The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-07-16
A WONDERFUL STRIKE
Alaska Gold Fields Found of
Most Amazing Richness.
1T BEATS ALL RECORDS
The Klondyke Region the Scene OF a
Great Stampede Paupers Made
Millionaires in Few Days
One Pan Goes s775.


ed press has received letter from H.
A. Stanley. president of the Bingham
ton. n. Y, Evening Herald company,
telling of the wonderful gold discover
les Of Alaska, Stanley wrote from st.
Michael's island. where he stopped ON
his way To the Yukon mining region.
Writing under date of June 20. he
says: THE steamer Excelsior of San
Francisco was the first vessel tn push
her way through the ice to this sta
tion. The Portland. from Seattle. ar
rived four hours later. From these
vessels we learned for the first time OF
McKinley's election. the result of the
Corbett- Fitzsimmons prizeiight and
other news of the fall and winter. The
ice went out of the Yukon about June
l5. and the river steamer Portus b.
weare. which wintered at Dawson.
2250 miles up. reached st. Michaers
June %. Weare brought authentic
news Of some of the most wonderful
gold strikes In all the worlds history
and brought also a. miners. every man
bringing In from 5000 To $4,000 of dust
and nuggets. an aggre gate OF more than
sl.000.0O0. Just how much the Weare
brought In on its own account. as the
exchange for provisions and supplies
furnished miners by the North Ameri-
can Trading & Transportation COM
pany could not be ascertained, but II
was very large.
The steamer Alice arrived at Mich
aeIs on June 80 bringing 25 miners
and half a million of gold for them and
much on its own account The passen-
gers of the Alice confirmed the news
reported by the passengers of the
Weare. which In as follows: The rich
est gold strike the world has ever known
was made In the Klondyke region last
August and September but the news
did not reach even to Circle City until
Dec. Is, when there was great stam-
pede over the 800 miles intervening be-
tween there and the newer fields. On
Aug. IL George Cormack made the first
greatest strike on Bonanza creek. and
] on Aug. 10 seven claims were filed In
that region. Word got 10 Forty Mile
and Circle City. but the news was
looked upon as a grubstake rumor. on
Dec l5 however. authentic news was
carried 10 Circle City by J. NJ. Wilson
Of the Alaska Commercial company
end Thomas o lSrien- y. TRADER sp4ssy
| tefrled not only news. but prospects.
and the greatest stampede ever known
In this rart OF the world commenced.
! These who made the 700 miles first
I struck Il richest. OF all the 200 claims
stalled out on the Bonanza and Eldo-
redo creeks not one has proved a blank.
Equally rich finds were made June 6
and 10 on Dominion creek. Not less than
800 claims have been stakei out on
Indian creek and the surface indications
are that these are as rich as any OF the
others. The largest nugget yet found
was picked up hy Bert Hudson of
Claim No. 6, on the bonanza, and was
worth Sa5i. Next in size was one found
by j. Clements on Indian creek. worth
S23l. The last four pans Clements took
out were worth $1,000. and one went
$,15. Bigger pockets have been struck
in other regions. but nowhere on earth
has so rich a general find been made as
In this section. In all about % lucky
miners have reached st. Michaefs.
Some brought but portion of their
cleanup. preferring to invest other por-
tions In mines they know to be rich.
Among the most lucky are j. j. Glenn
ents of Los Angeles who has cleaned
up Sl15.O00 He brought out $4,000 and
invested the rest Prof T. e. Lippy OF
Seattle, who brought out about $4,000
and has $150,0O0 In sight, and Who
claimed his mine in worth 100000 or
more: William Stanley of Seattle. who
cleaned up sl12000: Clarence Berry
$4,000. Henry Anderson. $4,000: Frank
Keller. $4,000: T. ]. Kelly. $4,000;
William Sloane of Nanaiino. Il. c.. SIS.
900. and at least 30 more. who will not
talk. but stand guard over the treasure
In their state rooms. Then there are
al least 20 more to come In from the
cleanup of last winters work. II must
all come out via st. Michsers and the
bulk Of supplies must go in that way
The two great transportation companies
pushing In supplies are the North
American Trading 4 Transportation
company and the Alaska Commercial
company
Further particulars will follow IL
about 40 days, on the arrival of the mex
steamer as Mr.. Stanley viii remain II
ALASKA and gather all the information
he can.