The Nome nugget., June 25, 1904, Image 1

About The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1901-1904

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THE NOME NUGGET
VOL 4. NO. 5H. NOM Κ. ALASKA. SATURDAY. .ΙΓΝ Κ 25. HMH I'KICK J" CENTS
NEWS OF
KOYUKUK
Winter Output Greater
Than Eyer Before.
t
CLEANUP OF 570,000
The Nugget Correspondent Says
the Koyukuk, as He Sees It.
Will Not Stand a Boom.
(Speciul Correspondence.)
I'old foot, Alaska, June 1.—The win
ter's output in this district is much
more this spring than ever before.
Less than 175 men wintered in this
vicinity and a small per cent, of them
were talcing out dumps. The entire
clean-up will amount to about 170,000.
Several of the boys are in town now,
having washed up their dumps, and by
carefully comparing different estim
ates I tbink the following is not far
from correct, at least it is not exag
gerated :
Vermont creek, a tributary of Ham
mond, 930,000. The diggings on this
creek are about 15 feet deep. There
were 12 men working on the creek.
Nolan creek, 925,000. This pay was
found last December by John Nolan
and George Murray. On Christinas
live they panned out 82 cents and since
that time the more they open it up the
better it looks. It is by far the richest
they ever struck here. Mr. Murray
came in today on his way outside to
purchase machinery. He said they
took out 14,200 buckets and would clean
up about 918,000 or 920,000. He showed
me several fine nuggets which were
found in the dumps; one of 9.Ί18, one of
9207, and a third of #188, and several
were found that run from $70 to 9100.
Messrs. Murray and Nolan have been
bucking up against the real thing for
several years in Alaska, and well de
serve the good luck which has come to
them Gold creek's output is about
97,000, and other small creeks 98.000.
Last year the total output of the win
ter diggings was not over 92,500, so
even without the big Murray & Nolan
strike, the gain over last year would be
very flattering.
There will be about 200 men working
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on the various creeks this summer.
Much of the summer work is on very
shallow ground.
.A year ago last fall pay was struck
on Mascot, a small stream running into
the North Fork; it was very shallow,
something on the plan of Candle creek.
Last summer the output on Mascot was
1105,000, but it was mainly worked out,
unless something is found on the
benches.
Late last Fall a new strike was made
70 miles up Wild creek, on Spring
creek and Lake creek. If prospects
hold it will (jo from #25 to $75 to the
shovel. Several claims will be operat
ed up there this summer.
The great drawback heie is the pro
vision question. It "is not only high,
but getting it to the diggings, especial
ly the new diggings, is the problem.
There are three horses in the district
now and doubtless there will be more
this spring, as a freighter has gone to
the Yukon for the purine of bringing
in several head.
Here atColdfoot grub is rather high,
as shown by the following: Flour, $20
perewt.; bacon, 48c per !♦>; sugar, 2Hc
per lb; canned stuff, 75cpercan; beans,
23c per th; Kagle milk, $23.00 per case.
From Bettles, the head of steamboat
navigation toColdfoot, 70 miles, freight
is eight cents a pound. There is no
company store here.
There is every indication of a dry
season.
The river broke at Bellies on May
12th.
The Koyukuk, as I see it, will not
stand a boom. Anevik.
LOOKED FOR
MIDAS GREEK
Λ. K. Thompson is a Koyukuker who
is in town, having arrived from St. Mi
chael this week. Speaking of the Koy
ukuk, Mr. Thompson says that country
is showing up very well. Some pros
pectors have been looking for Duncan
and Griggs' Midas creek, but they had
not found it. It Is supposed to be u
tributary of the Haisslakakakat, a
stream which enters the Koyukuk
about 200 miles from the mouth. Dan
Everly, a Koyukuk miner, went over
there last winter and reported t hat he
had found Duucan and Griggs' camp,
but no signs of staking had been dis
covered. "There may be a Midas
creek, all right," said Mr. Thompson,
"but no one, so far as I know, has
found it." Mr. Thompson lias been in
the Koyukuk country for two years.
Mrs. A. Gottliebson has opened a dis
play of dressmaking Roods on Stead
man ave. ti-25
15-year-old Lacey at the Nevada 121c.
The " Elite " and " The Lacey."
The well known Klite saloon has been
closed for repairs, and after being re
fitted it will be opened under new man
agement as K'The Lacey." The new
proprietor is well and favorably known
and the new Lacey promises to be even
more popular than the old Klite. The
Lacey wlll| make its initial bow this
(Saturday) evening.
Building paper, Darling & Dean's.
The most complete stock of hard
ware In Alaska at Qieae's.
