The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-25
(Nome Nugget, Dec. 3.)

(NOme NuSSet, DeC. o.J
 That the region along the eastern coast adjacent to the mouth of the Koyuk River presents bright possi bilities for future oil developm ent. is the declaration of w. E. Cramer a widely known prospector and min CT. who returned to Nome a few days ago after an extensive survey of that locality during the late fall.
 According to MT. Cramcr, the dis trict abounds in oil indications. Un- mistakable evidences of the presence of mineral oil are to be found on the surface of lakes between the Kuyok and the Ungalk River, about 35 miles to the eastward of the former stream. Some of the lakes were found covered with oil bubbles which are apparently filled with gas, as he was told by natives that they ire quently amused themselves by touch ing matches 10 them "to see them burn" after the lakes Lad frozen over. These indications, combinei with the fact that the formation is 7andstone and shale and also that ihe region contains numerous coal veins. is, he says, convincing evidence that the district is a most promising one for the oil prospector. As the freeZeup was on, Cramer was unable to secure samples of the oil found on the lakes, but the evidences of it's presence were unmistakable, he says. In detailing the results of his in vestigations to the Nugget MT. Ora mer said:
 q have heard tor some time per slstent rumors of oil seepages on Norton Bay Knowing that there was coal both at the mouth of the Kuyok and at Unalakleet, I decided to in vestigate. John Hocm and myself left Nome October , on the schooner Nokatak for the mouth of the Kuyok i which flows into the head of Norton Bay. Ice conditions were so bad that l. Captain Swanson decided to lay his schooner up for the winter. The yes sel was hauled up and placed in winter quarters on October 9. AS there was not much snow on the ground at this time, we decided to in
 vestigate the coal deposits at the mouth of the Kuyok. Several veins were found scattered over a distance
 If 1.5OO feet or SO The widest was about six inches thick. Although ru
 nor has it that there is a six-fooi vein somewhere in the locality we did not see it. We remained there until
 about October 20 when the rivers
 froze up sufficiently to travel and
 then proceeded along the coast fol 1 about B miles to the mouth of tht
 Ungalik River and Bonanza Creek
 Sandstone and shale were encounter ed all along the path of our travel: and on some of the lakes in this To
 cality we found unmistakabe evi
 dences of the presence of minera ore. Everything was frozen and i
 was hard to gather samples. but am convinced that oil is there in ap
 preciable quantity.
 | Some of the natives residing in tn district told me that they have a 5 times dTluSeu lUtlnoClsC Co Dy puuCtul ing tho frozen bubbles on the lake
 and lighting them to watch then : burn. This seems to prove that ther : is gas present. After short stay i the section. it commenced to sno' and it was impossible to do any nor !: work until next spring.
 "On October IS. Hoem and myseI : visited Frank Shaw on Bonanz : Creek. MT. Shaw is an interestin : host and leads the ideal life. H : combines with his mining activitie the farmers life. raising potatoe turnips, lettuce, radishes. He als grows tomatoes and cucumbers undt glass. When we were there he ha several barrels of blueberries an : cranberries in cold storage. Whe