Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-29

by tsle9rnph 10 Puur-Iwrrxsouurr-n !
s1cr0nzA. 3. O.. o. 8.--The etssm.
- Aneon arrived from Alankn ~
nornino. WITH Abous rs p~sssneerxs ~
Over hundred miners from diRereo1
miDss IN ALASKA and Cxsziax. Darn.
Ne pasf season the miners have her
very sucoessful. all claims paying val.
aso On IN avernRs thsy would pan ont
about ten dollars per day 10 the man.
Some have done very muoh better. Al
juneau City there are absuf so miners-
LOO OF whom are employed BY the con-
pany Who are working ON the Paris lode.
douglas Island ct which Trsadweu i
the manager The Paris lode il over
80 feet IN width and 15O0 fees IN length
and the ledge viii extend over TIVE mile
10 isnRth- This ID probably the largest
ana richest qaarfx ledge in the world.
Al the ledge b tsksn up by different
companies Who are preparing for AZ
sensive operations during the coming
season On the up trip Of the ~Ancon
sne had On board large conaiouuerf
% quartz and sawmiii machinery. for
the Paris Lode Company, on which
tnsy have been engaged all summer pre-
pArinR 10 place In position. Tho nsa-
ehlnery ID now all compiete. The com
pany's sAwmiii il an extensive one.
The weather during the past season
has besn unusually fRsosabie TO mining
operations and very little troabls has
oeen experienced in any usrticalar.
The Indians have been quiet.
A rough estimate Of the amount Of
he total output Of Silver Boy Basin viii
be between $75,0o0 and So. 900 bv the
Twelve companies Who are operating
here. The miners are vel satisfied
with their seasons work, and the uros-
pecf looks very bright for the coming
q ason.
Robert Armour, manager of the North
Pacific Trading and Packing COMPANY.
vas also passenger by the Ancon. Mr..
Armour Is Postmaster ~ kIavack, where
ne headquarters of the company are.
Inc seasons output has been GOO cases
md 800 barrels of salmon. while the
sompany's savmili has turned out 1,O0o-
20 feet of lumber.
There is much complaint made about
he reckless way in which charts are
marked out, islands and rocks being
placed on them which are not in the
waters. II the steamers were 10 follow
he chart for guidance, they would
team mp some miles into the forest.
Uncle Sans mails are also somewhat
'rratic in their delivery, papers and let
ers often arriving two months behind
lime. and after previous maiis have
,sen delivered. Efforts are being made
o have this remedied.
The Anoou brought news Of the EXILE
atoms of three prospectors on Stewart
liver and on the Yukon. They started |
rom Chilcat, Alaska, IN the spring of |
So2, and proceeded 70 the mouth of |
he Stewart river, up which they canoed |
or about 200 miles. Navigation was |
moderately easy on the Stewart river. |
here being stretches of 100 miles where |
,ortages had not to be made, and no /
,ortage 10 over half mile in length.
)aring their trip up they examined over |
10 streams, IN all Of which they found /
old IN paying quantities. The ground |
ras frozen in all places, there being a |
hick covering of mess, through which |
he sunlight could not penetrate, and in /
pots this was i've and six feet in
Ispth. The beds of the streams
There the water was running was found |
be frozen solid. The prospectors re- 1
)rt that on account of the frozen /
Iature Of the soil the dirt could not be
perated. These men have been in /
hese regions, which have been regard. |
d all along as uninhabitable, for over
wo years. In the winter time they
rent to the mouth of the river
axiom by dog team for supplies, the
distance travelled each way being near
y 1500 miles. Two Of the three remain.
d at juneau City, and the other is on
he way to San Francisco to purchase
ohooner, and bring supplies by way of
he mouth of the Yukon up the river,
nd to their claims. This would indi-
ate that their statement about the i'm
of operating the ground on
ccount of frost is somewhat of blind.
hey found places on Stewart River
1here the Scheifferin brothers had been
perating. 1t is said that these men
1sre retorning with the schooner and
upplies to Stewart River, wheu the
5hole party was lost in storm off the
Ilaska coast.
Along the Upper Yukon some large
skes OCCUR. Lake Labarge, about 200 /
niles from Fort Selkirk, is fully thirty
allies wide and about twenty-five or
hirty in length. The maps of this
ortion of the coantry are altogether
effective, and more of a hindrance
han help TO prospsctors, places being
marked on them which are nearly 200 |
niles out. Many of the rivers are not
marked at all. During the two years
hat the party of three were in the in-
erier, the lowest the Thermometer
egistercd was 90 degrees below zero.