The daily Alaskan., 1919-04-05
SaLCHaEET COUNTRY HAS POSSIBILITIES

iu sue springime the Alaska sour Gourh pros. ..evLOr's fancy inTariaoly .-rus lO thoughts of the egusiye pay straAk-.Als feet begin to Itch and, IuGg' B by the QuIet, busineSSllke preparations which have been going Uu around town the past couple or weeks among which could be noted many signs, indications and actlv- lies which are peculiar to FalrbanKS aE :us: about this time of the year, when old Sol begins 10 climb and LhIw everything and everybody out, such as getting together of dog tear outfits Iu which picks, Shoyels, wind IAt-S ropes, etc, were in evidence, all of which, taken in connection with frequent trips of dog teams 10 and ITO between here and the S"lchaKeI would c,luse an olGStimer to fesl Ger tain that the nearby and accessible EVId-beartng district was surely soon due for considerable prospecting, no 10 meGtOu all or the development which has been steadily progressing uR there under the hands OS the old timers who have stayed with the seltion. ..u
 Evidently this renewed activity Is the result of the recent stampede to JRa section Or course the returning stamDrders reported that nothins nas been found to justify a stam- peie. tor when the first sCampeders arrived on the scene Of the suppos- e' strike which was going to make camp" all they found was three v.u-timers - Larson, Herschber- ST and Wuliams-quietly and in uustriauy digging, and the surprise was mutual. But evidently many Of tn . staugpeders were much impresse b. the possibilities of the countless I.Ue looking creeks, practically all D which are known to be gold-bearing as viewed by their experienced eyes, irIm the low ridges which di- Vide the SalchaEet and the shaw rivers.
 The old Ssalchaket country has a far better showing, as far as a gold camp making in Alaska goes than had Fairbanks or the Toloyana or several other camps of the north which have made good by stampedes ana it also has many advantages, Oriucpal among whicn are it's nearby supply points and it's shallow grOun Its pretty safe to say that it's 2 poor stampede that bodes no good. Ob- yiously the latest one to this prOmiS ing field, though small in compar- ison to the other stampedes which took place from Fairbanks to that section since the early days, 1t nev- ertheless has started somethin'- aroused interest and renewed in- terest in many old timers at present here and elsewhet iu Alaska who took part in some of thA aforesaid stampedes when only rich pay, like Ceary creek, wokRd r ceiva attention and when only Super ticial prospecting was done. The sy2tematic manner in which those threA typical Alaska sourdoughs are goinF about their prospecting at the head of the Salchaket and the Shaw rivers is surely deserving of g pay streak. Anyway, such cooperation and thoroughness is bound to get definite results one way or the oth- CT. So taken all in although dis tant pastures always look green, that section is about as good Q pros pectGg bet as can be found any whee il the North It would oecas ion no surprise among old-tmers, f. this same old "Salchaket country h the near future attains the digni- ty Of a camp. You never can ten.- Fairbanks Citizen. zl