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Apr. 18e James A. Wickersham diary, 1903.

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Collection Name	Wickersham State Historic Site. Manuscripts, 1884-1970s.
Identifier	ASL-MS0107-Diary05-1903-April18e
Title	Apr. 18e James A. Wickersham diary, 1903.
Creator	Wickersham, James, 1857-1939
Contributors	Slemmons, Mary Anne [Transcriber]
Type	Text
Ordering & Use	http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 mailto:asl@eed.state.ak.us
Transcript	Pedros nearest shaft is but little more than 100 ft. from my line - he gets 25c to the pan there and pay grows better toward my line! On the 17th we panned on Pedros dumps on Discovery Cleary - it seems to be very rich - 25c to the pan - the dump averaged 8 oz - a fortune it seems to me. Pedro, Noble and Cleary own very promising property. We crossed back to Pedro Creek and remained the night of the 17th with Pedro, in his primitive log cabin. He and Joe Miller are partners - Joe is a Portugese, and an old Mastadon Creek miner. He owns No 1. above Pedros discovery on Pedro Creek. Pedro gave us moose meat and [previous word struck through] for each meal. Joe Miller and one employe are busy whip sawing spruce boards for sluice boxes for the spring clean up of the biggest dump on any of the creeks. Today we panned on
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