The Nome daily nugget., 1908-03-16
STRIKE AT
 K0YUKUK

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 aHH Sa hals4 discovery ea Nolan eFaa I'm str.ke wse- made by John ol- H-fy tamHBrs known as Littln s.# hi brother Louis olson. and 5aa tHaarsaa. Taf~. mon had secured zaz z=st = eaaa4a aa the upper end al ~. Hss#a owned by F5rf ! II tu- tefsaa aa8 saH feat If efaual an the Hff.T sH.s##T Na. b,faz,. owned by \ x E+=faaz= #Ha-= #hr conditions that sasz zH# ; aala . assfaeb aH Inc m hetNseH In. t0e claims They struck hFlruekz.g. . depth of tsa fe,t Tho ursE fgHkar rsaH bedrock. HaIdiuE between : aaa 2 Haas Yielded $s2s rated 3t S17 aa HHzae 6## commercial price af kezaaas aa-f THe afzt sHaW as tses started taaFif. en bedrock yielded u taa pans s12s ts. and the second fhIs gtsstsa tVa la Ptas Sfsa.ga. t-P Es aIafe. November 1 5 0IdfH as = faet af p4szteeaa Ha~ been HHsaesr# aath similar results owing ta fhafe beiuE sa4e tssa saysr # ehiakea-feed gravel @HfH Hs sediment sa bedfaeE. il k EsI=z ertfls Es#t.y.f 'fft tHe desp channel of Ns.aa sfass has aaf yet heea struck
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 aH Ha=s eHa H= HesWt 1s tHat |naabsr af halaz ara nesy going down l in tHe deH @raara farther daaa Nolan land srt flrrh.r down on wfsemar era.l which stream Nolan creek efaf sissz HHts Mefe aaisz sEatild ha geine .Iaaa f tHgrr #aaz an ayailabl surplv If =ss5H HallaH- and axtares-
 Captain ]. r Johnson. owner af N8 2 te.es 1lseusery Niu start to sink + ; f=8 days t5fh steam boiler and IH#i-t H.. h4- associated With himself .H s combination las Messrs. Gilbert #aaa Ellington. ll W sullivan has now started ra -fnk on NJ ! below with 4taaH baHlar and hoist
 Iu No G below oscar Johnson now aztz I haIt- down la8 feet H., caieu- Iate- fa reach bedrock at l5o feet Shoald fhe ray~tr~ak be Hit a~ faf down as Na. f then Kpyukuk win have 2 sufficient showing Tor 4 boom of znme magnitude.
 on Wls.man creek. about one ma beiaw Nj. Con Nolan. Mrssrs Pmref and Pere1aT are nos down 7o feet ~ what depth bedrock will be reach- -d at that point k a matter of much li~cus-iau. Wi-eman creek and its tri- buiaries aae being staGed from naad to month
 nu upper Nolan. an %ol above. Nell Iia Cashmaa=has started to sink with a steam hnuer On discovery claim. just below Marrs < Nolan took out {isooo
 on NJ above discovery Peter Dow and Daniel Webster are sinking with | steam boiler They arc uoR down c. feel
 on the loft limit of Nolan creek. on a bench about fn0 feet above the pres eni bed of the creek. number of holes are going down. C. k. Williams k the bench aiseoxefer on Nolan creek. and  iH fact he is the first man to pay atten- ton 10 The benches on the upper Koyu- kuk with m4-t promising results From hIS benen betWcen Archibald and Smith creeks. he has extracted several thousand dollars. mostly nuggets. or slues. worn smaatH by wash. although ais operations are limited "a account af 1 q scarcity of water
 0n Smith creek which is d tributary If Nolan .ra.ns t-i,,ct h. at Na {. I.fa.,..