The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-03
NELCHINA STRIKE SHOWING
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The Cordova Daily Alaskan of Sept. 23d, publishes the following interview with J. L. Denny, in ref erence to the new gold strike on the headwaters of the Nelchina river.
 J. L. Denny came over from the westward on the steamer North western. For five years past he Las been prospecting in the Susit- na country, and is now contemplat- ing a trip from Cordova into either the Chisana or the newly discover ed diggings in the Nelchina district. While at Knik he met Mccormack and Joe Palmer, who had just come from the new strike.
 MT. Denny says that the strike was not made on a tributary of Car ibou creek, but that it was few. miles beyond and across the divide, on tributary of the Nelchina river, and near it's headwaters. The first rich dirt was taken out by Duncan Mccormack, who went into that country last winter Three years ago Q small crowd from Valdez had run cut on this same claim, but befors reaching bed rock they struck frost and abandoned their work. This summer Mccormack continued on the same cut and on reaching be rock struck good pay.
 Joe Palmer, Ed Miller, Oleson and Getchell and several others soon made locations and took out good pay. A large number of others have since gone from the Knik country. He states that G. c. Mar tin, of the Geological survey, and whose report was published last year on the geology and coal fields of the lower Matanuska valley, has been in the country this summer. where the new find has been made, and is still there. He is quoted as stating that it looks good to him and further expresses the opinion that there is a large area of plac- CT ground that has great possibili- ties.
 Mr. Denny states that from the conversation of the returning min CTS he gleaned that the rich ground is ' miles above timb5T line, about 12 feet deep leading into the bench es. That it looked like underground workings, as the glacial matter was not frozen, but that. the under wash carryinng the pay was frozen. He says that considerable work had been done in previous years on var ious tributaries, of Caribou creek, without much success, but that the work in the country across the div ide indicates rich ground.
 In the opinion of MT. Denny it is impracticable to even think of go- ing to the new district from the westward during the winter season He talked with the hotel man and owner of the large store at Knik and they admitted that tn eonly feasible way of getting into the country during the frozen season was from Valdez or Cordova. The easiest route is considered via Chit ina over the government road to the mouth of the Tazlina river, at Cop per Centre, a distance of 50 miles Then to follow the Tazlina a dis tance of 52 miles to the mouth of the NeIchina river, and on up this river for nearly 25 miles to the new diggings.
 The distance this way is shorter than if the strike had been made on a tributary of Caribou creek, whicl. flows into the Matanuska river The strike is on the oth- CT side of the divide and is more properly in the Tazlina country, as the Nelchina flows into that river. There is also a short cut from Val deg across the glacier 2S miles long, but this is a hard trip. MT. Denny thinks most of the prospectors go- ing from Valdez will proceed along the government road to Copper Cen Jre and there continue over the sam route as will the men from Cordova and Chitina, as well as the people from the interior.
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