The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-28

worth Sl.250.oua, tribute of Alas kan camps and Alaskan argonauts for the year 1910. the Alaska steam ship company's liner Victoria reach ed Seattle last night The bullion comes from the Iditarod. which sent a total of s52o,o0o; Fairbanks and the Panama Valley, with another half million. and from Nome and small camps of the interior.
 The arrival of the Iiitarod ship ment came as a surprise to those watching the new camp. Reckoning earlier shipments and the quantity of bullion on hand, the years out put of the camp will reach total of sS50,000 Experienced Alaskans declare that the Iditarod has sur passed the first season of any other camp of the territory. and the re turns are no more than an indiCa ton of what is to be expected of the district for many years to come
 Encouraging Reports Brought.
 Passengers brought 10 Seattle by the Victoria include many prominent miners and business men of Seward Peninsula who annually come to spend the winter in the states. From these the statement Is positive that not in several years has the pros peCt for rich returns of gold been 90 favorable as at the close of the present mining season. With three new districts giving stronger indi- cations of developing into bonanzas. older camps maintaining their rich yields and general prosperity pre- valing over the entire territory there is much that is satisfactory in Seward Peninsula prospects, it is de clared.
 With reports from reliable sources embracing practically every district of Alaska. Jafet Lindeherg, president of the Pioneer Mining Company. of Nome, one of the discoyerers of rich workings in that camp, who reached Seattle by the Victoria de- clares that there is now not the slightest reason to doubt that the gold production of Alaska will grow greater with each year.
 Peninsula Only Scratched.
 Alaska. particularly the Seward Peninsula section, has really no more than started to give up it's treasures" said Mir Lindeberg. De finite advices from the Squirrel river section, of KOtzebue Sound and Georgetown Camp, on George river, Kuskokwim, tell of rich ground be- ing uncovered. At Squirrel river more than s10OOOO in dust and mug gets was taken out in a short time, and without a single modern min ing convenience or implement. Floods handicapped work that might have multiplied the output three or four times. At Georgetown a small force of prospectors has averaged s30 a day per man, working with the crud- est facilities. The camp has already attracted a stampede. and a big rush may be expected with the opening of spring.
 MT. Lindeberg further declares that the operation of a battery of 25 dredges at Nome, which number will be increased by 12 next year, has brought about an activity that will increase the Nome output over that of last year and bring it to to- tai of s4,O0O,00O He reports favor able prospects at new camp named Norton Bay, located 100 miles east of Nome, and which will contain sev- eral hundred miners next year.
 lditarod Prosperous.
 According to MT. Lindeberg, the Pioneer Mining Company will in- crease it's scope of operations on the Seward Peninsula. The company has purchased several properties that will be added to their present big holdings Among these is the Blue Goose ground on Ophir creek, which is being equipped with another dredger and is expected to be a big producer. The Pioneer Mining Company has had the most success full year of its existence, according to MT. Lindeberg.
 Strongly supporting the optimistic views of MT. Lindeberg are reports brought out of the Iditarod by T. J. Nestor, who is prominent in affairs of every Alaska district. MT. Nes- tor, with associates, took a stock of merchandise into the new camp ear ly in the season. Shortly after a bank was opened, and the concern became one of the most important of Seward Peninsula. Of conditions at Iditarod, MT. Nestor said:
 Tales of Suffering Exaggerated.
 Nearly 4,O0O people will winter in the camp, and there is no reason to believe that any will suffer. It is true tha. there will be a large num- Der whose Christmas breakfast, din. her and supper will consist of bacon and beans. This has been, the his