The Alaska citizen., 1912-01-15
Conditions in Kuskokwim
 Described by Ed. J. Stier

Antak II is called the Holukuk ttve- This also cmprfes into the kuskokwim some forty miles below Georgetown This party also says that he has the money But H d.es nor sem 10 cause much Of a >,ir. not as much as the reported find on the Auiak
 George River.
 Now We c.me to the two rrib- utaries on each of which a find was made in 1910. Crooked creek. of which DonIiu creek Is tributary. and George river. of which Julian is q tributary and upon which all of the work was done last winter and nothing more found than the two spots which caused the stamp de pele. These two tributaries empty into the Kuskokwim in the bis bend of the kuskokwim river Ihay ar, about eighteen miles apart. and be. tween them stands the town of Georgetown. just below the mau8h of he George or he Uklauuk river. on the notth side of the Kuskohwim. Georgetown is nicely situated, i. is central. about the middle of the Kuskokwim in the big bend. and would .mmodate as much couu. try up river a. fl would from down stream. and if there is anything found in the country either mp or down stream ir is an ideal spot fos the supply point:
 Holtna iver.
 "Now We go oh up The river and he first stream that We come ta is the Holitna, on the south; and with the main tributary. the Holitua. and all their tributaries. drain a large country They have been prospect ing on this stream and its rriburar. ies, trying 10 find The pay. They find gold almost everywhere. but thea cannot get to bedrock for the water drives them out This win ter three parties with Keyst ne hand drills have gone into that country 10 see if they cannot reach the bedrock and see what is there They can find god prospects on the main Holitna and its tributaries and have found them for years, but TO one has f und the pay
 An Early Stampede.
 Next We come to the Stony river where there was d stampede in 19o1--a good sized one d, that if l | remember right il was called the ! Pete Mcdonald stampede There was gold found, but nothing 10 cause the stampede that occurred at that time They find god prospects on the Stony and is tributaries bur have the same trouble as they have on the Holitna-
 Some Large Streams.
 Now We come To the Tuluwiksok river a stream that can finl no one who knows anything about 1 IL is also a large river.
 The Swift river is the rexr trib utary, very large stream and dangerous to ascend with polling boats. II will take weeks to as. cerd the stream to the mountains for it is so cooked and swift while, if you wanted 10 go the other way that is, to come down, it would only take as many hours, that is if one does not strike a sweeper 0. snag, or drift pile. There have quite number gone up this stream this fall some to trap, and some plospectors. We know nothing ol the mineral possibilities of this stream. So far ne one has brought out any news Two prospectora came back after being gone some six weeks. They came back to get another outfit. having lost nearly all of the first one when at about the l place where they were going To make their winter cache
 They bought another outfit and started back. They must have made it the second time. for they have not returned for the third outfit do not expect to hea" from this stream until after the breakup mex; spring
 Unknown Valleys.
 There are other streams and trib utaries of the upper KuskokWim that l kEow nothing of, nor can learn anything about them from anyone here.
 There was an excitement anL small stampede on the upper waters of the Kuskokwim in tha fall ol winter of 1900 and 1901. They call ed il the Summit diggings at thar time It took in the headwaters of the Stony, the Swift, the Mul chatna and the Nushagak rivers anC