The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-31

r3sH8 distance 20 aetrrsnsne lis cnaraeser Or
lenEts.
Tss rrpspecrors 1aa thoss who havs
aeen aa 5As r5wsr say tAas q earT8eS a
laswKr volfiEne of watFr th4n Res,y Tarer
ans ss heTond 4agat Eha secanG lsrEest
gsssfet 5f fhs TGgnm
Tse srs& E0S& discoveries IN tha Sse@a~t
zeFe Ha8&f 1s,s os aars asgain aeesns 81
rsifes frrHs fHe rncBsH TAase were ~Eea.
DgrsnE sAs faa 81 3e&a thau 81 a4T6 'isae
a. high as s 80 % ere nan VAS saess2
cut
n ISL fn1v 1a saen vere working an
the ssser sars wsn seosi saecess 2oas
weHt ap tAe Ner-h Ferk HpsrlV - tss
Asad EarA Esnenasa4nE senNan tee 1ara
Aavs aeea werksd sut8 new tAey 5a eas
Esy vases
Thn rnae - ssswzrt river. urh.-A mlt 80
Fgzt4tsaeA }atse sn tas raEer sS fae e~st
snap ye3 r2alssAe8 ard hss aeon easr1 3
s-oEa uetes Furnished ara eorrectat av
miners $50 hsva r1asIa severed trips sa
ere rfveE g. : Lansing eHs - tHe nGas-
hsf, reached MaGn' Jesus Ga }&ss ard asss
s. 8 isEer aate <oluE sa .a 1S& Ta-s ua4R
sssens De priaeif4l tributaries = fsr rtVer
saat hsve heen eSx3orgsl Wp - date sd Tar
a. snowr.
IRE Stewart emrtles iutc the vuEoa N
lts eastern bank ahoat - miles sbovs
ar sousN ef fhe kloa6aks and = miles hss-
1sw Waite river, wsfeh eEnreEs tTsrn era
vest krosa stS usogsh 20 ARE Forks =
Mhaaf - miles The Na-sh Vera sxreasss
sarwe ~ miles fartAer o., trsnSsnx a.
r.crsAeAsteT3y 6lvecEen- Tee river ltset
bars generally aass Eorthesst fTom tae
yakon.
A tr3ae over 80 rnIles frosn IS mouth n.
Fraser fails make an Sa~r1amrtahle lar
20 possible sieanacoat GaVtEsttF2a- Tnev
make a fall - - feet II a distance 90 20
feaE sad are not over rs feet in width.
Here portage az Rhcut h&lf q mile must
~ svsaaa. FROM tseve on rspsaS ara err
conwsered for ahaus SIX miles. kng theSN
can ee E-alsa ard lined ever without grcas
difficulty.
NcsrsnE n the way a. prospecting Aas
hsAn Haaa On fha %agth Fork ether than
fhat 90 two parties. Gre * which wintexsi
there sn tsss e.sAsr aesnx rsacn naors
shan eutsT IRE eoankry- Gold MAS fo1ns.
however. on SexeFat creeks. bat no At
fsrnpE was rBade 20 wc-g them. The fr8bs-
tarses - The stewart upea which gold hss
bPsa fagn5 zre as failswst
Rosebud creek aboat 20 miles up On tho
sanEh hauk. Gold has heen fe4nd. bas n0
prospecting aons - any extent.
The nest 4s lake eTeNk. Rssaus - miles
un Parties on shfs ereek NAya found gold
on the bars sist no work was done-
fndepe n3sace creek, on the aarth side.
II three miles above Nc2aesiion. an3 Dae<
PopIn foUna caarse gold Aere y lssA ard
fhr Day boys IN fS3s hat neither parry
stayed more than few hours or shs
creek.
clear creek = ahau; q miles up on thls
creek several small discoveries were made.
hut 70 work was d0ne-
NcCuesslon river s. fnues larger than
arv af ERE creeks uenstoresi- Several
good bars have hoen worked on this river.
some paysnE ss hseh as 80 per day with
rockers sorns work has heeFE acne on tke
side creeks emp;giHg info the MetaueNlisn.
