The Nome daily nugget., 1918-03-06

trip to Dime creek last Friday, re- ports that mining operations on Dime creek arc gaining rapid headway and four good sized dumps of pay dirt are already piled up as q result of the re- newed operations of Wallace Porter Valentine and Porter, Olsen Bros and has transferred it's operations from the benches to No. 1 creek claim. Mass and Co, are still engaged in drifting but were expected to commence stop ing within a short period, at the time Anderson departed. The latter firm was considerably handicapped by the absence of snow preventing them se- curing wood to commence early opera tons. The firms possessing the dumps of pay were all in the fortunate posi- tion of having some wood supplies left over from last spring. Six self Jumpers are at work on the creek this winter. MT. Anderson says that the prospects are that the producing plac- CTS will probably be pretty well worked out by next year and the life of the camp is limited unless something new
 is discovered. The Dome creek strike
 is reported looking better but does not present possibilities of developing
 into an extensive field Andy Peterson and partners are reported working
 with a windlass and have taken out
 buckets running as high as s10 to the
 buckets, but the ground is spotted and
 the pay streak uncertain. It was re-
 ported in Dime creek at the time of his visit that Sutton has good pay on Rube creek located about twenty miles from Dime. Other parties working on the creek are said to have sunk a hole eighty feet deep in search of the pay but finally encountered thawed ground and were flooded out. MT. Anderson also brings some definite news relative to the strike reported at Good News Bay last summer which he obtained gently arrived at Dime from the scene of the reported strike. Muller stated that the strike was genuine but was not of sufficient importance to justify a stampede. The strike was made at point close to the coast, the dggings being most accessible to the prospector by travelling along a small river flow ing into Good News Bay. The region is one that white men have never be- fore penetrated as far as known and Is a wild and barren country with the nearest sources of supplies situated 175 miles away. The ground is devoid of all vegetation save the Arctic mosses even the hardy willow being absent. in depth and easily worked Four or five men who went into the country last summer are reported to have talk en out between twelve and thirteen thousand dollars uring the open sea- son. Mr. Anderson's informant was associated with Frank Waskey in prospecting trip anu says that both Waskey and himself intend to return to the new diggings next summer. Mir. Muller expresses the opinion that small camp may develop there MT. Anderson also reports that the recent high water along the coast almost com pclled the roadhouse keepers at the mouth of the Koyuk to take to the hills. The proprietor, August Nelson, told Anderson that the flood raised the water to within two feet of the which is situated we'll above the ordinary high water mark, and he was compelled to stay up one night owing to the fear that the flood would cut him off from safety. The water did no damage, however, beyond leaving the trail in bad condition for a distance in the vicinity of the river mouth
 Regarding labor conditions in Dime Creek, MT. Anderson states that there { is almost an over supply of labor at present and a number of men are still [