The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-19
Richest Find the World Has Ever Known
Made In Alaska.
MEN GROW WEALTHY I'M A DAY
Immense Quantity of Yellow Metal
Taken Out in the Northwest.
TIE SUPPLY SEEMS 70 Be laEyHlUSTlRLE
Claims Yield Workers Great Value In
a Few Days and People Are
Rushing to the Fields.


San Francisco. July 15.-The Associated
Press has received a letter from H. A
Stanley, president of the Blnghamton. N
Y. Evening Herald Company. telling OF
the wonderful gold discoveries of Alaska
Mr.. Stanley wrote from s.. Michaels island.
where ne stopped on his way to the Yukon
mining region under date OF June Goth. He
says:
1.-THE steamer Excelsior. of San Fran
CISCO was the first vessel 20 push her way
through the Ice 20 this station. The Port
land. from Seattle. arrived forty-eight
hours later. From these vessels we learned
for the first time of McKinley's election,
the result of the COrbett-EitZsimmOns
prize fight and other news of the fall and
winter The ice went out of the Yukon
about June 18th. ana the river steamer
Fortus Wear which Wintered at Dawson,
2.225 miles up, reacehd ST. Michaels June
27th. The Wear brought authentic news
of some of the most wonderful gold strikes
in all the worlds history, and brought
also some forry-iive miners. every man
bringing In from $3.50 to 100000 OF dust
and nuggets. with an aggregate of more
than 100000.
The steamer Alice arrived at St. MI
chac!s Oh June 18th. bringing twenty-five
miners and half a million in gold for them
and much on its own account.
THE richest gold strike the world has
gion last August and SeDtember. but the
news did not get even to Circle City until
December l5I d. when there was great STAN
Tede over the 800 miles intervening between
there and the lower fields. On August l2th
George Cormack made the first great strike
on BonaLza creek, and on August 18th seven
claims were filed Ga that region Word got
T. Forty Miles and Circle City. but the news
was looked upon as a grub-strilSe rumor-
d. rA0s4r0r
was carried to Circle CITY by J. u. y ilson.
of the Alaska Commercial Company. and
Thomas O'Brien. a trader Those who made
the 3a1 miles first struck II richest. of all
the 2o claims staked ont on the Bonanza
and Eldorado creeks not one has proven
a blank. Very rich finds were made June
9Th 20 10Th on Dominion creek.
THE largest nugget yet found was picked
up by Bert Hudson on claim No. G, on the
ROranza, and was worth sd Next IN size
VAS one found by J. Clements on Indian
creek worth S23l- The last four pans Glenn
ents took out were worth $1,000 and one
vent $40. Some brought but a portion of
their cleanup. preferring TO invest other
portions in rines they know 10 be rich.
Among the most lucky are J. J. Glenn
ents Of Los Angeles. VINO has cleaned up
about sl15.03- H1 brought out $4,000 and
invested the rest: Professor T. C. Lippy.
OF Seattle. who brought out about $4,000
and has si5a-H in sight and who claims his
mine is worth S5e.00a or more. William
Stanley. OF Seattle. who cleaned up s11s0o0:
Clarencs Berry. S11e.O00; Henry Anderson
So 900. Frank Keller $4,000. T. J. Kelly
5000; William Sloane. OF Nanaimo. B. c..
$4,000. and at least thirty more who Will
not talk. bu- stand guard over tina treasure
in their state rooms Then there ara At
least twenty moro men bringing from $3.50
to Se0.em All this gold and more TO come
is the clean up OF last winters work 1t
must all come out via St AIchaels and
tha bulk OF supplies must go IN that way.
The two great anSpoTtatlon companies
pushing in supplies are the North Amer
can Trading ana Transportation Company
and the Alaska Commercial Company"
Further particulars VIII follow in about
forty days on the arrival Of the next
steamer. as Mr.. Stanley viii remain in
Alaska and gather all the Information he
can.