The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-03
BACK FROM SkAGUAY
CsIa-a Presp~cssY R~s.ras rrom
Tive Years Prespeesisg ON Copper
RIv~r-Reporss No Cold Fouaa-

PORT TOWNSEND -ow .--Ne steam
sr Ak srrsvea 81 zss61ig1f fro-n Aiaskxn
rcfrss vita atrsty passenger three
sczrts4 c. uhor ara @ro-r EkaTszav
Trey ara disappointed wc1a1-t@ miners
vito had wasted tine ard rso-@v 81 re
v&fn e~ave % c-ozs White pass 81 ro1ts
20 Elrn4zxs
Irg parties which have been operating
asnrg tha Ssseksen RIVER for th@ past ten
weeks. One party vAs there FRI he later
szg q ire Canadian Fzcsse Railroad Caxr-
rAuv. ire ether 81 the snt@<ez. CO IRE Do
rninlan government BgE fsTtie frforza ssoa
could - extracted from ether party far-
TAR tnaz % ascertain that ire Ss5ckeen
VIII bs tie raozt popular way e reaching
the bead o. tie Yaknr fr1zE salt water.
II szuseE way he manager OF the Cana
dian Fae3ne IA llr8zG Eomraay party klrzt-
&c tnaf II hss report 20 The company he
w0UlE recommend starting the conStrac-
fion of railroad AZ euee.
The Ak brought b1t che passe-g ger.
Fred C,aEzpscn. OF Seattle. from Dawson
CITY Os7ng % the late hour Compton
could not * seen tontgas. but frCn oEs u
the passengers II was learned that ne left
Dawson September - SEEMING cut ~
pysa- He mas iargE sack O nuggets ard
dust ard sett more 20 - sent cut via s.
Michael He owns q claim 81 Sulphur
creek which ne left In charge Of hts broth
or ard two others. " no are working IL this
winter.
Am0ag the returning passengers was
Sheriff Dyke OF Clalsarn county. ash.
who haa e custody Je1n ". Troy. ex-aG-
of.0r Of the same county. who Is alleged
% have ssrhexzIea over zs.ese during Ms
two terms OF Office. The sheriff found
Troy az sAagGAy. where lie Was located az
a news correspondent fer 8 Sound newspa-
assf.r zk7s~r-
IL. ard says he viii have No tr0Vols a
clearing himself he las many friends or
Ghs same opInion.
A J. PAxeor. formerly editor OF a paper
a. Frts.ag barber, was : returning pas
seagsE On the Al-kl from twc years
prospecting trip In the Copper river eoan-
try. he Aas 10 good words for that part
OF Alaska. and says people who go there
are deliberately putting themselves n
position 20 encounter starvation. He says
there = practically no gold or s-gns Of
gold on Copper river. He reports the Cop
per river Indians as friendly and as the
most intelligent tribe Ia Alaska. Paxson
concluded rs story BY saying;
II have been away tao years. during
which time I did not make a cent, but
spent q whoie lot Of money"
The At-Ki brought down a large cargo
OF salmon from the KstchIkan eannery.
The juneau Mining Escord ii It's last
issue says. The North American Trans
p0rtatioR and Trading Company VIII send
q stamp mill 20 Dawson City on the first
steamer Eoinx Up next summer. By July
81 is intended 10 have Il IN operation The
development OF quartz mines l. SO expsn-
sivs On the Yukon that pending proof OF
their richness. only the big commercial
companies could afford 70 undertake It,
Capt. Frank If York. OF Victoria. Is
also a passenger on the Al-kL he repre-
sents the Dansmulrs. and is on MS way
to England 70 purchase or charter three
steamers for the Stiekesn route. He has
Just returned from Telegraph creek. 20
which point a large force Of men ard pack
mules are now Transporting a sawulI.
The DunsmafFs 0wH belt Of zo..a.aD9 feet
% timber there. and claim 20 have nne
prospects