The Alaska citizen., 1911-04-17
? PORCUPINE GOLD
 DISTRICT
NEW CANADIAN ELDCRtDO PROMISES TO EXCITE
 MUCH ATTENTION

tALDEZ, March a..-ITye 4uua. red tons Cf ore will he crushed in PorCupiue every day as sonu aS lbe stamping apparatus now being sent t5 the district | in opera lon M.- Ior Charles Nunc, who has recent. returned from the sold region. make the foregoing prefiCigu .a-.G Uu the fact that loo stamps are u4- being sent to the lake. and that each stamp can crush five .aus day.
 "Porcupiue now has more lI lu sight he says, gold actually prov cd to exist by exploration and de yeiopment than the total output of gold in the whole province ot oU. tariO There mus be something like eight 'r fen millions af g9la actually in sight Some of The Ea.. famous mining engineers tu Fue world are now at work and .u.i.a. ions are that the di, riet |0 ,o come one of the most famous gold fields n the world
 This being the ease. Major \aUe says it is remarkable hal Canadians themselves know so li1ie a0 ut -hc district The general idea tltt t.e district can only be reached ..,r great hardships is ab-g.utc.. .n..r- rect. Once the raiIwa. l. opened right into the Por,upiue LsH. June. visit to the camp Wouii amrlv repay hose who care tD Ill Itr.aae
 the journey.
 One remarkable fact a.ol. the
 camp" he adds. "is the eNtraofGi-
 nary law-abiding character .l 'hs people. Ton always think of gamb. ling nells and saloons in c-ua,t.un
 with mining camps. Iu' there I-
 nothing of the kind iu pornamo. \ jail has been erected in Iao dis
 tricf. but since its Campic.i il uIt
 one man had 10 be locked up. Any body who appears 10 be all yua,.lla- ble character disappears tEru la- camp under gentle pressure, EI... other people hearing anErlu= alb ut it."
 Major Vane also say, ,ha pe5pr. would be surprised at The Er---a- les that grow in tAe district rlis being accounted fer by the far. al. au- ing the summer tic uie.E5 a.e short and vegetable mater .g- Felops quicker. aitboG2u. II cst..s. most people around Pseau..ae ..Ny are more interested tu -..la taau vegetables.
 People in Canada do Ia ..s .z. he immense possibilities = #.. pine" said Hujgr Naro. "5u-, r. short Inouths aGu t.s I,a..#. -a- practically unhuuWu -.#al .e..a pine lake its2'I tl..t wa4 u.. d single building ln April, Aar.. aa.
 May last, they began ba..s.ag ...
 shacks. Now there @'e fsr.a l.r
 sized towns around tHe lake Ea.--
 gille, Golden City aHI aaa.a End
 with a population Of about @.H.H
 The government ia bu.Iin4 8 ra5-
 way from Kelsp, abeut -a MIa- away, right up to the tas.. ,s.. government officials are al5-. or. ain that the line "iit be oHr.e. by June this year. T he facr ha the government is doing this shows that they at least think t,voraet# of the camp.
 There is much evidence to show that Porcupine as q mining district has come to stay. l. is mt like ether gold camps in Canada ~Haf. indications have been &.Yc, lal have ended practically lu no 1.l. In POrcupine as things now st.'as. there are at least five pro,5l mines that will soon be payiug sord aisi- dends. Apart from these tlel. are several more in which 5crjcGs work is being done, and which look as fl they will make good Then tAei@ are perhaps l5.00D ether claims in the district about which lirIo ,- knnMn v