The Nome nugget., 1931-03-21

.ast named creek ., '. nkS to the efforts of Thomas A Gaffney, who was instrumental in obtaining five thousand dollars las, summer thru the Territorial Road Engineer to start this much needed road. This read at the present time has been started and We urgently reques' that at least it be continued a. far as sunset this coming summer. and further if possible. Last sum Ter as Sunset creek considerable preliminary work was done com mensurate 10 gettins the property in shape to mine it iute!ligently, and there is no doubt that con sderabl work will be done on this property this coming season. Consequently you sec the urgent and immediate need of this par Of the road.
 That an additional wagon road of at least 20 mics be added to the Nome Glacier road to eN; end il, further up into Sake Rive" and Stewart River regions, as there are thousands of acres of dr edgins ground awaiting trans portation A number of these creeks were worked by hand met hods in the early days and paid dividends, but 1t cannot now be worked proftably except by the small dredging process. The price Of frs ght :o this section at th" present time is prohibitive, conse- quently there are no chances of dredges being transported unless q road is built to minimize freight rates This road will also serve transportation for four different quartz prospects of which good assays have been obtained on all of them. We feel sure that if tlts Iu41 is constructed that the owners Of these quartz properties will have little trouble in obtain ing interested capital tp continu" their prospecting.
 Starting from point about q mile and q half or two miles be low Fort Davis on the Nome-Solo- mon road, somewhere near the Old Chicken Ranch. we advise that q road be run directly north to con meet with a road on Osborn creek This paases over number of lcreeks, namely, Irene. Sweepstakes Moss Gukch, Stevens. Laredo and i Washington creeks. all of which in the earlier days produred consider able monev with tho crude hand
 methods then in use. Last sum tper one mining outfit operated on one of those creeks and pro ]uced considerable money, but Wa very much handicapped by the i ,,f ,pcportati,u Thi- win ter there has been moro prospect ing going on in and around these or' "ke and in our opinion haS onr qdiacant cre-ks. This would h.. the first leg of road which eventually will ba eytendei furth- e- into the interior 'o open ur Flambeau, Eldneado, Beover and 1 Nonan2a river sections which ar" istll unprospected and in time
 this road VIII conre.t with the
 Solomon River-Casa d, Para road and thence to Council hv Niukluk
 River This last ramad section contains thousandte cf acres of low
 er-a dA dredgeahle ground.
 That the road from Cape Nome t0 Bonanza Ferry be abandoned
 and that a substitute road be con sTructed north of the lagoon to Bonanza Ferry. The ground in this section is of such d nature tt!4t road could be constructed very cheaply o2 the north side of the lagoon. This will eliminate fthe expense of maintaining two
 ferries. as bridges wll be built lA&ross Bonanza and Solomon Riy- ers. Our opinion is that this road VII pay fer itself in a very few years, eliminating the expense of m2indaining the ferries above men-
 toned. as at various times travel cannot be accommodated on account CT the elements of weather and
 "iJter conditions at those ferries
 Besides it will he q safe condition for travel al all times of the year. .Also eliminating the co of main tenance of the present road on ha beach between Bonanza and
 Cane Nome.
 That the work of rehabilitatins
 the old solomon River railroad into a wagon road be continued
 unull over the Ruby Divide and then the road be continued down lafong the Casa de Pasa River.
 Last summer dredge was install
 ed on Ruby Greek, coming into the Casa just where the wagon road comes down the Ruby hill
 and strikes Casa River. and there Is considerable mention of other dr edges to be installed farther down the main Casa. The Ruby Divide on the south side is in bad