Show ua AH EOYS DOING WELL the tha following h stir receded by holert witmer imports the excellent abeln mado by the hou and bos in alaska tho the clipping ficia tho the alaska times show sho 1 thai the boys uru iro doing well enough to lo le among tho the ones who ho aro are making thin themselves selves notI noticeable cable blo domo city alaska J jan 1 ivil byll doai aca dald dertha and horold herold bling thy the first of tho the year I 1 hear oy tako take time to write sou a tow few lines linea as you all know what a task it la Is tor for we me to write we aro on tho the very top of a ridge when the wind can got vod good action on oil us wo we have hao about it 11 in of snow it la is cry cold vp up here from 40 to 65 below zero but we im have a nice aarin ann cabin and a good heater and plenty ol of wood for water wo no melt malt maw WOO hano of rup supplies plies to last the abo wlater winter wo ue went huntzis ti ig this tall fall anid and had bad very vor aoud luck begot we got 10 head they aro are about tho the size of a large doer and the met la is tine fine wa also alho got lots lote of wild chickens wo we just got a bunch of vernal it 11 was nias gnad gand to lie wd ij from froin home tho the first blabs mall come all tho the tamo but tho the ser second bild class only cornea once in a whilo and of course it takes a long time I 1 am enclosing a clipping from the fairbanks times wo ie had tho the ore from two of our veins cilas tested in fairbanks a at the stamp mill we havo have apell differ different eDt prospects to work on while they dont look like the mady money some of them may turn out alright the large vein ein of 4 which this clipping speaks is an immense bod cf ere or running 9 per to ton arlo milling wo we have ahr ehno shafts about 25 ft deep on t athla II 11 Is one mid and on the small email one oile 4 shafts 2 of them 20 ft and 35 ft and one cne 85 ft the present conditions it ia 14 tic dap cl the me Is rich 45 per ton koiv sive to detore treated leafed on oil u cou it ot oc transportation charges ch argea lio elii ola buttons look fine tho the lame laige one A IL aing 3 3 j 10 oz and the dinall ony oiw 1 14 i thero there will un ull bo bunic iery rich quartz quarts ui ol lied lip it a there bali bi axen en millions 0 00 collais tal ajl 11 out of plates places which 11 c butts out of quart antl and this Is a new nen carml toi foi quartz quarta ind and difficult to liEpe liepert ct the ground biang i ith wo mosa M and xan in vu thaw the bround by wood fires and pm ian the gravel until 1 Lat larlu atlie lU tho alu III wo uc tto going to work on oa what vio mo haw have faund this winter and prospect tor for com something ething richer this eummer a as we w boiler a there aru are some very rich pockets as they find ery cry corso gold in alami nuggets of all sizes up to 1000 a few like that would bo be fine busin ms they alc one the gold fever th tag daya are ery twi bourt sun bun on oa the hill tops making tho night sem B cm long all oll and happy hoping are all tho the samo same shing you aall a vory very merry christmas and it happy no now robert wrom ral baas baos times thu the utah boys boye to they aau known ho aro at uio tho head of vault and cirks s ory ety much pleased as the result of their mill runs milde last week oa ati they iLon co nalder sider that they hao one ano of the file largest things in a mining way in the horld Nor orld ld tile the test of the oi aio oio e from froin smaller nein aln of alch 2600 2500 pounds were put through gave returns of 15 45 to thu the ton but it Is the test of tho the largo eln that is gratifying A shipment of pounds of this rock was put through gi ang returns of 9 0 to the ton but as this oro ore can be quarried out not mined the utah boys boya con consider sidor that they lime have bom something ething better than the Tre Tread adell they van can got own stamps on tho the round around this beirl aln which Is ial of a rock ts is k 00 feet in width and the owners ovana have a tract of it over two aai square in sight |