The Chitina leader., 1912-08-06
MINING IS ACTIVE IN sUsITINA

| Recent arrivals from the Sustina
and Cache creek districts bring news
of considerable activity and bright
prospects for that part Of the country
for the present season. All the own
ers and laymen on the various creeks
are taking GU fra better than wages
and few of them will have cleanups
of notable size.
The strike made on Lewis creek on
the Beluga side of Susitina mountain
last year bears promise of opening up
new placer country of great posi-
| bilities. All of the gold found is very
coarse and practically none of the
| work done this summer has netted
the owners less than SIS day to
the shovel. So far there has been but
little prospecting or development
| work done and reliable estimate of
the output or possibilities for this
or future seasons cannot be made,
but it is stated that all who have
seen the country are we'll pleased
with the conditions and expect TO see
a camp develop as result of the
work done this year.
In the Cache creek district the
same outfits are working that have
operated in past seasons with the ex-
ception of Thunder creek. This
ground was purchased last winter
from it's former owners by M. A. Ell
lis and associates, of Seattle, and
they are now developing the property
on a larger scale than has ever been
the case before. A large hydraulic
plant has been ordered and will be
freighted in during the coming win
ter and installed for next years
work. At the present time nine men
are in the employ of the Thunder
Creek Mining Co.
The biggest producers in the Cache
creek district for the present season,
according to a statement of one man
who has just returned from there.
will be Bubb & Barenberg, operating
on Dollar creek. They are working
two giants and handling more ground
than anybody in the district. They
have found some very rich pay on
their benches, two distinct pay
streaks having been uncovered.
There is a heavy overburden with
this but all of it carries sufficient
values to pay for the handling. Their
output has been estimated at any
where from $4,000 to 100000 for
the summer, but it will probably not
exceed the former figure, according
to statements made by the owners
themselves. Five men are being EN-
ployed on this property.
Doc Herring, Jacobs and partners,
on Nugget creek, are reported to
have struck the best pay that they
have ever found on their ground,
which, up to the recent season, has
been the banner producer of the dis
triet. About four weeks ago pay was
struck in the creek bottom which has
been yielding about $40 day to the
shovel and with nine men at work
their cleanup should be one of the
biggest in the history of that creek.
/ Raymond and partners are ground
sluicing and shoveling in on lower
Nugget and making better than
| wages.
1 The Cache Creek Mining Co.,
4 which has expended so much money
in that district on trails and equip
4 ment, is working eight men and is
reported to be taking out good mon
ey.
4 Exceedingly heavy rains have been
falling in the Cache creek district for
i the past two weeks and in several
\ instances have greatly retarded min
ing suspended through necessity.
4 Sam Blowers, operating at the
1 forks On Falls creek, has completed
enough stripping and ground sluic-
ling for the season and has begun
4 shoveling in the boxes. He is reported
to have uncovered some very fair pay
a good cleanup by fall.
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