the Banensp claimed that he guided to the mouth of Keewak spirit which the bow of the boat and Anyway Bankenshp found the creek and immediately began stalking which he joined by Patterson Snyder and others did live reward his years of prospecting North for he drowned in Kot Sound in October 1901.
 Candle creek mined continuously since it's discovery and has goody of gold The creek sha low and been mined out but during the benches have been coming the front ana good pay has been found in a considerable number of claims
 The spring Candle creek this spring is estimated bv Mr. S. A. Pepper prominent mining of that secton at Mr. Pepper continuously Candle creek since 19O well qualified to speak concerning that section.
 The town Candle the of Keewak at the mouth of the river of that distributing points for the keewak country.
 There are other creeks in that region which have produced gold principal is Bear creek tributary of the Buckand others called Edordo Bonanza Gold
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Mr. Othmer is without doubt the greatest authority on the Midas creek question, but owing to the fact that he does not know very much about the creek it was with the greatest difficulty that he told the following:
 "Well. I'll tell you,' said Othmer
 'there is whole lot about Midas creek that the people don't know and never will know until Duncan and Griggs ar rive with them steamboats. You boiler makers will all be there, and it will not be hammer but big No. you will be performing with; and Othmer will be standing on the rim, with big | Havana in his face, reminding you of the time when you hollered Fake, until you had to take d drink (of water to cool your necks. am going to pay the top wages on the creek. and you will all have to line up every morning before going to work and holler floor ray for Midas creek and good luck to the ship that brought Mr. Othmer over" Yes, the creek is two years old and has not produced much, but you would understand that if could tell you. There's nothing to it when you know the particulars. It's just as easy as getting into the Nome council. Everybody has learned by this time that it is useless to ask me where the few pointers about the formation. Even this is a Aggression for me- as had re- solved never to speak of Midas again in | this town. laid awake all one night trying to talk myself out of the notion of packing 2 cannon, and the financial condition of the hospital is all that prevented me. The formation is a kind of a nglomerated mica schist and any miner who has ever packed a frying pan will take his hat off to a mica schist formation. Look at the Coolgardie nugget; that was found in q schist, right in the etsolid stuff. Well, the schist follows the bed of the creek all the way down to the mouth. On the right limit, it is phonolte as far as the eye can reach and on the left: now I am not very familiar with that rock, but think it is kind of anthracite; anyhow, it looks good, and there is more of if than yOu could shake q stick at. This rock business is all right, but give me the 'mastodoon' bones every time. You never,saw good creek in Alaska that did not assay way up in G
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Four to six men were employed by them in extracting a dump of 5000 buckets. The output will be SII,- 900. The ground is summer dig gings; water stopped winter work on the claim.
 tHKH1
 The Polar Bear" claim on the Inmachuk is owned and mined by the Polar Bear Mining Co.,, under the management of John De Buhr Seven men were employed in taking out the dump, which amounted to 1000 buckets, averaging one dol lar per bucket, or $1S,ooo in all. The claim was not worked continu- ously and only a small thawing plant was used.
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 The noted "Homestake" mine on the Inmachuk river is owned and operated by Huelsdonk, Calame, Milroy and others, From five to nine men were employed during the winter, the dump taken out amounting to 37,ooo buckets. Only small thawing plant was used and shortage of coal prevented more extensive operations. Under these adverse circumstances, the property gave forth the handsome sum Ol SAP, ,ooo.
 The Nellie" claim on the Inma- chuk, is owned and worked by H. Fries and others. From one to six men were employed in extracting the dump, which contained 4,ooc buckets, netting $7,ooo. This claim was being prospected during the greater part of the winter. Rich pay was struck late in March.
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is estimated at $10,000. Five men were employed prospecting and taking out pay dirt.
 DEErI
 No. 20. above is owned by West lund, Lindblom & Go. Mir West lund has a lease of the claim and has employed six men during the winter. Fourteen thousand buck cts of dirt were taken out and their cleanup will probably be $2l ,OOO.
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 No. l9 above discovery, is owned by Rydeen Bros. More money has been taken out of this claim than any other on the creek. During the winter eight men were employed and 3O,OOO buckets of dirt were placed in dumps. The output will reach $3O, ,O00. The lessee is R. Rydeen.
 A fraction, No. fl above, owned ty A. Rudolph, has been prospect ed and worked by Lundberg X Co. Three men were employed and a dump of 25O0 buckets was taken out, which will average one dollar to the bucket.
 ttNA1
 On No. F, above discovery, the owner, Mir. Sundquist, has employ ed six men during a portion of the winter Eight thousand buckets are in the dumps and the cleanup will be about $1O, ,O0O.
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nN a bench fraction, No. Is above discovery, A. Berg, the owner
 employed two men during a portion of the winter, having in. stalled a thawsr late in the season, hs took out about 1000 buckets and his cleanup will be about $2.OOO.
 On No. 19 bench, Lee Bros X Co., who have been operating on Can dle for the past two years, took out about 5000 buckets, five men be- ing employed q part of the time Their estimated cleanup is $S,OOO.
 &4E1
 On No. 5 below Blank, which is owned by Mrs. Thos. c. Moves, the lessee, William French, employed three mon for a time. His clean- up is estimated at $2OOO. MT. French prospected all winter and only struck pay in April.
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 On No.21 above discovery, owned by Shea x Co.,, the lessees Hoffman, Bergstrom X Co.,, have taken out 10000 buckets, and their cleanup
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1nmachuk is a gold producer. T

