The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-03-11
RAMPART STILL ON MINING MAP
 MUST GET ROAD

Among the recent arrivals in Fair. banks is George W. Ledger. U. $. commissioner at Rampant. In speak ing of his camp MT. Ledger says that Rampant is still on the mining map of Alaska. The population has not decreased to any noticeable ex- tent during the past few years. the present number of men in the camp being about forty.
 Concerning the operations now go- ing on in that district, he says that on Little Minook Clinic, Nelson x Thomas, men who have lay on the ground owned by J. w. Duncan, 8 above, are doing some work and taking out the money.
 On Hunter creek two outfits are working on an association group, commencing at one below. and are preparing to ground sluice this sum- mer Adolf Ott is working the above ground, while Chas. Swanson, who is on 17 above and does work with a hydraulic dam, is making preparations for extensive work this summer
 On Dawson creek Chas. Nelson is said to be in good pay and in some spots has taken out pans that run as high as $40. He is working on tunnel on the left limit bench claim, two above. On 4 above Gus Berg man is drifting and is having good prospects.
 B. Jones and G. w. Ledger, on No. 8 pup to Little Minook, on what is known as the Idaho bar, lost their prospects after going in 150 feet and were compelled to abandon their work by being driven out by gas. They will start another drift on the claim as they have good prospects, although the ground is chased as low grade.
 On Little Minook, Jr., Tom Anton son is operating on an association group running from 20 to 27 below. His ground is summer proposition, and he is now engaged in putting in ditches and fumes preparatory to ground sluicing this summer.
 Tom Gamble, on No. IS pup, on Hoosier creek, is in coarse gold and has good pay. He is now getting ready for spring operations.
 Crockett, Yantis and LaPorte have an association on Hoosier creek, starting with IA above, and are now putting in an automatic dam to be in shape for the spring work.
 George Pride and A. Peters. on Slate creek, are doing considerable prospecting, as Is Nick Snyder on Chapman creek.
 Bear creek looks good. Soderland and Barker, on Bonanza, tributary to Bear, are at work locating the paystreak.
 The district is at great disad- vantage in not having good roads. No money has been allotted to the district from the division fund. What money has been spent there has been given by the Alaska Road commis, sion. The chief need of good trails is for the hauling of supplies and needed material from Hot Springs in the winter. All the bridges have been washed away, and there are no funds on hand to rebuild them Many thousand dollars will be need ed to put the roads in good repair, but small allotment at this time would be the means of considerable saving at some future date.
 At present there are about 2S chil. dren attending school. The Red Cross movement is receiving el'' thusiastic support there. A short time before Mir Ledger's departure for Fairbanks there was given s0' cial and dance at which was raised the sum of $160 for the Red Cross fund. Rampant makes the boast of having more Red Cross members per capita than any other town in In terior Alaska, having s6, which is more than the registration of legal voters