The Nome daily nugget., 1911-03-13

garok precinct is visiting in town for 8 few days. also attending to business connected with his office in the inte rior The commissioner didn't believe there was much news of general in- terest that he could give the press. but the following items of interest were gleamed from the judge during a short visit to the Nugget office.
 Gus Alexson is prospecting his bench claim on Dahl creek this winter and is doing lots of good hard work. His sister Lizzie is spending the winter in the Iditarod camp.
 Burton Dahl, q brother to Martin, for whom Dahl creek is named, is pros- pectins this winter with Jack Sloan on Wonder creek, a tributary to Coffee which was good producer few years ago.
 In the upper Kougarok, Joe Sale and Paddy Flynn are prospecting on Mack lin, also Thomas Evans is doing good work on the same creek. These boys are good hard workers and will accom- plish much in the way of prospecting by the time the river opens.
 The quartz claims which attracted so much attention last winter by the number of feet of tunnels driven into the side of the mountain are being worked this winter. These are known as the Fox Quartz claims and three men are working steady this winter driving the tunnel to tap the vein which outcrops many feet above the surface At the time Judge Mclean left the Kougarok the men had toI pierce about ten feet of slate wall be fore they could come up with the main ledge, according to their figures.
 Several stringers of rich ore has been uncovered being silvernite and tellur- ium. but they are in hopes to uncover large paying body of ore in the near future.
 On the lower Kougarok below the quartz mines Gus Johnson and George Lake are prospecting for dredging ground, which is about to boom in that district this coming summer, through the installation of the dredge to be shipped in by Joe Vint and Kelliher.
 The property on which Kclliher is to install his dredge is well known tol carry large values. and could be work cd to advantage if the water could be handled with the common sluice box. The property is located on the Kou- garok from the mouth of Macklin creek to No. [ above.
 Joseph Nint, the other operator who win install a dredge this coming sum mer has secured many fine options for dredging purposes on the north fork of the Kougarok and the main river.
 Jack Hastings expects to start for the Rougarok today to commence pros pecting and as the season advances many more miners will go to the creeks to get ready for the summer season. The Kougarok is again com ing to the front as a producer and the rich pay streak uncovered in the upper part Of the main river has caused lots of miners to get busy looking for other deposits throughout the district.
 Henry Wells is prospecting on Arc tic this winter and they have good re- suits on this creek to show for their work This creek is about ten claims long and during the coming summer the Taylor Creek Ditch Company will work the same with giants and a bed rock Hume, from the water furnished by their large ditch.
 Andrew J. Stone. who has been as- sociated with the development of the Kougarok district for many years. Is in London at the present time trying to raise sufficient capital to put through the power and water site he and chas Merritt owns in the Sawtooth range of omuntains. So favorable did the pro Ject look last summer that Mir. Stone telegraphed for Chas. Merrett to come out and go to London with him to