Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-05-14

I D OCA, Soou sOd"o anu S'ao7 Pioh
tifuI; lots OF cattle; cainped al Trout
lake. Distance Is miles.
March 18th, started at Sis A. NJ;
rocky 70 DIS; camped on the S'mll-
kameAn at noon, II miles. Fred
and Schooley went to Custom House;
stopped oil night at Okanagsp
SmltL's; used we'll; next morning
called on both Cus,om-nouses and
found both officers gentlemen. Our
duties we're So per borse ami 81 IS
on provisions.
March 10Th, Fred and Schooley
returned to-day; saw lots Ct miuers
IN route for the New Eldorado; re-
manned in camp all day; are within
II miles of the Eigle mine; people
don't think much Of it here.
March 9th, STATED at Z o'clock |;
crossed the Slmilkameeu; good roads
but poor water; no grass. Distance
travelled 20 miles.
March 2Sth, broke camp at 8
O'Clock; good trail; no grass; chilly;
camped at Indian ranch; got some
oats from Slwash; Lew traded his
horse eff, and d,du't get any the
worse of 1t. Distance Is miles.
March 29;h, started at 7:30
o'ciocl-; overlook another pack tram
from Sprsgue; no grass; prospected
and got some good colors; water
rather high; lots of deer sign;
camped 8 miles from Alison's. Dis
lance 20 miles.
March 30th, Fred started for
Granite today; Charley killed two
deer; started ut l o'clock, good trail
but no grass; camped on FIVE Mile
Greek. Distance 4 miles.
March 3lst, Fred returned from
the city; reported things lively; lots
of grass; weather warm; stayed in
camp all day.
April 1st, Fred end Charley went
prospecting; did not find anything;
lots of miners going by.
April %, packed up and went
three miles up the river on bar;
good prospects; Fred and Charley
went for timber to make sluice
boxes; Spader, Munson and Moore
went to town; Spader found bis big
brother in town, who is doing we'll
as last fail he took out 800 per day
with a rocker; saw IL nugget that
weighed $31.
1t is Ii miles from where we are
camped to Granite Civ. The water
is 50 high that nobody can work.
and grub is likewise high, flour sell
ing at s1S, bacon 80 cents. sugar 33B,
nails 25 cents, beans 124 aud pota.
toes s cents. Beef is cheap, selling
at s cents a pound. Lots of idle
men are here and the ranks will bs
augmented by more constantly CON-
ing who cannot get work. Many
are, like ourselves, broke. We
worked a couple OF days on bar,
but the water ran US out. Took in
about So. Granite creek is about all
taken up, but there other creeks that
have not been prospected and they
may contain the precious ore. No
body should come here without
means enough to get away with, if
Fortunes wheel should not turn him
up prize.
A later letter from the party. dated
April Goth. gives very discouraging
account of the mines and the pros
poets of those who are waiting for
tho water to fall on a vague uncer-
tainty. 1t is thought, from the
quantity of snow on the mountains,
that another month must elapse be-
fore the river will reach a stage thai
will admit of steady operations.
Three men had taken out s40O worth
of gold the previous week, aud this
had served to revive the dropping
spirits of those who we're waiting TO
"try their luck" The find was
composed OF nuggets varying from
Sc to $37 in value. The largest mug
get was round as marble and Just
as smooth. The miners soon as they
had worked out the pocket, had
come to town and gone on a spree
which lasted till their gold was gone.
Everybody seems to be of tho opinion
that Granite creek is the only stream
that it pays to prospect, still claims
have been located on other streams
in the hope that something may be
found. Schooley had been pros
pecting week with another party,
and returned to camp thoroughly
discouraged. He proposed to leave
IN day or two, and he is not alone;
many will leave who have the means
for getting away. The letter closes
with the injunction: Tell everybody
who has the gold fever to take seda-
tive. do not come now, any way,
or until you hear something more
definite in results.
HEARrRENDlNa accounts of cyclones
and storms which passed over wide
district of country, last Wednesday.
constitute the burden of Eastern dis.
patches. At Joliet, Illinois, build
ings were Frustrated and several
persons killed. Attica, Indiana,
suffered similar losses. In Virginia,
the same day, fearful storm passed
ovor Winchester, una nailstones, the
size of walnuts, fell to the depth of
from two inches to three feet, break.
ing many windows. At Dayton,
Ohio, a violent storm, accompanied
BY hail, did much damage. Atchi-
SOD, Kansas. Tuesday morning, suf-
fered severely from a cyclone, which
wrecked many buildings. Green