The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-13


wanted to have bis name in t. they
changed the nxme of TIE town / have
heer travesiag principally In tfae vicinity
CT Juneau and SsskA, but have lately
been along the south lire OF the Alaska
peninsula and 70 Dutch Hzrhor. Insa sS-
land ard Pirates Cove. All the mining
Ii western Alaska il al Cook iniess Prince
William sound ard Unga island AT
Tnga there are a NUMBER OF quartz
rsgtne.. cne Of which. tfs Apollo Consosi-
dated, has aisout sa feet Of development
and q As-ssxmp mill. which ts crushing
80 tons . day. IL 1885 IL crushed Are9
tons and produced between x~sss ana
<se 80 In bullion. IL t. now shipping
about S31efe month TO San Francesca
on Prince william sound, IN what Is
commonly called the Copper river eouIa-
try. some copper ore hedges OF great s1ze
have been found On Laio1cne island ana
FidaIgo bay, the principal claims being
owned by Mike Glzdhoaga ana raa
named Jacobsen. Some CT the isdges are
forty 20 ef,y feet wide ard carry copper
sEiphides sssaying 70 70 80 per cent cop
per. bu. net aasch eoiG-
There are 10 placer mines CT Prince
William sound. which L. the mouth OF
Copper river, and nobody ever found
piacar gold On Copper river. All the
stories about gold being brought IRON
there are lies. There may Dc some az the
AeAdwaSers. but that remains TO be
proved IL Is a great quartz country. 7.
j Hamilton. OF Seattle. and r. c. john
stgn. or San Jose, have made a great Oil
discovery On the mainland, just east OK
the mouth OF Copper river
From what I learned from the men
who came Down or the boat with me and
ia whose company I was thrown for about
& month, should say that Cook inlet
has produced from &41.soo 10 s5e9oo in
gold. From It's character no one can tell
whether II comes from Cook inlet or the
kioHdike."
Not q Lake Of OIL.
r. c. Johnston and r. J. Hamilton, In
terested In the oil and coal deposits on
Kayak island. near Copper river. owned
by the Alaska Development Company OF
this city returned on the Topeka having
boarded the steamer Dora from Cook in
let at OFca. Mr.. Johnston was seen at
the New England hotel. but said little
concerning The eomp2Hy's property save III
q general way. He has been there since
iast August directing work preliminary 10
the development Of the mines.
We have done but little as yet" he
said. "but .ntepd to push work next
spring. We have not lake FED by rivers
% oil. but we have a pond with springs
OF oil. and there Is plenty Of it Only
n few men are up there now, and they
will be kept busy this winter. / will re-
turn In TIE spring
Copper River.
In the same room with Mr.. Johnston was
q. r. Barrett sterekeeper for the Alaska
Commercial Company and an Alaskan of
years experience. Several years ago
partner OF his went up the Copper river
with two companions. When asked about
THE river Mr.. Barrett said emphaticaily:
II you know Of anyone intending to go
4 there advise them TO keep out Or.
efter still, let them 90. and they will re-
IRA to keep others away / believe that
y partner is the only man who has ever
sesn ny the river. What did he dis
ever Well. do not care TO say, as
- not wish TO cause a stampede in that
direction. a stampede is not good for
country you know. No. ! am not hint
ius that there are rich gold deposits
there Gold Il 10 be found everywhere
in that country. but that does not mean
that 1t can be taken out in paying guam
titles. The Alice Blanchard part OF forty
or more WAS at Orea when We left and
where they Will 20 from there / do not
see. There is not a practical miner that
know OF among the crowd. What can
q let OF tenderfeet do In a country like
that? Nothing. They will have to turn
around and come back"
Copper river party which would no,
ssiiee It's business but did not seem par
AIDE I'D OF III. G. Reeser. OF Philadelphia .
H. oliphant Of Pittsburg. Pa: Thomas
srford OF Cranberry Pa and X. Roby
baltimore Md. They are registered at
e Butte and declined positively to be
ateTviowed. Mr. Oiiphant. who is an ex-
rieneed coal mine operator of western
~ nnsylvania, stated that their business
asa ~ an entirely private nature: that
they represented merely themselves and
few friends and had been prospec.inr
N TIE COOK Inlet and Copper river dis
tr.cts.
The Topeka In n storm.
the Topeka comes only from juneau
She experienced an exceptionally rough
voyage 10 Seattle. encountering Just
eNhth or pixon's entrance a storm which
caused Capt. Wallace to turn back into
The straits fer shelter The storm was
struck last Tuesday. So violent was the
sale and so high the waves that Capt
Wallace decided TO turn back rather than
ace the wind in the open water In turn
ag about the por; side OF the Topeka
was struck by a huge wave which mashed
IN ina doors Of several cab3fs on the up
isf decks and frightened some Of the
passengers almost TO prayer. Several
who came down declared that only the
'yTelient seamanship OF Capt. Wallace
kept the vessel above water.
Following is iist OF tho Topeka's pas
ngers;
Mfs John g. He'd Miss Clara Held. II
Shea:er, G. stanley, NJ Love. a s
lNsdleieh Miss Cleveland H. Z. Ruxer. =
y o;ipAant, Thomas BGrford. X Rnby.
f. NaFener George cation Mrs. Cation
Yr. and Mrp, >. Fl AEnew, Mrs Pierce
.. Ezekiel +. Tasliabus. W NJ Whecler
x Caries. VI. CaSrai, NJ Mcpe.h, ]. Nc
elaa. ]. VI, fsedfy r. Erickson A. T
lfhiicom. /. \. Woods II Elliott. r. ]
Hamilton z. =. Johnson. 4 :. Lindsay
y. Mekenzie. Mrs. Emma Rhodes. George
sia*rett Mrs. \. r Mcfarland J. NJ
f>ee}e, Il. Hall +. y. Lindsey Miss Ida
oak. 4. Master Eohssrt Duncan. ir. Nj
aat Mrs RahaFt paEceu and two attend
aats. NJ ard AIRS. =. u Novel;. A. II
TX. - Nos}~r. \. Anderson. + NJ Rus.
he +. ~ Busay, J n Meyers Mr,s. Gal
e}sr, AIRS T.. WvmaH George Beti!s. II
ktc7i0. George Mitchell T. + DIVER. E!ig
as@th KRIS. sad tsentg four second-eiA a