Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-06-09
Stickeen.

We find the following letter In the
Piocho Record Of June @. II gives a
dishsartening account OF the
prospects Of this m~uch-talked Of
camp
DEAsE CREEK, April %, 1874.
BY the time this reaches you, you
will undoubtedly have heard some
bad news from this section Of country. |
I had q very pleasant trip up to the
time I arrived at tho mouth Of the
Stickeen River. We made the trip
from Victoria by steamer In four days,
with about three montha' provisions
and sleds, which made $50 pounds to
the man. Parish and Phillips stood
tho slelghlng for about eight miles.
and then backed out. They went back
to Fort Wrangle, about fourteen miles,
and said they would walt until the
river broke up aud come up as far as
Bucks Bar by steamer. 1 have not
heard from them, and | don't think =
steamer will start up before the 10th
or 10Th Of May, for the Ice 10 not all
cut OF the river yet. Tho distance
from the mouth Of the Stlckecn to the
above place Is about go miles. l made
Ii In twenty. eight days. aud arrived
here on the 18th Of the present month.
The last 30 miles OF river we travelled
there was about q foot Of water on
top Of the loo. We had only two port
ages to make on the trip, M seyon
and tho other three miles. The waters
OF Dease and Tibbetts Creeks empty
into Deass Lake, which Is about thirty
miles In length and not to exceed one
mile In width. IL Is about three miles
from the head Of the lake to the head
waters OF tho North Fork OF the
Stickeen. which emptlos Into the Pa
chic. This camp Is In about latitude
co north. I can tell you about what !
have seen Of this camp. and you can
bs your own Judge. At the present
those that own claims are cutting Ice,
which Is about two feet thick, aud
building flrcs IN the high points where
there Is no water to thaw out the
ground so that they can run rockers.
Some are making q little money.
There was never q hole sunk In the
channel Of tho creek that know OF.
They will not get to work before the
first OF August, and | don't think they
can work moro than two and a half
months. The creek 10 shallow and can
be worked by wing draining at pres.
ent, which Is low water. There are
live thousand inches OF water, and the
amount Of Ice | can not estimate.
There are no bars on the creek, II looks
moro like q canyon than anything else.
There are about two miles that look
we'll, and I think there Is some places
that will pay. There are not TO exceed
100 men In tho camp, and everything
Is staked and Struggled. so II Is impes.
slbls to find out anything concerning
Il. The Gold Commissioner sent q Re.
corder up here. aud he will record q
piece OF ground for rs many different
men as win pay for II. The Commits.
sioner will DO up about the first Of
June, things may DO different then.
have got no ground as yet. l have
done some prospecting, but found
nothing that will pay. At present 1
am building q boat, intending to 70
down the Delhnre river and prospect
for q while. There are q good many
golng. The river heads In Dease's
Lake aud empties In the Mckenzie.
Two things q nan must have here,
snow-shoes and a boat. will not re-
turn here before the working season,
and may get hold OF something before
Fall. There are men leaving here
every day, and you bet nearly all the
Piochers have got the belly.ache. A
great many Of them are going back.
Things ara looking blue. but | will try
and stick II out till Fall and see how
things will end. don't consider men
going back now know anything about
it. There may DO something struck
this Summer. There Is very little said
about Tibbetts' Greek. | have not
been there. Claims there are not sell.
Ing for anything they are deep. The
truth IL II Is impossible To prospect In
this country at this season Of the year.
What little provisions there are for
sale here, and II Is mighty little, Is =
dollar a pound; sugar Is worth two
dollars. There will DO no provisions
Ia here before the first Of June, and |
think seine OF that will be packed BY
Indians. You can show this to any Of
the boys, aud II they have tho fever,
let them come, the trip will give them
a good appetite. JsnS +. GRAY.