Zh, R. B. Saraphirr!, Geologist, f.dIoneta Po aupirme l;;ines, Ltd, , R ~ o m 408 - 402 West Fender St., Vancower 3, B, C . Dear Bob :

RE:- Honte Chris%o Bl%ning Go. Placer Prop. Slate Cr,

REF:-Yous J d y 24.th. Inauis apologies fclr x& itlong d e b 7 in rsplyiniyto your above inquiry,

which was received on returning fiori? fLa2d trip end of Jdy, Since then I have been oat o f town most of time and heve been ~qay behind on office corresponde ence and other d e t a i l s tsa nmerous t o naen%ion,

I am quite fanilia? with the Slats Creck ay,ara,tion of Bob b c k ~ (lhnte Ghrista l<T.:fn, Co, , be), There was a sn;&3. block o f ground left a t lower end of Slates Creck @ch ubich t l ~ u the years defted the ald.tin;ers efforts t? work the deep ground - about 25-30 feet do;th at upper end and 65 feet at lower end of t h a t 800 f ~ o t sectlor,, Ne did recover around $2.60/cy in8SB frox top to b~tton: , vklich surprisingly checked an oldllmers d r i l l i n g calculated value:; ( s q r i s i n g bscmse the 0 1 d t i ~ ~ r was noted for h i s lack of veracity).

In '57 Beck recovered (produced) a shade leas .i;han $100,000.00 with an average value a2yrrax the s;une/cy, ~%ri;:piag 20 to 30 f e e t of old t n i l fng accwrnula%ecl. at lower end of gulch f i o ~ 1905 t o 1450 o~era%fons wnslsed down by sprhg runoffs sad heavy surmier rains from the oldi;fn,ors work upstrean. The1659 operation was conducted f5rst by strfr?sing with Bats and carry-dls and then shovbg tho pay gavels to centre1 point fn the cut trlrsra It was, picked wp by 2 cy buckel o:-,ssated by lackl line. me fatter hauled it up the right I i & L slope 100 ft verlically $&ere i% was dw1;ed in hopper and washed tfiru 32" steel sluice set on 10" pade, ~ l % h t a i l i n g d m i ~ ~ d h @ch a% h e ~ d of the cut, Available (10~) wec: no% sufn"len% to clem the heevy (coarse) concentrat~s ef f ic ien t ly , slowing up rake of fesri, T h i n o~eration ~ 2 s obviously 83.01.~ and inofficiant, but wes dicta.t;ed by fact his eqidpmentc tras what he had acomulated during a number of sub-ctsntrac-Ling on aoad a i d bridge arq-;roach jobs, 1% was otxrior~s -to h i m froro t h e s t a r t that a Z to & cy dragline t r ~ s -the m.4s t eff icient f o r -the job, but he was not i n a posdtion swing a dea l fop kt .

Beak &st yea2 a loc0,1 business fiim staked t o a 4 yard dragline, w i t h the

string attacled tkaf %be rnoneyb~t.g's ~ a - n should be i n chsrgo of the gold-saving and, Tkmt condition resdLed in the most frwdrating mining o1;eratfon I: have ever asen as i?bsbgs m a would not permit rdnlxlg only one shift, cleaned &out every second slsif t (requirying 2 dsys] and v~.s s t w e n g the oreration by his 14f'eearg of n o t calohlng a21 tho gold. Aleo, that c l i i ac to r Insisted oil the most hprac.tical possible setup which he wouZd not nova or ch~age, f.:hich called f o r staof~&g "cafLings wit21 2 cats ( ~ 8 s ) up a 3.5 to 25-44% s l i~pe . A l l of thicltl libotLlscl neckedtt the vfao3.e o;.era.t;ion, The las t of hums% Bk, 3-Yba.g~ vlnite?, %he property, trsnted t o h o w vhy no yardage was being rrined, was bold t o Look 8.~ounrl, did so and. bae~3latcsly sent h i s " ~ a r i ~ to tom. &hst of' the produstion was then mde in the next 2 kresles,

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f y laat v f s i t Lp, 42%~ la.;.; esty tjas 202 fsw cIe.;$5 fll T~PB% WOO:: 02 5-dy %ME year. A% U~ct % h ~ a Z,hs B B ~ York msr af' ZSWBP Ylato Cr wrs oawiai;' rmcet~b-llini~1~ by wa~-i-Lrag %t ctctx~~ge &am% of Beeb Isezae, Uh&ll it rmB aat't;Xed Beak ~,nv@d ~5 ~ S t r ~ e x f i ~ i n ; W18 dtq; gr01m4 cad WELB rew~rking lhfs $5'7 &.d,>Lng. I have nu6 been in copz xmbaa%;bo~ tr.i%i E3,k E ~ C O %lies %C l ~mf i x;flet,?btgr fI1e S.@aaa 5~:s ~(lt~3re.5 ~re-rn+i $0 B I C I ~ E =L!.Q~ or v~%u"cln@y EIB told ?+% $0 H ~ h O ~ % i f i f ' 2nd EW& u~a$raas. +z ct%I-ier v i r kn gparm3,Ba PZBB WBF I -~EB~ ~F$'o~I^; ,-Lber OWWBP8;

