Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-21
REPORTS STRIKE
REAL ARTICLE
ssood News Bay Placer Mines are At
tracing Much Attention-No
Wood In District

Captain w. Langley. owner of the
well-known Interior river steamboat
Tana, which piled the waters of the
Yukon, Tanana, Innoko and Iditarod
rivers for years, but which Is now on
the Kuskokwim river, running in sea-
son between Bethel and McGrath, ar
rived in Anchorage this week from
McGrath, and left for Seward over the
Government railway on Thursday.
The Captain is one Of the best
known and best liked river men In
the interior, and brought with him
all kinds of news from the present
seat of activities on the Kuskokwim.
From the latest news procurable
before he left the interior the strike
in the vicinity of Good News Bay was
the real article. The camp, or seat OF
strike, is located up the Good News
river from the bay distance OF 70
miles or SO. There is no timber in that
section, and very little will be done
till spring, but from present indica-
tions the strike is a genuine find and
the country is a very likely one for
placer.
Captain Langley is doing practic-
ally all the boating at the present
time on the Kuskokwim river, having
the contracts from both the N. C. and
K. C. Companies, he having chartered
the Quickstep from the latter COM
pany. He reports that the X. C.-the
Kuskokwim Commercial Company
sold their big trading post at Bethel.
and are practically dew ing their en-
tire energies to the up river coun-
try and their post at tna.
The N. c. Co. has Store at Nc
&;rath, and Aitken and Joslin have
recently installed radio station at
that point.
Aitken is freighting in a 1-2 foot
dredge from McGrath to the rich
ground ON Candle Creek owned by
Aitken and McKinnon.
Karl Thiel is conducting trading
,ost at Heindeer City, below kolomo-
kofski. At this last place resides the
well-known old times Duke E. Stubbs,
who is now U. S. Commissioner and
recorder at that place.
Some mining is being done on New
York Creek. and also on the tributar-
les of the Aniak and Tuslisak. Some
money was also taken out this year
from the Eela river, and Jack Smea'
ton, the discoverer of Donlin, or
Crooked creek, is reported. to have
cleaned up a home stake on that
stream this year.
The original discoverer of the rich
nay on Candle Creek. Fritz Tiedel.
this year located big stretch OF
dredging ground on the Hoolitna'
which from all appearances has the
earmarks of big thing, as the pay
appears to be uniform. is In shallow
ground, not frozen. and In which
there are no boulders to contend
with.
To the question asked as to what
ne thought would be the result OF
and disiculties to be encountered In
establishing a winter stage line be-
tween McGrath and Talkeetna. Cap
tain Langley stated that such line
would have a good business all the
winter months, and could be started
with the outlay of very small
amount of money for trail building
and that. providing trail could be
made from somewhere near Ander.
sons to Talkeetna, he would estimate
the whole distance from Talkeetna to
NcGrath to be not much in excess OF
200 miles, and trails could be made to
connect with Ophir. Takotna, Cripple
Tolstoi, Poorman. Long and RUBY
with McGrath during the winter sea
son, and that Moore Creek and the
Iditarod could also be easily reached
from McGrath.
Captain Langley stated that there
were several salteries in operation OF
the lower river. and that the rein
deer herds were doing fine. The Cap
tain will return over the winter trai
to McGrath, where his boats are win
tering.-Anchorage Democrat.
The steamer Latouche arrived o