The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-01
.B|C STRIKE IS MADE ON DOME:
 OUTLOOK GOOD
QUIRk & GIDEON OiSCOVeR R BIG PAY ON II BELOW
 ARE DRIFTING NOW.

i A placer strike which will probably add materially 10 the output of the ! Fairbanks district for several years yet. made in place where it has been heretofore believed that a blank existed in the general run O ] pay gravel, was made last week on No II below. first tier right limit of Dome creek by Thoma l Quirk and Grover Gideon. And since the discovery many experienced min ing men have made trips to the scene of the strike, and in the opin- ion of most Of them, the gold found is proof conclusive that the long lost paystreak on lower Dome crpel, has been found at last.
 The extent of the pay found is. of course. not yet known. although Messrs Gideon and Quirk are now drifting in an effort to ascertain just how wide the paystreak may be. Where found as well as it can be estimated at the present time. the dirt will go about B to the square foot of bedrock. Bedrock was found at a depth of 14O feet from the surface. the report from Olnes being to the effect that gold in paying quantities was found in h f1, xl and one-half feet above bedrock Pans of 50 cents are very common and in several instances pans of $2 were found. And Deputy Marshal J. II. Miller, who, with F.. NJ Keys, was one of those who banned on the ground took two and one-half pans of gravel from the dump taken out by the prospeCtors which weighed up $6 in gold after being washed.
 The strike has been the occasion Of considerab ble excitement among the mining n."n of the district. For Dome was one of the richest creeks ever found in this vicinity, many fortunes having been extracted from its grayels during the early days of the camp. But from No ! below down to the claim known as No. II below nothing was ever found before the present time, al though considerable prospecting has been done in years gone by.
 Therefore the new find means that there is chance for big money to exist in practically two miles of ground But further prospecting will demonstrate whether or not the lost paystreak has been found
 The new strike was made about 10 and Il The owners of No. 10 are R F. Roth, Luther C. Hess and Grant Hastines. The latter is now Outside, his interest being controlled by MT. Roth. It is understood that the owners of No. 10 have already been requested to let leases on their ground, but they have not yet done SO
 It is also possible for the new pay to extend to No. 10 creek claim, which Is owned by Tom McA"cy. Other claims Tn the immediate vi cinity of the new strike are the Belle group, on the second tier bench, opposite Nos. 9 and 10, owned by Jack Adams; No. 9 first tier, owned by Oscar Travel, and No. 9 creek claim, owned by Tom McAvoy Commencing at No. ' below frac- tion, where the last pay coming down the creek on Dome has been worked, and skipping the claims al ready named above, the two miles of ground on which pay may be located with the owners of the claims named has been located as | follows: creek claim and first tier bench claim, seven below Frank 1 Huddlestun; lower seven, second l upper seven, second tier Dockham
 Kleinschmidt X McCrea; (the see end tier bench claims are all staked crosswise of the creek, the first tier claims and the creek claims being staked lengthwise); eight
 creek, Fred Melba; eight, first tier
 Magnocci X Hansen; upper eight
 second tier Walters, Dockham and others lower eight, second tier
 Sam Weiss and others; one claim opposite lower eight and upper nine
 second tier Leyden, Crowley and the Twohey estate; the Lucky group
 (owners unknown) second tier op
 posite Nos. Il and 12 below; No
 Il, creek claim, George Robbins
 who also owns the ground on which
 the strike was made; No. 12, creek
 and first tier bench claims. George
 Robbins and Tom Quirk Nos. 13