Iditarod pioneer., 1916-11-18
BUDGET OF RELATED NEWS ABOUT MINING CONDITIONS
 IN KUSKOKWIM DISTRICT
Aniak, Alaska, Sept. 24, 1916.


 comprises the central portion of the kusko- kwm valley, has in the past been greatly handicapped by the lack of food supplies and transportation by which to get in ma chinery. Relief was promised for the sea son of 1916 by the building at Seattle of a new ocean going boat for the Seattle kusko- i kwim run, and when that project became known 1t caused considerable activity in mining and commercial circles. But these were again set back when the boat broke down and had to be lowed in on her first | trip. After her return to Seattle she was repaired and again loaded, and again broke | down and failed to make her second voyage. 1 The net results for the season can be summed up as follows:
 A scraper outfit and hydraulic machinery for the Good News Bay region was only partially received, the balance being de layed in transit
 | Captain Tins of the company operating the new boat said at Bethel that "a new dredge for Bear creek was lying on the wharf ready to load and "that an outfit consisting of seventy-fve tons and two horses was ready to load" The latter was intended to develop the quartz prospect | back of the Russian Mission mountains, near kolmakoff He also reported that forty men, some with their families and 1 outfits, wanted passage for the KuskokkWim, and were to work in some of the quicksilver properties, They could not get passage for themselves and outfits on the new boat and were trying to charter 100-ton boat to bring them here.
 The new boat booked sixty-fve first-cabin passengers for the Kuskokwim river, and then was compelled to cancel all the rcser- vations. A number of the passengers re ported by wire that they had started by way of the Yukon river and portage, but up to date have not reached the Kusko- | kWim river.
 The building material and supplies to 1 equip government hospital at Akak were landed at the site of the new and much needed institution, but the carpenters, doc tors, nurses and crew to man the hospital are, according to telegram to the mail man from john Ii. kiIbuck, the former ! teacher at Akiak, who Is coming back, foot ing it across the portage
 A large commercial company brought in building matelrsl and boat supplies and erected buildings for store rooms and ware houses at Aliak, but the non on-arrval of the fall boat leaves them practically without provisions of Gny kind for the miners. Two small trading companies in Bethel, whose shipments were on this boat are very much crippled for outftting, The Kuskokwim Commercial Company's cargoes came all right, but much of il had to be taken to the two upper posts of that concern.
 Attorney Luther c. Hess of Fairbanks re gently acquired al the interests, with the exception of that belonging to W. Y. Fisher, in the ground on Marvel creek Aniak river. sent in force of men in August to get ready to prospect the ground, and wired the Union Construction Company for a power drill and outfit. The outfit arrived, all but the drill rope. bit, easing, wheels and gasoline. This will couse considerable delay in the prospecting planned, which is looking toward the installation of dredge 1 luter
 A hydraulic outfit arrived late IF the sumner for u>e On New York creek was instaled in time to gct in q few weeks work, and has proved very satisfactory. The ground yields a good g2lI content, which is coarse, and among which some very large nuggets are found. Two ou5ll> are at work on New York creek On Crooked creek two outfits gre work ing, but are handicapped by lack of ma chinery. A hydraulic outfit was ordered. but is "now on the pier at Seattle the gold yield for 1916 is reported to be the largest to date. Next year work will be carried on on much enlarged scale
 On George river, where winter dump was taken out, ground s!uicing and rocking has been carried on during the summer tc- gether with dead work. Ora Ramhart came down for supplies with a poke of nice- looking geld he had rocked out. While at present it it little better than wage propo- sition, MT Barnhart says that they will take out some money next summer. A number of claims have been recorded both on George river and Crooked creek.
 The Cinna5ar Properties Fifteen miles above Georgetown, on the banks of the kuskokwm river, considerable is ET;rnob v IH