The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-22
CAPTAIN HEALY SHOT.
His Indian Deekhand Wounds
Him With a Rifle.
Two Hundred Miners Come Away With
100000 of Gold Dust Beer sold
Hot From Brewing Watts.

Hot From Brewing Watts.
On the arrival Of the City % Topeka
from Alaska YESTERDAY there were runorS
that Can't. J J. Healy. OF the North
American Trading and Transportation
Company. had been shot on the Yukon
by one OF his Indians. c. X. lilly. for
some years a bookkeeper in the Post-Tn-
teIligencer office. returned from the Yu-
kon country recently. and was question:
cd in regard 70 the matter He said:
II came down the Yukon on his COM
pany's boat. the p. 3. Weare, and Capt.
Healv and Mrs. Healy were on board.
II was on the W trip that the shooting
occurred. That the captain Is very hard
on his Indians is well known, and il is
said that on the return trip OF the Weare
he savagely kicked one Of the deckhands.
The Indian got his rife and shot at Healy
The bullet struck the captains head on
the left side. and glanced of. blowing
a deep furrow along the scalp. but not
iniuring the skull. All the Healys are a
hard-hearted lot believe"
well. what 90 you think OF the Yu-
kon?''
Il cannot saw that / like the country.
because / don't. j would not advise any
body 10 go there | am going back myself
next spring, though. I wouldn't have
come out, only supplies are very scarce
there.
Il have been working in mine on Mas
todon creek. which is a tributary of Birch
creek There are fiftv-four claims on
Mastodon creek. and l should judge TWEEN
" or twenty-five are opened up. This is
the first season on that creek, and | es-
innate that the miners took out about
$50 go TO S3C0. GO of gold. II is all placer
mining. They began early in June, and
worked until about September 10. when
the night frosts began to interfere"
did you bring any dust?'
yes. little. But / didn't work any
claim for myself: / worked for wages
$40 a day. No. / wouldn't advise anybody
TO go there unless he has money He
ought TO have at least $3.50. so that he
can get out If he strikes bad luck. Yes,
there are claims for sale on Mastodon
creek. but there are OH any other gold
field.''
why don't YOU like the Yukon?''
well. for one thing, the mosquitoes
are so terrible. They are the curse of
the country. We all had to wear wells
and gloves when working with pick and
spade. Al night we would have to build
IN our tents mudges. in order TO smoke
them out. and it was a stand-off which
was the worst-the dense smoke or the
clouds of mosquitoes.
I'VE went up by the Chilkat pass, but
came out down the Yukon 10 st. Mich
aeis. one thing this city ought TO do is
TO have a Seattle boat go to St. MichaeFs.
There were $50 miners who came up on
the San Francisco steamer who could not
have paid less than $4,000 in fares. We
got numerously- signed petition TO the
San Francisco company running this line
of steamers to put in at Seattle. but they
declined TO come so far out of their route.
A Seattle boat would pay
New Find on Birch Creek.
The latest advices from Alaska state that
another new strike has been made in the
Birch creek district, news Of which has
not reached the outside world. The new
discovery. says the Alaska News, was made
by Dick Lowe, we'll known in Juneau. and
is a small stream about three miles below
Mastodon creek. But a short time could
he spent in prospecting it on account Of
the cold weather. In two and one-half
days Dick washed out $3.50 with gold pan.
his largest nugget weighing $50, In less
time than II takes 10 tell it the creek was
located from one end to the other. Glacier
creek has kept good the reputation estao-
Lshed last season. and It has turned out
about as much gold this season as any
creek in Birch creek district On the Pei
key claim. owned by a French Canadian,
twenty-five men, each with a gold pan.
made a novel test of i.5 richness. They
all began work at the same instant and IN
one hours time they PANIED out 500, the
lowest pan taken weighing ga. Bob AIMS
ley bought a one-fourth interest in another
claim. paying for ii s., 200 cash and the
balance on bedrock IN five weeks time
ne cleaned up the balance Of the purchase
price, amounting to 81 200. The largest
nugget taken out this season weighed 1874,
and came from Ainsley's Glacier creek
claim.
Provisions are not plentiful. az has been
reported heretofore, and everyone going
in is advised TO take all the supplies pos
sihle. Whisky seems TO have been the
principal commodity this season, and II IS
thought five gallons OF 1t was taken In 10
every. 100 pounds Of -four Two hundred
YiIkoners left St. Michaels at the same
time on the Bertha. There was not man
that did not have money. the entire ~
averaging sI.oo0 each. TWO had over W.
O0 and the sacks ranged from that fgure
down to $1,000
WiIloughby's Gold Machine.
The ten-stamp mill % be erected on the
ur0pertv Of the Aaska-W illoughby God
Mining Company at Funter bay, when fin
ished and in operation. will be one Of the
most complete Of It's kind ever erected al
Alaska. and viii contain several innova-
tious for the saving Of the minute particles
ot gold.
why the RedcoatS Were sent.
In. regard n the statement IN an Otta-
wa dispatch that the British mounted po-
lice We're sent 10 FOrty-nile in response
70 an appeal from g. II. Hamilton. mana
ger Of the Fort Cudahy post Of the North
American Trading and Transportation
Company. representing the traders WHO
wanted protection against the "lawleSs ele-
meu's." the Mining Record says;
To us who a. this distance have been
lad hv the unanimous reports OF returning
Yuk0ners 20 believe that the vast interior
was remarkably free from disorderiy char
aeters and that thc ordinary miners meet
ing was IN itself a court Of ample power
and Jurisdiction for The arb.trament, trial
or settlement Of all possible questions Of
rights and wrongs. = IS news indeed nat
laUlessncss Is rampant in that region 70
the extent that e. becomes necessary %
appeal 20 the Dominion government for
protection
Beer Hot From the Vat.
A brewery IS now n course OF erection
a. circle City. although for some time
rast genIuses IN The brewing art have Kept
the saloons at the post supplied with a hev
e~a.-a that was classe1 as beer. II q said
.hat while b.g dance snt hlyu time was