For winter contracts for genuine
Wellington coal, see Tanner & Clark.
A large stock of Iron and steel just
received at Qlese's.
Large line cooking utensils of every
description at Darling & Dean's.
Navajo blankets and pyrography out
fits for sale at Dobbs' studio at outside
prices.
Moonlight Springs water at the
Elit· Bath·, foot of Hunter way.
For winter contracts for genuine
Wellington coal, see Tanner & Clark.
..NEW ARRIVALS..
I |f Steïn-Bloch's
Tailor Made
Clothing...
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Latest Style Stetson Hats
û(JS BROWN
LEADING CLOTHIER AND GENTS' FURNISHER
Hiiim «
DEAD DODY
OF MAN
In a Slough About Four
Miles from Council.
MONEY IN POCKETS
But No Identification Has Been
Made.—Troubles of Clieclia·
ko Seller of Green Stuff.
(IteKUlar C'orrcspoii(lerioi·.)
Council City, June 21.—The initial
trip for the season 11MJ4 to Council of
the gasoline boat Ilough Itider was
raaile today. The owners, the Green
brothers, expect to make regular runs
during the entire season. The low
stage of water in the Neukluk may,
however, prevent the boat reaching
Council. Among the passengers were
C. Stanford and wife, Ceo. \V. Bittner
and wife and two sons, Win. Kastman,
M. Steiner, Juck Shaw, all of whom are
residents of Council, who have been so
journing tin the out fide.
Lasf week Andy Oshkosh and John
Brewer were prosecuted for trespass on
ϋ town lot, the property of the tie Soto
Company.
A. il. Miller, formerly one of tlie
proprietors of the Occidental, returned
to Council yesterday. He will devote
his attention to mining this season.
As compared with former years,
there is a noticeable shortage in the
number of chechakos arriving. What
ïlTeet this reduction of numbers will
have on the labor supply required for
the camp is unknown. At present
labor is a drug, owing to the lateness
if the season.
IÎ. Lyons, a recent arrival from Solo
mon, seems to have undertaken to con
sume all the liquor in the camp. The
supply was too great, and "jim-jatiis"
ind "snakes" were the result. lie
doming delirious and without funds, he
was taken up as a vagrant and sent to
he Wayside hospital for treatment,
where, after a few days' illness, death
claimed him as another victim of folly.
The dredge of the de Soto company
lias been put in operation at the mouth
jf Ophir creek. Although the gravel
s still frozen so that the buckets can
lo nothing but scrape the top ground,
a cleanup seems to promise good ·'«■- !
suits. The agent in charge, Tiiomas
Dwyer, is exhibiting' some nuggets
taken from the sluices that bespeak
Hue results when the machine once has
a fair show at the gravel of the creek
bed·
Karl ν .Sunday morning a scow load of
fresh provisions from the Corwin arriv
ed in Council. Soon people were seen
assembling around the landing and pur
chasing eggs, lemons, potatoes, etc.. as
rapi■ !I ν as the owner could attend the
trade. Λ little later, on complaint of
local merchants, the authorities noti
fied the dealer that he was amenable to
the law on two counts—selling on Sun
day and selling without a license. As,
a license could not Issue on that day, I
and the dealer did not care to face a
charge of violating the Sunday law. j
the goods were withdrawn from sale.
Alex de Soto and Α. V. Dedrick, of
the de Soto Mining Co., and Attorney
Ν. II. Castle made a hasty trip down
the river on Saturday night. The po-1
session of the steamer Dusty Diamond j
is a trump card, which the de Soto Co.
and the North Alaska Transportation
Co. are each striving to acquire and
hold.
.lack Sheward, the I'ox river miner,
on his way to Council, yesterday, tlis- ;.
covered the body of a man in a slough ;
of Dear creek, about four miles from
Council. Deputy Marshal ('lias. Hams- j
dale procured a team and brought the i
corpse to camp, but as yet, no identiti- j
cation has been made. No papers of .
any kind were found in the pockets of
the clol hing. A small purse containing
$45 was found.
Hugo Heyer, former agent of the N.
A. T. & T. Co. at Council, arrived from j
Chinik today, lie «ill lie in charge of
Κ. II. Dunn's mining operations on
Ophir this season.
Judge J. M. McDowell leaves toinor-j
row for Nome and the States.
I ront Nulato.
Garrett Busch, the well known Nu
lato trader, and United States Com
missioner for that precinct, is in town, !
accompanied by Mrs. liusch, who goes
to New York city to place their two
children in school. Mr. Musch states'
that a number of prospectors are in
the Kiayuh mountain country, among
them Hob Warren, who reports that on
one claim he has nine feet of gravel
which was showing up very well.
