The Seward gateway., 1922-08-04
INTERESTING NARRATION
 OF HOPE MINING SECTION

tains much information that will be of interest to the people of Seward who may be interested there. Mrs. Nell Don Carlos, the writer, has the following to say:
 During a six weeks hike our party visited most of the mines on ReSur- rection, Palmer, Bear, Six Mile and Canyon Creeks.
 "On Resurrection we found the hy- draulics working on the Mathison claims, the St. Louis mining claim and at the Russian and Swedish camps.
 Much enthusiasm is evinced all along this creek; full forces being at work at each camp. Personal atten- ton and every courtesy was extended our party by the various managers of the camps. From four to ten men were at all of these camps. Mr. H. Jaboff, of the Russian camp, expects soon to leave for Siberia to attend to his min ing interests there, having received a cable from his brother stating that were such as to warrant going ahead with the interests in that country.
 The Kenai Star and Hershey mines are being workel with forces of from ten to twenty men. Two camps are installed at the Hershey mine and the
 mill is being placed on the Kenai Star MT. Short, the superintendent of the mine, personally conducted our party the tunnel and about the camp. The new camp is being erected and will be ready for occupancy at an early date. Our dinner was cooked and served by Chicago chef. He sure can make a wonderful lemon pie.
 "A new strike has been reported on this creek between the Kenai Star and camps on what is known as the Donning claim.
 "AlonA down the creek is MT. Cases claim and tunnel. This tunnel is fast nearing the hundred foot mark and much wonderful ore is being taken out.
 we spent about five days in and around Bear creek. MT. Herzier's pla cer claim has been in full blast all summer. Many nuggets as large as beans have been found here. We had a delightful visit with Mrs. Herzler and family. All the placer is stakeo on this creek and much of the quartz Other minerals besides gold is being found on this creek with prospectors busy on all sides.
 Shaking hands with the genial hosts of the roadhouse. Messrs. Brown and Murray, we went by dory to Sunrise. Had breakfast with MT. Connolly Sey- eral men are working his claims, at the mouth of Six-Mile creek. Spent the day and night with Mrs. Hendrick- sen and the babies. She has five of them; the most wonderful group ot ba- bies I have ever seen. MT. Hendrick- sen and I hit the trail at 4:15 a. m., reaching his camp five and one-half miles up the Six Mile creek in time for B six o'clock breakfast.
 From here I struck out alone, even caching my 3O-30, and thinking if l should meet a bear would die of heart failure, so why carry 1t? l reached Ande-son's camp about 10 a. m. and found all thirty or more men busy. Two caterpillars were at work hauling logs; men digging ditches and working on a dam. This is a great piece of construction. The dam when completed will be over two hundred feet high-the highest log dam in the world.
 "He-e again did we find a wonderful chef. One is certainly in luck to work At LUS AnuCESOu CdA1p. oPChI OhS Ne'' with Mrs. Heastan and went through the Gilpatrick tunnel.
 s'Never have I seen more beautiful trout than those we caught in Summit Lake, except in the New York aquari- um.
 From here on to Mile 29 my atten- tion was more on the scenery than on the mines; the scent of the spruce and the snow-tipped hills glimpsed in the distance stirred my heart with Loch Lomand and Loch Katrine have nothing on Trail and Ke- mai lakes. Even Ellen's Isle is there in replica In Kenai The wonder of it all to me is-why are there not more people here? Some say, o. but the terrible climate. Now that is all rot. The middle west of the states can demonstrate what real blizzard is and forty degrees below in Chicago