Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-03
FsoM rae rAkou INNING COUNTRY

The Victoria C0ic..ist SAWS: Mr.. Vim.
Moore, an old pioneer of 80 whom many
Will remember in connection with the
fire department of this city for several
years prioi TO 1870 came down from
Harrisburg last week end arrived here
on Sunday night by way of Port Town
send on the mail steamship Dakota. He
has spent the past i've or six years in
Cassiar and Takou and brings some ad-
ditional information from that far OF
gold field. The Yukon prospectors from
Arizona reported some good discoveries
OF bttuminous coal, gold, silver, copper
and nickel about l50 miles from Copper
r1ver country. Mr.. Moore brought down
q specimen Of coal and a lot of excellent
looking quartz from the lead with which
he Is connected on Douglas Island.
Beautiful marble, white, cloudy and
dark has been found by an old Cariboo
ite named, Willoughby on Admiralty ISL
and between Sitka and Harrisburg.
Messrs. Webster and Lockhard have
a fine lead of quartz three fourths of a
mile wide for about five miles in the di-
rection Of Silver Bar. This is not far
from Harrisburg. Another old pros
pector named Daley has discovered a
new lead on Douglas Island which is
1000 feet WIDE and on it three compan-
les are already located, one, the Bullion,
is owned by John Pierce late of this city.
On Prince of Wales Island, further to
the northwest, much mineral wealth is
known to be deposited. This island and
in fact the whole country is wonderful
ly stocked with all sorts of game, elk,
deer, bear, moose, mountain sheep, be-
sides water fowl are in the greatest
abundance. A missionary is stationed
here among the Hydahs and is dong eff
fective work. A noted pioneer pros
pectOr named Haley who has earned
the title of the Polar Bear chief of
Alaska has lead on Baarnoff Island
near Mount Edgecomb, Is miles from
Sitka, called the Mysterious Witch.
An old prOspectOr named Hollywood
who year or so ago lost his trading
schooner and had two men killed BY the
Indians ond another drowned, barely
escaping himself, in consequence of his
Indian wife knowing the language-has
returned from the Yucatet country. He
describes that region as being mild iu
climate and rich in minerals; but he
would not undertake to go back with
less than % or 30 white men, as the In
dams are not as tractable as they are
about Harrisburg and Sitka.
The Yukon and Chilcat prospectors
penetrated about 1000 miles into the in
terror and reported finding gold in many
places, besides numerous other metals
and minerals. North of Cassiar, in
British territory much mineral wealth is
supposed to exist.
w. I. Robertson is managing a mine
for Coleman of San Francisco, In Takou,
and ID doing good work in opening up
its stores of wealth. Several old Cassiar
men are on good lodges and are likely
to do we'll.
MIR. Moore has unbounded faith in the
future OF these tar away mines; but it
requires muscle, pluck and great energy
to prospect such a difficult country. He
came down in the schooner Granger to
Port Townsend and speaks in the high
est terms of Captain Morse, who though
new to such intricate navigation yet
threaded his way in all sorts of weather
safely from Harrisburg in q days.