The Chitina leader., 1913-08-12
Cordova, August II


 Chief of Police Henneke and Al Johnson returned the train last evening from McCarhys they were for several days having left the Chsana diggngs the morning August They started from Cordova July 20 and after delay of two days Chttystone because of flood they reached the mouth of Bonanza creek the morning of July @ They three days in the country.
 Chief Henneke states that practically all the claims been saked Johnson creek and its tributaries Bonanza and Little Eldorado, and Wilson with its tributaries including Alder guch Snow guch Glacier creek Big Eorado and Gold Run That they include about 300 claims He further that east from the dggngs Guanda creek about miles long, that only has few stakes it's mouth and that there other large streams that supposed he few well creek ey pn quantity of grub go further prospect and make locations they come back They cannot employment there available tools to work with and supplies and cannot be bought.
 Henneke passed many big outfits going in One was camped four miles above Chttystone river with men, 15 horses and about tons of provisions and tools The at the head of this expeditions Jake Nafsad of the Tonsna road house, and Doph Smith, of Valdez formerly partner of Buck Hoyt at Gukana They both prefer going by of McCah rather than taking chances the road from Gulkana going with supplies last for months that it is Expected that several hundred will be at work and developing properties He looks for bigger strikes than have yet been made.
 Henneke there thirty forty miles of country that likely contain good ample for the thousands who going in to prospect and locate He states that the Ham, shaw expedition has not only made number of ocaon but they have bonded for $15O000 the claims of James and partners at Discovery They have not been taking gold but instead have been busy putting in sluice boxes flood came and washed them ou they moved their outfit over to Wilson creek.
 At the mouth of Edorado Henneke says there is great quantity of red porphry rough and decomposed which B to 50 cents The Hamshaw people preparing to work this by hydraulic methods their rights give them 1000 miners inches of water There stakes the mouth of this creek showing that had been located for quartz in 1903.
 Carl Wittum, who has been six years in the Copper river country has located rich claim Little Edorado, Mo- above. He has taken out $1 pan He is now whipsawng lumber to put up sluces.
 But few of the Dawson Fairbanks crowd had reached the dggngs when Henneke left The Dusty Diamond exped on crippled and returned to Fairbanks and the Reliance sent out instead
 Mr. Hemeke predicts that town will be established at the mouth of Wilson creek this practically the only place where there is valuable timber It is about miles distant from James discovery Little Edorado tributary of Bonanza.
 At the mouth of Bonanza United States Commissioner Recorder Morgan has established office He has received several hundred location filings and few powers of attorney Mr. Henneke states that of these powers filed after claims had been located and that few gnd by Canadians As consequence there have been instances where claims been relocated by Americans claiming that unless citizen of the United States has declared his intention become such, that he had no rights.
 When in Chna Mr. Henneke heard much discussion about