The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
LOTS OF GOLD IN ALASKA.
Returning Minors Have Plenty OF Faith in Our
Own Yukon DiEEinEs-

own Yukon DiEEinEs.
SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. 29.-It is a fact of Inn
portance that nearly all the miners who came
down on the Portland this morning express the
utmost confidence in the mines on the American
side of the Yukon. A number have worked in
them for years, making their first stake on
streams within tho limits OF Alaska or having
their source in that territory. Mr.. Arson Buck
10y Ia among them. and in an interview he said:
81 think Alaskan claims are as good. and. In
some instances, better than those in Canadian
territory. not including the Klondike discovery.
The greater number of strictly good claims are
to be found on the Alaskan side. A great many
good claims were abandoned when the Klondike
strike was made. and many tyho had been max
ing money throw their property over and
started with the crowd to Eldorado and Bo-
nanza creeks. This was particularly the case
on Miller, Forty-Mile. and other diggings almost
equally notable"
Like all returning miners, Buckley recon-
monds that all who have the fever cool 1t of in
q moro congenial climate and take to the trails
in tho spring. He is operating on Forty-Mile
Creek, and his experience OF twenty-five years
ne q placer and quartz miner tells him to stay
with 1t. He returns with gold and poor health.
but expresses the determination to go back, al
though he has spent over hvo years in the
northern diggings.
An Iowa man named Burt Farnham, who
made a strike in No. ~, above the first dis
covery on Bonanza Creek. said: I'm my opinion
Minute and Tanana creeks. onthe American
side. will make q splendid showing. There are
good diRgings there. and. when the klondike
gets into a rut then the boys will prospect in
On Deadwoo and Mastodon creeks he mined
with good results, and went from those diggings
to the Klondike last fall. He, too, advises a
sudden halt in the present stampede north.
The credit of the first discovery of quartz in
also located No. 80 on Eidorado Creek last fall.
He owns interests in claims on Bonanza and Gold
s FoId oms SFsek fedr and ha FSinins so aa a haif interest," hn els
it is. a country where little Or no
Klondike. in which he has an interest. he took
out nearly 10000 in the length OF five boxes.
long: His home is in Baltimore, but he has been
on the Pacific coast for many years. and is now
luck. His interests will cali him back to the
Klondike in the spring after, remaining in the
Keeps to himself. but his neighbors look upon
Among those who arst tried their fortune on
the Yukon and Stewart rivers was George s.
Lansing, who finally went to- the klondike.
No. 80 below Discovery claim. He sold out at a
very respectable figure and is here for a visit
Joseph. No: as among the most PROMISING, IN
places is from loo to 200 feet in Width, the gold
being evenly distributed. Caldwell owns claims
stili retains interests enough to call him back to
snea s,SpH IN mining i ss on Foyyty St h%sF Before eG go Tas
to kiondike. and was one Of the first on bunker
$780, 900 in gold. Independent of his interests in
Properties; He thinks there are but few conn.
In 1883, Joseph Goldsmith first passed over
the trails to the Yukon and he has since made
several Journeys in and out. He struck 1t rich
in Skookum Gulch and also in the original Car
mack claims, afterward selling his skookum
making this location. but it has proved a good
claim. Goldsmith will make Seattle his tenn
a member OF the mounted police force of
Canada, ". r; GowleT, returned on the Port.
mounted police have done WE'LL" Capt. Con-
stantine y q man who takes an interest in the
found on the Klondike he made it possible for
all to secure interests in the district. end yet in
no way interrfere with the efficiency of
heart Of every man Of us for him. which he won
long before he made It possible for us to secure
S Winter F' from ! his 1'n claim NO. 20 a Above SsI Bonan 1ss.
Discovery. A. lard cleaned up $4,000 on No.
80 on Bonanza and owns an interest in No. so
IN No. "a. and is all right for, a good pile. A.
Pinkerton and ID. Sinclair have both good claims
DolOw Discovery. which tney VIII prospect THIS
winter, Pinkerton refused $4,000 for his half
Interest just before ] came out. J. Brathers
staked n good claim on Bonanza. which he sold
last winter and afterward worked on a lay on
Tldorado. and made II good cleanup. ]. Thorn
ton stakod y claim on Adams Creek and bought
nm interest in one OF the Bonanza Creek claims.
He found So to the pan on his Adams Creek
property. and will work it this winter"
While thGr" Is some disappointment expressed
over the arrival Of SO small an amount Of gold
dust by the Portland, of which SO much had
been expected because she was the ship that
FIRST brought frOln the Klondike some tons OF
the precious metal, people are generally dis
posed to look upon the matter philosophically
and await her third coming patiently.
Those familiar with the situation on the Klon-
dixie. especially miners. knew it was too late to
embrace the shipments Of the early cleanup
which have already arrived. and too early in
the season for the summer developments. Tho
company announced that the ship.
ments of treasure this trip would he small. but
they anticipate large consignments in October,
and have arranged accordingly.
In IN city the jewellers and bankers had dis.
played signe conspicuously n ADVERTISING to pur-
chnse gold dust, offering San Francisco prices.
when tho Portland arrived in Seattle. Hitherto
few men In tho city have v%entured to purchase
dust. and gold scales are something Of a novelty
here.