The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-12
THE BRIGHTER SIDE.
Miners Who Stick 10 it Have q
Good Thing.
BUT TENoERFEET LOSE HEART.
That Seems 70 be the situation ae Cook
Inles-LetterS Prom Se-
attic People.

Cook inlet Is net such an awful place
after all. according 20 some letters sent
from n-cspecto1S 70 r.aeir families In Seat
TIE. These letters ara from men who did
rot 80 10 the snset n the expectation az
getting everything far nothing and are
consequently not discouraged by the hard
ships 70 be expected - pioneers IN a Wild
country. Had the pvospee.ors Ct Califer-
Ma. from waose early fshors has resulted
the development q the present. been made
OF no s1erner skngs than those who are
now leaving Cook inlet IN disgust the
great mineral wealth % the state would
have remained. unknown.
4 suppose you hear all kinds q reports
about Alaska but you don't want TO be-
Eeve anything until you are sure OF the
facts. Things look bright now. writes
John Wood. CT Seattle. IN letter 10 bis
family N this city. dated May =.
Mr.. Wood was one Of those who went up
on the Laknae- He had visited the Inlet
the season before and located Eve claims.
on Six Sa'e pnsa'rrection. Canyon. Cub
and Palmer creeks In his letter ne states
thar company has been formed Joining
TIE claims on SSx-Ai1e creek Of George
SaGcsrran. Al Spears. Andrew Knox Gad
John Wood. IL is known as the Boston
Bar Mining Company aud work was 20
be begun the following Monday, or June 8
In speaking OK the outlook. Mr.. Wood
says:
"of the men that have come In here not
many are sncamped. as most OF them are
out prospec ting. Some are doing well,
while many tsnderfeei are leaving on eg-
cry outgoing vessel. / suppose many Of
them expected 20 pick up nuggets on the
shore. but that is not the case here. Yet
the newcomers are andanS gold in many
places II they DO not Ind II IN greater
Quantities however. they VIII not shake
the financial world. There are four gem
eral stores in Sunrise City, bakery and
a saloon. and as for b0at-huilders. We
count them by the hundreds. There are
ten married women IN the town. and all
appear 20 De happy. The town IS grow
ing rapidly and there are eleven vessels
now IN the harbor.
That al the claims are not failures Is
shown By the following letter. dated June
l, from oEner Lynch. Of this city. who Is
working on Aiile-'s claim on Resurrection
creek:
1--WE are now at work in good earnest
shoveling into the Sluices. The dirt goes
about cent TO the shovel full. as near "a
We can tell by panning. but We can't tell
how much we can save until We make 3
cleanup Of the sluices. That vii not be
until We have worked full week. as it
does not pay 10 make up a cleaning more
often than that on account Of breaking up
the rifles. According 20 our prospect now
we should make about sic day per man.
and when We get 20 bed rock are likely TO
increase that about FIVE times. We are
the first TO get started in the mines and
are the only claim that Is now running on
pay dirt. The gold PANIED out is known
as scale gold and is worth about sl7.5o an
ounce 1t Is prophesied by the miners
that II we don't make money here nobody
VIII
The trees are Just ieafng out. and
though there are no flowers yet. there viii
be before long. IL IS nearly light all the
time now during the night and the wealth
er IS beautiful. warm and pleasant during
the day. The nights are quite cold"