The Nome daily nugget., 1911-03-21

quartz prospects were worthy of con sideration. when Messrs. Erchinger Myers, Thurston and Reese took an sS0.000 option on the Chatham quartz lead exposed on No. 4 creek claim. Fol- lowing this a number of companies were organized and considerable money was raised for the prosecution of de- velopment work. On the B.-P. Com pany's property opposite No Chat ham creek some s1s,OOo was spent in the opening of several tunnels and the sinking of a shaft to a depth of 165 feet. A seven foot ledge has been followed with this shaft which for a distance of 150 feet carried free gold ranging from $50 to 1850 per ton. Be- low the 150-foot level, howeve, it was found that the free gold gave place to sulphides. assays taken from the bot tom of the shaft ranging from s2O to $50 to the ton.
 In addition to the operations of Whitman & Murray on Skoogey gulch, a great deal of work has been done there by Si Scrafford and Charles Thompson on the s & S lode. The claim extends up the Skoogey hill in a southwesterly direction from the center of the Center Star claim the original Skoogey location. The ledge. which is seventeen feet wide gives values aver aging $l4 to the ton. An arrastra was installed in the creek bottom for the crushing of the ore from this property and about twenty tons was handled fairly satisfactorily. The gearing was fornd to be too light and it has just been newly equipped in this respect.
 over on Fairbanks creek quartz in- dications equal those of any other To- cality and on the hill between Fair banks and Wolf. Lawson & McCarty have one of the most promising prop critics in the camp. From their claim there was recently shiped in to the local mill fifteen tons of rock which ran more than as0 to the ton.
 Beyond the McCarty property, oppo- site No. II above. Fairbanks creek, tho Cook brothers and others have just uncovered some of the most promising lodges in the camp. While these prop critics are still in the first stages of prospecting the width of the lodges un- covered. and their extraordinary hish assay values. are most encouraging to those interested and development wor.S is 10 be rushed with all possible speed.
 So consistently has the work of psos- pecting been pushed du.ing the DIS. few years that there ar. few e the hills overlooking the famous placer beds which have not been bJected tc investigation. Along the ridges Of Fairbanks creek up the Ch ltaniks riv. CT for 90 miles. down the ridges on either side of cleary. around the head os Cleary. Little Eidorado, Dome. Fox. Pedro. Skoogey and Gilmore encourag- ing prospects are found to such an ex- tent that many of the men who have como in to look the country over have stated that they never before in their experience have seen so highly miner alized a zone.
 Progress has been hampered by lack of milling facilities. now happily pass cd. but. although 1t cannot as yet be said that Fairbanks has a mine cap able of employing any large number of men. i. can truly be asserted that eight or ten properties have been advanced to a stage at which the hope can req sonably be entertained that they will prove to be real mines when more fully developed prospects is exceptionally large
 This season also there have been several placer strikes and there is fair promise that the off year or two com ing between the working out Of the known rich placer ground and the pro- duction of gold from quartz and with dredges will yet be good years.
 One report that hs aroused much in terest is of the discovery of the famous Host pay streak on Ester creek after a six years search. Keystone drills have been poking about in the gravel of the celebrated "biank mile" seas,n after season but not until late this fall was pay struck. The streak is saii 10 carry sl7.o In coarse gravel to the square foot at bedrock which is at a depth of 1io feet. The discovery Is In thawed ground which will make it diff
 icult to mine.
 There was a considerable stampede from Fairbanks during the autumn to Beaver creek. which is 25 miles north