Seward daily gateway., 1925-08-11
SEVENTY MILE
 REGION IS DRY
 SAYS OPERATOR
BRYANT FAMILY AFTER FIVE YEARS IN DISTRICT. PACK
 UP AND GO SOUTH.
COMES FROM MONTANA
Lack of Transportation Is Serious Handicap-No Roads Or Bridges
 Are In the District.

The four Bryants of the Seventy Mile district, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Bryant and two sons, D. A. jr., and J. D., were Seward arrivals last Sat urday from Nenana, departing yes terday on the steamer Yukon for the States. The family were in the district for the last five years work ing hydraulicking property on Alder Crek, near Eagle, owned by MT. Bryant's brother. According to MT. Bryant they do not anticipate re- turning but plan locating somewhere Outside.
 Lack of Water In Region.
 The latter part of the present sea- son has been exceptionally dry and the lack of water has sadly handi- capped operations, MT. Bryant said. The pay has held up as good as usu- al, really better than usual, it was stated, and especially on Alder creek, but the scarcity of water held the gold output back very much.
 New Hydraulic Outfit.
 It was rumored, just about the time Mr. Bryant left the district, that large hydraulic outfit would soon be moving in on American creek, near Eagle, and that small operations would be carried on in the near fI- ture.
 All Taking Out Pay.
 There are three hydraulicking out fits in the district now, two of which employ about eight men respective ly and the third one employing but one, being a one man outfit. All are making operations pay. There are also are three shovels in outfits. These are William Russel, Carlson and Nelson and A. Turnbull. MT. Turnbull is just doing a sufficient amount of assessment work to hold his property. If there was a contin- uous flow of water for a 90 day period, the hydraulic outfits would do exceptionally good, Mir. Bryant stated
 Also Need More Roads
 The country needs more roads, in fact, there is practically no means of transportation at the present time, MT. Bryant stated, up to the Seven ty-Mile. All of the road work which has been done lead up to Forty-Mile. In making their trip out, Mrs. Bry- ant was forced to ford numerous rivers and streams, on the way to Eagle. There are no bridges across the SeVenty-Mile
 Pay At Various Depths.
 Pay is found from four to 20 feet in the district On the Russell ground pay is found at two and one- half to three feet; on the Bryant it is found at depths av- from four to eight feet and on Crooked creek, including the muck, it is struck at 20 feet.
 On Fourth of July creek, down the river, at a distance of about IS to 20 miles, the Vandeveer people of Sedro Wooley are understood to be doing very we'll
 Lots Game In Region.
 Game is plentiful all thru the dis trict. Lots of caribou are roaming about and on the way out, the fam fly ran across many of them. The flu epidemic was just beginning to subdue when the Bryants left. EV- eryone in the region seemed to have had siege of the sickness. No white people died from the flu but five Indians, living in the village one and one-half miles above Eagle, died from it. MT. Bryant is 'Flathead- er," from Kallespell, Montana, and while in Seward met a few other 'Ffatheaders." In all probability the ,ami1y will head that way, if only on ! visit to their former home.