The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-24
FROM COOK INLET.
seyenty-ive Strapped Miners
Return From Alaska.
THEY DEnouNcs THE COUNTRY.
What Wifiiam Bowers. an Fxr~ri-
eaced Mining Man. Says ON
the other side.

= ~ r4FARBsTT 22-EAE HTF1H&I Tram AksA%At
a. So clock yesterday uorTsng, bring
inS - passengers. % THIS number 81 were
n the cabin and 3 * tsse sieerags. Only
about EhsrtY tens Of freight were nToagas.
Capt ). 3 PattsrSoa. % ths Ask said
ta-t1 ~ had oTa8ghs aeau1 = q the zsSa-
ers from Cook ialeg. Theg bad oniy tales
q hardship 20 tel % aud came back
eEEspsy-h2nded. curssnx the country. one
naAl rad g. in gold dust. whsca he sad
cost h1m $50 lie Intends 10 keep thls
aust as souvenir Of tie unfortunate
39Ifley. and whenever he il tempted 30
20 on On = mining journey 20 Al uEknowa
country ne viii refer 70 L &nG-Eoilog
PueAs advice about marrying.
About twenty-five men from the Bald
Eagle mine a. sun DUN came doRn on
the Al-Ai. They became dissatisfied az
the manner IN which The food Vas cooked
and also with the quality Of the food TIE
result was that the man who complained
TIE hardest was discharged. and then the
rest. 70 the number % absat twensy-fossr
quit n a body. and came wsfA him on Tie
AK The owner has already put out
. sign on the window OF the Pacific Coast
Steamship Conp1uy's of1ice N this city
for men to replace those who quit The
mine has been yielding az the rate OF sos
a day Tor the past month. and Is a very
valuable property
On Sunday. August Is. the Al-Ki took
an excursion party OF go 70 Takon glacier,
and on Tuesday. August IS carried anoth-
er party Of 80 merrymakers 20 TakoG har-
Dor. On both occasions the weather was
fine. and as there was a band GA board a
merry time Was had with dancing and
singing.
n {. Edwards. United States commits
sionsr az Kodiak. writes as follows con-
corning Cook Inlet 70 a relative In this city !:
The mining boom IN the Inlet is busted.
e.
or the poor fellows are trying 10 get back
10 Gods counsry without money. They are
finding il pretty hard work 10 10 So"
The Alaska News Of Thursday, Angus.
u. publishes an Interview with William
Bowers. an experienced miner who recent
iy returned from Cook inlet. Mr.. Bowers
said:
1t IS a mistake for those who have
failed TO find anything this summer 20 say
the country is no good and that there Is
nothing In II, for that IS untrue. There
are good diggings on the tributaries Of
Turn Again arm, ground that pays well,
much more than wages, out the trouble
Is there IS not much OF Il; the gold seems
TO be scattered over the country In patches
Good ground VIII be found on this creek
and barren ground a few miles distant
The country has been pretty thoroughly
prospected this season, as l met men from
nearly every SPOT IN the SbtfEe tc-fr
There ia gold there. and quite considerable
quantity. but in my opinion In not nearly
sufficient amount 10 justify nor support the
crowd that fiocked there this spring.
six Mile creek with fts tributaries. IS
conceded to be the best creek In the coun-
try says the News. "and the Mills claim
Is thought to be the richest yet opened
up, although there Is wtfe difference or
opinion as TO the worth Of the latter. the
-
also known To be valuable, and this sea-
sons yield will run well into the thou
sands. Frank and Arthur Howard have
claim on oiulch creek. where ii Is said
they have found coarse gold. At the time
OF leaving they were still prospecting. 80
Il was impossible 10 predict the value OF
the claim. While the Bowers party were
prospecting on the Ksnai a number Of old
shafts were found which hal been sunk
years ago by the Russians Some OF them
were cleaned out. and dirt from the bottom
was Planned, but nothing beyond few
scattering coiors could he seen. 1t IS
thought there viii bs less than 100 men
winter at the diggings, o. Mr.. Bowers
II OF the oponlon the majority OF the
juneau contingent viii return TO their
homes late in the fail
Following is the passenger list OF the
Al-Ki:
Mrs. G. A. C. Rochester. Mrs. John Buck
ner. J. Williams. ". Il. Jones. ]. Brat
naber. J. II. Jacobson, c. c. McRae, w.
W. Beck. r. ]. Patterson, G. McTanAhan,
r. A. Chisholm and wife. Miss ~ Bean,
Mrs. f. A. Wellman. Jean Davies. q. W.
Webster and wife. J. Rumbaugh and wits,
G. II. Converse J. NJ Miller, Miss r. orr,
Miss y. u. Calklns. Mrs. Mary McCash,
Miss Grace McCash. Miss \. NJ. YOUNG,
Miss Mabel Young. T. g. kaufman, Mlss
Anna sickman. {. Mutchier. Miss Ainsrts
Miller r ~ Miller. r. 9. Bender, J. Bill
linghast. Mrs. II. Howell. Miss n Ahra-
ham. Miss Grace Bogggs. III. :. stillwetl.
Alex Miller. Miss Nellie Blake. /. Pick
ner, a Lorraine and wife. -. E.ckcrt and
wife Wills Thorpe. Mrs. ]. :. Caldwell.
W. T. Wadleigh. j. ]. Bogardus. J. A sill
Ter ard wife. " II. wills, Dittenhoffer.
r. D. Kelsey. Mrs. A. Perry, Mrs. q. W.
Hunt. J. Seigel. T. l. Liilis, p. c. Van
Buskirk. r. I. Fox and six second class.