~52;s 1 S ~ i t 1% 2s zp o ~ - b i u ~ '&a% %he =BE fro,:^ ~ 9 3 t h of I U l w fr1dch (a tr2.b o f

SPah Creek whose short diazfx~zge- YBS %a fmmZeeL p~~.3uoe~ sf %lie ~ l a t r S a t ) WB%~%PJ~; to @owe @&,ah { a sl-aor% PI;$% Zf~%"br5b u$ $&,fe] -ek?onca aver ir law div&da

S to hsa5 OR .Z;Zi@ Cldsm Et5wr 1x1s a went d e d of n-,erfL protzi~e, mfi a Zap&@ yardng-~ pctentkd. snr.,pling o f ap,ro;i 66t 1-j,000'& ao~xbh of ;yCLcloh went bO# per cp i n Wao 9 3 8 s bw% 1~1;: of =far :rovm.i;& wurktxig. - l i ~ m 3 $I~B% prab3.m 6:m be soIv~~2 by r@-cipcuAa%2ng %i:%cs %:%%83~.&0f1 g a d fm ui:>%r S l t x b Creek, Beck $13~ a l e a ~ c on 42.26 g p ? w . ? on ~!~i,tax6 8s r ~ y ~ 2 . t ~ (T.JPGI.I, 1 belisve, a, rcaso&3.b5.e cat-sPP pr%as ?or :.he F:IPO;~E+Z--%~~ ~ I U % ;-JZ anet = w e of actwB h : l - ~ ; s ) ,

&3,,jrlin211~ %11%3 BXOGJS Q% grow-I, %c$ C;EICIB B den1 Par aozs pe,taxlt@d

P gram1 on the C115snzr. s ido of %he lo12 divide, T'hwo re .Jk o r 5 elzfazs b S;Iils , g w ~ ~ p ~hi6h trtv%QJT 80% @ JJPPCB OP $35rW0*06 %a LW *p.ici n% ern.! sf 3 pars . ?'lie m-ruaw is 5:klow of E:GB trh~ b 1 . d -iho c2aks Tor amy yb~i10~ EIII~~ pu% ,-mm 16 or

h 12 2rU.I boles Zn %&o Z r k f20s fg~~koy t3 hp- 3 3 5 * i w l ia ; l i s % ~ l c t i n ?32) . Lugs c f %h% holes slim tkiefr Si~2;th t c r.t-ng0 55 %3 W f% w%%h V&UBE: ar::wid 85 cefita, W!a &~23.lfS1,@ acwtainf,g'. .'WE ns% alqear %s b osq Late - 1;b)at is, 2t w z ~ eaz~f+fn~-; tr: f~ s % r $ ~ WP~SP feat 09 ~ m z t z b 3 b sTq,o ua a0 tb sit?^ OF. the w&d~nixag

n n arJl.e;j., Tf-lo ae,1--?3go tea%%. 3. 5~3 W&B wee a pepmm to '180 nlao.

8-cB a2.s~ hr:r lesso en 22 clr$L%s 4- a;~flcs tc. ~ac-f ; of %l4e Ciia~aa @carid %ha rig11t %%;:ik of T'i ':-?I.@ Fark eP $1-e @'~estosFdm Ti2~sr w29e7, 2%is Ta

beach porn3 a311 &il1ich T E! ant a r~m5be- 3f gewE i n bave13::%r,+7 (cirf119rzg, @to) for so.tt.o..-rl a-?~-;r3$stes, AXwzys w~ZDTZ; i;$ fxmrlt? VB E Q I ~ !acre o.blo Ln e~r.:~Iete o w -1-12 1%~;; g ri;:;yr~ 3c?nd g ~ % b t o ];~ackxt;tia~~ b i '~ re sa,.;ponnsi~n o r ~ii%*.3

