The Alaska prospector., 1906-08-23
Kotsina Copper District.

was received last mail from c. P. Smith, who has recently visited the Kotsina, and gives good idea of the work going on in that sec .tion.
 Gelineau X Bell have refused to allow an extension of the bond on their Rock Greek property. It was examined by Mr. Grey, an expert who is now in that section, anu he was so 'favorably suppressed with the ground thet he immediately made adeal with the owners and is now 'employing all Of the men that he.can get at TS4 a day and l board to develop the claims. He has started tunnel .on the con tact between the lime formation on the south and the greensboro on the north and as far as he has gone the ledge looks fine, bornite and copper pyrites improving with depth.
 Another tunnel to tap the United Verde at depth of 300 feet will be started at once and continued all winter. Men are now busy getting out logs for cabins and timbers for the tunnel. Mr. Grey will sled in 150 tons of supplies as soon as the trail IS open.
 Gelineau & Bell have located 12 or 15 claims on Roaring creek with a good showing of glance, bornite and native copper. The latter ore is fine, the ledge being 12 to "A fleet in width and running nearly 90 per cent. The ledge has been l uncovered on four claims. Whe copper is massive but there is enough greensboro and cuprite in the ledge to allow easy working l Mir Grey states that the forma- tion of this mountain, on which the native copper has been found, and on which Gelineau X Bells Rock creek property lies, is almost simi- lar and the nearest approach to the Calumet and Hecla, and he also said that he would expend a mil lion dollars developing this noun tain and 1 expect he means what he says as he has located about D claims.
 Ambrose Bell and Norman Mer- chant have also been exceedingly lucky as they have located 23 fine looking claims, one of which i threatens to be one of the best so far located in Alaska. It istnative copper carrying cuperite, not be- ing so massive in native but what 1 it can be worked. The ledge is 2O-feet wide on top of the comb of the mountain and crops cut at in 1 tervals for 450G feet along the strike. They have four claims in this ground all having rich deposits of ore in place. Further east they have l2 or 14 more, some in native, some in glance and bornite and then a short distance westerly they have another group of the same ore. All together these boys have about the best showing of the sea son.
 Tony Barrett and Ed Young have been successful and have about 1 fine bornite claims, which Mir Grey was to examine at an early. date.
 Dan Sheehan has located some 12 claims some of which are good, as they were formerly the writers and he knows whereof he speaks.
 Dan Grenning and his son Harry have located some fine claims at the head of the Kotsina river car rying bornite, glance and native in amygdaloid:
 Chas. T.bbitts and Harry Moore are locating and have some good claims.
 The Mullen claim on Copper creek belonging to B. F. Willard has turned out to be of exceeding richness with q body some 6 or s. feet wide of beautiful bornite ore.
 Scotty Crawford is busy as ever and reports things looking well. Mir. Hazeltine is in charge and is