The Nome daily nugget., 1911-04-15

gathered in most of the dust of the
 smaller operators. He arrived in Seat
 tie with approximately s30O,OOO which practically represents the entire output
 of the camp. When the lateness of the season and many other elements are taken into consideration, the output of the camp for the first season is phenomenal. Squirrel river camp has made the bes5
 showing for the short time it has beer i in operation of any in Alaska. It is hard to predict the future of this camp as its resources have scarce
 ly yet been scratched. It has ase.v. natural condition required to ma 70 a liz producer. The gold is there-dais, s,ctty. rough go q which aSsavs uvtr S19 per ounce. The fact that gold is rough indicates to rue txp't-pceI
 miner, that it has not travelled far;
 that its source is to be found in the
 the river and it's tributaries. Already
 rich specimens of gold bearing quartz have been brought into camp and
 would seem to indicate that the camp
 may be big producer in quartz as
 well as placer mining
 Squirrel river gold is shotty, round
 and heavy. Much of the Nome output 1 is flake gold-nat and light and very
 difficult to save. Eldorado CKlondille gold) shows an assay valGe of $l4 per ounce. Squirrel river gold assays over
 $19 per ounce.
 l The Kobuk is essentially a poor mans camp. There is an abundance of water for mining purposes at hand. This means a saving of hundreds of thou sands of dollars, otherwise required for i the construction of fumes to carry
 water to mines.
 There is an abundance of timber for domestic and mining purposes. The timber is large enough to whipsaw i lumber for sluice boxes which would otherwise necessitate shipping lumber i from Nome at a great expense and loss of time. The ground is easy to
 work It is covered with moss and
 thin stratum of muck. Gravel is from
 four to twelve feet deep; the bedrock ! is easily cleaned as it consists of lime
 and mica schist. The moss will be
 burned off, the muck will be stripped
 and the sun will thaw the gravel. there i by saving the cost of the purchase and
 operating of thawing machinery. The season is long for that latitude-four months Being within the Arctic cir cle, there is continuous daylight for
 that period and mining operations will
 be carried on twenty-four hours per l day.
 1 The streams of the Kobuk valley are
 fairly teeming with salmon, whitefish ptarmigan are plentiful During the
 past season, the native hunters supplied
 the camp with fresh venison and fish
 at nominal prices.
 Squirrel river Is fast becoming a typical northern mining camp. posses sing a trading post, saloon. restaurant
 and bunk house-"drinks. four bits, meals Sf.50 hunks Sl--ua dogs allow ed" MT. Hammer states that the camp ] k yerp peaceful. not one shooting
 scrape having occurred up to date. ,-fs fa aI,
 miles in length with numerous tribu- taries and low rolling hills. It is a large district and affords an ample field | for energetic prospectors. The fact
 that the camp is made up entirely of experienced miners rom Dawson. Fair
 banks and Nome promises rapid de- lvelopment The sourdoughs are all | very much opposed to the use of the power of attorney in locating ground
 for absentees who may be toasting
 their shines around a warm fire in the states MT. Hammer says he does not | know of single instance in which the
 power of attorney has been used and
 further. that a movement is now or
 foot to prevent its use in the new
 camp. This means that when the men
 who are now mushing from the various
 northern camps arrive they will not
 find the whole country gobbled up in
 the name of John Doe and Lord but
 will have a fair chance of getting in on ground as good as the best.
 1 The rush to the new diggings is now
 on the way Dogs are in much demand 1 in Nome at $75 per head. According to latest reports, there is plenty of grub