The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-07
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ALASKA NOTES

The big drive at the Liscum Fort
 was a pronounced success, according to those who attended. $5,500 was subscribed by the soldiers, which
 added to the sum already subscribed totals nearly $l3,000-a splendid sum
 when it is considered that but a lit tie over 200 men are at present sta toned at the Post.
 Fifty pounds of gold, or about $11,- | 900 worth. was brought in to Valdez
 last week from the Valdez Creek property, which has been running a
 small crew of men. This is one of | the best properties in the division and under good management would produce a fortune for the stockhold ers-(Valdez Miner)
 Reports coming from Marshal show that the camp is still in the ring. Several large clean-ups are reported
 as recently coming out of Willow
 Creek
 Warren Nelson and Fred Cope
 have returned from trip to Dan Creek, says the Mccarthy News, where they witnessed several clean ups. Klopfer & Cmpany have clean d 60 mn fo Iot Cliff Cayonette is also doing we'll
 Edward w. Roberts, who arrived at Nome recently from Council had to abandon hope of miQing this season owing to an absolute lack of water. 1 He has been unable to do a particle l of mining this season. He has pre- pared against a water shortage in 1 the future by buying the Miller dredg- {, CT on Warm Creek which will later ed river.
 The Russian Kid" otherwise well ! known as A. W. Balzimier, recently ! sold his copper property on Dan Creek to Martin Harrais, and will receive $50,000 on the deal while still retaining certain interests. MT l Balzimier states that the property is at the head of Dan Creek, about 26 nils from Mccarthy and was origin ally located by him about two years ago.
 Reports from Dexter Creek in the Second Division say that the dredge owned by Aver, Kittleson and others located near the mouth of Dexter is now completed and the machinery was turned over for the first time few days ago. The dredge was brought down Nome river from Hob- son Creek during the past Spring and has been in process of construc- | tion since the snow disappeared.
 A prospector recently sent out a i sample of ore from Nome, wet tests | convincing him by the reaction that | the ores contained platinum. He asked the assayers to wire in actual | gold contents and if any platinum | later to write by mail He received | SIS and Q wire "some platinum" which sent thrill through him and | he is now anxiously awaiting the | arrival of the assay sheet.
 All the material for the dredge on Fairbanks Creek has been removed l to the claim on which the dredge will be worked and the teams be engaged in the hauling have re turned to Fairbanks. Although the material has all been delivered it | will be few days before the dredge will be working owing to adjustments of a minor nature to be made It l is expected that several weeks work will be ahead at the dredge before the freezeup.
 Conditions in the Port Clarence section are better than in most of the other camps in the Seward Pen insula. The tin dredge is losing no time and the work on Lost river is being pressed by those in charge It is admitted that the outlook is growing better for the tin ore lodes in this district. The demand for tin is attracting much attention to this neglected field which has been the happy stamping ground of many pro motors.
 John Parker arrived from halibut Cove in one of the last steamers and reports that section of the coun. try in an, extremely prosperous con dition. He says there will be about four hundred people there this win, ter. nearly all of whom will be en- gagged in the herring fishing business, according tQ the Valdez Prospector. 1
 A skunk farm at Homer Spit, l across from Kachemak Bay has been established. A man named McEwen has a fox ranch on one of the group | l.