The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-03


 use on the latest type of dredges. The method in mining the shallow workings on Pedro creek and on he upper ends of several other creeks which permits of but three the average. during which the pay dirt is being handled the late fall some of the groundsuice the muck and barren gravelS off down those gravels which car ry pay Old open cuts used to receive the top stuff Sometimes this work is done until spring, which shortens the seasons work still
 Much of the pay dirt Pedro creek in bed rock some of which presents quite problem for the heavy botomless scrapers, hence is argued that dedge buckets would usage in handling the rock some of which scales off large blocks. Con siderable of such rock would have be picked how ever. is done by the present method. One operator on Pedro creek. who has ground left keep busy for many years. expects work 40 ground at all expense of 25 cents fo2t leaving profit of 15 foo There is very little ground camp carrying these values which could be worked proftably Drift ing ground costs. under various conditions 40 70 cents to work As many of the mining properties are let lays, leases, of which usually require of the lessee a royalty of 9 per cent or more of the cleanups considerable ground now being worked liberal lays which lain idle in the past.
 The upper end of Godstream is good dredging ground, but the only dredge which been brought into the camp shipped Stewart river during the summer of 1911 by G. G. Lemmons It is now ocat- ed on claim s above Fairbanks creek On this there is stretch miles long which is said to be the best dredging position. being for npst part 9 feet in depth bedrock Cleary creek, from as far up dredge be floaed, down about below could be worked by dredges Al though there high benches crossed by pay channels in the Tanana there side hills of grade gold gravels being washed down on LoVett gulch and elsewhere in the kondike country by powerful hydraulic streams Chatanika. new pay streak, which located a year ago the past winter was thoroughly prospected in the winter just closed with good pay in large quantities. With the advantage unusually early only shortage of tail a splendid output for the summer of 1912.
 And while this placer work is going the quartz men will be working hard. Few people right in the town of Fairbanks realize what has been done in this l'ne-two and three men working property. often without funds to live Fortunately several of these men have either already purchased stamp mills or will do 80 in the near future having interested people who have furnished the backing for conducting velopment work. firm in Fairbanks has turned several small two and threesamp mills orders These will crush enough tunnel owners to go ahead with development work.
 Following Is summary of the placer operations all of the creeks:
 cLEARY CREEK
 From the head of the creek down to Cleary City little of the odlme activity is noticed, being of the completely worked out portions cf the camp Carlson & Co., have been doing some hydraulic ing work on above bench Wilson Co., also hy. draucing on above bench. Below Cleary City far 10 below there only about three plants doing any work speak af Queenbo Larson are work ing out part of block of ground left from last Year. Plerson & Johnson, 6 below. are suicing up on sniping proposition The Tillcum Mining con- pany. on below, has Work for another after the present, Gaustad & Trossett. claim owners of creek claim. 10 creek 10 bench and 10 fraction are at work the fractional claim. The ground goes $15O to the foot and there remains work for year Mullen PinkettOn X Letter working 10 men on 13 and IA below. Johnson and Anderson will use 9 men in stripping sO,OO0 fee, of ground Keys & Ret tig deep ground l5 below, working 25 men 10000 feet of ground blocked out. Mcconnell & Co., are doing some prospect work high the bench of the left limit this point where close prox