The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-21
TWO SURELY LOST.
Nothing Heard Of the Steamer
ROYAL or Schooner Lincoln.
THE eRLAnD FROM COOK INLET
Snow and Ice sim Cover the Ground.
but Prospectors Are Getting Gold
From the Frozen Earth.

Schooner Stella Ersand. Capt. r. Thun-
nell, returned from her long voyage 10
Cook inlet yesterday. gliding quietly IN al
2 o'c.ock IN the morning = tying Up Al
the slip north OF the Schwaoachsr wharf
She eft ths Inlet May =. and was sixteen
days and twelve hours On the return. be-
side hsr regular crew she carried e Haas
I0cher, % the United States Trading Com
p4ay, by which the vessel Is owned. and
three passeng ers-H. W. MglIiner, of CHI
csgo; T.. y. Arnett. OF SiiyeFton, Or; and
NJ Cooper. OF San Francisco. The trio
we're miners who. having remained IN the
COUNTY, long enough 70 acquire vast dis
gust. were anxious to return The most
precious part OF the light cargo brought
from the inlet was a bundle OF AS letters
for Seattle.
The news brought down eas not encour-
aging nor was Il dlscouraging. The 200
or more miners who have built their cabins
or pitched their tents on the snow feds OF
Cook inlet are simply waiting for the OPP
ening Of the season. and work will not be
possible unit July at the earliest. Some.
more energetic than the rest. are prospect
ing or stalking out claims, and even min
ing. This has serious drawback, how
ever. for In many instances after setting
out stakes on the surface Of fifteen feet Of
snow, the white covering has melted and
disclosed another mans claim set out on
the ground below. making the ind OF the
recent prospector OF no avail.
The brigantine Bsakeiey arrived at the
inlet on May IS In a slightly damaged con-
dition. but With ali safe aboard and good
for many a strong blow yet. She was
caught on several of the many spits which
stand out OF the water az low tide. The
launch Sea Light, OF Hoqaiam. also steam
ed up the inlet short time before the
Stella Erland left. Other vessels there
L.
Sutherland, of San Francisco; bark Theo-
bald, OF San Francisco: steamer Kodat. of
San Francisco. which has been wintering
at Kodak: barkentine Marian, schooners
Loyal. Helga Caroline and another at Six
Mile creek. schooner Helen, carrying pas
senEers and freight about the inlet: s,oop
Margey, steam schooner L. j. Perry and
several local vessels
Nothing has been heard OF the steamer
Royal which left San Francisco May l
for the cannery al Kussilof. The Royal
belongs 20 the Alaska Packers Association.
and unless she is lying up in the bay at
Kussilof beyond sight of the vessels
passing up the inlet. has not arrived. One
OF the men of the Stella Erland says that
one evening he saw smoke arising from
about the location OF Kussilof. and on look
ing through field glasses thought at the
time II might be a steamer. on this I'M
Royal must be based.
1t Is now conceded that the schooner
Lincoln has been lost with the twenty-five
souls aboard. She left Seattle April Z. but
five days after the Stella Erland, which
was the first to go. and has not been
sighted since.
The now famous Sunset City lies just
az the head OF tide water on Six Mile
creek and cannot be reached by water
save ut high tide Even then only small
boat can get up. as II IL very shallow.
There are fifteen or twenty cabins on on :
side OF the creek and four or FIVE on the
other The principal establishment is
Kreuzner's brewery. He has a large sign
out and dispenses liquid he calls beer TO
the thirsty miners The brewery rs aiso
the grocery store. There is no lack of
grub on the inlet. The town is plated
Ia blocks 90 feet square. which are sub
divided into lots 3ox1oo feet. The streets
are sixty feet wide. C. q. Swinehart AMI
Frank Howard are the principal property
holders. They arrived early on the
ground and took possession. At the mouth
OF the creek is another settlement callel
Sunset City. They are fighting hard 70
have the postoffice established there. The
miners are beginning TO scatter and seek
new territory. and claims have been
stakea out on the Kinik and Susheitna
rivers. One man on Six Mile creek Is said
TO be taking SIC per day out of the frozen
ground. Last fall 100 men took $1,000 on
Six Mile in about three weeks Miners are
asking SIS for gold. but ii is being bong
FOR Sic TO 81.
The party Of capitalists who went from
san Francisco on the steam schooner Tx
celslor are hard at work. At present they
are hyfraaicking at Anchor point and are
buying up claims right and left. Trading
posts have been established In both Six
Nile and Resurrection creeks.
The Stella Eriand did not meet either
the sehooners Annie Nixon or Port Admiral
on the way. She will sail again for the
Inlet Saturday. June q. and all who wish
20 send mail can DO so by John Il. Pacey.
OF MscDousan. Southwick & Co. who is
going with the EFland on her next trip.
II was understood IN talking with the
crew that r. II. Callahan, who went ~
as business manager OF the United States
Trading Company. has not given satisfa.-
ton, and viii be supplanted by Mr..
Pacey.
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