The Chitina leader., 1915-03-09
The following interesting letter

1 e he IOllOWluS uCCiSollAS iCItCi
has been received from corresponds
'ent now working on Chittitu creek,
which flows into the Nizina river.
This is a rich placer section and sew
eral big properties are being
developed
On Rex Creek there is considerable
work going on. Powell and Cooper,
who have had lay on thefupper end
of j. S. Taylor's claims have dis
solved Cooper bought out his part
ner and then took in Mr.. Taylor
with him. They have started to
throw dirt IN the boxes for spring
sluicing. Bill Woodward, Taylor's
lower layman, has a tunnel in the
rim, 40 feet, with 40 more TO tap
the pay channel.
On the Edison group Manley and
! Price this winter run tunnel into
the channel, where Brooks mined
last September with a satisfactory
showing. The new men went 100
feet with six feet of two-cent dirt,
and had the same pay in the face
when they quit last month, making
the channel at that point 100 feet or
more wide. Below the Brooks cut
these men put down three holes, 20,
80 and 40 feet, with at least 4 feet
of Scent dirt. Above the cut they
put down three holes, which should
have been 60 feet if in a channel,
but they were only 20 feet deep.
They had good prospects from the
muck down, with plenty of room on
each side for the channel. At this
stage of the work J. J. Price arrived
early in February and to a party in
terested he said, 1.-The proposition
looks good as far as it has been
praspected, but we must pay $780,
! 600 the 1st of March, and | don't
think it warrants it, Price then
closed down and went out 1t is
said that it is his intention to get
more time in which to do further
prospecting before making pay
ment. -
John Lombeek, on No. 10 left
limit bench, is still running tunnel
but has no pay as yet.
Badly is cutting wood on Rex for
Mr.. Andrus to, last through the sum-
mer.
Olny and Carl on No. have 1000
wheelbarrows of dirt on the boxes
and are still in good pay. They have
quit prosecuting and are drifting
as they were near the line of the
now deputy marshal in the Shu-
shanna.
On White Greek Morrison is sink
ing at the head, while lower down
Louie and Ralph Rothe are doing the
assessment work for Mr.. Andrus
Bodie and Powell are prospecting
! the right limit benches on Chittitu
Houser and Stanton have their
pipe in from Mccarthy and are build
ing boxes. They and Herman expect
to move lots of dirt on eleven this
season. 1t hasn't been worked foI
years. t,
Brown and Miller are taking out
little money from Sunday gulch.
Carlstrom is putting in a hopper
for summer work on seven bench.
Mrs. Cole is closing out the Fag-
enberg stock at reasonable prices
Mr.. Cole has the Shushanna maj
contract. He left for there on Febru-
airy Is and is expected back early in
March.
Erve Herring, who is working fol
Geo. Max Esterly, had four more
days hauling logs this year than
last. Over 10000 feet have beer
freighted.
Sam Means is prospecting on one
below.
hurry and Jerry Oleany recently
quit prospecting on UelOW. 1uey
had one hole 80 feet deep but no pay
and much water. They have left
for Young Creek.
Jim Golightly and partners are
prospecting the Young flats but they
have found nothing up to date.
j, The Duke made his rounds thi:
month as usual. .ea"5r',l
Good progress is being made il
moving the supplies for Howard
Birch from Mccarthy to Dan Creek
where there will be extensive worl
J this season. g..
!, Cayuette, on the Dan Creel
J benches, is taking out good money
, He is sluicing with drain waite
under cover in his tunnel.
Old miners are unanimous tina
} we have had the best winter eve
, known in the interior. 1t has BEEF
of hn