Iditarod pioneer., 1912-09-21
Kl|L0YUKUK IS MOST
 PROMISING CAMP

j. Beatte who arrived the Koyukuk the steamer Reliance says that that looking better than it has done previous period it's history Not only prosperous onented every believe that output 1912 will be considerably than it many Several the miners have made otabe stakes within the past months and the number of plants increasing in most gratifying Provisions are plentiful and considering the comparative naccesby of the district, prices reasonable
 It will be remembered that E. Beattie others left ditarod Redwng They had pleasant rp getting plenty of andhl cranes and fish, and reached Bees just month after leaving drod On arriving Hughes the mouth of Indian they found about 50 people here with conducted by Mr. Seck form ery of Fairbanks learned that the country has been showing much better this and w. Mitchell and H. Johnson have the diggng and will probably spend the prospecting When the balance of the party rived at Bees the Redwng dsmantled and the boiler will be taken to Hammond river later smaller boiler purchased and the journey between Bettles and Weman made by polling boat the distance being covered in five days
 Wiseman the place in the North the me There between three and four hundred people and all doing we'll Most of the miners working themselves although there few Every body money spends freely the N C. Company and the other owned by Pummer As 700 supplies have been shipped in this the camp better supplied than has been boe and the price of provisions unreasonable being about cents
 pound higher than here There oadhouses Arthur Hills the by Jack Flowers Both supply excellent meals for 50 Of the saloons Brown Svery and business.
 Hammond river is few miles above ettes and freighting
 
 The first claim Hammond is 1b. This claim about three miles mouth and the property of De Caey Enger Pummer They purchased it last winter from Fiddler OOO$ cash and the balance of the ground per royalty basis They have ground than s the bedrock It ground and about 100 feet deep They had small winter dump which expected to yield less than S5000O
 Olson has very good ground the lower end of dscov working the upper end the claim They small boilers the ground and work few apiece
 On Hastings Watts have taken out lot of this They all their debts and Jim Hastings with S3OOOO poke. As Ven Watts it. Fourteen years getting deb II days getting out This outfit has 12-horsepower boiler.
 On Silvery is working the bench He is just getting the deep channel at 25 feet and while he still the in cline he is in good He has 20 horsepower boiler which is the largest plant at work in the district
 3a Tobin, Owens & Howard working the 40 foot They yet found the deep channel recently into a pothoe which netted them $20000 in one thaw
 On 1 Bowman & Smith working the 10 foot level
 the mouth of Vermont creek where Mr. Beatte interest in four claims Herman Westburg and Joe Mikua, who the RedWng have taken lay They have the small boiler bought Bee, and when Bdte left about ready begin work Mr. Beae will probably work the other claims when he which he do the first ice.
 Several outfits on Vermont still getting good returns.
 J. ". McCord Co. have shipped in the largest plant the Koyukuk of 30 horsepower and lies awaiting the up when it will be 
 Hastings got nugget this tightly wdgd the cevce of the rock that the latter had be blasted to release the nugget
 Glacier creek divide from Hammond and flowing There will he three four outfits prospecting the with boilers. Gold creek tributary of the Middle fork showing better than befo Gold has been found the