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The creeks are all small and some have been half worked out or 
more, but new deposits have been discovered each year and more will 
probably be found. Water for working the claims is scarce, and, al- 
though some ground which will not pay for shoveling in would prob- 
ably pay for hydraulicking under favorable conditions, water in ade- 
quate quantity and under a sufficient head can not be obtained with- 
out considerable expense. One of the greatest needs is a good road 
from Rampart, and until that is made supplies must continue exces- 
sively high. 
TROUBLESOME CREEK GROUP. 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 
The Troublesome Creek group is situated between the arms of the 
Y .formed by the divides separating the drainage basins of Mi nook, 
Baker, and Troublesome creeks. It is 18 or 20 miles southeast of 
Rampart. Troublesome Creek, rising among the hills east of Wol- 
verine Mountain, flows northeast to Hess Creek, a tributary of the 
Yukon. The tributary valleys are often narrow and shut in by hills 
with steep sides and ridges, closely resembling each other, and mak- 
ing traveling so difficult that the country has come by its name 
honestly. 
So far pay dirt has been found upon two creeks, Quail and Gun- 
nison, though colors are found through the gravels over a wide area. 
The rocks include all the varieties present in the Rampart forma- 
tion, but slates are characteristic of the upper valley and greenstones 
of the lower. The slates have been intruded by a variety of igneous 
dikes. The creeks have cut benches upon the hills, but to a less degree 
than in Minook Valley. 
CREEKS PROSPECTED. 
QUAIL CREEK. 
Quail Creek heads opposite Hoosier Creek and flows eastward into 
Troublesome Creek, having a length of between 5 and 6 miles. A 
large branch of this creek, known as South Fork, joins Quail Creek 
about a mile above Troublesome Creek. Between the two branches i> 
a gravel-covered bench 400 feet high, upon which colors have been 
found, and which is being prospected. Parts of this bench occur at 
various places farther up Quail Creek. On the north side of Quail 
Creek is another bench about 50 feet above the creek, and this, too. is 
being prospected. In one hole bed rock was reached at 29 feet. 
There were 19 feet of muck and 10 feet of well-washed gravel. 
Colors were found all through the gravel, but no pay. 
