The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-02
T0LOVANAHAS C0OD0UTL00K
 FOR FUTURE

That the Tolovana district has one of the brightest years ahead of it is the optimistic view of the people located there A late arrival from that live camp confirms the late reports concerning the proposed activities for the coming season and gives world of information regarding that section.
 Concerning the operations now go- ing on and those planned for the coming season much is said. On the Ready Bullion claim in Livengood, back of the town, Clarence Dorfinger has working shaft down and is at present blocking out ground for his summer operations. This is the claim on which Crook formerly operated Next above him Charley Lynn and Dave Cramer are blocking out and also will work large crew when the water runs; they have 800 cords of wood already on the ground and large plant. It is reported that this firm, owing to the ground being easy to work, will use plow-like contriv- ance in the face of the drift instead of the usual point method, the gravel being loaded into the bucket by the wheelbarrow plan.
 Ernest Peterson, on the Love lease, has been employing about twenty-five men all winter in taking out dump. On the Toney bench party of seven Slavonians are taking out a dump. Next above them Herman Price and Charlie Clausen, who have been en- ploying ten men all winter, will have considerable dirt ready for sluicing in the spring. Iverson & Go. have seven or eight men taking out a dump. On the Moore ground Frank Gilardy and Jack McMahon are at present putting down a work shaft and will work a claim Fontas & Go. have two good sized dumps out. One of these was taken out last year but they were un- able to sluice owing to the scarcity of water They now have about twenty men and are blocking out for the summer work Next above them are Albin Martin & Co.,, who are working ten men and have out a good-sized dump ready for sluicing. On the Mari etta claim Lou Colbert and Ed. Wash berger are employing eighteen or twenty men and have been busy all winter taking out dump This claim will work large crew the coming sluicing season.
 Harry Patterson had ten men em- ployed all winter taking out dump. MT. Patterson is using an underground scraper in his operations and is highly elated over it's success. Mike Kelly and Jim Samson, who are operating across from the mouth of Amy creek, are employing twenty men and have about the largest dump in the camp. This is the claim on which the very rich pay was recently found. Next above them are the Bostrom brothers, who have crew of about sixteen men working and have almost as large a dump out as have Kelly & Samson.
 Up at the head of Livengood, in the vicinity of twenty-two above discov- cry, several men are engaged in pros pecting, among whom are Ed. Garner and McMullen and another man named Hanson.r
 On Amy creek, at it's mouth, John Mathison is putting in plant fo1 drifting. He also has an open-cut proposition there. Erminson & Co (the .Finns) have fifteen men working and they also have out good, bic dump. Charley Holky has plant or the War association claim and is al present blocking out ground prepatory to the summer operation. Kelly & Co. are prospecting further up the creek on the Union claim. Toney ITO seth & Co. are also trying to locate the paystreak on the Mutual claim At the head of Amy Jack Nelson and Sommerville have an open cut propo ! sition Teddy Hudson has a mar Ahelping him in prospecting across the creek from the Nelson workings
 At the mouth of Lillian creek Dan McCarty, Jr., and Joe Moran have g dump out waiting for sluicing. Billy Barker, one of the original locators on Lillian and who has been ground sluicing there every summer, has built fine frame residence. Rumol has it that owing to Billy having spent last winter Outside back among the old folks in Indiana the way he is pre- pairing his new home has rather sus picious appearance.
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