sinirsg m s f?'.sce+ h 1942, tu7y i . o ~ k ~ I I C - G J ~ Q OVBF $ W , W cy 911 a m l % b l ~ a k o f , g ~ ~ m d t~ia3 an ea1il~fi&e~i mXae of yt# b @$, EIatfr3~1r~ m y GriZling psLtem PAS ~ t 3 k ? l t ' , ' c ~ 3 t 3 m% g 3 ~ G %fllEa C/Z $2020flsrl?0, 1Ja9 XIO~ '#2;'5:~%%t3~~ 'bf3 bf? ~i2~11g!:j ~bwn 5% was fomr2 the gal$ rm VZR ~iare nr less ri:j:& englcs t o o w crrfginzl b X f eve ( b m ~ on ~ w f ~ o e topog and %&bea%f on3 a EslS!X to PTIfjBO cy %OFF E-$ed hrUs~?dAc cu%, $r~zfi tdti~h $LZ,W wcs px9~3ucm1), D-sfa r l f~%at@~j aofzb &,,lt;ELiotfaP drilging h-tp.~een $he c;tl*f;~-$im3 Grill lines* For wng ;ToFrs I.JQ Tzel,: a bl-2ck of 92

I"* clr*:a - xr411ch r:ae ~e.;xma:? %t 22 ftl:ey: am:: ;: _ y g , r ~ o r 83 ;3 ;5~ . II?O Zsaus :XI KG~I; ;g~-:unSi ar.2.l~ OF nc%h%rsg +:xcept nsse:;u+-~ezt .;orl, Eus 5 yozra, ,en4 ,rod~eClan on or. be :'up0 LO yews, %Fi"i;?. a a~~z~%in-?i%;z~: 'F$& r q - 1 % ~ 22-ob2 rorlueti-;n,

4, SubabiPa%fan sf ali~~&faed wetiaaf %gwf%l~-%~agiSi%~BIlm& - ~&f$&% [mi@ ~ f s tbs $@Bf fer %he 1usgi%udf n ~ l riff&, fnetalled frm *h8 b a d $a dam tiwe BbtrQ~ as fb stta8~sllne, r@t%ua@Q the bs.;pts oea- f:QDbraW v @ ~ ~ zwtahsd Dls $he %43?fies @b&t az~tr) %kir4, '$h@ w e pit- fb9 &80 grav@d %a l a ~ O P B e%fi@$rkra% geld eavam.

SS Cleer~ap 2 m r BaLZ QP sZaiaca&S~@ aQ w&latlts# @& m~uff;ed On re- - B ~ V ~ E ~ Z V e4 #fig & m a t ; o i g@&&, Qibls dariaiaatea %ha% Zeitee Ja 0 ~ 5 Z 5 q ~ 4 wm pe&uaoct Ze a ~tnaslltsw mQ w es~rrfdemd $0 bar n&g3LZgABl&.

$1%b zm e&%3h%sQ ave~sge ?&a% =.tiwar ug @Sl.Wd @ax wunoa thfrs yesara p%3&u;%st&on 1m11Q b8 $9g+EW,Wr 2% %Bet bmle Bb& amr&g@ 9 a 2 u ~ (3f %he 30,&20 to %,OW prtprt3~ wwl4 be 63.10 Po Q5.36 WP eabltc yard.

.@@@ewp, 4rg bs8rmk ma&. - sa eat-%er% W gi%rae~% aP srhtaB was a f.ore&duebf~ waBh~md el&%@, &a& %M b~Bm@ca '&@i%zg @@xibfo dike& tar R t tf* i ~ % ~ a d e d JE%O tfae m d 8 ~ ~ 8 1 - wss abeak%d by ga~ndag at 30 3afa%@ @a $~$W&P d b A@$&. uf %kern % IeP@ 88k81 2s %Be sbte &a8 4 get -the .gp@~%te, BfggSiag G m 6 $ J ~ s h e s in$@ Bler%rwk a$ @web &19&%$, i%m &la%@ s6kemiaraZy $Fa@& v&uba, &ail the Xcma % x L ~ c # % 8# 4 ~ ~ n f i % l S P 1*+

September 3, 1957

:&. Hai)'t;, A, liec'x, I!obS 2n ta r 3risos, S l~ . t e Greek, via Gakon3, iil.?ske

I huve bssn going t o drop yau a f ine For sonle time past t o send ocr s incere rsgrats fm over t h e verg sudden and unsxpacted l o s s of ycsur p a r t ~ z r , Oimn. I d i d not get back from the %v;o :mskr, in the Kuskak;viln region until Ju ly 18th; 01~:s mt IM n-b t?~s r-i irport and h e r f irsf relacirk wss conrjerning &$en.

