The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-28
DESPONDENCY
 DISTILLED BY
 LATEST FINDS
PREVAILING GLOOM IN rtE TOLOVANA IS NOW
 CLEARING UP

That good prospects found on Moose creek, on Livengood and on the divide between Livengood and Mike Hess have been the means of dispelling the gloom which has pre- vailed in the Tolovana country con corning the future of that camp. is the report which has been received in Fairbanks. From the close of navigation last fall until the pres ent time. particularly since the first of the year. the report oi prospecting done and holes sunk in the Tolovana district haze been of anything but an encouraging na- lure, even though the tatt vas never printed.
 According to the reports received fere, the fact that good prospects have been discovered has been enough to turn gloom into sunshine The information does not state that pay has been discovered --Tolovana- ites are now too old in experience to say that-but it does state that the prospects found have had the ,ttsct of raising the hop, of the people of the entire district cen sidcrably
 The chief find, accordjr,; [" tie latest report, Was mad, oy Harry Buhro, who IS prospecting on the second tier, right limit 5nuch on Moose creek, opposite No lu above. lie has been prospecting No. T. there since the first of tine year and according to the report, has ct east 20 feet of grav.l which will pan all the way from three i tt i've cents to the pan from where | IS first found in tn: shaft to bedrock This is regarded as an excellent showing and Moose creek mining men are therefore jubilant over the discovery. The principal owners of the ground on which Mr. Buhro is prospecting are himself, Dan McCarty and Henry Crook i Experienced miners say that the
 bedrock on Moose creek is much more trustworthy than that on the
 Livengood side. That is, it is of
 such character that If pay is
 found it is almost certain to be eX- 1 tensive. The bedrock on Livengood creek is described as being of
 very treacherous nature, the miners
 being unable to tell by the kind of bedrock found whether or not their pay is to be chopped off in
 the next few feet by a different kind of bedrock
 i In fact, Moose creek miners are so enthusiastic over the recent dis covery that they are already mak ing plans for the future as regards their own ground. It is stated III the report received here that the water question will not be bother some on Moose, should extensive operations be decided upon, as there are several live" lakes at the head of the creek from which practically ineXhaustible supply of water may be obtained
 Another good prospect reported from the Tolovana country is that found on the divide between Liven- good and Mike Hess. The opera tors there are said to be Thomas & Jones, two Rampant men. Ac cording to the report they struck pay at a depth of 105 feet in the shaft they have sunk practically on the top of the divide. And the fact that pay dirt has been dis covered there is not thought strange by mining men, for the reason that it is believed that Livengood creek and the streams on the Mike Hess side of the divide were once con nected.
 Martin Nash, of this city, is re- ported to have found good pros poets on his Livengood creek ground. Numerous other miners are pros pecting on that stream, but con siderable work has shown that, aside from the good ground located last summer, the pay occurs prin cipally In spots.