Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-05
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PoRT TOWNSEND, January 1st.-Ths ship
Bonanza, Leach master, arrived Yesterday
from San Francisco, bound for Nanaano.
She left San Francisco on the oath ulaimo,
made the run to Cape Beale in 80 hours. and
vas detained since then by a strong east
southeast gale. The first day out ; sailor
named Ditzper was struck ON the knee by
the anchor ring. bruising him severely. He
is now at the United States Marine Hos
pital.
a telegraph to Port Angeles, to connect
with Victoria and extend a branch to Cape
| tlattery is attracting general attention, and
would cause saving of many thousands of
| dollars yearly. The want OF such line has
caused vessels this season to be detained
! from twenty to thirty days in trip from
San Francisco TO this place. Had such a
| line been in operation, nearly every vessel
lost in the Straits could have been savod--a
facS worthy the early attention Of ship
owners.
The steamship California arrived at Sitka
on the 22i of December. The Northwestern
Trading Company's steamer Favorite had
| just returned from the Takon mines, confirm
ing the previous reports Of the richness and
extent Of the quartz and placer claims. A
great many Of the placer claims have been
ssaked eff. There are ten men at work on the
PITT quartz mine getting out ore TO be shipped
to San Francisco. The town Of Harrisburg
so named after Harris, the discoverer has
! been laid out, and all the lots on the water.
| front taken up The quartz mines are located
three miles from deep-water anchorage The
lodges are well defined, and indicate an
abundance of ore n. A. Fuller has sold q
small interest in his quartz mine for So 600
The steamer California will carry up I00,-
| coo feet of lumber in March, besides tie
| oools Storas OF of savarof ,rho
are going to Takon from Sitka
Great fears are entertained that Mike
Powers and party of five, and Prior and a
party of four have been lost. They left
Sitka on the 25sh of November for the new
mines. An Indian reports having met one of
| the parties on Chatham Sound, and warned
them not to proceed. The warning was I'M
needed and ridiculed. He watched them for
some time. The sea was very rough They
faded from sight suddenly, and he believes
| the canoe was swamped and all of them
drowned. Captain Vanderbilt, of the
steamer Favorite, says the canoes all take
| the same passage that he does and that as
he saw nothing of either canoe he fears some
thing disastrous has occurred.
| On the 23d of December a collection was
made at SitlIa, a canoe was chartered, and q
party under charge of George Steel set out
| for the purpose OF ascertaining the truth of
| the anu up the SunSrlp8 MIL
ers if they should be found wrecked along the
coast. Steel is familiar with the universally
travelled route, having prospected along the
| coast all last summer
The steam launch sent out to the new mines
| by Captain Glass of the jamestown, under
command of Master McClelland, for the pur-
pose of rendering assistance to the miners and
ascertaining the truth concerning the mines,
| had fearfully rough and stormy weather, and
on the return voyage was overtaken by the
steamer Favorite IN an almost disabled con
dition and towed into Sitka. The officers in
charge couir all previous reports, especially
regarding the richness and quantity of the
| quartz lodes. There are only sixteen miners
winteing at Takon, building cabins and pre-
pairing for work in the early spring.
George Hamilton has sold his saw-mill and
| other property at Chilean to Captain Sprague,
capitalist from San Francisco, who intends
erecting salmon cannery and shipping lum-
Der TO the Takon mines and supplying San
Francisco with the famous yellow cedar of
Alaska. The California has 10000 feet of
beautiful selected yellow cedar, destined for
Portland. Her officers report strong north
east winds on the up-trip and violent south
casters coming down, compelling them to an
cher three nights. She left Sitka on the 9th
of December. All were well aboard the
jamestown.