The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-22
SAYS THERE Is GOLD.
A Cook Inlet Correspondent
Tells of Good Prospects.
THAT IS. FOR GOOD MINERS.
who Know Gold when They See II In
the 6round-The Formation 81
the Country.


IDENTIFY. frovn ne ssanepolas oF ere vho =
wen ve-se6 81 g1snsnx- His story differs
from those told by s5rospsctors Eno nave
returned here discouraged. and Eao claim
fhere IL no gold there. Mr.. Howard says
there are 'spay" dizgirgs AZ Cook inast
yielding from $50 70 sss a eay 10 man.
~ rocking. His letter follows
Your correspondent has Just returned
from a three weeks trip "a the 5igsaEgz
up ssx-Aiie and It's tributaries. and DUR
Ing that time aaS PARSED through a coar-
Gry wFth an unusual showing CT rsrBness.
and alive &sfh mining activity. Upon the
gravel bars aIonz Slx-sstie ard its trio-
utarieg at least go men are actively En-
gagged IN uining operations. some upon
Gains tnat have been opened ap and are
TOW producing. bat the greater MAJORITY o.
them are at work opening up their claims.
and viii commence washing about the
middle 81 the working season.
Opening up q claim consists chiefly in
running bitches. putting in vingasHs
which run cut into the streams and form
a bEeasixork that leaves dry the bars
and bedrock behind them. farming streams
from their old channels whip-saeing lGEn-
her for s.aices and riffieA ard clearing
timber. underbrush and moss Oh the sur
face All o< su=h work Is going on. and.
too. Is being pushed az rapidly "a present
drawback az first Was the packing up OF
supplies from the trading store at Sunrise
city 10 the dlggsngs. the distances being
from one TO thirty miles. which had 10 De
done on the miners backs. but the intro
d9cfion OF a pack train OF hardy cayuses
has swept that obstacle away and supplies
are packed up from the town 10 the forks.
4 distance az twelve miles. a. 81 per 100
pounds. and al farther points up the
added
cordIng to the distance In this country
pack trails are easily constructed and up
Amos. every stream are moose trails
which 10 e. pack animals over them
requires only the small labor OF cutting
Out a little scrabby undsrbrush or other
trifslng distractions Pack animals can De
taken fro<n the mouth TO the head OF Six
Nile creek All lumber for mining pnr-
poses Is produced by whip-sawing. which
IL SLOW and iaborious work The timber,
too. Is small and OF poor quality, IL being
knotty and rather punky. ana makes very
poor slaice boxes at the best
But the Information which We deem Is
now the most eagerly looked for by your
thousands OF readers is the mines. the
extent Of this reported great mineral belt
and tbs richness CT is gravel bars IN the
yellow metal During the three weeks
tine your correspondent has Travelled over
lance. washed out in the neighbor-hood Of
40 paEs OF gravel run sIuice box and
cleaned up several dollars worth of shin
Ing grains. saw the clean-ups on several
claims that the first discoyerers have
partially opened up. and by such means
Of getting Information have come TO the
conclusion that the country Is all right,
that Is its mineral wealth is OF sufficient
richness and extent for miners 10 camp
rs. And what ] mean by miners IS the
application OF the word 10 man In the
fullest sense OF its meaning. And there
are q few good miners on the creek who
have claims and are camped on them TO
stay. and there are other good fni~svs IN
the field Who are seeking out new discov-
cries. and indica ions point 10 their oe4ng
made. And there arc others il the coGn-
try. too. who. we are sorry 10 add. are in
the great majority. who seem 10 be sort
OF migratory set. who come and 60.
and who always curse a country when
they leave II. and ssin another set who are
hard working men. Industrious, honest
and good citizens. but who have not had
the experience that a miner has. and
consequently. through lack OF such ex-
per.ence. pass over a piece OF rich ground
thinking that even the color OF gold
does not exist therein. To explain mat
ters more fully. In thousands OF cases
men engaged III different avocations in
life. from common day laborer up in the
different branches. hear OF country
wherein gold has been struck. and sud-
denly Becoming stricken with the mining
fever drop their tools and their pens and
Join IN the rush to the dlggIngs. They
have no knowledge OF the nea avocaiion
they are about 10 embark in. no idea OF
where gold can oc found or how 10 look
or prospect FOR L when they are upon tie
ground They can run psow. drive
team. swing an ax or are we'll Gp in other
branches % labor. bs1t when IL comes to
reducing a pan % gravel opening mp a
claim or tracing up a piece OF float rock
they are about as much at sea As law
yer wogid be IN a paipit. Necessity COM
pels them 10 auit the country poorer in
pocket. bat wiser in experience, and thus
the rush comes ana goes.
so FAR As Indications 20 20 show the
dgginEs en- Six-MlA creek and other
streams smptyfng into Turnsgain arm
cannot he classed with those on Birch
and other creeks in the Yukon country
or with those IN the eariy days Of the
Cassiar mining; they are not SO rich. the
sold Is not so coarse. and IN regard to
extoht that Is a problem yet unSelyed.
However, they are pay" dIEglnEs. and
what we mean By pay" Is that the bars
and bedraeks are showing M and YIELD
ing with what Nttle work that has al
ready been dome from SO up 20 SO pcr
day 20 the man hy rocking. ana fayora-
he spots on bedrock have yielded much
higher returns OF course the entire
stretch or banks upon all Of these streams
viii rot yield ~ mach. 80 IL Is possible
that soFy4e might infer. bar there are rra ny
claims located upon the streams that viii
and ar such a rate under the small meta
eds ~ working thsTn now employed and
even under system % hydraulic working
Viii fer many years - come. More es-
peCiafiy Is this the case uron the numerous
gravel benches. some Of them having con-
siderable depth and extend the faH length
and width 81 a twemty-8cfe claim. AMI
also on into extensions other clalnas Will
b. soon Re Worsei out. mainly Those in the
numerous box canyons Whlch carry small
bars ana most q tbJ pay on bedrock
There are mary Nns hydraulic provost
tlons on tha benches. and a number 81
st}os are row hefnx negotiated with such
moae ef working tham "a view hut
This viii not be accomplished bsforc an
uthrT season.
The gold here canaot be cisssea as either
/ "Ens or ~cosrst gold. averaging about
tao ss8e q grains of wheat Il - rot
'rscsle~ E0la. and neither = K shot
sciA some - = Is rather Tat. with ihs
appearance ot having been beaten Enfo
ssseh share bv q relilnr bonlaer ana other
pievss aTe qaigr round vtih q rpuxh san
face Sorae % she large and rough rtes,es
ssil have xrsias eg quart aglherlnx %
thcEs. Whsse others are almost s'pmre b.
{n< worta tis an 0ancs Pieces IN szsrs
4 of s 20 - 0rnts are numerous. sspecizliy,
oa the Se3rcek ard nugEsSss weighing
over an ounce have been found u siaFe-
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