The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-19

Stanley said.
Il went to the Yukon a year ago laxt
MarcA. having never seSn there before
On the steamship AK, en- route 10 I..
neau and Dyea my son. Samuel Stanley
and l met Charles and George worysen
brothers. ard We entered into a kind az
partnership. since which time we rave
heen continuously associated together In
mining and other business affairs The
Ncrdens were formerly from Sackes..s
Harber. N Y. where their mother now
lives In California where Charles lived
Tor number Of years. he worked for .
Fetslurna dairy concern.
We had been wandering through the
Yukon districts for severa! months with
little or no success, when in the latter
part of last September We heard Of the
kiordike discoveries. AT his time we
were en- route along the Stewart river
being hound fer FortyMile and were a,
SsSry-Nsle when the news os the strike
first reached Us. We FASTENED 10 the
Klondike, stopping first a. the mouth of
the stream The day following our ar
rival the little steamer Ellis with iso
wildly excited miners who had also heard
Of the news. arrived. There was a rush
and mad run for the new discoveries
along Bonanza and Eldorado creeks We
brought up first on Eldorado creek To-
eating claims Nos % IS ss and ~ Tha.
was about the ist of October. We pros
pected s5 and as until .e satisfied eur
selves that We had good pay dirt in each
Then We set about making permanent
improvements for the winter such as
building cabins. This done. we set TO
work sinking prospect holes In different
parts OF the gulch. We had no blankets.
Good pay dirt was taken from every hole.
ana al the end of three months work we
cieahed up sil2,0a. In getting this much
gold We did not drift over 90 feet al
together up and down the stream. Nor
did We eross-eut the pay streak. We
calculate tha. = Sc two and also Is and
a viii run pNs.rds Of 81. .es4 to the lineal
foot. and l figure that We have fully
S.en.us in sight in the four claims There
Is little or no difference in the s5 and ss
claims on Eldorado. In fact. there are
no spotted claims on the creek. 1t Is
case of all gold and yards wide and
wards deep. Anywhere you run a hole
down you find the pay streak.
Our pans will average s. throughout all
OF the Eldorado claims Many go as high
as $50, and some still better. | took out
$3.50 in fve pans, and did not pick the
pans. either. l took the pan against my
breast and simply scooped Ii in of the
bedrock.
ITO make a long story short / think
Eldorado creek is the greatest placer prop
osition in the world. There has never
been anything discovered on the face of
the globe like It,
How much do ! think Eidorado creek
has yielded and will yield?
We'll, We have all done more or less
figuring on that with about the same re-
suit. For my part would not be afraid
10 guarantee sci 900 200. and II will prob
ably reach So, ,eoo.o0o'
"Will other creeks be found in the klon-
- ~ nt-tf, f,{sly ri.4f, II
dorado?"
Certainly; and in my opinion there
will be number Of them. too Bear
gu!ch Is almost another E1dorado. There
Is double bedrock in Bear gulch, though
but very few know it. The bed rocks are
three feet apart. The gold in the lower
bed rock Is as black as your shoe and in
the top bed rock 1t is as bright as that
found in the Eldorado.
We own No. 10 claim below discovery
on Bear guleh, and also ~ and II on Last
Chance guich above discovery. We pros
pected for three miles on Last Chance and
could not tell the best place to locate dis
covery claim. The man making a discov-
cry of creek is entitled by law to stake
claim and take also an adjoining one or
In other words, two claims. so YOU see he
wants 10 get In a good locality on the
creek or gulch.
Hunker gulch lis highly locked to.
i
and some good strikes have also been
made on Dominion creek. Indian creek is
also becoming famous.
What are we doing with all the money
we take out? Well. We paid $500 spot
cash for half interest in claim No. 32 Ell
dorado We have also loaned s.. 900 each
to four parties on Eldorado creek taking
mortgages on their claims. so you see we
are we'll secured. No; l don't want any
better security for my money than Eldora-
DO claims, thank you. | only wish l had
mortgage on the whole creek.
We had a great deal OF trouble securing
labor in the prospecting of our properties.
Old miners would not work for any price.
We could occasionally rope in green
horn and get him TO work for a few days
al SIS a day. Six or eight miners worked
on the shores for us for about six weeks,
and when We settled IL developed that
they had earned in that length OF time
$500 each. That was pretty good pay.
wasn't II? We paid one old miner sl2 for
three hours work and offered 10 continue
him at that rate. but he would not have IT,
so went out 10 hunt a claim OF his own.
Am l going back to the kiondike?
Yes. in March, but not 10 work. l am
through. When we had taken out the
last Of the sila ooo ! threw down my shovel
and SAID Goodbye. old boy: l will never
pick you up ngain.' Nor will I. ! have
been very poor at times In my life and
was when l went TO Alaska, and / as
sure YOU 1. is n very comfortable feeling
20 know that you have competence for
life
My son Samuel and Charles WorGen
are in charge OF our interests In Alaska.
George Worden and / came out. and we
will go back in March and relieve them
Then they Will out for spell
George goes from here 10 bis home IN
New York state 10 make his mother CON-
Portable.
II am an American by birth. but OF
Irish parents. | formerly lived In West-
ern Kansas but my claim there was not
as good as the one / stsked out on FL
dorado creek"
Special Disps teh 10 the Pest t-Intsiiigencer.
ELLENSBrRG. July M-Bisiy Stanley.
a weli-known Northern Pacific brakeman
threw up his JOB yesterday and returned
10 IFS home on the Sound. lie had staked
hls father and brother 10 go 20 the klon-
dixie while ne stayed by his job to supply
his rloth,r His reason for quitting work
was tina. ~. father had just returned from
there with ti20o in gold. Young Stan
ley borrowed the money 20 send his rela-
tives north. and had nearly paid the debt
when the good news reached him.
MOST ELABORATE FIREWORKS.
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