The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-25
OTHER GOLD CRAZES.
History Repeats Itself in the Clon-
dyke Discovery and the Ex-
citement Cauaed nv Il.

cItemc9t S008e4 Oy
The accounts of marvellous wealth In
the Clondyke region which are creating
such excite ment srom Pacific to Atlantic
lead an exchange TO remark: 1t is about
forty years since any great wave Of ex-
element on account of rich gold discov-
cries swept over this coast, SO IL Is not
to be wondered at that the generation
which has grown up during that time has
goa. wild over the accounts received from
Ciondyke. backed up by the arrival OF
lucky s2iners with their we'll filled sacks
OF dust. IL is mostly the younger people.
however. who are thrilled by this excite
ment. The Older residents Of the Coast
have passed through a number OF mining
excigements since the days Of IS and 40.
waen the rush TO California followed the
discovery OF gold in that then almost an
known and sparseiy inhabited country.
and rich discoveries are such an old, old
story TO them that no odds how wonder
fui the stories told, their nerves have be-
come steadlea and they feel that thrill
no more" There are numbers Of hale
and hearty men alive who took part in
the rush TO California In IS For ten
years after the discovery Of gold in Cali
fornia. succession OF mining excite
ments passed over this coast until the
country. from the Mexico line TO Alaska.
had been explored and found to contain
rich mines. The first rush was 10 the
valleys OF the Klamath the Columbia and
the Fraser. and finally. Carihoo. Peace
river and the Stickeen were invaded and
proved more or less rich. and now the
valley of the Yukon is added TO the list.
Thousands nockei 10 these streams, a
few made fortunes and the many. after
enduring hardships and sufferlngs. re-
turned poor. naked and hungry The
swarms that invaded California In lst9
flowed over into Oregon. Rich dsgginss
I were discovered around Jacksonville. and
the miners pushed their way up the Co.
i lumh!a into Idaho and Montana. The only
f route to those regions being the valley
& OF the Columbia. Rich mines were found
+ at salmon river. 0go Elmo ard many o her
places and IN the Bitter Root mountains
and farther on in Montana. These were
the days when the oregon Steam NayigA-
tIeu Company was formed and I4add
Reed. Ainsworth. Thompson. kamm and
others laid the foundations Of their for
tunes. Then in 1850 and the years fol-
loving came the Fraser river excitement
which brought Riches 10 some and dis
sstsr 20 many. All who took part in that
rush and excitement VIII pray that the
country may never see such another
People went Wild all over the Coast. and
focked in crowds TO Victoria, then prin-
cipally fort of the Hudson's Bay Com
nany. Most II them had but little idea
where tae Fraser river was or how they
were 10 get there. There We're no steam
ers running or she Fraser, nor any for
some tine from Victoria &c the Fraser. All
she boats. canoes ard duGouts available
could only take q fes 81 the people who
wanted 20 GO and they collected in camp
al Victoria till there were, 1; was said
/ - 90 people there 10 celebrate the Fourth
Of July In 1888, or theveabouts. Deposits
81 gold we're found along the Fraser from
ATTY miles above tire mouth ~ the Rocky
( dIsgiags az rich as these reported AZ
/ Clordyke We're found-as AT Carfboe.
4 Antler creek and many other places.
Later there were rushes 10 ominica.
: Peace river and many other districts.
( frohah bly, about the last great rush. ard
oae 40 the most disastrous of al was 20
the St&ckeea river. sometime about 1875.
Hundreds begged their way home from
St3Ckeen. bSTef0oted. hungry and ragged.
Waile these various discoveries were be-
ing made or this coast geld was also
found in the Aaftpodes. In Australia
there Was rush to BaliA-ac IN 81 and
- Ia 50. s.0e persons were mining 90,
a mile square TRACK a. Baliarst. and by
tAe end Of tire year had turned our SIS
SO s@ In New Zealand rtch mines were
discovered IN lSS. Sach is sse excitsble
nature ~ miners ana their Tendency 20
rush 81 10 ns~ and Tsch strikes that
many California miners went 10 Austria
ia. ana msns came from there 70 thfs
coast. The largest nuggets ever Giscoy-
srs3 were found n Australia Tire Sarah
Sands Nugget weighed eSs pounds troy
+ Others weighed is and IA pounds. and
one sxath{ted az tha Paris exfssss1 fsor vas
valued AZ sassa Gold has been found IN
every 4uNrter o. TIE gsgte AnH IN about
i every coumtry % sarth. Including many
( ~ the states 81 tAs In.on- IL has been
Z sought after ard Val2le<t as Ear back as
history or tradition rzlHs. Heather ma
ttAns have made dolls II s.. TIE Israel
ties nsks a car - = 20 sarshsg1 ard
lsvishea vsSg amounts ~ il az tho tenn
4 pie TIE Spanisr&s thsTsIsG :or Il when
I they discovered America Ccrtes found
81 IN NexlcN. Plr&rrO IN Peru wheu Re
persuaded AK As9slpa II scrApe tHge. her
sagne 81 aaa ss worth for hln The his
tory ~ IS discovery saS collection sc ell
4 times AID 81 sSes "a deuatie<s TIE same.
A few Ees vieA. whsse rsAnw 60 broke
The stores s9oEa CSoadyse ars Doubtless
as nearly tTus as can ee expected IL has
always oesa frat The farther tns mines
Nera away TIE richer theT acre. Cali
townss sNsga wEs w. ard rnSetttsSs when
th@ miners poured NJ Through SIS Naxs@;
the Fraser rSyer ran tsroGSh n MID tn
hasglt&sse snA far~sway coErtrv ~Aea
shs miners fNrce3 rhss- way ~ IL IN
e2ks<s - isek fer Esss. sas tie C.eas, -