Iditarod pioneer., 1915-11-06
STRIKE WAS ON
 IIOnSnEl,Y GREEK
Returning Stanpeders Bring Word That Soene of New Strike Is District Which Premises to
 DeveEo2 Good Pay

On Monday eVfnlng last Frank lawson, Angus Mcclellan end Lars Olson, whose de- uarture from this city with dog teams and supplies cn Thursda!, October 2S, resulted in the organization of T miniature stampede, returned to the city, having located claims cn pup of Horsefy creek At intervals durug the week others of the stampeders have returned and all have the same story to ttiI. They report that pay has been established cn fully 5000 feet of the creek, but no figures as to values are given. The pup extends but a short distance, and ac- Cording to the accounts of the returning stampeiprs the creek and benches had been IberaIIy sta&ed.
 c. R. Cameron of Flat City and partner, Jimmy Brewer, were the first to arrive on the scene following the original party, and ,hey stal.ed claims including No. l below discovery
 The new strike, if it result in anything of
 importance, vii naturally be an addition to the business field of Iitarod IL is about a days travel from this city, the trail ieav- ing the river a short distance from the Half way rcadhouse IL would not be at all sur ;risirg f more developments arose in this section, as the influx of proSpectors into Q region known to be mineraliGed may be eX- pectrd to result in the sinking of many holes on the various creeks
 There have been stamoc3cs to this creek n previous years but it is believed that oW- ing to misunderstanding of the toDogra- pby of the country, none of the participants n tic previous stan,pedes ever reached Horsthy creek There appears to have been an impression that Horsehy was a tributary of First Chance creek, whereas it flows d. rectly into the Iditarod.
 Mir Dawson statei to The Pioneer after lis return that while thera hal not been much work done at the n2w find, the indi- cations were such & to warrant prospecting. lie is interested with Frank Salen and Ne}s Nelson. tka discoyerers, who have been in th2 district fer two years past lie stated that he banned dirt from the discovery claim and found coarse gold, ranging in size from few cents up to one nugget which weighed in the neighborhood of 80 cents. Some pans revealed no cclors however. While not ad- vising a rush to the new district he states that it Is most Ekcly-ooling nelshbor- hood. The formation, which is a most in, Dortant factor in the eyes of mining men, i. porphvry and granite There is lots ot quartz and some schist There is also g little sandstone, which is not looked upon so favorably.
 The topography is somewhat similar to that of Flat creek The bluffs at the head ! of the creek have not been prospected. Other pups in the same neighborhood are being staked, and there have been quite a number of bench locations
 On HorseAy creek itself the indications also are good, although but two holes ale known to have been sunk there. This work was done by Gus McIsaacs and Nes Neil son.
 Between twenty and thirty persons joined in the rush to the new district and several have returned during the week. All have encouraging reports, and state that the indi cations are promising enough to warrant prospecting on an extensive scale. Some oi them will return in the near future witt supplies, prepared to do development work The ground is frozen and shallow.