&Ps, 3~:l;ei?e~ phoned rris. l r t . s t 'Thrrirsdzy o r Fr iday und rol.zyed the ~;18n-;:!ge t o 8J"i'es-t; tha t you ~;;lai~-f;ed zm up there .tkie lClth of t h i s month t o givo you an assist rs l uy ing otrt a to s t i ng 9rogrt:m f o r Sel,-inee of t h e season. 1 edvised hex* would be g lad t c ; do So and. bs l iove "el=c?t b can meks t h a t d u t e - or the 11th.

$'it present arn i n more o r less p o s i t i a n of "smpaniled animationt? ( o r som-pen) OF ~110~116 vis s? iy a tistew''.:. :%ak or bO days ago Psr;;iest il~:is

m d c t o ho ld ~ y a e l f in readiness to show SVIES i<ew ?ark fisld mn f o r one ole Iwrger oompany3s sn apes t ha t 1 have mapped, photographad, and ravorted Upon d i i ~ h for sofile st;r~ng r2;25021 various "lookers" hlvo ~r:. : t boeil able t o s o t . 'rhe pe~sona l t o u r is j2lanned v i s ' copter a t t h e i r e-xyanse. .%sk sgo one cf intr j rested p w t y phorlod advice t h e ho t - shots shou.lci a ~ r i v e by las$ ri?sek-and. I con%ac'r;aci the relloi*: :%t. and he raported it would s t i l l be about 2.0 d;iys. Tomorro:g 1 gPsn t o c o n t m t the fol lcw 2nd sugp3st t h a t 1 show hi% the aroe on 'che"heoff' as I hnve ti number of %rip t o make before the Enow starts fl .ging ia .i;Fie ~.nounta.Ln aress. I havs 2 o r 3 other psogertg sr:;ueras t o s ~ t i s f y in tiie sRnlc 8eneru.i ere!?, 5x6 I ~-:an'c -i;o w r a p t h a t ~vhole bundle of ex-as u_n betifieen Thuxs of' t h i s wesk .n; 9 t h o r 10th o S the month, 1'11 g i v a acids Lhttt 'copter f l y i n g riays ?ill be hard t o l a y h,?nds on - 8116 the other 'cri.33 are 5s iiiljmri;ant t o (3i5/fiers 3s t h z t onle.

I would sugggst t h a t you radic-ghone ine a t h o m n i t @ of ;Sect. 9 t h { if Ii~l no.'& there give raessage t o Olga as to -~:he-iker o r ]lot you nfizi'c ne to bring t ~ . ~ i ~ l ~ i - f ; long, and z l s o advise her wi.j=the~ you still. have the nitelyfk 4

h r ) r~~diopklsne acheduLs t l i ru Pairb~nks so t h z t I cen phons 3 a u beflsra l e ? ~ i n g barti o r from Glen l len, ~ l l e the r t o a c t you. a t T'sxson o r Gnkonh. I shou.ld bz 8,. 2blc Lo mukh bfii?ere by 822 of lLth 3t 1ztt38t. (&Iy schedu1e has besn screwed up ~ a l l suz!~zer by various causes2, I

I hove heerci t h r u ssver:il soureas you are h s v i ~ r g n ver:i soad se.:isod & s incorz ly trust t k s t is currsol.

2 i t h kind ; s r s u n a l regards t o ycu, !;he y o ~ u l g ;x?aple, .c?n.d t h e creii: ~;~e~zber s % ksmv, Sincerely pours, I

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Phil B. Boldsworth

:dart f n Jasper

Anchorage

June 18, 1957

Returned from the Slate Creek plaosr ap@rat;ion about 2 AM

June 16th.

Solved the ~unalgamtion groblexi? very saitirePautorify. B i l l

PomlL ie the one to be cssdi tsd with Dhs job.

The old J o ~ ~ ~ u R Heady clean-up b a r r e l was discarded, and 6.

small. concrete batch maohinet substi.tutsd. Using; 2 t o 3 inah

pebbles, concentrates were gmuna for 4 hours, a ~ d then added rota%ed

quicksilver and t,u*ed f o r half an hour.

Grinding t ime for the aoncaatmtes wae gradually seduced t o the

Zhours, with shorter interval being equally satiafaotory in

reouvery - and preferable from time consideration.

Beck wall very pleased with results. He should do well this

season - f P be oan average 60 t o 7046 opr t l t ing time.

Phil R . Holdsv~o~~th Anchorage

M a r t fin Jsstyr April 12, 1959

EllcZoead you wfLJ flnci original, and om copy of report

on the gropzr ty and ops~a t ion noted shove.

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d s o enolosad you w i l l fiad negaCives of pioturs~~$ut&zzg

there &wing the tgo %rips t o the p r o p r t y i n July and

August Last year.

