The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-16
THE MINES OF COOK INLET.
Their Discovercr Answers the Disap-
pointed Growers and Tcndcrfeet.

'No bonanzas have been struck in the
Cook inlet country so far. but there are
dGgings there that viii pan out from S.
TO 81 a day" said a. Beede, brother OF
the dlseoyorer OF the Turnagain Arm dis
trict Mr.. Beede spent last summer AZ
Cook inlet. made some money and IS go
ing back hext spring. According 10 Mr..
Beedo the people who came down from
there early tn the season with dispsrItng
sales OF the dlsappoint ment in store for
anybody who went to Cook inlet with the
hope Of making a find. were persons who
had no experience IN mining, could not
stand me hardships and work, and gave up
easily. Mr.. Beede said:
''The Turnagain Arm district IS pretty
well located. but there are good diggings
that viii pay s. 90 s20 a day, There IS an
other district, the Sunrise. about fifteen
miles from Turnagain. where we worked
this year. IA which SIX Mile creek Is To-
Gated for about eight miles. and which has
paid from $40 to si2 a day for what work
we have done SO far Ne have only
worked four claims. bst they have all paid
Tire next creek is Canyon creek, and the
ground that has been opened there has
averaged $40 day per man right straight
along. Then there Is Mills creek. ~ the
same district. This was located late THIS
fail and all the work done was with
rocker but he men working q have TAX
4
made on ali OF This ground. hut J do not
believe there is anything unusually rich.
That Is. a man cannot make $1,000 sea-
SON All the claims in the country haEe
more or less gold % them, bat they have
not been prospeetcd. Aiy orother brought
down from the Bear claim. on Bear creek.
about I7S ounces OF gold. worth about
4a. Three claims there paid $lo0 Tor
sixty days work. Rlgnt on the ground
whore So a day 20 man was being taken
or there were old miners sitting around
and saying there Was nothing there IL y
as gsoG peer mans district as ever
SAW ia all mY mining experience. Every
toins is cheap. provisions can re- purchased
almost as chtapiy as here, and there has
NOT been ana ground discovered there that
has fs3id less IAN s. i dag.
About the sQtgcj ITALIA If lynchHs my
brother Wei rae story was printed -hat
many dlsa pointed proSpectoYs at she .u-
let who had been io3uced 10 80 lcio ;ho
country hy nay NrotaeF had threatened %
strins alm up. Eot NJ hgather never Told
Anything ahou- tae county tnat was not
trut. sHI Z never heard ANYBODY Say ih4t
Dee aH The s,oTy was given Ncilrrefcv IN
san Francisco flfst { believe. asa s-tless
% was Aelpsi a.ouS 1y the trans CREATION
soulpsu.es Ms brother really sssG tast he
had dIse.ass thcre That weuld 7ay aim
80 3 GsN. aad BE has taken CuJ So 4 day
this season. There was no talk up there
saout ST. sc never heard it uu.A We came
down.
'.Ao9t ct me Disappointed people that
have come 2oAu from cock iuiet Loft there
early IA the season. before many discoveries
were made. and e I Rad ieU then i would
have tse same op3n.an they did. tnat there
mas nothing tscTe. hat have changed my
mind sDce. There win Be Slfs9 taken out
safre aeNt scar 90 every Sls taken cat tais
stsFoa. The trouble - th8t naSs Of these
p-ale are clerks Ani thaf SASS az men.
Who arr unused Cd manual Iass1r. Aul who
cannot stand ihc hsrtsh.ps az ibe life.
thry a~c ct 40 more use tEsn Wanen.
txl8et tAe-a Wiu he q iot of asgus.e4 men
taese ueNt year ae,suse taey caGuag Eet
work. and Roul3 n9s advise auNaaly 90
go uH eNeepE On prospect The fses ant
ml sIa.socs are very ghsck All tae season
and sru A great nuisance.