The Alaska prospector. [volume], October 23, 1902, Image 1

About The Alaska prospector. [volume] (Valdez, Alaska) 1902-1908

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I*ast Arrivals From Nizina.
Several parties arrived here
front the Xilinn district vesterdav,
and are about the last to leave that
district. There are still four men
there hut they will probably remain
until they can sled out. The par
ty who arrived here are Bert Stev
ens, Boh Ftlkerson, Ben Bennett,
Tonsina Bill and Swiftwater Bill
Gates.
They rafted down the Chittyna
from the Inna to Taral and there
secured a bout in which they went
to the Tasnunu, a ml thence came
oner the railroad trail to town.
Two of this party, Bert Stevens
and Boh Fulkerson, unde the last
important discovery in the Xizina
district, that on Canyon creek.
This is not a very large creek, hut
prospects so well that they will re
turn to it in the early sprtng.
Is* sal*- coarse gold on this creek |
there is an ahuniiance of placer
copper. The discoverers could not
do much work as they were short
of provisions, vet they seem to lie
satisfied with the discovery. They
will not say much uUuit what tliev
took tiut, hut seem to have plenty
of gold.
Mr. (Sates, Swift water Bill, who
is a well known prospector, made a
number of locutions and is morc
tlian pieased with the country .He
started m bite, hut traveled fasi
and did considerable work.
Tne party rejnirts about six
inches of snow on the interior ami
the creeks commencing to freeze.
A Family Affair.
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for A Family Affair.
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hhtvi Mr*. LooMIM
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matrimonial market, aim iiumii*
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pal h Ml** I.IMMhY
A Family Affair, Saturday night,
Oet. J-nh,
ON SLATE ‘CREEK AND THE
CHISNA THIS YEAR
S600.C00 Cleanup
On the Vflrioua creeks In Chisna
District. Last Years
Output Doubled.
The hist of the miners of the
Chisna district have left that camp
for the season, and according to
the reports of the owners of several
of the liest properties there,
and from the amount of gold :
shipped out hv the express com-;
panics, it is safe to say that the!
output of that district this season i
is at least double what it was last
year.
This district was formed in 1900.
but that year very little work was
ilon • as the discoveries were made
late, provisions were scarce, but
few men were in the district, and
only a few thousand dollars was
taken out of the few claims that
were then worked.
Last season considerable work
was done,but much of this was dead
work. Lumla-r had to be whip
sawed. sluice boxes made, cabins
erected and all the claims had to
Ik- prospected more or less to ascer
tain where the pay streaks lay.
Hut with all the dead and develop
ment work, the district produced
about 1:100,000, and most of this
came from Slate creek and Miller
gulch.
This season, with most of the
sluice boxes ready for work, with
the ground opened up and very lit
tle dead work to do, the output
from these two creeks was about
#•">(10,000. This would have l>een
much larger hud there been suffi
cient water for sluicing, but for the
first time since the district was
formed the supply of water whs
very small, and consequently the
output was not quite as large as
was anticipated.
On the Chisna river last year
nearly all the work done was de
velopment and dead work, lluz
lett it Meals, Melvin Dempsey.
Grogg «t Johnson, the Dawson Par
ly and several other owners of
claims did a large amount of devel
opment work' Hazlett it Meals
put in a sawmill and got out a
large amount of lumber for future
use, and also t>uilt a liume and got
in place a hydraulic plant. The
umt ii1 mu u.^r.^iuriu & iuomiy
ami only two claims took out any
goal to speak of. Hazlett it Meals
took out probably not more than
♦o.tiOO and aland #2,500 was taken
from the Dempsey claims. This
season, however, the output has
been much larger. Hazlett & j
Meals have taken out at least'
#100,000 and from the other claims, j
only a few of which were worked,
from #5,000 to #10,000 was taken |
out.
A ereat manv miners think that
in the future the Ciliana will be j
the largest producer in the district, j
The work done on the benches of
this river this season prove beyond
a doubt that they contain much
coarse gold, and that they will not,
j l»e hard to work. These benches j
are quite extensive and if they doi
: prove as rich as expected, it will
make a rich camp and one that
. wib take several vears to werk out.
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I There is now a scheme on foot
by ail «astern company to pur
chase all these properties, l>olh on
I C'hisna river and Sla;e creek and
Miller gulch. Not all the owners
j will sell, but enough claims can be
Benin*! so that most of the prop-'
erty ran be worked on a large
scale.
There are a number of other!
good creeks in this district that]
have shown g-ssl prospects, hut
not half of the district has been j
prospected. The formation through- j
out the district is very good, and 1
as more development work and
prospecting is done, there will no!
doubt lie as good property discov
ered as has already I teen found.
Accident on the Excelsior.
to tht*
Juneau, Oct. 20.—H. I’. Hitter.]
who spent the summer in charge of|
the Coast and Geodetic Survey in]
Valdez hay and Prince William j
sound, met with an accident while I
coming down on the Kxcelsior. !
