The Nome daily nugget., 1910-12-10
Special correspondence.) tContinued from YeterdayD

Big Cal. Calame has at last torn himself away from the ease and com fort he enjoyed all summed at Alex. Smiths hostelry in Deering He is now up river on the old Homestake getting into training for this winters cam paign. Had he stayed with Alex. only short while longer he would have tipped tho sca'es at an even 300 pounds. He was not much below that figure whs1 ho left here
 Bert Glass is hibernating in a cabin at Dering, waiting for the trail to get good between here and Kobuk.
 Dad Wills has not yet started in to perforate the left limit of Inmachuk But Dad does not need to make an early start, for his strenuosity is such that when he does begin shafts to bed r'ck appear St rapidly as to make one G'i!eve that Daa possesses "Aladins I.inp' and works his "Genii" overtime Dad can give ycu a made to order shaft while you wait
 Prospector John Pctrich is prepar- ing to start up river and begin his old pastime of shaft sinking. John will strike the big thing" vet.
 Emil Pasteris has entirely recovered from his late illness. and is figuring on doing osme work up on Perry creek.
 Max Senkfeld. the ditch expert. after putting the big ditch in fine shape the past summer. went to Nome this fall and has recently returned here oyer land, bringing some horses for George Wagner. the big freighter.
 Jack Drake. one of our reliable skin ners, has bought himself team and gone into the freighting business on his own account. We wish you sue cess Jack.
 frank Henry, prominent mining man in here. has had a very trouble some foot. Dr. Benson. an eminent physician and surgeon. temporarily so- journing here. operated on it and put 1t in plaster cast and assures Frank that he will have no more trouble with that foot after it mends.
 There was no truth in the rumor that otto Daniel got married on the out side He recently returned here over land. but brought no wife with him. He brought in lot of fine pipes and made presents to few of his intimate friends
 Dr. Benson. who is at present stop ping here. is a noted nimrod. and has brought to bag all kinds of game ami mads indigenous to North America with the exception of the polar bear: but he proposes to add that quadruped 10 his list of kills this winter He is preparing for an expedition farther north and will start when the sea ice will permit of travelling.
 Adolp Escholt and partner will start for their ground. away up in the hills very soon and begin their prospecting operations. They have to freight sup plies 20 miles farther than anybody else in here. and have to break trail every trip, which is arduous labor for man and beast. They use their own dog team.
 Owing to the great volume of water in the Inmachuk this summer. the Es- kimos caught very few salmon and as laGG spring seal catch was practically nil. most of the natives are rather seantiliy provided with kow kow for the winter. However the tomcod crop is harvesting pretty fair just now, which may help to pull them along until they are able to hike across the ice to the Kobuk and Selawik. where they can get white fish. And they will doubtless capture some seals when the ice becomes strong enough to enable them to get out to the cracks and blow holes off shore.
 The crack little clipper. Mary Sachs had a narrow escape from fouuderine during her last visit to these waters Caught in a great storm her crew had to jettison a part of her cargo to pre- sel or she would not have pulled through. It cost Captain Bernard up wards Of si 900 to reimburse consignees for the loss of their goods.
 DEERING. Nov. 26-So far this sec tiOn has experienced a very fine winter Not cold little Snov and very few storms. Mining is progressing nicely