Show NI W ll Creek In III Attracts Attention A agton In lit Alaska Ataka that has recently como come Into n 18 IB Is the tho Placer wining mining district Porcupine creek crock Is 10 a I about five live miles In length which river from the tho south Bouth 12 boV UK lis Junction with the The Tho district has been belli In a n brief article by Mr W AV Wright In Bulletin 22 of 0 the tho United States geological This bulletin Is III t entitled Contributions to 1303 la Is i published for fO The Tho Porcupine pincer dat datu tho of ut 1898 when they tho wore were ero discovered by b three who lio ero on their way WilY to the t Ie Interior After tho the rush rutt to this creek In 1808 18 und tnt 1899 1893 there thero was but little develop meat l until 1900 1000 when Bovel l of tho the claim holder bonded or ur leased their while others formed corn com companies In iii order to obtain means to op wito emte on un u it 1 large scale ecale Tho The peculiar peculiarities of or the tho of tho the placers require u IL further combination of ot for tor economic exploitation and are now flOW on Oft foot toot to brinK bring tho the creak creal under a rt tingle ingie manage rho only datum claims on tho the pine pi no that are nt lit present developed nia aro Discovery Number 2 helms below Discovery and the olm and Woodin on oa McKinley reek Creole To rork tho the creek gravels It 1 is IK Hist necessary nece etry to divert the tho stream Into n fl I flUme Humo built hullt nt lit ono ann aIde elde of ot the tho channel then thell to Install a fi 1 derrick to remove tho Inne granite somo of which weigh severn I tons tom and have havo to bo be After this tills a II hydraulic plant Ilant must bo be erected Pincer K gold ohl ll 18 la found In workable de 10 deposits posits from trout tho the mouth or ot creek Jo to McKinley creek Its ita eastern tributary a II distance of three miles and from this point for a II mile mila or moro more up creel creek Tho The total production of the basis baNis since Its dPi dis discovery dl covery Is III estimated at nt tho the divide nt tho the head bend of Mc Me creek lies Salmon mer fed tell by b numerous glaciers In character Us lis corresponds corre to the with Its gravel bed hell over In III width The Tho RoUl goki discoveries here hero are of ot more recent date dote than those thoRe of ot the 1110 lh unit actual development work was Hint attempted only during the summer of 1902 colors may maybe maybe be he panned from froll almost any Pluro along Halmon river hut but tho the coarse coar o gold gohl Is all nit I found fotinI In a IL few of ot the tho tributary on tho the north bank Further i Ins ing In nail and Investigation of the tho surround lug IIII region reveal other pincers and possibly 08 quartz as liS aswell liSwell aswell well |