The Nome daily nugget., 1906-06-06
Important Work On Sun.
 set Creek.
Prospects Are Od-OutfitS On Foothills To the West Trace Big Body GrayeI-WOrk Done During the Past Winter.

Important mining work was done in the vicinity of Sunset creek this winter. In the beginning of Novem- Der last year ot. Clair and Johnson took lay on the University fraction owned by Mcintosh and Ivory, and erected a substantial prospecting camp there. At the same time Cap tain Wentworth, Bayles and Gustaf- son began work on the Japan group being latterly joined by Jim Ken nedy who has claims in that neigh borhood
 After considerable work St. Clair and Johnson came upon the old beach at a depth of 51 feet inches. They thawed down from this depth through 10 feet of gravel and feet of quick sand and went feet into the bedrock, reaching a depth of 75 feet. Excellent prospects were found on the top of the sand and also on the bedrock. After drifting 11O feet on the bedrock through the quick sand and finding usually five cents to the pan all along, they left the drift as the bedrock had kept sinking un- til a depth of eighty-five fec was reached. Going 100 feet up the hill another hole was sunk and hope was entertained that the rise of the bed rock would be found there with pay on the rim. Instead of rising, how ever, I4e bedrock sank to the depth of 97 feet and the last hole was com pleted under difficulties having been begun May 1 in thawing weather and completed May 26 under similar con ditions, the sides sloughing danger ously at the last.
 Meantime Captain Wentworth and his partners had sunk series of holes on the Japan group without finding the beach and determined to go further up the hill on the Higgins and Bohemia. They found the beach
 ..ere in two holes and good pros poets but not the pay streak. A third hole was begun on the Bohemia further up the hill, but it was found impossible to complete it to bedrock on account of the sloughing.
 After the discovery of the beach line other camps were established in the neighborhood. Ames took lay on Kennedy's ground and his men wen down 70 feet without finding the beach.
 On the Paisley claim to the east of where St. Clair and Johnson were working Walter Hildebrand, part ner with D. Gilchrist, in that lay sank several holes without finding more than prospects. Farther up the hill Messrs. Laughlin and Donovan worked for some time. Hawkins has camp to the east below Evening gulch, Rogan has good ground 1T that vicinity where the Wild Goose company has an outfit working an( where it is reported they have founC the old beach on the Little creel level, though it has not been ascer tained if pay as been found.
 | The result of the winters work or the foothills below Sunset has beer to demonstrate that the third beacf line runs westward as well as east ward. It is reported to have beer discovered as far west as Cape Rod ney. The parallel prospecting done by the various camps has brought the work to such a point that next win ter by moving up the hill to tho proper level it is quite probable tha all of Lne camps will drop on tho pay streak. At least the prospector! are living in that hope and will re sume work next winter with renewed activity and with the light of thi! seasons experience to aid them While St. Clair and Johnson were sinking in ground that dropped to g. feet, the other holes to west and eas ranged from 40 to 50 feet. The ele vation of the surface on the Univer sity claim is S6 feet and thus part O. the old beach at this point was 1( feet below the present level of tho sea. It may be an old channel ant pay may be found on it's rise. but tho beach pay level undoubtedly lie: further up the hill.
 St. Clair is a graduate in arts an( divinity of St. Andrews university Scotland, and at one time an editor ial writer for the old Chicago Record and also for the Chicago Daily News He also was up to the time he lief for Alaska last summer foreign edi tor of the Chicago Daily News France Johnson, his partner, is graduate of Columbia university