The Nome daily nugget., 1911-07-15
LETTER FROM
 E. COKE HILL

 Editor Nome Nugget.
 When my mail brought me bundle of Nuggets from Nome l assure you they looked good to me All the Nome people here seem mighty glad tc get bit af Nome news. Nome is home.
 The first boats from the Yukon reached here May goth and among the| passengers were \ paly. and Tom NeStor. both booking a~ f they had found the fountain nf youth. They had rough trip over Lake l.aharCe but got in iu gnnd shape Mrs. \,Stor also came in. \ few days later Porter. of Crowley X Porter came iu with a stock of fresh stun apples oranges etc that went like a nash iu ,hc pan With u all cannot see that the town has i'm proved very much since thc boats came Almost as many people went away on them as came iu The new Ruby creek strike took lot of people Dave Jvkel Sud Alex smith were among tho stampcders They are intending to open up some sort of a waffle house. | understand Doc Holmes. who was in Buffers also went to the new strike He has been mining with John Cam vrou. formerly revenue man. and Dan Sutherland ou Granite creek where they have some nice pay With inc hoats came alleged representatives of the 'Guggs" and it is generally thought that they will take up the options that have been quietly obtained on the main creeks here think however it is very doubtful whether they will take up the options From what can learn the ground on Flat creek and on Ot- ter creek is not such as can be best worked by dredging nor can it be read fly worked with hydraulic methods. As suming that my information is correct it seems to me unlikely that the ex- perts of any company that Is able to put up the money necessary to buy up Flat and otter will make a favorable report. and. even if they do it is pot likely that work will be stoppai here this summer Charley Ross. wnp is ss uation here as anyone in the camp savs the camp will he just as gond ,h's mer if the options are taken up as if they are not. and that it will make little or no difference in the number of men employed The creeks are rich and unless men come from somewhere
 
 work plannd for this summer How eyer there Is nothing in sight to indi- cate any chance of winter work in the way of deep placer work. However, I saw today the finest specimens of quartz have yet seen in Alaska but could not find out where they came from or who owned them If they came from about here the future of this camp is assured. Mining engineers claim that this formation here is fa - vorable for quartz though not particu- larly good for placer Mrs. Anderson came from Fairbanks with fine lot of millinery. etc. and Nachon and Stcr- ling are in the field with a new grocery stock. There are also one or two other new businesses.
 The creeks are still frost bound and mining cannot be said to have com menced.
 Lee Milligan. who was formerly master signal electrician at St. Michael is here with wireless plants He will put one in here and one at Dikeman and will be able to communicate with Fort Gibbon. With him Is sam Mnli- gan. his father. who was marshal at Council sam will be interested in the wireless and practice law as a side line
 Ramps Peterson has opened up a fine place on First street in the main busi, ness center of town. He has rented the upper story of his building to tht lditarod Club. which was over the Miners & Merchants Bank
 Star Ballard Levi Baumer. Fred Bishop and number of other Candle people were in town during the past week hut seem to have dropped out of sight Ballard lives at Flat and Bishop is interested in a road house with Joe Jean between here and there I think Baumer was simply here set . tling up unfinished business from last year. and has gone down the river
 John Holmes. of Candle. Is with the Miners X Merchants.
 Andy Lyle Is opening up an eating house and W. C. Ahrndroth is running a real estate office. Abbic has his sign on every house for sale in tbs