UnderaeflartiLe cover %he Toif cwfryg supporting mays are also

be iag f omarded: - 3 i:Jrlnts oi' Map No. 2.

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9 ;9rta$a " &kg No. 3

Psints of &ips A-Z-25 a e from original tracings of the Slate

Creek Mining Go., ds%ingTfv;ay bauk K~BXL".

2rints from Miip 2A shw the d r i l l e d area, drain, @to. Far this

puryuse a tracSng was tracing off of a soot; ion of %p No. 2 ,

a d my traofng f s &so enclosed wgth above l i s t a d printe.

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Iiagardir& ~ I ~ o v e : - you are right, as usual, as to looatf on.

Bo?: Beck arid C-isen fJut;chsr, of 8p3nwd, have gotten o. lease on Slate Grey%., a xk&& kbdzk left liroi* t r i b u t a x b j of end the head of Chs:?"Yuchine f i ivar. Tbey have or me still taking in draglirie, t b e s fi-S r334-I vnl- lc~:s crtkor e.:ufp-mnt t o the pro-mpty. They -re s i b i t la te ia getting started on the freighting deal. - late hrcfr nnd fl.rat; week of A~ri?. ~ % 8 r % e d hauling the 0clui&m€mt to Cht3dt.:,ckina, iizd h o ~ p they rmde it bolore b%e&-up st~trteil.

I ~ O Y J L b m both f e . i ~ l a wel l . ,md t%g are good men. Have heon sub- c o ~ ~ t r s c k l n ~ on d@rt zt0vir:g for zmbor of years. Bob I!ei?k had a has<-. from J. >$. 7lm1. the lase ya:w J. Z-I. waB up there , and he r o p o ~ i e d tak21i~y o c t $30,000 &% lower and, %hen J. M. w ~ n t e d Lo pull "i? fast'' SO bob 9uiled out . He Zraa spertt 2 years gatting the louoo fxwu t h e 0.14 Elate Creek Miliing Coml~any, Hew Yerk.

Thors i n about 2 nenscnn aorlr nt lower end of Sl.ete creak Gulch %here there is suppsad t o be about the only ground with good pay l d t , bt;t i t i :3 tzff B O C ~ ~ Q G w i t k l o t s of b i g boulders and 28 foot de2th.

Tha:, bcught nor& swpltrs D-8s , the d r t : g l i n o , czrry-aus, e t c for a song, ana baing first class mchanics overhuulec! all it the paat vjirzter. Fad up with szb-cor;f;rr;otir?&;, ::nd f i g k t i i ~ g ~ i t h I.;-ft: m d the other construction tyooons to get; t heSr pay (vmited m ~ d fought ~lolrme uf for couple years t o collect , and never have been @lo t o ~ h & e loose some of say) %hey ffgurs2 t h y would be better off: slov- i ~ g ::, Ict of gravel. for n little gold.

%in2 folsil ic~r with the w e a , %hey aar;t; me so COPE i n and their job, and S ~ O F J them vwious spots that should be avo1 ded and fo~gotten. Ycu s i i L recall, t h a t Sf at;@ creak i6 8 miles (on tho hoof f from th Middle Fork which you w n t in v~ith ms t o check 2 gears ago. Wil.1 plan to go in to Slate creek i n early Jmo.

H o p Beck and Butcher mako a good 2 r b f i t . Keaping t h e i r crex d m n t o 5 or 6 , ineluding thense2vas.

They have asked ua Go r a f e ~ owners of l ike ly looking ground to them.

Pro& all r ~ y o r t s there will bs <;uSts a few new ~utfits trying t h e i r hand on 2lucor vzntures this year. i'irote your off ice t h a t Jou Colt1a'oo f Airpor t 2 i a ~ h i n e ~ g ) and Minor Rupp ( s t r ipp ing f o r ~ o n e s v i ~ ~ s coal o u t f i t ) have leasad VElldez creek from A. B. Smith and have or wi 11 be moving mechanical s iui2aenl in thore.

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Offiice b~dIl30raIl Um . Territorial Department of Mine.

Office : Juneau To : Marbin W. Jasper

Prom : Jmes A. Williams Date ' ~ ~ r i l 26, 1956

We got a l e t t e r by mistake ~ihich was intended for the Tax Department from Hobb En"crprises, General Delivery, Spenard, Helen Butcher, Secretary, It stated %hey were going t o mine on Slate Creek (1 am assuming E t s the one i n Mb. Hayes Quad) and were asking fo r a mining license. Are you acquainted with t h i s ou t f i t ? Anyhow, thought you should know for the record,

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DEPARTMENT OF MINES; RECEIVED

ASSAY OFFICE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA