The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-17

The stesrey City Of Topeka, which ar
rived Ia p0rs yesterday morning. brought
down information OF another new and
hitherto UNEMPLOYED gold district that il
quoted - being exceptionally rich In the
yellow metal The district 10 westward
Of Prince Williams sound. . short dis
lance below the westernmosf passage.
about IS miles distant. II II hack OF q
small estuary. = part Of Resurrection bay
and 10 described as Follows:
Immediately back OF the head Of the bay
and appearing ~ . divide separating the
sea coast from the Tarn-Ags-n arm gold
feds. in sae opposite side OF which the
ksnas river finds It's source. 10 . range OF
mountains which until this season II Is
thought never o@-ore has been disturbed
By the prozpecscr's pick John Noon. an
old-Esme prospecfor. was one OF the many
attracted toward Cooks Inlet last spring,
nut instead OF following the horde into
Turn-Again arm and Its tributaries. he
quietly put his OUTFIT into . canoe and
made his way down the coast from Prince
Williams sound till he came 10 the snug
Little harbor found in Resurrection bay
Here hut one family Is located. that OF a
hunter named Love. who with his Indian
wife and brood OF hAtf-hreed children.
have lived on the bay for years and years
In the vicinity % the thousand islands IN
THAI locality Is . favorife feeding ground
OF the sea otter. and Love has followed
his avocat.on OF hunter and irapper nr-
disturbed by Others OF his own race and
almost entirely cut OF from civilization.
To inquiries put TO him hy Mr. Noon ne
sa.d Is far as ne knew no one had ever
prospected the range OF mountains back
OF the coast One thing particularly no.
ficeab.e OF thar section Was the fact that
the season was fully 80 TO 81 days ahead OF
that on Turn Again arm. Noon started
out into the hills the 18th of May and
scarcely any work could be done on the
opposite aide of the divide before the md
die or last OF June. Upon leaving the head
of Resurrection bay this intrepid pros
pector climbed the range until he was AZ
an altitude OF about e00o feet. which in
that country is the timber line. The noun
fains are quite rough. sometimes prec.pi-
tous. but prospecting there IL a paradise
compared with other sections OF Alaska.
AT or near the timber line there IL no un-
dergrowth or shruhbery to impede ones
progress and completely hide the face Of
the mountains. nor are there any swamps
or tundrss at a lower altitude Those
magnificent pests. mosquitoes and gnats.
the bane of the miners existence on Turn
Again arm and in the Yukon. are con-
sp.cuous by their absence and when out In
the hills one need not wear sheet steel
mask as a protection TO his face. Along
the foothills and AT the base OF the noun
tains the formation seems TO have at some
time or other been In violent state OF
upheavai. there being mucn volcanic and
basalt rock encountered everywhere. As
one ascends the range. however. the char
ac'eristics change very materially and the
formation becomes more uniform and
compact. solid walls of slate. granite and
porphyry taking the place OF the shat
tered sfratae of basalt.
Fifteen miles back from the beach and
just at the timber line AIR. Noon found
gigantic ledge of quartz running from 40
TO 800 feet in width Free gold vas visible
with the naked eye and fr2m the neces-
sariiy crude manner in which an assay
was made enough of a result was obtain
ed to warrant the location of number of
claims. The ledge is cur here and there
with small seams of slate. but there Is ey-
cry indication thar with depth they Will
pinch out and give solid vein of MASSIVE
proportions In addition 10 gold the ledge
carries pyrstes of copper and some silver.
George Rice lie interested In the claims
and Mr.. Noon viii return 10 his new dis
coverses next spring and do considerable
development work on them.
In August Mr., Noon crossed the divide
ami aid considerable prospecting near the
head OF the kena: river. finding several
promising looking lodges the value OF
which. however. is vet TO be determined
He also visited the S.x-MIle creek dig
EingS. likewise the hydraulic proposition
OF the Boston syndicate located at Anchor
point and other places. Lynx creek. a
tributary II SfxMi.e crsk was discovered
few days before the cold weather be-
gan. The locator. man named Powers.
and his partner washed out nine ounces in
five days with but two men shovei.ng.
freeze-up then occurred ard work had to
be abandoned for th@ winter
The Boston syndicate has spent A great
deal Of money this season n getting Their
p.acers in shape 10 work on a large scale.
and Mr.. Noon II OF the opinion they have
proposition which will pay them enor-
nous returns on the capital Invested On.
a clam adjoining one which they VIII
work next season four men late this fall
took out siS in nine days. IL ground VIII
pay that well worked with ground shiices
II Is hard 20 conceive Nat the DAYS
cleanup would amount 10 when hyarat,-
icksa. On Be,uSa river the same company
has ts.es acres 81 ground and have appro-
prsased 1000 inches Of water from the
RIVER. Early Ia the spring they will begin
work On a ie-mile ditch and as soon as
competed VIII pat giants 70 work wash ag
cut the vast masses OF gold-bea.iax
gravel.