The Nome nugget., 1921-03-05
ROAD COMMISSIONER RETURNS
 FROM LONG TRIP

tives. The following outfits are ut work on Clesry Creek: Xavier and SouthwfLrd on No. above Westlake and Wood on No. above. Llben- dero and Cossinoff are located on the DFeson Bench adjoining No. 1 above. Andy Carbin and Gravy are working on the Oregon. Quilian, Donovan n and I.undgren are also on the Oregon claim. These outfits will all work next summer together with four adds- 'donal outfits. All will employ men.
 Additional prospec.ors reported at worl along the kobuk and tributaries are Jimmy Cross. Fl O. Brown and Paul Primer. They are all pros- pectins at different points along the Ambldr. about thirty miles from the Kobuls, Albert Wise is on Timber Greek. |, tnfb,Btsary of Sq,iddel River, sdbuu: five miles over the divide from Cfetry Creek. Captain Theilan is work pg on q coal vein about twenty three mflos above Kiaina Over a thousand tons of coal have been taken out of the kobuk mines and used at different points along the river. '. Is q high grade Ignite but the vein is small Frank Mulfatti as prospect ing with q native. whose name could not obtain, at he head of .he Hunt River on what is said to be d. ledge of Bornite ore. A new find was sun posed to have been made in the spring of 1920 on rlle Hog River but has not developed into workable digEings, Five men went in there again :his winter but as vet no reports have come from thHn.
 +I could not learn of any active mining being done at Shugnak this winter, but there are five outfits which work there in the summer. About twenty whites are wintering at Shung- nak this winter and some hauling of supplies is being done from Shungnak to Dahl. which is the creek on which most of the work wiu be done.
 "I also learned that Archie Fergu- Gibbon over the Alatna Divide to bring in his father and mother. Who were coming over the railroad and stage 70 that point.
 "The run of since fish was very light on the river tlfis winter and but very little trapping is heing done any where. owing to .he low prices being offered for fups.
 Prom kiLna We returned to Nor vik and from there came by the Nag urtk Cha mel of the Kobuk to t sYrel- ter cabin on the east shore of EsGholtz Bay called 'C.Lllahan's cabin and from there to Candle. The wealth CT was o stormy that I was unable to hlEika u trip to the silver mine or to the ccxl mines on teh kugIlile. Hugo Eclcisartlt is the agent in charge of the silver mine. while George Walleem is working on his own property at the coal mine. Jed Chidister ts located sornewatfe nelr the cosll mine and has been doing nome prospecting on his ground there.
 From Candle we came to Council via Snyders and the telephone trail. The shelter cabins were all in fairly good shape but there was no trail. At Council I wats informed by MT. Otto Steiner the U. s. Commissioner that there Is very little prospecting being done there this winter
 Tn all of the no11uhern country q great deal of work on the trails, both permanent and temporary, is neces- sary, and many Imore shelter cabins will need 10 be built. ne of the mos. crying needs along the trails any where in the north is for dog barns at the shelter cabins. as the ones that have been built have all been erected in exposed. places and there is abso- ! lutely no shelter for dogs.
 From Council We came to Chinik and on to Nome, arriving here Feb 1uary 25'