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00958 5 Indian killed. I am sorry that Brady has disappointed me with the bracelets or rather that he Indian jeweler goes
on sprees neglects his work he has one of them finished I am hopeful of being able to send them to you next steamer. Mr. Schulze
also has an order with Brady for some. Our business is very good and prospects for next year very flattering, we are about
having constructed here a schooner rigged soon? of about fifty tons to meet our increasing want of carrying capacity. Some
very rich gold quartz has been brought in here from the mainland back of Douglass Island Auk? country the gold shows all through
the rock which also carries Galena, assays just made here by Piltz? goes from 500.00 to 6,000.00 per ton 00958 6 About
the same time some men struck the same character of ore at the head of Schuet creek which they have taken to Wrangel, other
parties struck some rich pay in places away up to the head of that creek three other prospecting parties discovered from 3
to 6 diggings they think richer on three different creeks running into the channel back of Douglass island where the quartz
was found the creeks flats are extensive will hold a great many men As you can imagine there is great excitement here we have
been applied to by more people for passage than we can carry when we leave next week for the Auk? country. It seems probable
that a rich section of country is to be opened up The pay is found from salt water to the head of