The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-13


 half dollar 10 the foot and is on bedrock at depth of g feet. On the bench of the left limit opposite 9 and 23 below this same owner has done considerable prosp ct work which has been sufficient to satisfy him that pay exists, though in what quantities he has been unable to determine. 4, Very good colors have been exposed, but water has persist ently intedred wi,h further work. This ground is 135 feat deep. RUSSELL. DONOVAN & RORECk.
 These laymen, on 21 below Gold stream. are practically at a standstin because of water shortage. A dump of 2o,oo0 feet is waiting on the com ing of the water l. will probably go a dollar to the foot. Most of the " rk to be done here this sum mor will be in the nature of prepar- ations for opening up on a large scale next year, however. providing water is available. This claim draws water from Queen gulch. pup putting in on the left limit Two or three years work yet remains to be done on he property before is values will be exhausted
 PETERSON & co.
 Laymen n r. below Goldstream- Leased tc another Peterson firm. this property gives every promise of yielding it's treasures as it has done so generously in the past
 The first cleanup has just been made In the one shaft from which dirt is now being taken II shovel lers are now working, but a much larger crew will soon be at work. Night and day shifts will be employ ed in a few days. There remain 6U,0oo feet of bedrock 10 be stripped in the old shaft, which filled with water recently. but has been pumped dry by the laymen. When the wheelbarrow men can not keep che . bucket working to and from the dump box the laymen make use of the water. Of which there is a plenty here. by shoyelling in the tunnel dirt on the surface. Dirt will soon be l coming our or a new shaft opening up a large block of ground. T. is thought that there is work left on the claim 10 maintain a large | plant, such as is now working on the ground, fer several years. JORGENSoN NELSON, WEBB &
 JOHNSON.
 On the upper end of T. below Goldstream, comprising a strip 400 feet long. these laymen will be ready to hoist in to the dump boxes in few days Aquantity Of tunnel dirt was taken out in the winter and what is left of the pay on this lay is now nearly blocked in. The gravel is frozen and bedrock is 75 feet deep. One shift of Is men will work this ground out drumg the summer.
 G. CASALYNO. According to this operator. he is winding up work which completes the removal of the pay on It below 1 Goldstream. He is now al work scraping in dump taken out las, fall and will be through in a week MT. Casalyno has worked the ground three successive years. One cleanup has been made and what remains of the dump will require but one more | cleanup.
 HARRY WILSON.
 On 12 below Goldstream, first tier bench, a fractional claim, Wilson was laboring all winter in remoy- ing 10000 feet of dirt the most of which was in a pillar 30 feet wide at the upper end and 200 feet wide at the lower end. The ground is entirely worked out, according 10 Mr. Wilson's statement.
 ALEC LUTE. Practically unaided Mr Lute ex- poets to strip small block of ground representing 72,O0O feet of bedrock. He will open up some time early in the summer
 VALLEY BROS.
 On Tuesday these operators clean ed up their winter dump, working 1 long into the night to finish the | job The claim they have been working, F below Goldstream, bears the reputation now of being worked out
 JORDAN & co. 1 On II below Goldstream a winter | dump is being scraped into the box l es About 6,000 feet of pay is in | the dump. There is no workable ground left cn this property.
 WHITMAN & MURRAY. =.
 On below Goldstream, third tier 1 bench, a crew of 26 men will soon l be at work on single shift in re- moving 75,00O feet of pay ground alredy blocked out The pay runs about s1.25 to the fcot, and thre is known ground left for another sea sons profitable work. The pay l ;-, hon e.