The Alaska citizen., 1915-01-04
MILLER MAKES A RECORD TRIP
 FROM T0L0YANA
PROSPECTOR GIVES OPINIONS ABOUT OUTLOOK OF THE
 NEW CAMP.

Frank Miller probably one of the best known sourdough mining men of the North. returned to town Fri day evening from a trip to the Tolo- vana country, where he has been spending the past month. The fea- ture of MT. Miller's trip from the Tolovana to town is that he made the distance in but little more than l3 hours actual travelling time, with a team of five dogs. This Is record trip. According to his cal culations, it is, therefore. about E miles from Fairbanks to Lake City, Livengood creek.
 ALL OPTIMISTIC.
 Like all other men who return to Fairbanks from the new diggings, MT Miller is very optimistic con- corning the future of the Tolovana country. He says that nothing has been found yet in the nature of very rich pay, but that the formation of the country and the prospects so far found by the men who own ground and are doing their assess 10 keep gold hunters working.
 But very few holes have been put 10 bedrock, as far as MT Miller knows. He heard however, of a hole put down on Amy creek by Hudson Brothers and their associ- ates, which showed good pay
 Now that nearly all of the men working in the Tolovana have fin ished with their assessment work it is expected that actual prospecting will be commenced All who have ground there are preparing to stay during the entire winter, many of them having taken in good sized out fits containing enough of everything 10 last them for several months. At several places on Livengood creek, according to Mir Miller, cabins are going up while several stores business It seems that the town will he established at the place now known as Lake City.
 IT MAY BE DEEP
 Reports from the Tolovana so far have indicated that the diggings are shallow. but such is not the case according to MT. Miller's story Most of the miners working on Liv- engood have so far been merely do ing assessment work. although in a few instances actual prospecting is now in progress, but without results however. as only one hole has been haI CT, and that at the extreme head at a depth of over 40 feet. That hole was put down by Harry Patterson George Hainzinger and their asso ciates. After leaving the diggings Mr. Miller heard that the above named parties had sunk through what they supposed was bedrock and are now in gravel again.
 MT Miller and his partner did all of their work on number F be low on Livengood, where they at tempted to sink with wood fires They first picked through the over burden of IS feet of muck and struck a kind of sedimentary gravel in which there was a great deal oi ice The result of their effort was that water put out their wood fires and that they were unable with two fires a day to sink more than four feet in eight days. However, they have secured boiler for use after January 15. and MT. Miller will ther return to assist his partner, who in the meantime, Is sinking a mum Der of holes to gravel.
 Concerning the depth of the ground at the mouth of Livengood creek MT. Miller states that he would not be at all surprised if bedrock coult not be reached short of 150 feet The deepest hole he knows of now is on number ? below, where Marsh X Mcqueen are working. It is now down to a depth of 60 feet, with mo signs of bedrock. Over at the head of Mike Hess creek two holes are down to depth of nearly 5C feet, and those who are working there do not expect to reach bedrock foI some time yet.
 ABOUT THE TRAIL.
 The fact that MT Miller made the distance between the Tolovana and Olnes in about nine hours and 20 minutes, is plenty of evidence that the trail is now in good shape. The later snows have completely covered up the niggerheads and stumps SC that the road is now easy to travel with a dog team pr double ender although heavy loaded bobs would have hard time in some places.
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