The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-10-20

GooDKLLs. Oct IL, 1850.
EDITOR IsrgLLIozxcER:

GooDKLLs. Oct IL, 1850.
EDITOR IyrELLIGzscER:
Is any one very anxious to hear Z
word from Ruby? l wish / could send
yoo somsthing good In the news line,
bat n II impossible TO do 90. and speak
the truth. Never in the history Of ths
mines Of the upper Sksgit have times
looked - fearfuliy blue - st the pres
snt time left the mines on Canyon
creek in company with Mr. Druitt aud
N & Zsrssm tor Goodeil's two days
ago. and Canyon ana Raby erreks are
thh most voc begose looking streams
ever saw. Deserted cabins, old campo.
old clothes. boots. 20. mst ~ st every
step Of the way. There ere over 30
claims with wing dams, pumps and
boxes ali made and not q human in
sight to lay claim 20 them. Mining
tools Of ali descriptions are strewn care
iessiy around in the way. Some current
wheels are lett running. and their in
ssrnai squeak. squeak, squeak. reminds
me Of the stories have read OF 'Sstan's
loud g1ns' with which he encourages
the wicked in their work. There are
about seven claims trying to work
while their provender lasts. What
their wages amount TO no one knows
except Themselves, but We surmiss 1t Is
small. Many men .re going to Fort
Hope. some towards Spoksn and Lake
OheIsn. spd you can sse how many
come 10 Seattle.
Probably by the lst Of December
this whole great mining region will be
turned over 70 poor Lo. A few OF us
have just - much eonfidence In this
country ss we bad ut frst, but fear that
Il will take another year 70 prove to
the world that there are rich deposits of
gold In this region. We will give it
another year anyway If We live. Our
psrty has Travelled . good desl during
the last two years. and jost begin to
like the work. We hsve been up
nearly every stream below Ruby emp
tying into. the Hksgit. and believe there
must be gold somewhere up here in
paying quantities. We put IN wing
dam 205 feet long on Canyon creek,
while nearly every one elss was dam
ing Ruby. and some of these dams
sven reach 40 far as Seattle. We
crawled up the mountain side until we
reached tbs summit. Don't know how
high It wss. but we saw the neighbors
10 . little Maine town starting out to
get peep ct the sun for the next day.
The tips OF the mountains are white
with snow, and probsbly inside Of two
weeks the snow will be down on the
banks Of the streams. The mems faces
up here now look ss long ss the heads
around . Government mule wagon on q
GOLD frosty morning. How will they
look when tho snow fies 10 our faces!
ALLOW me on behalf Of many miners
to speak Of the generous services of Bill
iy Nelson our expressman. He has car
ried the express and mail for the whole
mining region ever since last March,
during all kinds Of weather aud taking
ell kinds OF risks, end he told me he
had not collected cash enough to pay
for his BOARD, TO say nothing OF his
steamer fares. All mail wss carried to
men without money the same
~ u Woo IOI Caeus Wo Son-
sider that such actions on the
part OF Mr. Nelson deserve great praise
% also those Of Mr. Stevens 1t the ferry.
who has kept . free house nearly ell
summer; snd also the owners OF bridge
at the mouth 1t Ruby creek. Aessrs.
Robinson. 0oedells Weber and 0ust-
kins'hsve been equally 80 kind for the
last two years. Il 10 to be hoped that
no one whom Any Of these parties have
befriended will b % very mean - to
forget 10 ssttle up their old accounts
when fortune sniilss more favorAbly.
There 10 . perfect stampede Of men in
oil uirectiops Two Of our party will
start for Chelsn next week, snd the
other two will stay here without we
have some extra bad luck until these
mountains are tucked away in their
little beds Of snow. will write when
ever ret 3 chance TO. Vox.