Seward weekly gateway., 1907-01-26
ZERO WEATHER
 AROUND INLET
COIdeSt at KahiItna Station g Below and Much of Time
 Above That Mark.

around zero dropping to 32 below zero December s. On the l2th it was , above zero, on the 10th 22 below, and on the 18th l3 above. The second snow storm occurred December 2l.
 F. r. Johnston and Charles Harris, who are camped twelve miles above here on the Eahiltna, left their camp 30 few days ago, going in a northeast crIy direction. After crossing Croto creek, they reached the TokoSima river. They say the distance from their camp on the Kahitra to the Tokosjua river is only about fifteen miles. It had been generally supposed l the distance was much greater between those rivers.
 ! Chri, Schilrcr is moving some hay and machinery for the King River Mining Company from their cache near the mouth of the Nentna to Lake creek by horse team.
 Mir. Dcn,more and three other men passed down the trail December Il from the Cache creek country, bound for the outside. They report having found pay gravel on a bench, but did not indicate the location where found. . They say the trail k broken as far ao ! Cache creek and eight or ten outfits ! have reached that Tpr
 Natives Bring in Game Fifteen OF twenty natives came down from the Skweurna region December 1 Is, pulling several sled loads of caribou meat, but very little fur It is the practice of the natives to go up the river in boats before navigation close, to hunt and trap, returning to Susitna ! in their sleds for Christmas. Then they 20 to the hunting grounds again in February and float down the river as soon as the ice goes out in the spring. Around the holidays the na- 1 tiyes from all up river regions assem- ble at Susitna for their "Grousky,' which is a celebration similar to the potatch of the southeastern coast natives.
 Several of the boys who are camped in this vicinity have made trips to Knil and back in the past few weeks. They say there is very little snow be- tween Knik and Susitna so far.
 II. ". Hawes and ?. J. Collins, who came up the river in October and have since been on the upper branches of the Kahiltna, returned here December lS, and are now preparing to move theIr outfit which has been cached here to the upper creeks. The object of their visit to the creeks this fall was 10 complete their assessment work and prepare camps for next seasons work. They say the weather was extremely cold in the early part of December and Collins feet were frost bitten while on one of their muSheS near the Kahiltna glacier.
 River FrOZe November 10
 Kahiltna, Nov. 2O-The weatherhere during the latter part of October and first part of November was clear and frosty, the mercury dropping nearly to zero on two occasions, moderating on November II, on which date a south west wind brought the first snow of the season. There is now twelve inches of snow on the ground. About November 10 ice formed on the Susit- na and Yentna rivers, so that those who were ready with their outfits had good Sledding from Susitea station to this point.
 Among the old timers who are here or moving along up the Kahiltna at this time are Jim Davison, Gus Peters, Walter Nelson, Pete Jackson, W. Peterson, Ed Davis, W. E. Lennox, Tom Freeze, Ed Cohn, Harry Miller, and Hammersmith, Gadigan and Hud- dleson. There are a dozen or more others who are making their first trip into the country, including two women camped at different places.
 The Wanberg party worked on the bars of the Kahiltna until the freeze up, taking out about $500. They work ed line of boxes fed by hose from the river. In the boxes they use the wire screen with burlap underneath. This has proved a good gold saver, very little or no gold being lost.
 Mir. Huddleson is the champion hunter, having four bears to his credit. Several moose have been seen, but so far no one has been able to get one. Some foxes and lynxes have been trapped and several rabbit robes have been made.
 Maj, J. F. A. Strong, formerly editor and owner of the Nome Nugget, has started the Greenwater Miner at the