The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-26

that has been done In order to vet these rich
claims Isl N ~. s3p ~ ! gro 70 E !. 81 10 GU. I'll. Fo,d 4, a.,
thing necessary II to construct n dam and turn
tho water into another channel. Drain bitches
The ditch depending on the slope q The land,
THIS drnin-ditch digging is a work which would
frozen ground cannot I've iocscncd with u pick.
and the miner has TO wait for the sun to take
the frost out Of n. Only about two inches II
day thnws out enough so that II can he moved.
tho day. In this Cnsr, meaning. twenty-fuur
district, for instance, which Is ono ~ the rich.
est ON the creek. II drail 800 feet long had to
be dug, at the upper end o. which II WIS eiglt
feet down TO bedrock. During its .construc-
tion the workmen went over the e~ntlre length
OF the ditch. every. day until the required depth
was attained. and At no time was more than
two inches OF gravel moved In ono day.
q, man IS fortunate enough 20 locate a
terror. he probably will have to devote the entire
working season to s%trinptng and draining II
aud getting ready to wash DIRT, aud q, the close
lar. as the result OF his work. although the
claim nay he extremely rich. Glacier Creek.
Mile country. contains more than fifty claims
each 800 feet long. on which such work has
had 10 To done. Last ummer Robert lnsley.
al old Juneau man, operated seven claims on
Glacier CrCok. On two Of tie claims but two
so situated that Tie sun rarely shone upon tho
ground. and they had hardly thHwcd odt be.
fore tnG xrnyel had frozen again. ON the
made. between six and seven weeks good
work has been done. and in that time. with IN
900 was cleaned up. Mr.. Insley b ugbt this
siaiinno a year ago IRON TIC original locator Tor
and get il In shape to work. Last seasons
work, In addition To paying the entire Expenses,
including all the dead work of the spring and
summer. aud the purchase price. left several
thousand dollars clean profit. Ever since Its
discovery the claim has been a Noted one. and
gravel near tho bedrock has run MS high as $40
1t REQUIRES from $500 to $500 to outfit a man
for he ~diggings about Circle City for one year.
ttons around Birch Creek. The largest output
from any ny one one claim In one season so far has
Welded $4,000 each. The country has not yet
been thoroughly. prospectcd, and there still re-
gold lelt covers u good width of country. some
OF the men who have gone in from juneau this
sprinr 9re looking TO strike it rich on these
Rulches. A lot OF men wintered at Circle City,
with the intention Of getting. an early start
they could take advantage Of the extreme low
waters before the summer freshets. a letter
from Circle City. dated In the last part Of Jan
uary. treats of the prospects of the digRinps
for this season and winds up with this nppar-
entity irrelevant advice:
cattle into this country; In the first place.
the task would be a hard one; then mosquitoes
pcat is quite plentiful. In season. and retails at
from 10 to rs cents per pound, the profits on
There has been a good deal OF disparity in tho
figures given by those who have come out this
Circle City. Estimates have run us high as
loo. none being lower than 700. 1t now APP
penrs that both of these are too high. Capt. j.
J.. Heniy Of the Alaska Commercial Company,
who has charge of the trading post at Circle
Circle City Su on New Yer ts' Day s,"t shere w tTst 5d %
persons. OF these, sixteen were women. most
OF them the wives Of traders or miners. Those
who were single remained so OF their own choice.
They could easily have had the pick of the camp.
A letter received here recently from John
thu! ther; is more and better free mi ling
the vicinity of Juneau. lie predicts the cree.
to ton Of many stamp mills at an early date.
manenoy OF Forty Mile.
One OF the men who came out from the in
terror In the last party that reached Juneau
IL going down to Seattle after horses. He Is
City and use them in running a pack. train
are n great help on the Yukon. but they are
very scarce. and their services are hard to get.
From From q Fort sae Y ftfISn't To c + de" Sit ~ a a di ssaims;
of eighty miles. freight Is Is cents q pound:
from CIRCLE Sity to the mines, thirty miles Dis:
The man will have a good and profitable
and establishes n transport from the first small
lake. just, over the summit Of the Chilka
small lakes. on which it would be necessary
to run boits. but this water transportation
"Oulu cover hDOut CWo-tnlruS OF tDe Instance.
A trail could be opened up for the rest OF tho
distance quickly, and at small expense. This.
Or after the ice on the lakes had broken up,
the distance covered being down to where tim
Der grows. and where boats and RATS are built
Tor the rest OF the journey down the river.
A party which went into the interior from
Seattle this spring by, way of Juneau took
say, are especially, adapted and trained for
pulling sleiIhs; rhat's what the. party We're
f tHe in' 'S use ' It i so s"id ' Chat e" th see animals mai '" ars
'apahle, of withstanding the rieors OF extremely
s ssla abe ei hnrk Of t pna viii wiIlo fs.te on on IS, such food
Tine predictions which were made here last
fall by some OF The discontinued cutters that
the Birch Creek diggings would soon be worked
out and that Circle City would dry up and blow
away. have caused the men who have come out
in long enough to know the extent of the fall
developments. a good hearty laugh. They say
Creek country to Keep things cumming for ten
years and that the surface Of the ground has
thre, places: Tho man who has done the most
FOR the recent development of the Yukon conn-
Try y Btii Fee; known in tho interior
combined; two of which, Independence and
Fee has claims on all tho principal creeks. He
hires men TO work them and takes a pack on
ing for something new and better.
Lou Golden was one of the last party out
from m t@s i 1hsn a ye ae h9 Wh nsen he In w ciTGle s Gity
SO a''s~ f'Ns NV WV tfty
from Juneau his skin was as white and rosy as q
girls, but now his faGe Is as opper-colored as
in the hest OF health and as fine as a fiddle.
and that's what the Yukon does for n good man.
He advises everybody going into the Yukon to
add n broad brimmed somhreIo and several
yards q, mosquito netting to his outfit. 1t is
impossible to work without some kind of COW
ering for the face and neck. and these big
trimmed hats have been found TO lie the most
serviCeable.
The Yukon Press, which has been published
semi-annually at Fort Adams, near the mouth
OF the Nulato River, will lie moved TO Circle
City this spring. and Its proprietor will have a
try at printing II once n week.
Old Yukoners have a curious sort of a winter
Thermometer. Experienced men say that they
can tell with remarkable accuracy the number
OF degrees Of cold by the appearance Of their
breath In the frosty air. This works dOwl to
Al degrees below zero. When the thermometer
goes below 40 degrees no greater extent of cold
Is perCcptible. old lukOncrs say, and a person
would not think IL WIS so cold II he did not
have a thermometer to tell him.
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