Sold Government Grub.
News items from up the Yukon eon
tain a brief account of the recent
escape from Fort Gibbon of private
Hoeers of the signal corps, who was
under arrest for having disposed of cer
tain government stores from a tele
graph station further down the river,
where it was stationed last year.
After his escape Koirers lived in the
brush, subsisting as best lie could for u
few days, but was soon recaptured.
NEWS OF
TANANA
Rich Pay Said to Have
Been Found
ON CLEARY CREEK
Vtost of the Gold Taken Out lias
Been Ised to Pay Old Debts
and to Buy Machinery.
?p»viul ilispuK h to The Νιόιιβτ.
Fairbanks, Alaska. June Is. -Kd.
ieiderman has finished putting down a
iecond hole on his side claim, No. .1
liiove on t'Ieary. Ile has struck a
)oilj· of rich pay. The second hole is
IM) feet back from where he made the
irst rich strike. Two new holes have
jeen put down on discovery claim for
lunnner working. Kxtra good pay is
•eporteil in both of them. A big plant
vill be installed there this summer.
They are now hoisting and dumping
nto sluice boxes.
Westenvick Brothers have located
he pavstreak on their claim. They
lave a run of very coarse gold in shal
ow ground.
The laymen on deary and Hilly's
rround are linishing up sluicing,
'leary and Hilly have about one-third
>f their l>iy dump shoveled in. They
lave just put down two new holes for
ummer working, and have good pay in
•oth of them.
Hunter and linker have linished
luicing up what is said to have been
he best dirt taken out of l'edro during
he winter. It went HI.40 to the
rncket.
T. Heigler brought in two heavy
lokes from ('leary this week. The
uost of the gold taken out of the
'round I his season in Ibis district has
leen spent in paying lipoid debts or I
tuying machiney or other improve- j
nents.
Westenvick. who owns !i above on
'leary, says that, in his opinion, the
tench on the lefl limit of abirve on '
'leary is the best claim opened ιιρ so I
ar in this district. He says there is I
our feet of gravel on bedrock that will
',o $.") to the bucket, and there is two
eet more above ibis thai will go 20
ents to the pan. Kd. Siederman, who
TRIM LITTLE
VESSEL'S TRIP
The trim little gasoline steamer Sed
Ιυη, Capt. A. S. Crane, reached Nome
Priday morning. The Seddon was
,owed to l'ortage ba.v by tiie Klihu
rhompson, but from t hut place she
nade her way unaided to Nome. A
jood deal of ice was encountered, ;ind
,he Seddon went to the head of Bristol
3ay and to Nushagak. Capt. Crane
iays that live ships from Portland were
fast in the ice in Bristol; ten ships had
irrived at Nushatrak. Leaving Nusha
gak she made Nunivak island, and from
whence direct to Nome. The Seddon is
>f Hi tons. She will go into commis
ïion between Nome and coast points,
rhe steamer is owned by Josh. II.
Vic in tyre.
A DITCH FOR
INMACHUK
H. M. Walters, of the fnmacliuk Min
ng and Ditch Co., arrived on the Va
encia, accompanied by his son. The
nmachuk Company is a new corpora
ion, backed by ample capital, and it is
ntended to construct a ten mile ditch
in the right limit this summer. The
:ompany has valuable holdings on the
nmachuk.
Denied Possession.
Λη injunction was issued Thursday
•estraining the U. S. marshal from giv
ng possession of a portion of the build
ng known as the U. S. Mercantile
wilding to D. J. McKinney. Over two
rears ago McKinney sueil J. G. Paeey
or possession of the lot on which the
>uilding stands. The case was appeal
id and the judgment of the district
:ourt affirmed. When McKinney sought
Ό obtain possession he was met by an
njunction, it being alleged that l'arey
»eld possession by virtue of a lease
rom the Nome-Sinook Co.
For hay and grain see Tanner &
31ark. For Wellington coal--the gen
line—see Tanner & Clark.
Shell hardware in great variety at
jlese'i.
Bridge School Building.
The Bridge school building was pur
chased yesterday by the school board,
ihe price paid being $1000. The bulki
ng was sold by Capt. J. R. Km, as
Lttorney in fact for K. L. Lynch. The
wilding is a good one, and was erected
η 1Θ00.
A BIG KICK
FROM BLUFF
1 iliiIT, June 23. -The mining records
have been swiped from this camp, so
an unfortunate miner has to go 70
miles to Nome on foot or pay $15 for
boat fare. The man supposed to be
deputy recorder denies that lie is or
ever lias been such, and that he has not
the records of lilulT in his possession.
