The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-07
VIVA CITY BORN.
There's Only One House There. Hut the Town
IL Laid out All Right.

N'S
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich, Sept. CA letter
received to-day from Wawa City, Algoma dis
trict, Michipicotcn Toll road. Canada. by Indian
runner and steamer Telegram, tells Of the laying
out OF tho city on Sept. 4. when Joseph Cozens
n civil engineer from the Canadian 500
ran tho town lines on tho sito selected by Capt
Joseph Ganley of Ainsworth & Ganlcy, this
city, who have extensive fisheries interests
along the shores OF northern Superior. There
was only one building in tho town when 1t was
christened Wawa City. and that u log hut. The
100 prospcctors in tents were present at sunset
when the naming was done.
Tho city is at tho northwest end of Lake
Wawa. which Is six miles long. The shores
OF the lake rise in precipiccs all around,
except at this place. where a small
creek finds its way to the north and east
toward Dog Lake and the undiscovered country
around Missanabia. the Northern Pacific Rail,
road station. The site was the only available
one and was selected by Capt. Ganlcv, probably
because no has u holding on the creek and
docks must be built there when mining is run.
At present all supplies and machinery must
come by the way of the MichiDicoten Landing
Gus trail seven miles long to the new town. A
road would be opened TO this landing were it
not tor the fact that the hundred prospectors
present are too busy looking for gold to labor at
James Ganley. tho master of the Telegram, is
n brother OF Can't. GanIcv. and has a big holding
in the new district. The letter says that AS to
tho gold discoveries developed 1t can be said
tint quartz has been found which assays over
This quartz is not found in any one place, but
extends over thousands of acres. Joseph Dick
crson, II newspaper editor at Port Arthur. is tho
owner of the richest claim in the nc!shborhoud,
and this Is two miles from Wawa City. lie has
found quartz containing virgin gold in chunks SO
pure That IL needs no chemical treatment TO
separate II from the rock. once the rock Is
crushed: Prospector7 are every day bringing in
thousand acres have already been claimed, and
these claims overlap each other 10 such an ex-
tent that disputes ha We arisen and lawsuits in
Vulnerable are in sight.
The country, where these discoveries Of gold
have been made has never been opened up for
settlement, the only jewellers being the Hudson
Bay traders and Indians, very few in number.
Most OF the district has never been visited.
The writer says that hr WAS obliged to cut his
letter Off two hours ahead OF sche lule time be-
cause his Indian carrier, or runner, refused to
attempt TO make the distance through the mud
on time.
The stream which flows out of Lake wawa.
near Wawa City, leafs TO Dog Lake and Lake
Manitou, along the shores OF which the condi-
lions are identical with those around Wawa
Cyrus Johnston. a dealer in real estate and tax
titles In this city, discredits the value OF the find
in the Lake Wawa district. and he backs up
which his f,thcr. John ". johnson, made
IN the early sixties. Johnston says that ut this
trict every year, and out OF his acquaintance
with c.. W. Bell. in charge o! tho Hudson Bay
Company's posi-. acquired an intimate knowledge
OF all this country.
On Bells statement that the country was rich
In minerals, the elder Johnston did some
prospecting, formed II 100000 company. made
up OF prominent Detroit capitalists and spent
three years in sinking sh ATS and making drifts
into the mountains OF this section.
The only thing tound was an inferior iron ore,
Improbable even for smelling. He says his
father WORKED on the fields Tor several years,
TOOK up claims OF 5000 acres on Lake Wawaug,
AS the lndi ms then called it. and spent in all
$4,000 in trying to lind paying quartz, but IL
was all a failure, and he died al IL years Of age,