Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

Juneau, where he prospected with more
or less success until 1898, when he went
to Dawson. AS soon as word reached
Dawson of the gold discoveries in the
Nome country Rolando made haste to
reach the new fields of fortune.
Starts Hunt for Gold
Mr.. Rolando Quilted in Nome with a
string of coed dogs and stout sled load
ed with provisions, blankets, gold pans,
picks and other necessities and moved
slowly from place to place, stopping to
prospect wherever the country showed
signs of gold.
After being out several weeks Rolando
met friend who told him of recent dis
coveres on Scherrett creek, a few miles
from where he had his tent pitched, and
to the north Barney FASTENED to hitch
up his dogs and take the trail for the
new fields He soon found pay dirt and
made some locations, little realizing the
magnitude of the strike he had made.
The discovery claim was named the
Discovery as is always the case in
Alaska. The claims located above and
below the first one are Discovery Nos.
/, 2, 3, 4, and so on, and those below
are named on the same order. The side
claims are those paralleling the creek
on the beaches and are named according
to the fancy of the locator.
Mr. Becker came into the deal with
Mr. Rolaudo shortly after the first To-
cations We're made and thereafter was a
full partner. He purchased an interest
for large sum in cash.
The two men, working on their claims
and locating new ones, went up and
down the creek from early in June until
about the middle of October of each year
when the whole country would take or
CHI -xxrl1i To Of fattr
or five feet, protecting its wealth with
weather varying from 20 to As degrees
below zero.
Dam Creek
They damned Scherrett creek and put
| in sluice boxes The water obtained wout
| only allow of the operation of the sluices
| for about an hour or so each day, fol
| the creek is only an insignificant affair
as far as water went. In the hour thus
utilized, while the water lasted, the golt
secured would average from $40 to SIS
In this manner they arrived at the value
of their gravel beyond a doubt.
When the great chain of claims were
| located and the title work done theil
possessions included the following, be
| ginning at the lower end of the groups
Lorenzo, eight claims, 100 acres Nos. 4
| 3A and A below; Emilia, 160 acres; Dis
| covery; Nos. l, 2 and above Upper
| Discovery; Milan group, 160 acres; Mary
! group 160 acres; Lena, 100 acres; Clara
group, 100 acres; a group unnamed, 16
acres; Becker group. 1850 acres; then an
other unnamed creek group of 16O acres
Each claim in each group is named sep
arately, as the law requires.
| Last fall; when Mr. Becker arrived il
Los Angeles to spend the winter, HI
brought with him six pounds of golC
which had ben taken from the Nomt
property while the owners were doing
| prospecting work, and working but al
hour day at sluicng, This gold was il
addition to some large nuggets. the mos
valuable of which was worth $500.
Ship Machinery
During the su1nme just passed tn,
owners Of the property spent thousand
of dollars in prospecting their holdings
in businesslike manner. They shipped
in a drilling machine. The machiner,
was shipped by boat to Nome and thel
taken by rail to within three miles o
the property From there the machiner,
was hauled the rest of tho way by team
The, creek property having been pros
pected the previous summer, the drilling
machine was set up on the claims par
allelng the creek, and holes were sum
at various points on many claims All O
tHlS Woih pIoNcu tildl tHe entiiS BiOuH
is very rich. even richer than the sur
face, which prospects about $1.25 per tor
The holes were sunk all the way fror
fifty to 1s5 feet, six inches N diameter
Holes were sunk on the following claims
Lena Bench, Milan Bench, Claim No
Mary Bench, Claim No. l above discov
cry. Claim No above Johnsons dis
coyery, Lora Association, Emily Cree
claim and many others
AS the drill was forced into the groun
n and the core hoisted TO the surface to b