This is how the law which has been made
for Alaska in the lines' meeting room,
Washington, I). by fourth-class
citizens, assists every boiled-shirt
handshaker, but not. the miner.
W. ( »" IÎ.
Iron pipe fittingsat Darling^ Dean's.
Wanted fur robes and furs at The
Igloo.
RUSSIA Urrtno
BIG REWARD
Turc NU(i(iKT is in recept of the fol
lowing, from Acting Governor Distin,
coupled with the request that it he
given publicity:
"The . Imperial Academy of Sciences
at St. Petersburg. A reward for
finding Huron Toll'.s ex pod it ion party,
or any traces of it.
"liaron Kdward Toll, chief of the
polar expedition sent out by the
Academy of Sciences, left Uennett is
land, lying north of New Siberia, on
October lili (Nov. 8) 1902, taking a
southern direction. He was accom
panied by the astronomer Seeberg and
two jakoots, Vassily Gorokhov, with
the surname Chichak, and Nicholas
Protodiakonow, with the surname
Omook. The party seems to have been
carried away by the ice.
"As the researches hitherto made
have been in vain, a reward of roubles
5000 is offered by the Academy of
Sciences for finding the whole expedi
tion party, or any part of it: and a re
ward of roubles 2.">00 for giving the first
I exact indications of tracing the party."
Drinks two for 2sc, the same as
formerly 25c each. Board of Trade.
Fresh beef, mutton, pork, veal, |hui1
try, etc., just received by the Pacific
Cold Storage company.
Rangea, all sizes; stoves, all kinds,
at Qiese's, Front street.
The first of our summer shipments,
comprising house, Hume and sluice lum
ber, is now here. Tanner & Clark.
PRISONERS FOR
MCNEIL'S ISLAND
Seven prisoners from the federal jail j
and an insane woman were sent out on \
the Garonne, which sailed for Seattle)
on Thursday night. The prisoners I
were: itichard Cleveland, Indian po-1
liceman at Anvik, sentenced to one j
year at McNeil's island; Joe Austin, j
native, is months, assault with intent]
to commit rape; Mamick, native, three
years, manslaughter; 15. II. Smith and
H. G. Higgins, six months, frequenting
an opium den: .f. J. Donohtte, t wo years,
rubbing a mining claim: James McCon
nell. larceny, two years. The insane
woman is Mrs. Sehishanowsky, of
Council. The prisoners were in charge
of Deputy Marshal Leekley and Guards
C. A. Mitchell. M. L. V. Smith and
Chas. Stanchlield.
Notice to Miners: I'alroni/.e the
Elite Baths, foot of liunter way.
New Goods! New Styles!
We are now prepared to show you the largest and
handsomest lines of Dry Goods ever brought to Nome
Ladies' Waists from $1.00 up.
Ladies' Tailor Made Suits
straight front Eaton's, anil
Military Jackets. Styles in
light mixtures, lined with
satin and trimmed with braid;
cloth to match predominating
tone in the mixture. Also Blue j
and Black Cheviots, lined with
silk or satin and trimmed with
buttons and braid.
Alfred Benjamin's Clothing··
None better. Come and see
them.
Also a Hull Line of the
Finest
Groceries
AM)
Provisions
Ever Brought to Nome.
Low Prices Best Quality
our mot ro.
Complete Line of Boys' Cloth·
ing—We can lit any boy. Our
prices will suit you.
Carpets—All kinds, all styles.
Prices from $1.00 up. This in
cludes sewing add laying.
Linoleum--2"> patterns to select
from. From $1.00 a yard up.
This includes laying.
Floor Oil Cloth--2.j patterns to
select from. ôOe a yard.
Mattings-·:!.') patterns to select
from. 30c α yard and up.
owns this cluim, rocket) out in a
few hours.
Thirteen bench claims on liex and
White gulches, in the Na/iria district,
were sold for $100.000.
Good pay is reported on Solo creek,
and prospects have been fourni on Ko ν
creek. It is reported that a-> high as
three cents to the pan has been found
in the gravel near bedrock on Kokomo.
This creek is in a good location and has
been steadily prospected.
From the kou^arok.
Jerry (ïalvin, the Dahl creek, Kou
garok. mining man, who is in town,
says that the Kougarok never looked
better. Mr. Galvin recently located a
new and rich paystreak on the famous
No. I Dabi creek, lie will return at
once to that section.
Bound for York.
The Seattle Tin I'late ( o. is the
name of a Seattle corporation which
will exploit York tin this season. .1.
