The Alaska daily empire., 1913-09-24

| enrOute to the States. Albert Fink and Jake Berger are also aboard the Ad- miral Sampson enroute to Seattle. R. D. Admas, Thomas c. Moves and A. 1 c. Baldwin other members of the ] Fink Berger party are following later Both MT. Fink and Mr Wiley talked freely about the country but there is some divergence of opinion in their expressions. Both men are well known all over Alaska.
 What Wiley Says.
 Robert Wiley has been in the Chi sana since July last and has had men in the country for some time. He is | taking out some of the Chisana gold, mined on a Bonanza creek claim in which he is interested, and on Eldo- rado. Mir. Wiley has property on Bo- nanza, Gold Run, and Glacier. The Bo- nanza property in which he is inter- ested had produced during the pres ent season $4,O00 and the men were still working at the time he left.
 Tt will make a good camp" said Mir. Wiley last night, but there is lots of prospecting work yet to be done to determine the magnitude. There has been but little prospecting so far on account of the lack of provisions and tools. However, enough has been shown to prove that it will be a good camp There are a lot of good men from Dawson and Fairbanks in the country now who will spend the winter working. They will have plenty of tools and provisions and by spring more will be known of the extent of the pay.
 We have found pay on our Gold Run and also on our Glacier property. On Bonanza creek pay has been found from No 1 to 19. Good prospects have been found down below the canyon on Johnson creek. Pay has been found below the timber line on four creeks.
 All of the pay is in shallow ground and laying right on bedrock except on Gold Run. On this stream the gravel carries pay almost from the surface down as far as anyone has prospected. Bedrock has not yet been reached on Gold Run.
 "The outlook for quartz is not so encouraging as some people expected I believe that quartz properties will be found to pay in time. What the country needs is transportation facili- ties. There is really but one practical route to the interior of Alaska and this would lead directly through the Chi sana country. This route is by way of Haines and the ChiIcat valley.
 Mr. Fink's Views.
 Mir Fink and MT. Adams left the diggings September 10. Speaking of the country, MT. Fink said: 'The dig gings where active operations are in progress are located at an elevation of 5,200 feet above sea level and 1,700 feet above the timber line. The coun- try in which it is hoped to find pay lies between Johnson creek and Wilson creek, which flow parallel with each other. This ground shows signs of erosion.
 This is the only section of the country within a radius of 20 miles that gave indication of erosion. All of the balance is rugged. ragged. and saw tooth mountains.
 Bonanza creek, a tributary of John son extends three and one-half miles to Little Eldorado heading generally to- ward the divide of Johnson and Wilson creeks.
 Little Eldorado heads about the same and flows into Bonanza Discov- cry is at the mouth of Little Eldora- do which is one mile long. Little FL dorado at it's mouth is a box canyon from SO to 200 feet wide. What pay there is lies on bedrock in a slate for nation and is very coarse.
 James took out $27,OOO from two cuts (sluice settings) 800 feet long. I should say the claims are more than one-third worked out.
 Tt is claimed that Carl Whitman, op- erating claims above with sluice boxes took out a gross amount of $500.
 Tt is also said that they have dis covered pay on number of Bonanza creek claims between Little Eldorado and Johnson creeks.
 Bonanza creek is also a box can yOn from the mouth of Little Eldorado to Johnson.
 Assuming that pay lies on all the claims, I should think $1OO,OOO per claim would be a liberal estimate of their value.
 There had been no other-pay devel- oped at the time we left. The country did not look good to us and none of our party located claims nor attempted to buy. I would advise all persons who contemplate going into the coun- try to wait further developments