The Alaska citizen., 1915-12-13
FOUR MILES OF PAY HAVE BEEN
 LINED UP NOW
DEVELOPMENT WORK IN THE TOlOVANA COUNTRY IS
 PROGRESSING WELL.

Late arrivals from the Tolt
 vana country tell of the develoT
 ment work which ia now being don on all of the creeks in that yicinit, 1 Prospecting is the order of tht l hour, now that everybody is pre- ] pared for winter, and it is expected ] that the next month will consider 1 ably change the map of that sec i tion of the country as far as pay streak Is concerned.
 Except on Esther creek, tribu
 tary of the Tolovana river. no new strikes are reported. However, il is stated that the prospectors work ing or Esther have discovered ground which Is estimated at g to the square foot of bedrock. although nc details of the strike are available Esther creek comes in on the right limit of the Tolovana, being the next creek above Olive and running parallel with the latter stream.
 Including all of the places where pay dirt is known to exist, 1t is estimated that there are now fully four miles of pay in the new dis triCt. Most Of it is on Lyengood creek from discovery to No ' above inclusive. although there Is spot about one mile between discovery and No. 5. above on which pay has not been located
 Mcintosh Eros. are working on discovery. They are still prospect,
 ing their ground. but It is know Il that they are in good pay Patter- son X Findlty come next in line. They are blocking out their ground on No. 5 above and may take out a dump.
 Gus Petersons outfit. on Franklyn gulch, comes next and it is known that It is located on the paystreak, as considerable ground was taken out last fall Emil Johnson is in the pay on the Duncan bench.
 Robert X Kelley nave a lease 1,200 feet long. They have sunk two holes GOO feet apart and are there fore firmly convinced that they have pay Cn the full length Of their lease
 Peterson X Thompson, on the Sunny bench, opposite No above are still prospecting. However they are known to be in good pay Max Altman and Jack Altman, next above them, have sunk three holes and are now sinking their fourth Their present shaft is directly in line with the pay shaft of the out it below them, so they expect to locate the pay when they find bed rock
 Ernest Peterson and Charley An derson are on the Marietta associa- tion. They a1e sinking a shaft di rectly in line with the pay which has already been located i'll their ghboIhood. Otto KrCele has a lease on the Flat association, owned by Harry Patterson and others. He Is just starting operations there.
 Jim Warren & Co. are working lay on the Mint association owned by H. N. Shead, R. W. Fay Tor and others of this city. They have good prospects and it is though that they will locate good pay short ly as they are directly in line witt the way the pay seems to be run ming
 On the lower end of the Italy as sociation Eglar & Koebsch have re gently struck good pay. Allenwel! and Batten, who have been operat ing just above them, and who took out some money last summer fur ther down the hill are preparing to sink in a direct line with the find below them. KettleSOn & Curry are working just above the last named outfit and are in the pay, they are still prospecting, Just above and just below discov- cry prospecting has been stimulated by the find of Mcintosh Bros Con. siderable prospecting is also being done on intermediate claims and on the upper end of the creek How ever, a row of holes sunk across Livngood short distance above the kettleson & Curry workings has revealed no pay.
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