pay-streek may follow the eastern rather than the western side
of the interglacial channel. Three 4- to 6-foot prospect-
shafts were sunk in the creek-bottom south of the drag-line
workings. Bed-rock was not reached but a concentration of
gold in one was found on clayey gravel at a depth of about
five feet. Although sufficient prospecting has not been done,
the gold in the prospect pit further suggests that a pay-
streak may extend along the eastern side of the channel. A
buried channel which may lie farther to the east of the creek
offers further prospecting possibilities.

The Amanda and Philippon leases are separated from the
Peacock lease by two creek leases, the Roosevelt (No. 336)
owned by F. Bobner and the Alice (No. 332) owned by Mrs. Alice
Shea. Several years ago a booming-dam was built across Whea-
ton Creek about 100 feet north of the No. 2 post of the Amanda
lease, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to reach bed-rock
beneath the creek. Some prospecting has been done on the Phil-
ippon lease, but no pay-gravel has yet been found either on it
or on the Amanda lease. Bed-rock beneath the creek has not
been ‘tested.

Roosevelt Lease. The Roosevelt lease (No. 336) which
lies immediately up-stream from the Peacock lease (see Fig. 1)
is owned by f. Bobner of Juneau, Alaska. Bobner prospected
the benches on each side of the creek without success. In $
1938 he built a booming-dam across Wheaton Creek about 500 :
feet south of the No. 1 post of the Roosevelt lease. He was,
however, unable to reach bed-rock beneath the creek and re-
covered only a few pieces of coarse gold on sloping bed-rock
on the side of the ground-sluice cut. In the summer of 1939, :
he and his partner sank a shaft to a depth of 26 feet in gravel %
in the creek-bottom, but were forced to abandon the shaft be-
fore reaching bed-rock. The gravel contains black sand and
only a few small gold colours. They were unable to test bed-
rock below the creek.

Alice Lease. The Alice lease owned by Mrs. Alice Shea
lies between the Roosevelt and the Amanda leases. The ground
was staked and prospected by the Sheas before they found gold
on £lice Shea Creek. They built a booming-dam 600 feet south
of the No. 1 post of the Alice lease but were unable to reach
bed-rock in their ground-sluice cut. They did, however, re-
cover a very small amount of coarse gold on sloping bed-rock
exposed along the side of the cut.

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Caribou Lease. The Caribou lease (No. 360), which ad-
joins the Philippon lease on the south, is owned by S. F. Fa-
herty. In 1938 a shaft was sunk on the west side of Wheaton

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