|\HE lnmachuk IS gold producer. The past
 winter IS the first that any mining work has been
 done on the river. Last winter two claims the Fox Bros' and the Dashleys, were worked more for prospectngs than to take dumps and for the req that proper facilities were lacking not much was accomplished.
 The work this past winter has been mainly con- hned to the lnmachuk proper, from the mouth of Pennel down for some six miles. The ground here is frozen to bedrock which varies in depth from eight to thirty feet Water has prevented work but four claims. The main pay along this section generally lies under the flat of the valley away from the creek channel being in the channel only on Fries, De Buhr's and Dashey's claims. Last summer a number of claims were prospected in small way suf- hcient to determine that winter work by steam thaw ing would pay. Late in the summer claim owners and lessees began ordering from Nome their steam plants and winter outfits, late that some were u able get their orders filled before navigation closed Nearly all thawing plants the creeks are small there being but twenty horse power boiler, and but three others as large ten-horse power. Many of the small boilers only used for prospecting for future operations larger scale.
 As Nome prospectus for outside consumption states it, the ground here is unincumbered by tim Der, substitute fuel must be obtained. Some out side coal was brought in last fall by few claim merely to start the winter work and until coal
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 THE DUMPS"

III RUHL operated on Nos. 7 and below Hannum on
 the Inmachuk, two men as sisting him in extracting the dump, which amounted to 25oo buckets. These claims are mainly summer diggings, the ground being shallow The cleanup" yielded about SIooo.
 No. 9, below Hannum, on the Inmachuk, is owned by w. J. Rolle and has been worked on lease during the past winter by Fox and Schebaly. Eight men were em- ployed in taking out the dump, which contained 5000 buckets. The operators began work late ill December and were driven out by water in the latter part of February. They took out $5, 900.
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 Wolfe & Knapp are the owners and operators of No. 9 fraction on the Inmachuk. Three men were employed and the dump taken out amounted to $500 buckets, netting S4, ,ooo. The ground is shallow. The operators were bothered with water, and lack of coal stopped work on the claim much earlier than otherwise necessary.
 ER1
 No. I, below Pennell, on the h. machuk, is owned and mined by Hoggendorn and Wilson. Seven
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PT. CLARENCE
 DISTRICT

THE Gold Run section of Port
 Clarence District has been

Clarence District has been
 producing various amounts of gold since it's discovery early in June, 1900. The summer following its discovery witnessed the greatest stampede of the year, gold having been found in large quantities on No. : and No. 9 above Hayden's discovery, which went all the way from $l to $50 to the pan.
 In less than four weeks some $60,OOO was taken from these two claims, and other parts of the dis trict, and people thought one claim was as good as another. The fol- lowing year gave the country set back which has taken it four years from which to recover, owing to claim owners spending thousands of dollars to open up their property before locating their pay.
 Many claims throughout the dis trict have been producers, but only ten of them have come up to ex- pectations during the past four years. The famous No. 7 has about $6O,OOO to it's credit; No. 9, $7O,OOO; No. 6, S25, 1000; No. 3, $5O,OOO and the first three claims above the mouth of Gold Run have many thousands to their credit.
 Alder creek, a tributary of Gold Run at No. 6 above Haydens has over $1OO,OOO to the good and only two claims opened up. Blusstone river, of which Gold Run is a trib- utary, has been a good producer, and will be for many years to come if they ever get water for hydraul- icking.
 The Right Fork of the Bluestone, and it's tributaries, have produced over $1OO,O0O and pay has been located for many miles, but the ground cannot be worked for lack of water.
 During the summer of 1902 two ditches were eonstructhd, the Dieter ditch, one mile long and the Sulli- van City ditch, three miles long. These ditches paid for themselves the same summer and since then have netted good returns to their owners, by working benches of Alder and Gold Run under leases, which heretofore could not be worked.
 This summer will witness the construction of the first large ditch to be built in this section, and will be known as the Haskin X Sulli- van ditch. The promoters have secured water rights and a ditch line from Canyon creek over the divide from Gold Run, and will have to bring the water about ten miles across the low divide at tho head of Boulder creek.
 This ditch will cover all the ter ritory from Skookum creek to the mouth of Bluestone, and will give sufficient pressure to hydraulic the sand and gravel banks of the Blue stone, which carry quite little gold for many feet in depth.
 When this ditch is completed it will open up some very rich prop erty, which has been prospected during the past three years by the miners on the right limit of Gold Run, and some of which paid to wheel down to the creek for sluic- ing.
 During the present summer sev- eral large companies will operate in this section and the outlook seems brighter than at any time since the boom of 1900.
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Run, Alder, etc., upon which lit tie has been found, due perhaps largely to the fact that outside of Candle creek and it's tributa- ries, little prospecting has been done. Candle creek is about 15 miles long, it's principal tribu' taries being Potato, Blank and Jump creeks.
 Nine claims were worked on Candle creek the past winter, and the number will be largely increased this summer.
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Increase your weight at Herssy's chop house, 19 Front street.
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THE DUMPS.

