144 ALASKAN MINERAL RESOURCES IN 190". 
Taylor Creek, it continues south along the cast slope of the Kougarok to Arctic Creek, a dis- 
tance of 15.2 miles. The ditch measures 8 and 9 feel across the bottom, its hanks have a 
height of 4 feet, a grade of 3.8 feet per mile is maintained in its earth and rock portions, ami 
its capacity is !.()()() inches. Four thousand cubic yards of rock have been excavated, an< 
600 feet of Burning, 6 feet wide and 3 feet high, with a grade of 7.7 feet per mile, are requiret 
on had ground. There are also 'J. (KM) feet of 40-inch piping, which is riveted throughout, 
there being no slip joints. The piping crosses Taylor Creek one-half mile above Rock Creek] 
where it will he supported by cables of Lf-inch wire rope passing over piers on either side 
of the channel and forming a suspension bridge with a span of 100 feet. All tin 1 material? 
used in construction, after beingshipped from Teller to Davidsons Landing by water, were 
freighted overland to the Kougarok, a distance of about 10 miles. 
