Douglas Island news., 1920-01-09
WINTER CAMP AT
 MAYO IS GOOD
Recent Arrivals From Che Scene of Che Silver Strike Say That
 Prospects Are Good

pioneer Yukon proapociors who have locu In Uhc Mayo cmp anco Che .losc Of navigation arrived Iu Daw .on tha morning. aitor a bitter trip of l55 miles nearly al of which was over unbro.on ual through deep snow and for much of Ono time m temperature of 40 io 5O hollow
 cro. Tbcy however mahcI strong and .u Gnc form. and are yet a. brink as two colts notwithstanding their proximity to thrce score. These vot orus lou horc on Che lut trip of .hc Nmuu and. landing at Mayo. after am exciting and trying trip against the rm ol ice. thoy launched into Che huls and pro-noctol ou ware .ous properties continuously setting a pace chat many Q younger fellow might cnw
 They completed the last lap of Che trip into Dawson bs morning by musb.ug down from Che Joe Jol- .our Hay Ranch .o One Arlington boforc daybrcak and thcn catching Che early auto for lho len-mlo spin .o tovn Mr. Fawco.t aay
 "Il was 900 below zero Che morning we Iou Mnto Bridge for Dawson. We had musboi from thc hoad of Hopo rucb on thc Keno hm ridge, To Mn,o Bridge along tho Gurs.c road From Mmto WIG knew there would bo am mbrosen raI but as -bcro was only one pair Of novahoa at Mnto. we came through without any so as to kcop about Che pacc. It was Che toughest trip Imaginable. The snow average eight to eighteen inches dccp. and at ume we had to
 struggle through huee drifts waist hIeh. and oarry our ou.dt weighing fifteen to twenty noml. We carried four days supplies on Che longest
 stretch
 "Wo bad our axes with us and when necessary we wore prepared .o put on Grc Al ,he yarIou omp- ling stations wc bad good rest oaer night bul also found It necessary Go Io somc wood cutting a. aeh hp.aoe aud t was no picnic daeene n thcrc at night doe.ur.i and hungry and cold and having to stump 1rourd mu hme warmed up. Sometime. Che uU was s1 heavy and hard it seemed we voud mol. mako It for thc night bul M. auckod through. and here WI are after haF ing walked every ioa. or mo way from Hone eIch to HmEcr
 owe met mss and Looancu wb Choir teams two miles beyond Gravel lake, mac had such heavy load ho had to eet Hmas and hi. team to help got Che load past Gravel lake Wm them Wuo Buck. meham going .o NcQu..to .o trap. EIEor for CIay crock. and Stevens for Mayo. and another man.
 Bert Lamb had arrived ot Nm.o Bridge from Dawson before We go"
 there Ho however found .ho fmh so heavy ho had to leave hIe dog sleigh at NoQuo.m
 "The prospecting and mining a.. uv.ue continue i'm thc Maro camp with every promise of ucoe# for .h. various outGe m coming from Hope pup .o Mnto Bridge ue mm two days and followed mp over lh. top Of Muo m u.a pa. h. Yukon Gold camp and down .hor road to Mmto. We did mot eo into Che Yukon Gold uora hu. learned there that ucIr two shafts were down about mr feet oach and thcr tunnel starting al a level about l5o feet below Che brow of Che hIl was in something mc 200 oot on thc lead and chat thc prospects cone unuol good Tn oarh place.
 "Thuber and prospoa.od on yar- ious places on Che Keno Hu oylrn. s.on. and found several now out crops and vein. and arc much r'eaei with Che results of our o0orta w. mushcd two miles w from Che ulch oach day in order to work through Che day. and in one place sank a shaft eleven loct in Che omr.r',c It was frozen for depth Of one foot from tbc mrlacc We got down to % sort Of bedrock on tho proposition The temperature on Che hu was not SO bad lt alwars about ID or 20 degrees warmer mp thcro chan in Che valleys. but it e windy and bHior i A strong canvas tent over tho works. such aa Inc yukon Gold are uare is Che th.ue
 "Tho Mayo district on Che whole. is an right T tbc Cures should quit hcro tomorrow it would som be a camp There Is no question .ho Kero nm foealffv and .hr other