MATANUSKA AND TALKEETNA BASINS. 119 
Except the diggings of Lake Creek, a tributary to Yentna River 
Tom the north about 10 miles above the Kahiltna, the workable 
ground may all be classed as shallow, varying in depth from bare 
)ed rock to 5 feet , ( )n 1 ,akc Creek the surface gravels only a re washed, 
>ed rock never having been reached. It is reported that the pay is 
Yom 2 to 5 feet deep and varies in width from 10 to 30 feet. 
The gold, with which much black sand occurs, is fine, and at Susitna 
station (at the junction of Yentna and Susitna rivers) brings $15.75. 
About 35 miles above its mouth Kahiltna River forks, its eastern 
ranch being called Peters Creek. Near the head of the latter are 
IVillow and Poorman creeks, both fair producers during the last 
season. Poorman Creek is tributary to Willow Creek, which in turn 
inters Cottonwood Creek, a tributary of Peters Creek, between the 
ipper and lower canyons. 
The remaining creeks of first importance are all western tribu- 
aries of Cache Creek, which enters the western branch of Kahiltna 
rUver from the northeast about 20 miles above the mouth of Peters 
reek. They are, in order, proceeding upstream, Dollar, Falls and 
ts tributary Treasure, Thunder, and Nugget creeks. They are all 
ocated above timber and are characterized by shallow ground and 
coarse gold. An ounce to the shovel was generally obtained. The 
:>ed rock on all these creeks is reported to be slate. 
During the open season the steamer Caswell and several gasoline 
aunches run from Tyonek, on Cook Inlet, to Lake Creek. A trail to 
the diggings from Youngstown, on the Yentna, 40 miles above Lake 
3reek, is also used. 
It is probable that $35,000 is very close to the actual production of 
the district. 
SUNRISE DI/TRI^T. 
The following notes on the status of mining in the Sunrise district 
were gathered at the end of the field season while en route to Seward. 
The greater part of the mining done last season was confined to 
Resurrection Creek and its tributaries, Crow Creek, Sixmile Creek, 
East Fork, Canyon Creek, and Mills Creek. A small amount of w r ork 
was probably done on a number of other streams, but the quantity of 
£old produced could not have been great. 
Mining has been in progress for a number of years ° on all the above- 
named creeks. The richer and more easily accessible portion of the 
gold content has been removed. Present mining is confined largely 
to the working of high benches, which, though containing less gold, 
len<\ themselves by their position to more economical methods of 
mining Mian can be pursued in the creek bottoms. The utilization of 
• Moffit, F. H., Mineral resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: Bull. U. S. GpoI. Survey No. 277, 
1906, pp. 33-43. 
