The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-02

9se latest news from the Yukon basin
. 4. ,ubIisn4a IN an interview IN the ALASKA
xsx. Of September l. with z. n Tnomp-
~ and A. j. Thompson. who arrived at
r.,.sas September y. after a trip OF forty
. sss days from Circle City.
A. ,hs tine they lett Circle City n grsa.
a.. OF trouble was being experienced on
number or creeks on account OF uu-
uxua.ly hIga water. During the early sum
rsr IL rained necessarily Throughout. the
Earch creek diggings. and freshets we're CT
rommon occurrence. On several claims on
Mss:odon creek prepara,io were made
early in June for the first washing since
~hseh time he operators have been driven
sus by water three times. being compelled
| "a move their sluiee boxes IN each instance
40 Keep them from being swept away. AZ
seon a. the water subsidized work was To
haze been pushed with all possible vigor
Every one about Circle City comedies that
Mas,oaon creek will be the banner pro-
duesr this season as IL was LAST.
A great many claims are being opened
M on which heretofore nothing but pros
ssctlng has been done. AMI the ma jority
sfou,.se 10 Yield vel. De8d8ood creek
MI probably be the second in point or
ro8arflofs. unless some OF the recent dis
roysr.es shoald at once be developed.
| Eagle creek Is booming and every avail
Ale Inch CT ground Is sa I'd to have been
saken Up. The trail 10 the new discovery
lezds 40 Mastodon creek and over a rough.
. e,scps,ous range OF hills 10 the headwa-
! sers Of the new creek. Il distance OF four
ar f,,e miles. The discovery claim was
| heated near the head Of the creek, there
oflng bat few claims taken above. while
| te.ow nearly ninety have been staked ou'
| Provisions on Magtodon have been scarce
| 4a,E
cents a pound. and on EAGLE creek there
| Is even GREATER scarcity. This wlil prove
great detslinent To the carry opening Of
the latter creek. With the rate for sum-
. mer freght.n2 AZ 10 cents pound 10 Mas
.,Goa and probably 10 to 20 cents more To
the new camp nn Eagle. there are not
mary men Working for wages who can
purchase and freight Ia a summers our
x A day or tao before the Thomrsons
| left Circle City men We're being offered 81
dsY - 20 10 Tho new dlggngs They
eoaf.sm the reports OF the richness OF tho
rev diggings. and cay the Indications are
nat Eagle creek will prove The best
| ground ever located in the Yukon country.
On Harrison creek but little can he done
mill the claims are drained which viii
take some time ard much hard work.
The taking I'm OF number of horses last
sgrlng viii prove a godsend 10 the miners.
The seemingly excessive freight charges
| IN effect from the post To the diggings
have been made necessary for the reason
that human labor has usually been the
Method Of transportation employed Dog
sscs are used I'm the winter.at which time
the freight rate Is only quarter as much
a. during the summer months. In warm
weather the supplies that are not packed
on aegs an amount necessarily small, are
earrisd on a mars back, and when onn
packs hundred or more pounds for sixty
Or eighty miles over swamps and tundras.
W bill aud down. the amount paid seems
smali In comparison with the labor per-
serDed There have been fully thirty
bead OF horses taken 10 Circle city this
simmer and With proper trails cut 10 tho
various diggings. SO "A horse can travel
With some degree of ease. summer freight
nr MI be no higher than In winter
flsn'y OF wild grass ahounds every WHERE,
and hay can be cut and cured sufficient to
last through the winter. \ few of the
pack trains arc feeding a small quantity
q grain, which was shipped In from saa
Francisco. but the animals working on
Wa feed aione seem 10 thrive Just as well.
Circle City has doubled in population this
summer and any one who can handle a
saN and hammer has no difficulty In Sc
curing employment. Lumber from Ia
GUS saw mill finds a ready sale nj siao
rr thousand. Ii Is used principally fer
naefiag, ceiling and finishing purposes
Fo'ty-ANs post was found pretty we'll de-
~fiti those hot owning claims in that
Vicinity having gone down the river 10
,3eie titf. Other parties ara now on
saf'F way out ana may ne expected at any
eme within the next two weeks