The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-13

ene block of ground leads to another. which is amply evidenced by the number of new shafts now down and in pay. A any rate. il will be H. fcrly impossible for Mir Bfe,Iow TO work the ground oup rhi. season.
 STROONAE & co.
 On X below Goldstrcam. second tier bench. these laym.n are a, work en a block Of ground &oo fee square ahjeh they hope to strip with a crew of T. men at work .hrougtou the season. In addition 10 this block of ground they have a length of 7oo feet in their lay up and down stream. They are now hofs.. ing into the dump box with thc necessary drifting completed 10 maIs possible he employment Of their full summer force at once. The ground is lG fee, deep and is frozen Al least two years more will be required to dig 5ut all the pay ou this claim.
 HIRAM CHADWICK. On below Frs, Chance crerk. tributary to Goldsroam ou the If limit, Mr. Chadwic, is working with the aid of threc helpers in washing his wiuer dump The ground here is e. fe.. q cp Ir is necessary 10 store tho Warer on inc riglr lmf. ditch of Ftrs Chance 10 enable sho operators To wash with a mu smice- head At intervals he gravity MI .er is turned mao the sIul.o haxc. and the efforts of tha entire rraa concentrated in geuiug as much dir mo the boxes as pes-i- ble before the yIum, of water dinHislez. aIr Chadwick has given his partner. Frank NaI- son. q four year lease on his inter es. in The ground With five or six men al work Mir. NcIs.n intends 10 open up in the near future. Up and down stream is a strip of eround zoo feet long which is untouched and on which the pay is loo ra., wide. There is work on .6c claim for several seasons
 MILLER & co.
 On above Itirst Chance creek Mr. Miller is open-cucung a low grade proposition which is only three feet deep, He is al present en- gagged in ground sIuicing away the oyerbmdcn. and is damniug the wa ter for par of a slmcehead Mr. Miller will be through With what work he intends 70 do on this prop erty on July L
 MICHAEL GLENCOE.
 On below Goldsuream. first tier bench. this Iayman has strip of ground Gop fee, long on the stream which he would open up with crew of 2o men if he had the as, surance of water enough for his needs. A clean up recently made from a small dump taken our during the winter showed 3oo ounces of gold. The owners say that this amount came from a block cf only 2,o00 feet. There yet remains on the property work for two more sseasons.
 WAGNER 6 co.
 On 6 below Goldstream. creek claim Mr. Wagner is getting every thing in readiness for q big season in the open cut. In another ten days he will be stripping the pay off cf bedrock with two steam scrap CTS gouging out the pay. Two plants are on the ground and are being put in shape for action. The muck and gravel covers bedrock 12 feet on the upper end and 1G feet on the lower end. In each of the open cuts eight or ten men will be em- ployed. Over Go,0OO feet cf bed rock will be barred this season. Mir. Wagner anticipates no shortage of water where he is working. There is over a sluicehead on the right limit ditch at the present time Working two plants throughout the open season each year, MT. Wagner can not see how he can remove all of the pay in sight in less than | three years. In addition, Mr. Wag- ner retains ground on below Gold stream which will require five years to work out CUMMINGS & JOHSON
 Adjoining Wagner on the first tier bench. right limit of below these operators have 10000 feet of ground ready as a started and beyond that they scarcely know what the scope of the seasons operations will be. Only five men will find employment in facilitating the work of the slip scraper to be used on the property,
 FRED sLEEkER.
 During the present season S000O feet of ground will be stripped on below Goldstream, creek claim. Mir. Blocker will have l5 men at work on single shift as soon as the