San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-21

it would take at least $1,000 TO equip
us with transportation and outfit, which
sum, think can expend more in the
interest of the country by remaining
here and making survey of the Klon-
dyke-a mispronounciation of an In
dian word or words 'thordack' or
QUICK which means plenty of fish, from
the fact that it is a famous salmon
stream.
1T is marked 'Tondake' on our maps.
1t joins the Yukon from the east, a
few miles above the site of Fort Re-
lance, about fifty miles. The discov-
cry of gold in the branches of this
stream, / believe, was due to the re-
ports of Indians. A white man nam
ed j. ii. Carmich, who worked with me
in 1887, was the first to take advantage
of the rumors and locate a claim in
the first branch which was named by
the miners Bonanza creek. Carmich
located his claim late in August but
had to cut some logs for the mill here
to get a few pounds of provisions to
enable him to begin work on his claim.
He returned with few weeks provis-
ions for himself, wife and brother-1in-
law Qndians) in the last of August,
and Immediately set about working
his claim.
THE gravel itself he had to carry
in box on his back for thirty to one
hundred feet. Notwithstanding this
the men working very irregularly
washing out $1,000 in eight days, and
Carmich asserts that had he proper
facilities it could have been done in
two days.
"A branch of Bonanza named Ell Do
RADIO has prospected magnificently and
another branch named lilly Creek has
prospected well. There are about l70
claims staked in the main creek and
the branches are good for about as
many more, aggregating say 800 claims
which will require over a thousand men
to work properly.
"A few miles further up, Bear creek
enters Klondyke and it has been pros
pected and located on. About twelve
miles above the mouth of Bear
creek gold bottom creek joins Klon-
dyke, and on it and a branch named
Hunler creek very rich ground has
been found. On Gold Bottom creek
and branches there will probably be
200 or 300 claims. The Indians have
reported another creek much further
up which they call Too Much Gold
creek on which the gold IS so plenti-
full that, as the. miners say in joke
You have to mix gravel with it to
sluice it, Up to date nothing definite
has been heard from this creek.
From all this we may, / think, in
fer that we have here district which
will furnish 1000 claims of zoe feet I'm
length. Now 1000 claims will require
at least 5000 men to work them prop
erly, and as wages for working in the
mines are from IS to $40 per day, with
out board, we have very reason to as
sumo that this part of our territory
will in year or so contain, 1000 souls,
'or the news has gone out to the coast
and influx is expected next spring.
And this is not all, for a large creek
called Indian creek joins the Yukon
about midway between Klondlke and
Stewart Rivers and all along this creek
rood pay gravel has been found. All |
hat has hindered in the way of work |
ng it heretofoT. has been the scarcity
# provisions and the difficulty of get |
ing them up there when here. In |
Ian creek is quite large stream and |
t is probable will yield 500 or 800 |
laims.
Gold is reported on the hills around
creek, but of this / will be
bic to speak more fully after my
proposed survey. 1t is pretty certain
rom information I have got from
that all or nearly all of
he northerly branches of White River
re on our side of the line. and copper
J found on it. / have also seen a
pecimen of silver ore said to have been
licked UP e. a creek flowing into Ben
EFT lake, about fourteen miles down
on the east side.
when it was fairly established that
'onanza creek was rich in gold there
'as a great rush from all over the
ountry adjacent for forty miles. The
)wn was almost deserted"