Seward weekly gateway., 1906-09-08
GOOD REPORTS
 FROM YENTNA
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hear myself. Wait little longer and you will see the dust. They will have to believe that"
 Say Gold Is Coming
 After insistent pressure Macdonald and J. E. O'Reilly, who came down a week ago, agreed that from $3O,OOO to $40. .OOO would be a safe estimate. Mac Donald then stated in answer to a question that between forty and fifty men are engaged in actual mining on the Kahiltna and its tributaries, al- most without exception taking out wages or better. When asked if these men would not average 5000 each in view of the fact that Herndon and Jacobson, Morris and others will take out several thousand to the man, both O'Reilly and Macdonald admitted that the estimate of 5000 to the man would be conservative.
 Macdonald left Cache creek August ! l9. At that time Herndon and Jacob son had one man working with them and were taking out $50 day to the man, but were not getting in full time for several reasons, one of which isl that the water is very cold and men cannot stay in it long as it gets into their boots. Still they are taking out big pay steadily on Herndon'S claim. This is on Nugget creek.
 The estimate of $20,0O0 for Herndon and Jacobson, which has been made by several men, was thought by McaDon- aid and O'Reilly to be too high. ! Nevertheless when asked how so much could be taken out daily all through the summer without reaching or eX- ceeding $2O,OOO for the season both men admitted that it was hard to cut down the total estimate much below that given by others.
 The Morris claim is believed by l Macdonald to be fully as good as Hern- don's and he said many think it still richer. He thinks also that other creeks in the vicinity will prove in a short time to be as good as Nugget. All the production so far has been on false bedrock. True bedrock is be- lieved to be very deep.
 Strikes Along Lake Creek
 S. E. Wagner came in on the Tole- do. He left Lake creek August 10. He went there in February for Frank Watson and has been all through the Kahiltna and Lake creek region. He and Sam Mills have located on half a dozen gulches we'll up the creek, a short distance below Lake Chelintna. Some development was done on all of these and Wagner says nearly all will yield $lO a day and some of them an ounce a day to the man. All the work done by himself and Mills was near the surface, false bedrock being struck at two or three feet.
 The creeks located by Wagner and | Mills near the lake they have named Wagner, Mills, Skookum, Boulder, Chicago and Fergus, He brings a small bottle of coarse gold as a sample of what the creeks contain. He came to Seward to see Mir. Watson and will return to Lake creek in few days.
 J. F.. O'Reilly is another man who stands by Lake creek, predicting that it will be great producer. He sticks to the estimate made a few days ago and published on his authority in the Gateway, that the few men who are working bars on Lake creek will take out S5O)O this year. He aflirms that the knocking which has been done against Lake creek has been by men who know nothing of mining.
 Skwentna in It Too
 Aaron Erickson came in from the Skwentna but like the others expects to return soon. He had the misfor- tune to lose most of his outfit in a stream and had to come back for Some- thing to eat. He located several claims on tributaries of the Skwentna. Several prospectors are on Happy river and their banning has showed good results. Ounce diggings have been found and Erickson says the re- ! uiOn looks UOOd in every way. He