The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-10-28

Its GOOD GrounA be9tas hight ~ Sue
Edge of the Pacific and Ruas All
the way Up to Its sosrce.-The
mighty Stream Washes the Bases
OF Five Gigantic Goid-Bearins
Mountains, and Veteran Prospec-
tors Say Its Banks Contain Many
millions of Dollars In Dust and
Nusgets-It ts the Golden Gate OF
the Great Northwest.
While nine men out OF every ten in
the United States, Canada and Great
Britain are becoming more and more
excited over the big gold strikes in the
Klondike region. and thousands OF per-
sons are vainly trying TO cross the dif-
fcult Chnkoot Pass and the still more
dangerous trails from Dyea and Ska
quay, in the hope OF reaching Dawson
City before the Winter. a few hundreds
OF pioneers ignoring the rush, are
quietly laying UP for themselves treas
ures in a land far richer than the Up
per Yukon country and incomparably
easier Of approach. The masses may
peril their lives II they like. in the ter
riblc journey across the SHOWS OF Brit
ish Columbia, with imminent death in
every canon, glacier and rapid, but the
knowing ones-the men who have
sought gold and found II since the days
Of '49--are directing their energies to a
district much nearer the known waters
T. He haf k.y
expect 10 find more gold than the al
ready overcrowded gold feds Of Daw-
son can ever put forth. and that they
look 20 find enormous yields Of silver.
copper and other valuable metals, ag-
rreratluC many millions OF dollars.
This district IS the Copper River
country. the richest region Of the
Northwest, according TO the few min
ing engineers wh7 have traversed IT,
1t Is many hundreds 90 miles nearer
the coast than tho klondike. for it be-
gins at the mouth Of the Copper River
itself. short distance 70 the east OF
Prince William Sound. Unless the sci
entists he mistaken-and it must be
horne in mind that all their predictions
hitherto have been more than verified
II; Will yield during the next few years
more gold than any other part OF the
great Northwest And It is all In Amer
ican territory. subject 10 the liberal
laws and wise administrative measures
Of the Government of the United States.
No British Grnbs There.
Prospectors in the Copper River re-
cion need not be disturbed by the
whimsical and outrageous discrimna-
tive regulations imposed upon their
contemporaries In the Klondike and
other parts OF British Columbia by the
Canadian Government. Uncle Sam will
see 10 il that their rights are protected
and that every possible assistance Is
accorded 10 them In cneir search FOR
gold Alaskan soil will he as safe TO
them as Broadway or Pennsylvania
avenue, and every dollar they dig ou;
OF the ground will be their own prop
erty. free from unjust taxation.
This statement is no mere conjecture.
!; Is made on the authority OF Mr.. John
Il Weeks OF - Broadway New York.
who has the promise OF the General
Land Office 70 tina; effect During d
recent visit 70 the national capital NJ.
New York Land Office visit 20 the
nGuona. capitu. Nj Weeks made spe-
cial inquiries along tina: line and or
his return to the metropolis NJ said
AlasEn for Americans
The General Land 1aice is very
earnestly II favor o. doing everything
it possibly car 70 assist American Cit
zzus Il obtaining mining claims OF
American sol. Enl = aid II sve-y pos
s.hIa WY II the immediate develop
ner. o. Alaskan Eolc mines and other
uatUra. resources. Americans going 10
Alaska vii DO vel! I. Keep H. tOuch
with tne Lanl Office and with its
branches r. n. Northwest. as on many
occasions tn penst, 70 70. derived from
sue. connection VII To-. Invaiuub.e"
"I- Washington generally interested
~ -n. GOLD fields M Weeks was
asked
Yes indeed " n replied 80 found
3, possible greater lntsres, n Alaskan
AFFAIR there even thEr r. New York
Several parties are Uutti,lnE II the ma
tona capital nov. Gnl many mor- Will
b. organized m tn near future. Every
lcqua utsncs have IN the city applied
o. NE lor information, and our chief
mining -ngiD-e-. before ne lef, Wash
.uEigl to Jo.u ou- parry b. Alaska was
.-s,-E-- with applications 10y men who
vlsn-a 90 accompany hir Interest In
the Esi- district .s certainly increasing
.- TIA. par O. tha country as rapidly
O. B.. Us % TINS section. g. no. more 60.
Government, JO0s should 8e plentiful In
Washington by ta- sprng r tn prOs-
p-gut- exodus o. departmental en-
I.0y-s -ak~s p.a--. Men ll every walk
r. ..s. a-e anxious &. &. o. the new
E.lygaa9.
"t nave ADVISED al ny friends 70
aa.s anti. syung when the passes will
Co. ,racacao.e with Pro. John Muir.
= believe men starting b. a. % reach
t-s a-asEar Coast ~ Garcn " april
Will nave much better chance of nnd-