Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-20

ready at work on Small creek, tri- butary of Good News Bay, and "b1ieve it or not" actually found 10 cent dirt in the first hole sunk.
 MT. Grover has recieved build ing material and will erect cab in on Small creek. He is also ex- amining the lode property found by Andrew Olson and partner Hol- land near Cape Pierce.
 Slim" Smith and Johnnie Ben nett are working on Wattaman.
 Ed McCann is moving an outfit to Small creek. Robert Gerke, mer- chant of Bethel, came to Good News Bay recently to look over the recent find there. He secured some ground and will, presumably, do some development work.
 Tupper Thompson, Fred Waltens, Carton Sinclair, George Wicket, and others of the owners of the producing platinum proper t ies near Ptarmigan creek, are already starting the seasons work. Some time during the past year George Wicket found a three-ounce mug get of gold, a remarkably beauti- tul specimen of natures handi- work. George does not say where he found it, any more definitely than that it was within the Aralik river drainage area. He does say, tho, that he wishes he had not found it as it has kept him from working on his other property, and so far, this nugget seems, like Lord Dundrearn, to have flocked strictly to itself.
 The many friends of John "Klon- dike" Johnson throughout the Ter ritory will be glad to learn that he is recovering from the injuries sus- tained by. his fall from the dock at Naknek. He expects to return to his trading post at Kinak, on the Kuskokwim, soon. But we all gamble that when "Klondike" sees the boys getting ready for the hills, he will sigh for the old days when he too fought the pestiferous mos quito and twirled the ever-fasci- hating pan. ,......
 William Ott and Fred McGarry were on the Kakwok river early in the winter and it is probable that the granite area lying to the south of the right limit of the lower Kak- wok, will be among those sections this summer having prospectors in the vicinity.
 Jim Timerman is quit well, and is enjoying the wonderful June sunshine we are having. Circum- stances have prevented Jim from being actively engaged in the pros pecting field the past few years but he is one of the old guard who neved lost faith in the eventual finding of real pay dirt in the so little known Nushagak region.
 For the first time on record there are more men in this sec tion than can find work at the canneries during the fishing sea- son. Every boat brings new arri- 'vals, all looking for work. The can- neries are preparing for a large run of red salmon and the several local stores have stocked heavily with new merchandise in anticipa- tion of a good business season.
 The many friends of Cap. Chas. E. Anderson are glad to learn that he and his associates have enter ed the transportation and mer- chandising field with the M. s. Polar Bear, and many expressions of good will have been heard con- corning the new enterprise.
 H. P. Nicholson returned from San Francisco and, with airplanes a regular feature along the water front, it is quite possible to see at any hour, these long days, some grizzled old rainbow chaser wrap ping himself around a combination salad. And always the theme at the table is; 'Oh, for one more camp as of old"