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GOLD IN ALASKA.
One OF Tho EIc,irst Finds IN the Worlds
History,

! One OF Tho EichGst Finds IN the Wciid =
History.
! Tho Associated Press has received q
letter from Il. A. Stanley, president
Of the Binghamton, N. Y, Evening
EcraId Company, telling OF tie won
lcrful gold discoveries of Alaska. Nh.
STANLEY wroto from St. Michaels Is
land. whero ho stopped on his way to
he Yukon mining region: Writing
under date Of June 50, he says:
The steamer Excelsior Of San Fran
cisco. w&s The first vessel 20 push her
Way through TIE ice TO this station.
Tie Puricnd, from Seattle, arrived
ifcus hours later. From tEese vessels
- !eaynel ior the first time OF Mc-
K.nlep'S election, The result OF the
Embellishments prize fght and
n:rler news OF lie fall AID winter The
ice Went ovt cf lie Yukon about June
IS, and the river steamer PGrtus Il.
Ws@r, Hbi3h wintertd 1t Dawson, q
22j JDiies ~, reached st. Michaels
June q. The Wear brought authen-
lie news Of soue Of the most wonder
fu} gold strikes in all the worlds his.
tory, and brought also some 'orty-hye
miners, every man bringing in from
So. GO to $40, 600 OF dust and nuggets,
WITH &c aggregate OF more than ST.
GOO. coo. Just how much the Wear
bruugnt IN on as own account, IS the
exchange Of provisions and supplies
furnished ihe miners by tho North
American TrSGing ard Transportation
COmvaGy, could not DC ascertained,
bui il IS very large.
Tie steamer Alice arrived ct ST.
Michael's " June 90, bringing Is MI
ners and bali q million in gold for
them aud much on its own account.
The passengers On the Alice confirmed
The news reported by the passengers
Of the Wear, which is as follows:
The richest strike the world has
ever krown was made in the Klon-
.dyEa region last August and Septem-
Der. out the news did not get even to
Circle City until December 10, when
there was a great stampede over the
300 miles intervening between there
and the newer fields. On August u
George Cormsck made the first great
strike on Bopanza Creek, ard on Au
gust 10 seven claims were fitted IN
that region. Word got to Forty Mile
and IcicIe City, but the news was
Looked uGon as a grub stake rumor.
"On December is, however. au
thentic news was carried to Circle
City by J. N. Wilson of the Alaska
Commercial Company and Thomas
O'Brien, a trader. They carried not
only news, but prospects, and the
greatest stampede ever known in this
psrt of the world commenced. Those
who made the 800 miles first struck it
rich. Of all the 200 claims staked out
on the Bonanza and Ell Dorado Greeks
rot one has proven a blank. Equally
rich finds we're found June E and 10
On Dominion Greek. Not less than 300
claims have been staked out on Indian
Creek. and the surface indications are
that these are as rich as any Of the
others.
The largest nugget yet found was
picked up by Bud Hudson on claim
Nc. e on the Bonanzs, ard was worth
S257. Next in size was one found by
u Clements on Indian Creek, worth
'$231. The last four pans Clements
iook cut were worth 1000 and one
went $775.
Bigger pools have been struck in
other regions, but nowhere on earth
hiss so rich a general find been made
as in this section, in all about rs lucky
.1riners have reached st. MichaeIs.
.S2me brought but a portion OF their
cleanup, ~preferring to invest other
portions in mines they know TO be
rich. Among the most lucky are j. j.
Clements Of Los Angeles, who has
cleaned urabout$l75 600, who brought
.0ut $50. 600 and invested tue rest;
Prof. L. g. Lippy of Seattle, who
brought out about $500 0 and has
$3.50, 600 in sight, and who claims his
mine is worth $500, 900 or more; Will
liam Stanley Of Seattle, who cleaned
ue SIP, GOO; Clarence Berry, S110, 600;
Henry Anderson, $55,000; Frank
hel-liSI, FJo,O'O, IL. . tNSitJ, VIZ
coo; William Sloane of Naraimo, b.
&C., $685. O1, and at least thirty more
who will not talk, but stand guard
over their treasure in their staterooms.
Then there are at least twenty more
Imea bringing from 5000 to $4,000.
AL this gold and more to come is the
cIean up of last winters work. It
must ali come out via st. Michaels,
and the bulk of supplies must go in
that way. The two great t~ransporta-
ton companies pushing in supplies
are the North American Trading and
Transportation Company and the
Alaska Commercial Company"
Further particulars will follow in
about forty days, on the arrival of
next steamer, as Mr.. Stanley will re-
maiu ia Alaska aud gather all the in
formation he an.
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