stone, Cape York and some of the other minor districts, include an area surrounding the harbor at Port Clarence and reaching northwest to Cape Prince of Wales. The Bluestone country, however, is included in the Port Clarence recording district.

The Port Clarence Mining District is a very promising one. The following streams in the district are reported to contain gold in more or less paying quantities, namely: California Creek, Eureka Creek, Last Chance Creek, Gold Standard Creek, Ruby Creek, Gold Run Creek, McAdams Creek, Sargent Creek, Alder Creek, Gilroy Creek, Iron Creek, LeRoy Creek, Slate Creek, Elizabeth Creek, McBain Creek, Lucky Strike Creek, California Gulch and Bluestone River.

The formation on these creeks is slate, lime and mica schist. The depth to bed rock is from 4 to 8 feet. The gold is generally found near bed rock.

Some of the streams in the Port Clarence district (commonly known as the Bluestone country), are reported very rich, principally among which is Gold Run, a branch of the Bluestone River. Nuggets worth from $1 to $6 have been found here, and the dirt runs. all the way from six cents to $10 a pan. One hundred dollars per day to the rocker was taken from some of the claims during the season of 1900. The gold is coarse, dark in color, and worth about $18 to the

ounce.

The Golden Gate Mining District was organized November 18, 1899. Among the prominent gold-bearing creeks are Crater, Fox, Golden Gate and Iron. Gold has been found on all of these creeks, and some development work has been done.

The Main Stream of the Kougrock, in the Kougrock mining district, is gold-bearing, and some of its tributaries, namely, Quartz, Garfield, Dahl and Harris creeks are said to be very rich. Some work was

done in this district late in the season of 1900, and the value of the gold output is reported to be $40,000.

The Cape York Mining District was organized in July, 1900. The principal streams are Onokovuk River, and Kivyearzruk and Bituk creeks. Coarse gold has been found on Buhmer Creek, a western tributary of the Onokovuk, and on some others. A few small nuggets have been found in this district. The gold lies. near bed rock, under shallow gravel deposits.

The Penny River, Cripple River and Sinook mining districts lie along the coast between Nome and Cape Rodney. The beach within this area has produced considerable gold, and on a number of streams in these districts good pay has been found.

The Bonanza, Topkok, Chinik, Casadepoga, Inland, Independence, New Eldorado, Big Four, Blake and the Golovin Bay and Fish River districts all lie east of Cape Nome, the former of which is described at length in another place.

The Topkok Mining District lies about 25 miles east of Port Safety. Some very important discoveries were made here during the season of 1900. The beach diggings discovered in April, 1900, were rich beyond the dreams of Croesus. In an area not exceeding one-half mile in length by 100 feet in width, there was washed out with rockers in less than three months, between $500,000 and $600,000.. Three men took out from a piece of ground about 40 feet along the beach and back to the tundra, $36,900 in thirty days. The first six days they cleaned up $15,000.

Daniel's Creek, from which the beach gold came, is probably one of the richest creeks yet discovered along the coast. It is reported from a reliable source. that claim No. I on Daniel's Creek will produce $2,000,000. The pay streak on this claim averages

about 8 feet deep, and the dirt runs from fifty cents to $40 to the pan. Claims No. 2 and No. 3 on this creek are also very rich.

The Chinik Mining District joins the Topkok district on the east. This district has proven so far of

little importance.

The Cosadepoga Mining District lies over the divide at the head of Solomon River. The mineral resources of this district are extensive, and it promises to be one of the richest east of Nome. The most important creeks so far known are Ruby, Garfield, Quartz, George and Dry. The ground here in many places runs from three cents on the surface to $1.50 on bed rock. A few claims were worked on Ruby Creek last year, (1900), which proved satisfactory to the owners.

The Inland District lies at the head of the Cosadepoga River. The principal creeks are Banner, Ruby, Cahill, Ptarmigan, Ridgeway, Slate, Squirrel, Green and Cripple, some of which are reported to have prospected during the season of 1900, from ten cents to $2.00 to the pan.

Some good sluicing propositions come from the Independence district. Prospectors report finding from three to eleven cents to the pan on many of the streams, with a good depth to the pay streak, and the ground is said to be easily worked.

The Gateway to the Cosadepoga, Inland and Independence mines is through Port Safety.

In the Big Four District some good pay has been found. Ruby Creek, Dry Creek, Quartz Creek, Goose Creek, Dixon Creek, Banner Creek, Willow Creek and Mystery Creek are among the most promising. A number of claims on each one of these creeks prospect from three to thirty-five cents to the pan. A few forty and fifty cent nuggets have been found on Ruby Creek.

In the Golovin Bay, Council City and Fish River region, gold has been mined since 1885. This section is one of the most promising in the Territory. The principal gold-bearing creeks are Ophir, Sweetcake, Penelope, Gold Bottom, Oxide, Crooked, Dutch, Warren, Elkhorn, Canyon, Ruby, Dixon and Quartz. Good prospects have been found on Fox River and on many of its tributaries, as well as a hundred different places along the Fish River.

Ophir Creek, a tributary of the Neukluk River, a

fork of the Fish River, is one of the richest creeks in the region. The estimated yield from it during the season of 1899, was $75,000; in 1900, the estimated value of the gold output was $140,000.

Council City, a thriving little town, is located at the head of Golovin Bay. Golovin Bay is a good harbor, with about four fathoms of water.

The Norton Bay District is getting a reputation. The principal streams flowing into the bay are the Tibulik, Onmuktulik, Mukluktulik and Inglotalik. Good prospects have been found on many of the tribu