K. Cryder is the president of the com
pany antl \V. A. Keene secretary. Mr.
Cryder and a party of n« n will leave
for York in a few days.
Louis Lane Visits Tanana.
Among those who have visited the
Tanana this spriny is Louis Lane, who
reached Nome Thursday direct from
that section, lie thinks that the Tan
ana country has a good future as a
placer mining section, although he
talks conservatively regarding it. fie
says that the winter cleanup will be
between $250,000 and $.'100,000.
DOES NOT LIKE
THE TANANA
Λ. N. Leopold, a pioneerof the Klon
dike and later of Nome, returned Wed
nesday after an absence of nearly three
years. Mr. Leopold, for the past year,
was in the Tanana country, where he
mined on Fairbanks creek, using a
steam plant. He is not favorably im
pressed with that section. He says
that there are, as yet, not more than
four or live claims in the whole district
that will pay from tl"> to $i"> a day to
the man. The whole country is a low
grade proposition, and it must lie work
ed on an extensive scale to make it pay.
A good many people were goiny up the
Tanana, but there is nothing for them 1
to do, and most of them will have tn
leave. Mr. Leopold left Fairbanks on I
June 10.
Two Divorces Wanted.
Two complaints and a summons in
divorce proceedings were tiled with i
the clerk of t lie district court last Wed
nesday. The tirst of these was that of
Charles (ieorge Horsfall. who com
plains tliat his wife, Mary 1'. I!. Hors
fall, to whom he was married at [xititr
Island, Ν. Y.. in 1884, has, for two
years, continued to live seiiarate and
apart from him without his consent.
An affidavit of summons by publication
accompanies the complaint, and a de
cree of divorce is aske.l forou the above
grounds.
The next complaint on the register is ,
entitled Ford vs. Ford, in which the
plaintiff is llildah Ford and the de
fendant Louis S. Ford.
The complaint alleges that the couple
were married in Spokane, Wash
ington, in 18!)9, and charges the de
fendant with desertion and failure to
provide, asking for the reasons stated a
decree of divorce.
A new line uf Hast man kodaks at;
Dobbs' studio. Closing out at outside
prices.
builders' hardware at (iiese's.
Wheelbarrows, picks, shovels: Darl
itig and Dean.
Fresh mint Juleps. Hoard of Trade.
FROM THE
INMACHUK
Last Winter's Operations
Were Satisfactory.
SOME BIG CLEAN UPS
Candle Creek Also Produced a
(ioodl) Amount of Gold
Dust This Spring.
Theodore Solomons and L. si. Mc
Lennan reached Nome Thursday raorn
i η si from < andle and the [nmachuk.
They came overland, a horse packing
their supplies ami u goodly amount of
gold du-,t. Mr. Solomons is a merchant
of Keewalik and < 'audio. Mr. McLen
nan is interested in the l'olar Bear
group on the Inmachuk and has been
in that K-etlnn for a year past. The
[nmachuk's clean-up, he says, will he
between $*0,000 and $100,000. Milroy
1 irtj-. λ Co., on the Homestake, will
clean up $30,000 op $35,000. Hank
I rie*. on the adjoining claim, has made
the best showing. Out of 2700 buckets
of dirt he cleaned up $.">400, or an aver
age of li.1 cents to the pan.
The Oasliley company were pros
pecting most of the winter but they
will clean up $7000 or $8000.
Mr. McLennan says that the strike
on the Kugruk is showing up very well.
On discovery ( lias. Smith has a steam
thawer with two points and is rocking
dirt paying $10 to $1.7 a day to the man.
Some .700 and »i00 feet helow Smith's
discovery the saine kind of pay has
been found, and it is believed that the
Κ ugruk ban a continuous paystreak, the
same as the Inmachuk.
llank fries, the Dash leys, Dick Iloog
adoi'ti. the Homestake people and oth
ers will work on the Inmachuk this
summer: Jim Met ormiek will mine on
Old (ilory creek, as will also a number
of other-, on that and other creeks of
that section.
Quite a number of Inmachuk miners
are due to arrive in Nome, including
Mr. Kay. who is bringing down eight
horse-, belonging to C. L. Morris.
Mr. Solomons says that the C'andle
creek clean-up will equal, if it does not
exceed, that of the Inmachuk, which
he thinks w ill lie «bout $*0,000.
STEIN-BLOCH
CLOTHING.. .
STRONG & GARFIELD
WATERPROOF SHOES
Swellest Line of
Men's Furnishings
in Nome
1904 STETSON HATS
. . GAFFNEY'S . .
kelly Corner.