The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

Nov one Of the articles Of tho miners code Is
that nc shall proclaim all di ,gSNInrson m AZ on Ss
advised, Carmack Of the discovery on Cod Bot'
tom and advised him TO try there. maR,hG IN,
Gold Bottom, Carmack learned the route to II,
and. along with tho two Indians, msntioned.
the valley Of tRse Yukon from the, valley Of no:
FL DoF foi,o ne went gg II about sI5 three in m', %st %ns
from those Of Bonanza until he struck tho wa
tershcd between Indian Creek h nnd ro h,Snat ,hs;
head OF the creek, that no nssnmcn 70 oc ane
Gold Bottom. He went down, iouhu Swamsoh
ana Munson at work, but was not satisfied with
tho prospects there, and determined 10 return
and prospect tho crock now known as bohhnha
from ltS mead downward, as IL lay III tno uiee-
tlon OF his way home.
sTEIKING 1T RICH or BONANZA.
HI found nothing Of note until he came down
about midway, where from n little NOOK IN n
S Pfid OF the creek he Planned out q sood a prSSfi an So.
he nut in IN old cartridge shell and corkod With
q. piece of stick. This WAS on Aug. lo, iSyo.
The next day he stnkcd discovery claim and No.
l below for himself, No; . for rGgish Charlie,
his way down the creek as fast as possible and
went down the river for a supply OF PROVISIONS
fo Um me th way no met seNSrM, AZ srs s'I thew
would not believe him, as his reputation If
they could not tell when he was telling tho
liar this side OLA great many, places. some OF
pointed out to them that there was no question
about tho man having the $l2.75 IN gold. The
9 en- Ia gdr Sst Hn.: then. wa, was MherS Mi did n ne g get III, 1t,
Forty Mile. and he must have got IL somewhere
near where no was engaged fishing, ana that
was right ut the mouth OF the klonulke.
EXCITEMENT BEGINS.
Then followed tho excitement. Boatload
after boatload OF men went up from Forty. Mile.
They went up amy how and any way, starting Mt
NIL mn n tlHN l.Ny md niyht Mon Nkhn mad
tumbled into the boats and taken up without
man. indeed. was so drunk that he did not real
izc thu, he had left Forty Mile until he was
more than 'wo.thirds OF the way to the Klon,
claims in the Klondikc district to-day.
Tho whole creek. a distance of about twenty
was staked in n few weeks, FL Dorado Greek.
seven and n half or eight miles long. providing
eighty claims. was stakcd in about the same
length of time. Boulder. Adams. and other
gulchcs were prospcctcd, and gave good surface
showings. gold being found in the gravel in the
creeks. Good surface prospects may be taken
bedrock.
character Of the diGgings was established.
Twcnty-onc. above Discovery, on Bonanza. was
trict. The owner of this claim was in the habit
Of cleaning up u few tubfuls Of dirt every night,
and paying his workmen 81 .5oa an hour.
WONDERFUL PANS.
ilal1n No. -. FL DOTluO. next DTOuuCcU q pan OF
S57. This was succeeded by one Of upward Of $50;
Then came one of Sll2. Soon after claim No. 10
showed up a pan of $2l2, and this It was that
caused the intense excitement in that country.
] believe The excitement outside was wen
greater than it was there. but OF that you will
The news went down to Circle City early in De-
ccmber; and 1t at once cmptied itself, nnd came
r TI.h to we're D%w r : r fa' T Tfs"g @iS of the sa TSrt 1n M anS
way they could. at all hours of the day and night,
with provisions and cmGty;honded. On their
stakcd weeks before. A good many Canadians
and others who at Circl City had out-Ameri-
their protestations and professions OF Americnn.
ism, came up to our Territory in this rush with
certain expectations of realizing something in
the now finds by reason of their nationality, and
cursed their luck: and declared it strange in.
deed that n Canadian or n Briton could not get
a foot OF ground in his own country.
uoMEsrAKEs NUMEROUS.
Bonanza and FL Dorado creeks afford between
them 27S claims; their several atfluonts will
yield as many more, and nearly all OF thssc
that about II hundred Of those on Bonanza will
yield upward o. $3o.0o0,ooo and about thirty
These two creeks will. / am quite confident.
turn out from $6O,OOO 900 to $4,000, 900. and l
world that has afforded so many homcstakes
that is. fortunes enabling the owners to
go home. and enjoy the remainder of their days
to be done witt, very limited facilities. the
scarcity OF provisions and Of labor, and that only
the crudest appliances are as Yet available.
When ] tell YOU that to work properly each
claim ten or twelve men are required. and that
only 500 were available that season. it will give
you an idea of the difficulties which had TO be
contendcd with.
On Bcnr Greek, which joins the Klondike about
seven or eight miles above that. good claims
have been found: aud also on Gold Bottom.
bunker. Last Chance. and Cripple creeks. On
taken. and although we cannot say that they
are as rich as FL Dorado or as Bonanza. they arc
country. Then. thirty.hve miles higher I'M tb,
Klondike, Too.Much.Go Creek was found. 1t
obtained its name from the fact that the In
dams who saw mica glitt"ring in Its sand mis-
took IL for gold and so named il.
TIE WORLDS RICHEST GOLD FIELD.
A fact that I am now going to state to you,
and one easily demonstrated, Is that from 1clc-
we y" have in the BomiMion and n in ru this GiST proTinSee ,' aS
area OF from $50 to 900 miles in length and
from 100 TO $50 miles in width. over the whole
OF which rich prospects have been found. We
must have from 10000 to 1905 900 square miles,
which. with proncr. care. iudicious handling,
food and utensils. will be the largest. as it is
probably the richest gold field the world has
eyer known. The British Columbia Minister OF
Mines may wish to extend that, down to tho
boundary line. but that Of course ] leave to him.
The Stewart and the Policy rivers arc in this
cations. AS l before mentioned, the stewart
River had been mined for several years before
After AT ri that discovery s' Forty k Nile o took iV ,hS a Mtae:
ton OF all the miners entering the country until
the discovery of gold on Birch Creek. The
Forty Mile district, together with the Birch
Crock district, engaged all the transportation
facilities OF the two companies trading on tho
river, and there were no provisions to spare for
any other than these two points.
This prohibited prospecting on the Stewart or
elsewhere. but many Of the old.timcrs declared,
and do so yet. that with a proper supply of pro.
visions placed convenient TO the Stewart it will
be the camp Of the country. as. with its aiiuents,
aRRrcgnting about 800 miles of stream on the
bars of stewart River. year after year grub
stakes have been cleaned up. tho supply being
replaced annually. 1t Is now easy to make 80 a
day off those bars, and the discovercrs for sew,
eral ycnrs made $50 a day and upward. 1t Is
obvious from the yearly renewal of this gold
that 1t must come from somewhere. That some.
where has not yet been found. Give us facili
ties and a very short time wifi settle the qucs.
tion. The Stewart itself. H. IL argued by those
who ought to know we'll, is nayigable for a dis
lance OF about 100 miles from its mouth. This
in itself is a valuable asset In the development
of that district.
Robert Henderson, to whom I referred as
leading up to the discovery of gold on Bonanza,
in juno of the present year started up the
Stewart alone in n small boat with u supply OF
provisions and tools to prospect on the river
and its branches. cling convinced that II offered
the largest and probably the richest field In thai
country for prospecting. That Is tho stun tn,