The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-25

legations. The EnSllShmen won tEe son and partners on the lower end Nothing was being done on No. but there was some chance of it being worked later on. On No. Gaweiler and Gloor work by open cut in the summer. The first tier bench off No | is worked by open cut in the sum- mer by Oleson Bros. On Discovery Bench, first tier Carl Rylander and partners were preparing to work at prospecting. The second tier bench off Discovery is being worked by Jack Tice and partners and the ad- l joining claim will be worked by Mar ion Dunn. The next claim is being | worked by Valcntin and Porter, who have quite crew employed. A num- i Der of men will be prospecting farther down the creek later in the winter but at the time of my visit were in the woods cutting wood. Between thirty and forty men were in the woods at this time getting out wood Jim Boyle had four horses hauling wood, Wallace Porter five, and Ole son Bros, two.
 From Haycock we followed the mail trail to Candle, stopping one night in the Quartz creek shelter cabin. At Candle I learned that the ] following outfits were at work or prospecting Winnie and Hanson on No. 5; Paterson, Lee and Antonsen on No. 16; Billy Hammond on No. 15 1 Candle; Lundberg on No. 21; Selling and Schrim off No. 1 on the right limit benches Most of the mining at Candle is now being done in the summer season.
 Prom Candle we went to Deering where the following outfits are at work on the Inmachuk this winter: | Ike Johnson, prospecting on a bench on the left limit near the White Bear; Dave Chase, prospecting on a | bench on the left limit near White Bear; Gillis and McNally, prospect ing on the Nellie creek claim; Harry Bourne on a bench on the left limit of the Polar Bear; James Black on a bench on the left limit off the Dashley group; Adolph EsCholtz on a bench on the left limit of the Utica | group ;Tillie CordOvado has ten men employed on bench on the left linn it of No. 5 below. John Grant is prospecting on No. claim; Tom Roust and Johnson are on Homestake ! creek; Dick Hoogendorn is prospect ing on the Group Claim at No 6 and Chas Nicola is prospecting on Gun ningham creek. In addition, quite a number of outfits will work in the 1 summer.
 Prom Deering we crossed Kotze- bue sound to cabin, situated on the coast about forty-seven miles from Kotzebue, and from there along the beach to Kotzebue. There are four stores at Kotzebue and quite a large native village. It is the supply point for the Selawik, Kobuk and Noatak rivers but no mining is carried on in the immediate vicinity. We drove from KOtzebue to Kiana in three days, to a cabin owned by a native named Jim Koochinik, called by the white men Whiskey Jim. The shelter cabin at the mouth of the Kobuk was full of travellers and for this reason we could not stop there. The next day we proceeded to Norvik, the bureau of education native village on the Kobuk, and the next day to Kiana.
 There are about thirty white men at Kiana and quite number of na- tives. The following outfits are at work on Cleary creek: Xavier and Southward on No. above Westlake, and Wood on No. 1 above. Laben- dero and Cossinoff are located on the Oregon bench adjoining No. 1 above. Andy Carbin and Gravy are working on the Oregon. Quillian, Donovan and Lundgren are also on the Oregon claim. These outfits will all work next summer together with four addi- tional outfits. All will employ men.
 Additional prospectors reported at work along the Kobuk and tributaries are Jimmy Cross, H. O.. Brown and Paul Primer. They are all prospect inu af hiffnrnnt nnintn n1nnn 4AA