NORTH-WESTERN DISTRICT (No. 1). S1

bridge on the main road the gold values in the bed of the creek suddenly became much less than
they had been below. ‘This raised the speculation that the present creek-bed from this point up
did not follow the old channel. This inference was borne out by the fact that the rock which
forms the right bank of creek at this point appeared to have a large amount of sedimentary
deposit behind it and also that values had been found by drifting on that side of the channel.
This is further supported by the fact that values were again found farther up where the present
ereek-bed leaves the supposed old channel; this can only be definitely ascertained by further
prospecting. In the earlier days work on the creek was hampered by lack of water; this has

M° Kee Creek

Atlin Mining Division,

Sketch of Part of Creek .

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Values less in this strele
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now been overcome by making two storage-reservoirs—one at the head of McKee creek and the
other at the head of El Dorado creek, a tributary of McKee.

Work has been delayed this year by the necessity of removing a large quantity of slide-dirt
containing no values. This dead-work has consumed a considerable amount of time and money,
but is now nearly completed, and there does not appear to be any further obstacle in the way of
piping into the old channel and demonstrating what values it contains. Should this be successful
there should be 1%4 miles of virgin ground which should yield pay-dirt for many years to come.

é O'Donnel River.

There is no hydraulicking on this river, but Nathan Murphy and T, Prpich are drifting during
the winter and washing the extracted dirt during the summer months.

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