The Alaska citizen., 1912-06-03

leHg n probably more C nsis env than from any one d the several other long placer in the camp From jAe liz dredge operating discovery down to ID below is scene of activity all way. Freeman % Larson working a of men on 10 bel w bench; Aim Bros. 10 creek; Herman Magnuson on > 2eek;-thls operator will work of about 9 men on some Soooo feet of misunderstanding Johns n is working plan and 30 men on s creek; Stewart & Barker aav5 half dozen men on bench; Benson X i-Indahl are on bench; Taylor X Co. Benson X overland are creek Poplvich is suicing a winter dump or bench. On creek there twe groups of Ia! men working both using the wndass; on the bench opposite these iaymen couple of small are at work ioglund X Sather working on 3 creek where James Fox is also al work. The latter planning to York , bench sandsr m X Waters. claim owners of bench. will work this summer as will also Maheson < Go, the creek claim opposite
 On below Ford X Pomeroy have found new pay on the light limit bench and with the present prospects. The pay is entirely new run fir m that adjoining. prospected well has cleaned up good
 &e operators are planning to open up 12 men this season. Il is probable that the be thorough U PoSle''ed throughout next winter t determine how large llock of the pay ,htre is Discovery claim is being prospe ced by Charles and Frank Moran wo are down to bedrock Trey drifting on bedrock io' tEe pay. being the upper side of the claim ad ifEg the new pay found the bench The prospec.s found thus far are good. Jacobson Schustad are oFeh-' ntuhg above. using scrapers They are 'Gnvintei that they are in good pay. having prospeced the shallow ground during the past This years opera ions will be conducted extensive scale as ii i' felt hat the srects going ahead with fn HeW. Hoeltke X Keroa took lay this spring on ? ahove They are also in good pay. Theirs is deeper piece of ground, and is worked in the drifts
 Nowltr X Parker are opencuttng 3 above Quite a crew f men will be waeelbarrows on this ground Considerable pay ground remains It will be impossible to work this ou, the Roper Nra Reynolds have just sunk down o bedrock on 3 above. Pat Meehan let the lay to these men They have fund to their satsfao ton there good pay on this ground. Stuppe Co., have been working all Nih.s on above and have ground summer They ook cut good money his property during the winter N lehey X Co.. are working the wndass on 6 above Not enough prospecting work has been done on their ground to date to determine what they really have The tis dedge Is on above, being idle at present M A Schaeffer Is down to firsclass pay above This claim is ore If the encouraging properties on the creek sum of money taken during the past winter which well repaid the operators for their abors
 VAULT CREEK.
 Several large outfits still work in good pay on this one of the variable creeks the camp Stone X Sullivan are at wcrk the Alabama group of claims They have large of 90 in the drifts There is work remaining the several claims for a number of years. Reynolds Stone taking fair pay on lay covering couple of hundred feet in length on the paystreak both the iomesake and Alabama assccia. lions They will have about l. working for them this summer Chris George has l9 the upper end or the oregon group He says he will have ground keep crew at work for two more years Some Italians are working ground in the Isabella group. Jack Priest has dozen men in his deep dggngs the Hard Luck group at the upper end of the creek It that despite the cost of working this ground Priest in 1alr way to make a good margin fir the season Wildcat creek is supporting two small plants this Fnayson