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CECILTON.

Miss Emma V. LuShy entertained IL
few friends with Finch on "Wednesday
evening, of last week.
Mrs. Eric Ostrum and children, spent
Thursday of last week with her mother.
Mrs. Charles Bennett. near town. --
Miss Eddie Ferguson has returned
home after II weeks stay with Chcaa-
pcakc City relatives.
Mr.. Henry Boulder attended the flu
neral of his sister, Miss ELLA Boulder,
ON Tuesday.
Miss Annie Richards has returned to
Philadelphia after spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. Mary T.. Richards
Mrs. NJ. Ellen Hall was entertained
on Thursday, of last week, by friends
near town.
The ladies of the Guild will hold a
sociablc in the Parish building. on Tues
day evening, February md. Boxes con-
tanning useful articles valued ut from
, to - cents will be for sale. The public
are cordially invited to be present. Adj
mission I'D cents. Instrumental and vocal
music. cake ana coffe free. Building
comfortably heated.
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late Levi Ronlcn of this town, died Mt
her home here, on Saturday evening. in
the 62md year of her age. she leaves ct
sister, Miss Annie Boulder. and two
brothers. james A.. of this town. and
Henry Rould,n. Of teciton. The funeral
WIS held On Tuesday afternoon. ut
o'clock. with iEtelmPW at Bethel Genie
terry.
While Joseph Carter, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Garter WAS cutting kintllilg
wood on Monday. he cut off tive of the
higcl$ OF Ms ltit dr|ui. lie Is subject
I" 'pll"pllr h'> ANA II Is supposed he was
taken with one 1T me tlm@.
\ s''I OF Mt. aAd MIS- James Moor"
rem III the ranll Oh M"h''1N lie WlS'
SKATING arr h"d been warn 4 iDt tt"
SNal' "il tue chi.al' iV> the ltr haH n'th
broken ANA W'l~ E"t >'tfr. II" WAS rr-
cu'a ny >''l.' men WI" Wtlr WorNlA@
cost ny:
Inc Young Married Peoples En"hre
'un was rh''ftaihe1 ny ME- AMI Ml>.
'"A,,~ IaN'""' at 'h'If h"l''' near town
IN Wednesday rN'hIlf-.
Inc l''"sAt,rN Of the Confectionery
were rn''l'''i.;,h ~ the h"in" OF Mr.. ANA
NfN. ''''Fgr = N""dey, last Tuesday
,N'"'aG' II mig tine birthday OF Gen.
i'''''' f. i''r' AN appropriate pro
SI'h' was I'i.''rc.t, ne h'H'nS,Io"m
NhS "yt"l"i'H with the tolIIrd2lHtr
,'"''@' "''r Ii''' II, were W.T.. ANA Mr''
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FARMINGTON.
The Cecil Wing" is on sale each week
at the store of Elmer Mayberry. cents
copy.

