The Alaska citizen., 1916-01-10
WILL BE
 TOLD IN NEXT
 THREE MONTHS
FUTURE OF PROMISED LAND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE
 KNOWN BY SPRING.

Tn the next three months the
 story will be told. as far as the i Promised Land is concerned"
 The above is the statement of i Jack Irvine. tl- well known young
 mining man, who arrived in tow n
 Friday night from the new placer
 diggings in the Tolovana country.
 regarding the creeks in what is
 known as the Promised Land coun-
 try. They are Nirich creek. Bear and Grouse creeks, all tributary to
 Mike Hess. Continuing MT. IT.
 vine said that the future of Moose
 creek and Mike Hess will not be
 determined so quickly, on account
 of their depth to bedrock, but it is
 his opinion that Nirich, Grouse anI
 Bear will have been prospeCted thor
 oughly by spring, as bedrock is found on those streams at 30 feet Grouse creek has as yet shown
 nothing, as far as MT. Irvine knows although he heard that several shafts had been put to bedrock. Several shafts sunk on Nirich creek show some low grade dirt, but it's extent has not yet been ascertained Teddy Hudson, now in Fairbanks, has made the discovery of a good prospect ill coarse gold on No. 3 below, Bear creek.
 On Moose creek MT. Irvine and Dave Cascaden have put two holes to bedrock. They found nothing iu their first shaft, which was 110 1 feet in depth, but their second which was only A feet to bedrock. they uncovered a good prospect in coarse gold. Two Italians are reported to be banning pay on the bench oppo- site No. ', Moose creek, although they have not yet reached bedrock with their shaft.
 Pay has been discovered on Nos. i above and above on Mike Hess, according to MT. Irvine Nelson X Co.,, on No. f. have done considerable crosscutting and have discovered that the paystreak is at least 50 feet in width. And they also have good prospects in 50 feet more of their crosscut. Cow Miller and associates are those who have pay on No. above, but it's extent has not been ascertained.
 MT. Irvine also brings confilma tion of the report that Keys X Ret tig have struck pay on Livengood They are working on the left limit bench of Livengood creek, and so far are the only operators on that side of the creek to find pay dirt. They struck it at the bottom Ct their 130-foot shaft and are now making arrangements to start drift ing.
 Just before MT Irvine left Brooks he heard that a set of laymen on Ruth creek, another tributary Of Livengood. had struck dirt that gees $7 to the square foot of bedrock. Previous prospecting, however, shows that that streak can be but very little more than 20 feet in width. 1 The prospects were in coarse gold. It is also stated that good coarse gold prospects have been found on the high benches of Amy and Ger trude creeks.
 MT. Irvine states that there was considerable restaking of ground all over the Tolovana district the first of the year. Jack Altman is re
 ported to be among those who had ground on Moose creek who lost their interests by failing to do the assessment work.
 AS expressed by MT. Irvine there
 is no doubt but that the Toloyana will make a camp. The prospects so far found on Moose and Mike Hess point to a paystreak which only time will develop and the min- CTS of the Promised Land region are very optimistic concerning their chances. And it is considered at Brooks and vicinity that enough pay has already been located on Livengood to show that the camp will be a good one.