\ dazan faen wsnssTed thSre In fSas bat
we're rot very Succs szssIi. The pTasresst
vas unsatisfactory On account - tho
country seeming 80 hs sggtaEy sfsd rot
freexlng 80 bes rock traking Il affstTuls 20
get down 10 nav. The NetSsesiFan tsssap-
posed 10 head efase "a Beaver river. which
d the largest branch - the North Fsrk
of the stewart.
Ferry miles furfhev ~ and on the seath
side = Crooked creek un0n the eayS os
vhieh gold has beer found. has not IN ~uf-
aeient quantities % Justify work Taere
has heem 10 prospecting aside from ssir-
face work 60ne on this creek AZ the had
Of hosh Crooked ard f.ake creeks are 4
nrnbeT - lakes, several fsily twenty
niles In length.
A. Crooked creek the Stewart 6igs
strongly 70 the northeast
Nayo river cores IN o. the northern
hank shout % miles above polsed creek
Ahcus SIX sngiaa from ths a.swart on Z
there Is a canpon whica extends Tor Stx
miles ard shrnuxa whsen 81 8 impossible
- takr ! tsczs TsTo haafS we're portssea
around fhr canyon fn lSes ard she river
sraverssaa for about - miles Gold waa
found r-sore or less oa tsse hars al slorgs
tha h@xs befug where tAe party turnsf
hack In the eanYen coarse gold wAs
found IN several nlzens As hsEh a. iec
pan taking & oMt of TIE water. vas
found hcre. snee shen bat one party hAs
gone un the river,
Prem tse siayo "a the Fraser falls ts -
miles 81 aat country teenlinT with fnnese-
Tne rtrer here sE sluggish and 10 gold =
likely 20 he found
The first creek above the fails Vas
-arueA Ne Geld creek. whfeh fs zelf-ex-
nsanatnry from the nrs< prospector's
standpoint.
F.sssv rifles ahsve No Cold creek ne
sse,sars divides fut0 tao forks % egH4f
sFr@ o~e running 20 ths east and
fha ether ia the northeast. The
eastern branch called the South
Fork. Is practically virgin terri
ta~v The orfv prospect Sgown ws& thai
,vasa ~ T, Eflis who in Iss1 found coarse
goia on 4 creek smpfyirg fn on the noFtn
side asAant ~ rifles ua tia@ river.
Lansing creek about - mites ahoye the
sark a. ,Na south side ~ gae North Fork.
is TIE oniw creek where Eola has been
fs,r,rs IN sfe surface above the forks
CLOSE 70 Lansing EfAf@ Aatf *f.st+e t.Nse
* vnee ftrugszh 4 f3ve~rrgls eRnvcn. fEs watis
rising verpenHlenlar on e1eh side. The
rsr.tss are nct haf znf ca- easily - polesi.
-er*v niles above the canyon Tatsa~
creek nrrsrtsas into the river froiu Fn~
rarsh About efza' miles further on Heaver
river ruta ia ard Boswell creek T. Esih
tea miles further en.
Nd rass far fEfy more niles = re
tnvfr feature a. ne rtver aufa III 5ssds.
very nigh peak resembling NJ. hoN1
In oregon. Is resrhed ~ ths base 81 80
-.safsnfrfn ere river divides tnte sFFsfst
+ s-naW streams whirs % ues extend ~xress1-
grr 8 rnsies further. Tais = uneicasis'aT
sNe hsesuafers - tnc Nnrtl2 Ferk-
8t.eve Lansing rresE gei1 PAR ret ben
sss1-s NJ ALI Be er rtvsr has never - =
s.r-aaecfea ~ eveN e1atorsa. sishoFiza re
) sssk,e~ Streams an the Nerth Fark WFT@
hast5fY fnspeefaf.
?. fs not worth while - - - 80 Sssw-
49, r4spr prospecting unless snu vesTs
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