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Alaskan regulations, but no developments were made, and no claims 
are held at present. Gold occurs in the gravels of this creek, but 
probably not in sufficient quantity to warrant mining operations. 
NUGGET CREEK. 
Nugget Creek, a tributary of Salmon (Tsirku) River, lies about 
W miles from Klukwan and 6 from Porcupine, across the divide from 
McKinley Creek. It was discovered in 1899 by C. H. Anway, who 
first found gold along the banks of Salmon River, and later discovered 
coarse gold in both Nugget and Cottonwood creeks, on which he 
located claims. Development work was not undertaken until 1902. 
BEAR CREEK. 
The last of the known gold fields in the Chilkat drainage basin is 
Bear Creek, a western tributary of Chilkat River, 10 miles north of 
Chilkat Inlet. Fifteen miles above its mouth Bear Creek is joined 
from the west by Clear Creek. Both of these streams caused excite- 
ment in 1900, but have not thus far been productive. This has been 
chiefly due to the difficulties in controlling high water in the creeks, 
the extreme depth of bed rock, and the presence of quicksand. There 
are still a few miners on these streams, and the fact that they remain 
suggests the presence of payable gravel. This area is now Alaskan 
territory and many claims have been restaked by Americans, who will 
begin operations in the spring of 1904. 
PRODUCTION. 
The gold production of the placer diggings on Porcupine Creek and 
its tributaries since their discovery in 1898 has been approximately 
as follows: 
Gold production of the Porcupine region to date. 
Year. 
Value. 
1898 
$1,000 
9, 000 
50, 000 
110,000 
140, 000 
1-50, 000 
1899 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
Total 
$460, 000 