The Cecil Wing" is on sale each week
at the store of Elmer Mayberry. cents
copy.
The bed Of ice that has been frozen to
the ruaJsl for a long time. has diSap-
pcarrd. making travel more easier and
not 80 much danger in travelling. The
wcathcr n~w is very cold.
Mrs Harrington, who had severe.
fail. is improving SLOWLY
Mrs Jane Cameron who has been quite
i'll. we are glad to say. il able to be
about again.
Mr.. nnd Mis-. Robert Came ron Gmd
son Walter Spent Il day in Philadelphia
Il III week.
quite II number of farmers urd their
wives Gtt,.,,I the Farmers Institute VT
Iti,ir- Sun. "n Monday nIl Tuesday.
Tuesday being stormy. there was II large
attendance in spite tt the weather.
One of oar yoLn@ >lHltS7;l crack
hUtt,r-hNI thr misfortune of injuling
HIS t~r4h at >h"utip" match hast week.
but he ElI it repaired 10y having il
plated VIA gold, "mI thinks h" can
stand aEHthrr Nlc.t.
What Ewing anI Stanley McNey
spent WrD,lg: lny ut the hHrrpnS with
log and gun. searching for ph,ii>amts
Stanley McNry Shot a hawk that meas
urci II inches from tip to tip
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PORT DEPOSIT.

The Cecil Wing" is on sale each week
n Port Deposit, at Stcbbing's News
Stand. 8 cents copy.
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PERRYVILLE.


copies d the cecil mig are on sale
rhch week III ierryviile, at the News
stand ana are also delivered by Guy
pehiilS' " cents a copy.
Mrs. ,;,orn,. Hoyd nut.r,,irad ,h, A.,
Cirrln an N.,Jnn,,1,,. ,- h,r h,,,,,.
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rur
Nil. Mamie. SkiIlir, of ,.,,,,ott Ir-
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Thomas Kama
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is visiting Mrs Alcy IJ,frmnn
DR. Rnbr- Wott rr,.i,Iin., EIlor
will deliver, , Ir,trr,, ,,n ..TI'n ra.,,,,,
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samuel Mctzgcr.
The ,,ormitgrv boys Of Tome Institute
CAV" II dance nj the Upper Gymnasium
on Friday night.
Miss Maggie Nalnnr, Il lady highly
esteemed in this nei@hbrIhooh. died on
sunday morning, of heart affection She
WAS about severity years of age and is
survived by the following members of
her fnmily-Gcorgr \. Nannurt. John
&. NHmwIt. Thomas, IL. NAmuIt and
:. \. Nannorr. brothcr>; and Miss Re
hcccl NanIoit and Mrs. Sarah Atkinson.
si>l"IS.
Since the last issue of the Wing
Pert Dop~>it has been beautifully sup
piled with Ice gorge excitement The
rains of last week caused the ics. on
many of the tributaries of the SuSqueh-
anna to break up. and H. ii result II
gorge formed nr1U,S the river ut the
head of Roberts Hpl Stcrlr'S Islands,
Th, caused an overflow of Lack waiter
at Rock Run which flCp;lcd the railroad
track ana Il portion of Main Street. The
water soon fouul an outlet. however,
aHl Irccdch. After clearing the tracks
of what ice had dliftel in. the freight
train was enabled to proceed to Column
lila.
The excitement was somewhat lullCd
ol Sunday morning. hut when informal
tiun WAS received in the afternoon that
tlIu river had risen ut Columbia, and
that the ice had LIubrn up all along the
river. additional precautions for >afcty
were taken. Th~ Railroad Company
rJU an engine and crew to lrmovr all
cars from the ward and To clear the
freight house Of its contents.
About eleven o'clock ut night the ice
laden flood struck Tire gorge at Rock
Run with II terrific roar. Although the
g0Ig" wa> backed by ~ stretch of solid
ice extending far below IIavr,. de Grace
it was unIhl, to withstand the pressure
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Copies of the Cecil Wing" are on sale
each week in Chesapeake City, at Alex
ander'S Drug Store. 3 cents a copy.
Mr. William Baker and family will
move flrn III, farm in Back Greek Meek
known H. the Il. Il. Hopper farm To Il
farm near Wilma.
Mr.. .Ior, Johnson. of this town. and
Miss Alice VANDERBILT. daughter of Mr..
and Mr.. George NJ. Nandcgrft. of near
EllltCn. were married at Bethel NJ. f..
Parsonage. un Wednesday evening, pf
last wctk. They will reside un Canal
Street.
Miss Annie Vaughan. daughter of
Capt. aud Mrs. James Vaughn, of this
town, WIS married on MolN,ay evening.
to Mr.. William Dreamer, of Whining
ton. Del. at Bethel NJ. f. Parsonage. by
Rev T.. II. Collins. They will I, side
in Wilmin@ton.
Miss Lulu Bouldcn, daughter of Mr..
and Ms lambert Boulder, of the Ma
nor. and Mr.. Joseph Bouchelle were
married on Wednesday evening. at the
Bethel NJ. L. Parsonage. They will re-
side cn the DIR. j. V. Wallace farm. ON
the Manor.
The members Of the Book Club are
requested to meet at the home of Mr..
james 5. Hopper, on Monday evening,
February l>t at 100 o'clock.
Miss Ella :. Boulden. daughter of the