Seward daily gateway., 1930-02-14
FAIRBANKS PAPER DESCRIBES DETAILS
 OF G0LD STRIKE
SIX DOLLAR GROUND, WOLFE CREEK BELOW THE OLD
 WORKINGS
Fairbanks News Miner)

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 A rich placer strike in the Ruby district. news of which has all ready started a stampede from other Interior points and which is exepected to revive the old min ing camp, is reported in letters received at Fairbanks.
 Six dollars foot ground and pans going s120 to the pan, are sou,e of the discoveries already rade, with prospecting just gett- ing a good start Although the ground adjacent to the claims .r which the discoveries were made is staked the extent of the navstreaks IS as yet unknown ano fn hopes that more extensive finds v1,l be made stampeders are con- yerging on Ruby firm all direct ions.
 The only previous report Ter cesved here was that good pay 1,a5 heen found on lower Poorinan ,~aek M limited area but latest aavices are that hte strike is pig ara s1ch as was known in the early days.
 News of the strike was recelveo LILA N, lattaTS sent to U. s. Marsh al Thomas Long at Ruby and to Eeorge Wesch of the First National Bsnk by Thomas ). DeVane, Ruby merchant.
 Long says that about a month ago a miner named Wolfa. who has been prospecting for the last rev wears on creek about four miles long and about Il miles pe- low the old workings on Poorman craek made a strike. He gave lays to Billy Gragen and Shropspire.
 The ground on which Shropshire Ras a lay will it is said, average s0 to the foot of bedrock. It is four feet in depth and about 20 feet vide. Gragen's lay is about mile further up hte creek and averages about s3 to the fot. This makes it appear that paystreak is continu- ous far M least that di4tance and of course furthe prospecting may snow that it extends up and down the creek a much greater distance.
 BEAVER GREEK
 These finds encourag ged prospect ors to go out into the hills and along in the last of December Tom Gallagher started prospecting on Beaver Greek. The first hole did not yield any prospects and move vas then made 80 feet nearer the creek. Here the second hole was put down and at its bottom six or eight inches of wash was found that went 75 cents to the pan. Over ss was banned out from the bot tom of the hole.
 The next hole was sunk still an other SO feet closeer to the creek. On February Gallagher and his nartner were down into the gravel 1g inches and were obtaining pans averaging $1.20 each. They have not yet got to the bottom of the hole. but 1t is surnised they will have three Or four feet of wash if values continue down to bedrock 1t twill constitute the greatest strike ever made in this camp"
 II IS practically certain that the paystreak will be 50 feet wide, the distance between the last two holes and how much wider it is remains to be Getermlned. Those who have seen tlie gold believe the paystreak r1ll be continuous, similar to that 0n Wolfe creek. Beaver creek is near the Twin Buttes.
 stampcders are flccking to the scene of the strike from up and down tho Y5kon, from Hot Springs and N1lato and fron. Ophir and othe4 camps
 All the most favorable locations around Gailagher's striks and on the creeks adjacent to Beaver and Wolfe have been staked but other portions may contain as good ground, in the belief of those who