The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-15

Commissioner Id Su,r to Judge Oyerlield The letter IS published .u fuIl herewith
 Office of CemmlssIou,r kuskokwim Precinct. Fourth Division. Alaska
 Georgetown. Oct. II. 1911. Honorable Peter D. Oyerfield. Judge District Court. Fairbanks. Alaska "Honured Sir am thinking that 1t Is about time that wrote you a letter, telling you about this part of your division. and this precinct. of which you appointed me the commis. sioner NoaW.'hstandug the amount of hus,liue and -,ahlng of ground that happened hele iu this precinct during the year 1910 and there were thousands If acres staked and recorded on over four hundred creeks in the vicinity of Georgetown-there is not oHe producing mine ill my precinct The TWO spots. the one on Julian creek and the one en Don. Ian creek. the finds that caused the stampede iH the year 1910. arg the only spots in this precinct so far that have produced any gold. and they ale not much; they are one man propositions The man who owns them has 10 work them him self. IT they are not rich enough for anyone 10 take a lay or lease | will say this. that for the amount of ground that was staked and re corded last year, there was but very little work done, and what was done did nor uuearth anything more There are bat few men up the George river this fall t is practi. oally all abandoned again. The Ge.rge river IS on the north side Of the Kuskokwim; the formation Is sand stone They can find pros poets. bun no pay.
 Other Tributaries.
 The tributaries of the Kuskokwiu that flo" III from The south side think. promise more. and will prove better than those flowing il from rhe north There are sever or eight long large tributaries flow into the KuskokWim from the south They practical, all head in the same mountains. the Alaska range or spurs of the Alaska range. but the mouths of these tributaries aIe miles apart and they drain an i'm mense territory, practically yirgiI and unprospected. These tributaries with their smaller ones will make thousands Of creeks 10 be looked over and prospected
 On the Riglugalc or Kiseralic, the first river flowing into the Kusko kwim from the south this side O, Bethel, and in my precinct, the frs claim was recorded ill October, 1908 and every year since there have been few claims recorded on Uni, tributary of the kuskOkwim How much work has been done hay, no means of telling, but have no learned ot there having been any gold taken out on that stream.
 Tuucsack River.
 The next tributary We come tC coming up the kuskokwim is the Tulacsack, d large tributary witt many smaller tributaries The dis covery was made also in 1908, being recorded in August of that year, anC which caused quite a stampede anC good number of claims were stalk ed and recorded on this stream anC it's tributaries, and there was som, gold taken out on this stream. II 1910 there was a small excitemen and stampede on a tributary of thi. oVershadCwed by the find and sub sequent stampede on George river when Bear creek and the Tulacsacl were abandoned There is golc on the Tulacsack, but it is spotted There are not more than six mel on that river and it's tributarie al this time
 Recent Strike.
 Now We come to the Aniak. o Antioch, as some call it. IL is large and swift river, dangerous [, pole up. That may be the reasol why it never was prospected Pros pectors have tried time and agail to ascend this river, but have me with disaster This year a part succeeded in getting up this rive and on the right fork, which the named the Salmon river, they foun good prospects. There were thre of them. After prospecting all sun mer, one of them came out t Georgetown to record their groun and get supplies. He told me tha they did not yet have pay, but tha they did have the best prospect he had seen since coming to tn Kuskokwim. At least he bough his supplies and lost no time ge ting back. He expects to be ou again by Christmas and to brin more definite news He was pros