Gold Producers of the Tundra and Creeks Strike Booming Nome Output
The Nome district faces a winter gold output exceed $4000 with widespread activity across multiple creeks. Operations at Wonder and Little Creek benches, Cyrus Noble, Cyrus Noble and Mikado fractions, and numerous leases detail thousands of buckets of pay, with total district figures approaching millions in value as crews mine, sluice, and hoist on varied claims across Center Creek, Portland bench, and adjacent areas. The report lists prominent operators, claims, and the scale of winter prospecting and production efforts.
Miner Prospector Scams and Gas Hoist Speculations
The report details a mining and gas operation with Captain EW Johnston and L. Pid, noting ownership of a property by P. p. Whitinavin and a lease by Schuler & Sar ge. It mentions eighteen workers, hoisting 000 forty-pin gas buckets valued at 250 000 and past winter operations by Cooper and POD Winter, employing twelve men and hoisting 13 000 twenty-five ten tickets of pay worth 20 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Tvandri
Wits Rossep
EW. Johnston
L. Pidseieiti
BV Witten
Mojave
Moonlight Creek Mining Claims and Summer Plans
Moonlight Creek, a Lit tle tributary claim, features Pacific Coal & Transport Co and thirteen men with 3 000 feet of ground. $12,000 value. W T Vose’s Raymond dump worth $750. May fraction owned by Scandia Mining Company under J Brown sublets. 60 feet pay, 15 feet rich, steam hoist, 4 000 cars sluicing to $60 000. No. 4 Bourbon tract, Scandia lease to Crabtree Was key & Kinzie and Savage Leverich & Derbyshire. 150 feet west with self dumper. $20 000. Camp of Crabtree Waskey & Kinzie employs 24. Savage, Leverich & Derbyshire plan summer hoists. J C Brown prep for work. Bourbon left limit No 4 bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
W. T. Vose
Messrs
Peterson and Landstram
Scandia Mlining Company
J. Brown
Crabtree, Wiskey & Kinzie
Scandii Mining Company
Bourbon
Wonder Creek promises rich gold pay in historic Alaska mines
The article details mining activity along Wonder Creek between Pour Bon and Little Creek near upper Dry Creek, noting early investors led by W. White and Charles Mitechell. It covers multiple claims including No. 1 owned by White and leased to Solo Mining Co under S. C. Gale, with extensive summer work, and describes outputs, crews, and valuations for adjacent claims such as Mabel bench, Philadelphia fraction, Chestnut, Prague Beach, Morning Star, Big Two, and other workings, highlighting a shift from failed surface mining to underground pay and new discoveries on Cyrus Noble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonder Creek
Pourbon
Little Creek
de Graham
Charles Mitechell
Carson Gold Mining Company
Cyrus Noble
Large dump of low-grade dirt worth $2000 on No 10 Dry
At the top of the HII, Connelly and associates have cut a substantial dump of low-grade dirt totaling 30,600 cars valued at about $2,000. The fragment notes the scale of earthmoving activity and the assignment of cost to the site work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connelly and Associates
Prospecting Summary on Flat Creek Mining Claims
Flat creek near Little and Wonder creeks hosts two pay streaks. The Tundra Association hill on the divide is owned by Pioneer Mining and leased to different parties. Ernest Whittard’s operation yields 10,000 buckets and 6,000 ears of dirt valued around $20,000 with 13 men and a steam hoist. Monroe & Erickson report 000 buckets worth $4,500, Crewe & Marsh 12,000 buckets worth $6,000. Lester beach near No 1 Plat creek operated by Harry Pigeon & Co has four men and $3,000 pay. Neo. 1 Flat creek owned by Murane Hall & Garvin under lease to Hall & Murane with four elect men and 4,000 buckets valued at $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbare & Co
Venter Creek
Wonder
Capt Whistler
Werner, Hanson & Olson
Werner, Olson & Hanson
Pearson, Erickson & Nelson
Hiawnson
Preeding & Thuanson
Lida Association
Wits & Vogel
Hipneedives
Trieste Holst
Ah Taittle
Thomas Winsor
Istrea
Dexter-Anvil Hill
Daisy
Orton, Calkins, Darting
Miocene Company
Wild Cheese Company
George €. Maha
Peter Brennan
Tom T. Line
Bear Miting & Trading Company
Ashley & Adams
Anvil Mountain
Stir
Thle Price
Charles Milot
B.T. Lamb
Flat Creek
Little Creek
Wonder Creek
Pioneer Mining Company
Ernest Whittard
Monroe & Erickson
Crewe & Marsh
Lester Beach
Platereek
Harry Pigeon & Co
Murane, Hall & Garvin
Dud Bs
Tea Hall & Murane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nome
Wittter
Wien
Suidlo
Uae
Ernst Couree
Conner Creek
Caver Wien
Gore Willi
Phe
Fteben
Buiaeli
Iarhott
Tiemond T
Beiter
Leone Cork
Devon
Serererk
Westwind
Saiset Corock
Pierciner
Jc) Brown
Briairoad Elim
Dso Kreawn
Ne 1 Heluw Discovery
Ma. Brews
Layne
W. H. Bard
Dunsmore & Wilson
Center Creek
Charles Ison and
Ene
Mit
Hopkins & Elinse
Tye
Lite Creek
Tiscovery
Portland Beach
Portland
Am de Metson Henly
Wihieter
Haiti
Reenein
Ted
Clarkes Mitchett
Howard Anwes
Watt
Bal Kelash
Mir Mitchell
Gladys Uediig
Andy Geabieer
Center
Ouadt
Cmee
Beneli
Gavaied
Sirigaler
Ehadin
Sevier
Pawcelve
Waener, Herman & Stem
Murray & Bess
Troy
Melotiaha& Cillett
Tegase Bytas
Hilen, Smith & Hines
Duckers
Werth
Biyles
Fitcher
Rogers
Pitinell
Bourbon Creek
Pitt & Peterson
Chreenberg
Boucher & Moston
Vider Baw
Bard
Nixon & Brontuat
J. C. Brown
Bred Johnson
Sam Samson
J.C. Brown
Samson & Co
Samson
Brown
Chamas
Carson Mining Company
Mitchell, Graham & Berger
Mikado
Yellow Jacket
Lillian Association
Vogel, Sale Et al
Bonnell, Goodyear & Button
Dry Creek
Discovery
Hatch & Erickson
Simson & To
Chimond I
Cyris
Gertrude
Charles Suter
A. E. Blake
R. S. Giddings
William Tierney
WW. &. McCray
Barney Cole
Dhondt le Udder
Banisen & To
Elainmis
Dinamond
Dexter
Anvil Hill
Anvil Creek
Daisy Claim
Nakkila Gulch
Dina
Cooper Gulch
Moonlight Creek
Moonight Creek
Little
Dts
The
Pacific Oul & Trans
Seay PE
Pioneer Mining CO
ELI Hock
Toren
EL Infinito Key Wess Opis
Key West
Dox Antonio
Hoor Jack, Star
Piper Heddsleck
Durham
Westover
Dilili
Cc. C. Sutter, the Gem
Front Street
Hunter
No. 1
W. (. White
Solo iMning Company
S.C. Gale
Mabel Bench
Connors & Kelly
Jewitt, Chilberg & Murnane
Waskey
Wood & Chilberg
Bella Kirke
Prague Beach
Chris Niebuhr
R. A. Griffis
Morning Star
Peter Peterson
Bernard & Warsing
Lethman
McDonald & West
Mally & Johnson
A. J. Mueller
Che Hugget
Fron Street
Alaska
Notary and Corporation Seals
G. H. Wintermantle
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