The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-11

- y most ssngnIss 10 okser~e how Tire
xfoc1ske ersss hs. ssssen@t upon sss
porss 81 ell persssns Of sfzs rnsssA
l1atsx- There hes heen no Eslnlzs exssss-
nsas ssace that OF rsss which hss ever
&scapfsd - mach sIsee IN the public
prints. OF sas beer ~ widespread ard nnz-
NSrxAl ia SIS extent Not 4 .sssly news
oApef In fhe rt1Esed States n=s gore 20
Dwss~ Tor weeks ssss without columns Of
space havlss bees devoted TO the subject
aAewiag hsyand anything size that IL IL
- one msss~r OF Interest to aii nsxs-
nep<v readers
Mining rzsstses wsfe recognized features
- eariY life aaos The raSs6e coast sst
- netss os those wsaseh swept the aeopae
~ this ssesson Of TIE rnlsas. States OF OF
their feet ssA the eircis Of sanssssse ex-
4eud IL hosders sar enough 10 exert any
D<reeps.hie influence IN fse ss9ses ives, OF
ahe Roeky meaasains Fraser river Cart
boo. white Pine. cassgxy are eli familiar
nesres 70 Gle PASTE coast residents. xho
reeaai hos the psopss Of the Pacific coast
~ The thousands sstampedea 10 tie
ocsnss Of tfsezs discoveries on the ssrsng.a
Of revorss Of geld discoveries Of nothing
Ire the snaxnlsEes nov reported sroas ,he
Xaondl.e
The older Inhabitants ar Puget sound
The news a. r5eh SOD discoveries an Cas-
sssr Ard pease creeks ssnse oas tn the fall.
and how. In Hsaawtngsr. some 90 men
freu Erassss, Columbia Ard Puget sound
started feF shs new gold fields. how fran
little ssern-wAees ssver ecaas we're fitted
cat Il tske sss miners To Fort wsanxei.
alaska. and land them on the ice In the
essrksen river. from whsch pognt they took
sf.-sr isrs<a'ne way, dragging their posses
sscns o. land sseds ard soacwxans up The
rough lee Of the sssckesn. and thence Is
mica asres: tia mountains smto a country
- assseais ~ access and wixh IS severe a
climate ~ any portion Of the yakoa
country.
THESE psf'eis Local gold PUSHES. the In
GEeEsre uf sbsea aid rot extend OUTSIDE Of
kas faeaas coast. carried away ten. ntiean
tssnsg and q, % My taeassnd men. Dis
tgpee. severity OF climate scarcity OF pro-
ssa.oax ard .aivs OF hardship did nes saf-
nss 20 ehses them. Neither we're The ae-
taai- tanEihse evidences Of The richness %
4ao new asids- in The form OF wealth ac-
tnasly produced. requires TO STARE thesa
Sssny were starred en runcss alsne.
Ta~ss things saus, alb De taken into con.
sasserasIsn when estimating or attempting
sc estimate Ice magnitude Of toe rush
Mhsch viii be made 30 tho rev gasa fields
- lAlasss darlss Ire neg, .ws2ve ss,en,As.
il L. tsse hat eensetxsiivs newsca fern
oil eve. the United assies are aegmx thstr
uimoss to discourage :A= rusa. They Pile
Mp stories Of tAe prospective ssserlas anss
harassl.s. IRE sae. remains thst ether
Gsa aava undergone saas suffering and
Cat hardship sast have returned. ssrons
sns wels wsIh fortunes which they have
an ~ few months tai. Every healthy
yauns man. possessed of ambition ard
energy. believes himself sasliaes 10 cn-
cary all that other rss have eadurea An.s
with :nr sels-eenSssage ef yeg:A all ee.
- isss'. would have as much gee3 fortune
o. sngse sae aave preeefes them.
.sesh4nS new can by any possibility
ehseA the movement sstysns 10 sow ard th.
Sold acids Of sas takaa. xsta. sakflg iafe
consideration the absorbing intsres; fels
IN tie safsee: n al parts 90 tae rnsse.s
STAYS. II would sssrn safely conservative
essssssts 10 say that by aext Summer
sse ssa rerSans wIl pass through Ses5f5.
en- esssc fer the north. Ssegla shs ress.isz
az this winters sosk % SO KSoa1tks
equal the estimates ss,ae by ths men wno
Rave heea en ,hs Ercans. :hcee ray 70
more ssea SO sEse the ygSen q sAe ncx;
tao years saaa poured !n,o California &uS.
inS ,sss sna iSsa.