The Cordova daily times., 1922-01-04

1 the White Pass and Yukon Railroad 1 will build into the Mayo country next season and great many eyes are turned toward Skagway and White- horse. However, the construction of the road Is but rumor connected with the supposed change in the ownership of the road.
 l But the fact that the Mayo coun- l try is going to boom next year is as- sured. In addition to the Guggen- helm, who were the pioneers into the : country, the Treadwell people have : established big camp and are de- velcping on large scale. Elmer, the Slate Creek operator has also be- come interested in the Mayo coun- 1 try. So extensive are the develop ments in this section that the trans portation companies are planning upon handling one hundred thousand i tons of ore down the Yukon and to the states via St. Michael. All sorts of river craft will be assembled and pressed into service to handle the heavy tonnage.
 A good camp is expected in the Mayo district next year. If con- struction be started on the extension of the railroad it will experience quite a boom. There has been little pub 1 licity made of the condition as they exist and many are waiting for tnrth- CT and more detailed information be- fore making move A small sized stampede is pending the arrival of more definite information.
 BROAD PASS SECTION Early last fall Frank Germain dis covered a quartz ledge about 50 feet wide, on Lilly Gulch, which flows ] into the Nenana river near Mile 32O, on the government railroad. This ledge, which is known now as the | Isabel ledge. is said to carry good values in gold H. c. Fohn- Hansen and associates, under an agreement with the owner took over the claim and have sent samples to the Bureau of Mines, at Fairbanks, for quanti- tative analysis. Hansen has estab- lished his camp near the lerge and, l with his associates. will work the property this winter.
 VALDEZ CREEK DISTRICT The Valdez Creek Mining Com panp is busy moving 4OO-ton out fit, consisting of explosives, feed and provisions. to the company's camp on Valdez creek. a distance of ap- proximately 60 miles from the Gov ernment railroad at Mile 32o. They are using IS head of horses in moving the outfit and expect to complete this work shortly. They have big hydraulic plant on the ground which is being prepared, for operations in the spring The large crew, who will operate the plant later
 
 and yarding logs for the company's sawmill
 Pete Monahan. discoverer of Val dez Creek, took out large stock of supplies, sufficient to last him lntil the end of next summer, and will continue his prospecting in that neighborhood
 Buck Norton has also hauled in al large outfit and is camped on the creek. There are great many other men prospecting on the creeks tri- butary to Valdez Creek.
 Valde Creek is a tributary of the Susitna river into which it flows, near it's headwaters, above what is known as the "big bend"
 ACTIVITY Ar EAGLE
 Gold mining, which is the chief in- dustry in the Eagle district, has re- vived somewhat lately and with the opening of the Government railroad. carrying with it the promise of a | lighter burden to bear in delving for the precious metal, prospecting is be- ing undertaken on a slightly more extensive scale than heretofore | When the expected generous freight tariff on mining machinery and SUD- plies goes into effect, and the long sought-for relief is absolutely with in the graSn of miners and nrnsnec