The I mat encountered rough wen-]
ther off the mouth of Copjier river,
and on the 19th. while Mr. Hitter j
was walking the deck of the pitch
ing vessel, he slipped and fell,
breaking a leg.
He received the best care possible
on the boat, until Juneau was
reached, when medical attendance
was procured. The doctor reports
that Mr. Hitter will soon recover
from the effects of his accident.
Earthquake at Eagle.
Rpeclal In the I'nosm-ron.
Eagle. Oet. 22—There was a se
vere earthquake shock here yester
day, hut no serious damage result
ed. and the people have l*een won
dering if there was any damage
done in other places.
The Yukon commenced to freeze
yesterday and to-day is tilled with
floating ice. It was expected that
this would he a late fall, and Un
freeze comes as a surprise to tin
residents of the Yukon. Last year
the river did not freeze over until
the 2t>th of Oct., hut in 1900 it was
frozen on the 13th of October.
Yukon Closing Up.
gprHftl ti» the I'Ro-ipEfTtiR.
Dtiwson, Y. T., Oct. 22—The last
White Pass boat left here yesterday
and the river will soon' he closed.
Today the stream is running full
of slush ice.
With the close of navigation this
fall, ends a season that has been a
record breaker for the amount of
freight entering Dawson. There
was six thousnnd tons more of
freight brought to the Yukon this
year than there was last year.
Movement of Steamers.
In Ihf I’ROKPECTOM.
Juneau, Oct. 20—The Berths
left here yesterday for Valdez. The
Excelsior arrived from the West
ward today.
Attorney French Coming.
Late advices from the interior
state that (Sco. K. French, former
ly assistant district attorney at
Eagle, is now on his way overland
to Valdez. For safety and conven
ience he has sent his documents
ahead hy mail.
Assessment Boll about Complete. |
City Assessor. Jas. McHie. has
atsmt completed the assessment roll
of the city for the iiscal year and
the assessed valuation of city prop
erty will Ik- nl>out $250,000.00,
which is $100,000 more than la?t
year. Taxes will be due on Dec.
15th and delinquent on Jan. 15th.
Weather Record.
Above i**ro exn'pt wheiv otlierwiito «t*ttMl.
% Kain. Figure* »hnw prm*ipiUtii>u iu iuchf*.
Obworvt^l Rii<t rc|M»ruM bv l»r. L.**. i tunul*.
DEATH ON DOAT
WELL KNOWN PROSPECTOR
AND MINER
K. LOfin of Valdez.
Passes Away of Heart Failure; on
The Excelsior, at Sea,
October 19.
to flu* PjtrMptrTnii.
Juneau, Oct. •_>(».—W. K. Griffin,
the well known prospector and
mine owner, of Valdez, died of
heart failure, on the Excelsior,
the lllth of this month. The death
occurred while the boat was at sea,
alsiut a days travel from here.
Mr. Gridin was known to near
ly every passenger on the boat and
his death east a gloom over every
one. It is not known what ar
rangements will he made in regard
to the body.
W. E. Gridin whs born in Sche
nectady. New York, in IStiS, and
left there while quite veiling and
settled in Butte and Anaconda,
where he learned considerable
about mining. Front there ho
came to Alaska in ls'.lS and did
some prospecting along the Yukon
and its tributaries.
In the spring of 1001 he left
Eagle in company with Dr. Brad
ley and came overland to Valdez.
He remained here tiil last spring
when together with Jas. Stephens
he went into the Nizina country to
prospect. Gold was discovered,
and Griffin made some of the best
locations on Bex gulch, Calamity
creek, Chititu creek, Copper
creek ami Young creek. Being
well satisfied with his season’d
work, he eame to Valdez and took
the Excelsior for the States.
The news of his death was quite
a shock to his friends and associated
here, who are all loud in their
praise of him. and claim him to
have been a perfectly upright and
honorable man in all his dealings.
Going to the States.
l\ S. Marshall Geo. C. Perry has
been granted a three months leave
of absence and will leave on the
Santa Ana for his old home in Du
buque. Iowa. He will lie accom
panied by his wife, and la-sided
visiting their old home they will
also visit New York. Boston and
other eastern cities. Marshall Per
ry will tie in Washington city for
several weeks, where he will no
doubt do good work for Alaska, hy
assisting in the passage of needed
legislation for tin* district. Being
a personal friend of Speaker Hen
derson. and a number of other
prominent senators and congress
men, the Marshal will he able
to do much towards having
some needed legislation enacted for
Alaska.
Surveyors Quit Work.
The railroad surveyors have
probably stopped operations for the
winter. They have Wen at work
since the first of July, anti have en
euuntered very wet anil disagreable
weather the past six weeks, and the
Istys are glad to get hack to town
again. The survev started from
I the towiisite across the bay anti the
i locution line has Wen completed to
[the summit of the Tasnuna divide,
while the preliminary line is com
pleted to within a few miles of the
Copper river. It is barely jmssible
that after a few weeks rest the
I surveys may lie continued uu tho
snow.