The daily Alaskan., 1905-02-13
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 Fletcher T. Hamshaw, of g s. Eighth avenue, returned Wednesday from Ala ska, where, during the past summer he has been in charge of the workings oi the Atlin mines of the Mckee Creek Hydraulic Mining Company, of which he was founder, and of which he Is st present in control. This company owns some seven miles of gold bearing creek land, known as the Atlin district which through separated from the Klondike region by four hundred miles, Is con tinuAtion of the same gold-bearing reef.
 Mir. Hamshsw's enterprise is from the start A great success, the result of the first summers work being s sub s antlal dividend to stockholders. The present company began operations in this district formerly owned by an English syndicate, in the spring of ths current year. Mir. Hamshaw brought back with him "to show his friends some ten thousand dollars worth of gold in dust and nsEsets, just Ss it was taken from the sluice boxes, and his home coming was made known to the Daily Argus by Stephen Vsnl TAssel.
 Mir. HA shaw received an Argus reporter at his pleasant home g 5. Eighth avenue, and very courteously eX- plAined me hods of his company, the life of the miners and the methods employed in hydraulic mining, exhibiting with pride a magnificent collection of photo graphs taken by himself while ia Alaska snow ing the working of his company.
 He also exh bited the nuggets and it was indeed, a sight for sore eyes.
 MT. Hzmshsw shows result of his years oiaciye outdoor life As c vii and mining engineer, and long exposure to the rugged conditions and climate to which his work takes him.
 He Is S b.g. braEny man, with bron- zed face and spendid physique, testify ing tO the muscle and brSNn building influence of the out door life.
 He has been engaged ir his profession as S civil and mining engineer for num- Der of years, in the West am North west, He early became compressed with the opportunities presented to the min ing engineer by the immense gold fields of Alaska, where his work took him ia the employ of others and he re- solved that when opportunity came for him to get control f good proposition he would camp right on the trail.
 Soon after, he secured the water .Fa h.,r hal Tuaa rad aa of the most promising districts in Ala then owned by the Atlln Mining Com paOy, of London, England, but which, on account of the difficulty in obtaining water, had never been worked profit ably by the EnRlishmen. About one year ago Mr. HAmshsw went to Eng land 70 confer with the Englishmen in regard to a purchase of the Atlin prop critics. As he had the water rights on which the district must depend for wat CT to work with, the Englishm'n could not do better than to sell to Mir. Ham shaw, who then organized the Mckee Greek Hydraulic Mining Company, and began active operations Rs soon Ss the spring breAking-np of the ice occurred this last spring. The Atlin district Is reached from SkagWay, during the win ter season by dog team, and in the sum- mer season very readily by pack horses, it being 75 miles from navigation.
 One of the principal obstacles In the route is an immense glacier, which has 10 be cieled. The glacier Is 64 miles in length and 35 miles wide, the depth of solid ice being 15,000 feet. The tract owned by Mir. Acknowledgements Is about seven miles in length, being de- posit of gold-besring gravel Of great dept6~sSing along the creek. To give somssAes of the magnitude Of this pro