Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-08


dreds of Prospectors-An Exodus
Expected from Northern Michi-
gan.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, September Z.
The party Of gold seekers on the yacht
Mary Bell returned from Michipicoten
after having been in the new gold
fields but three days. They say the
newly discovered Ell Dorado is fully as
rich as has been reported There were
fourteen in the party, and all RESPONSE
bic business men of this city. Each Of
them secured claims, upon which the
gold quartz promises big returns. In
all the party will make application for
4,oOo acres, which was prospected and
staked out while they were there.
Many samples Of quartz, in which free
Soid as large as pin head can be seen,
were brought back by them. The
specimens were secured from different
pl2ces on their claims. When the
party arrived Tuesday night there
were but six prospectors on the ground
at Lake Wawa. and they secured good
locations. They are jubilant overstheir
mos, and say that the auriferous de-
post is evidently an immense zones
VEINS OF beautiful white quartz carry
ne free gold exists almost everywhere
the Lake Wawa region. The origi-
al find is an extremely rich one be-
1pd doubt.
The rni1rniro ~ AZ
IRE the veins are laid bare the gold
lcles. can be seen everywhere in the
q. When the party left Sunday
east 200 prospectors had arrived.
rnu they passed several parties going
n The shores Of Lake Wawa were
dotted with tents, and within the three
days they were there, a lively mining
camp had sprung into existence. The
distance from the mouth of the Michi-
picoten river to Lake Wawa does not
exceed seven miles and the party ex-
perienced no difficulty in getting in and
out. With their camp equippage the
trip was made in about three hours.
The road is well defined one. The re-
ports which the Mary Bell party
brought has set the two Soos wild
with excitement, and an exodus to
Klondike junior will begin to-day. =
A town site is being surveyed at
Lake Wawa and preparations are being
made to care for the hundreds of peo-
pll are certain to flock to the re-
q be next few weeks. The next
aves tba 500 this afternoon,
kerpdIter TIE three trips
other boat will be put on
necessary, and arrange
rg made to build a dock
m To-day's boat will
crowd of, people, many;
have to sleep on tie
September 6%Napt.
Rphny F, Nineteenth
try, is ~In owner of
fden river, in
bys that in his
Dire at ley a dozen leads,
Aches wide, hnd fifteen feet
v the quaftz which Capt.
ought from his claim has
and found to yield about
I: This quartz is from al
rock, touched with
bosit. Another speci-
al deeper point in the
in color, and the entire
ted all over with chunks
A piece of this quartz
by the Bank of England
herall, and a report states
x ounces and penny
Filing, or about $1,000 to the
pays to mine quartz, where
value of So to the ton is
richness of this find is
Capt. whitehall said:
z in our claim will aver
Aton, taking it just as it
\pf it is very much FISHER.
bat there is fabulous
in the country up
which passes through
traced 1875 miles.
quartz almost any,
wash gold out from
along the Canadian
lh of the Bruce mines.
island about so acres in
any little lakes up there,
of just such leads. Our
.ylt 80 miles south of the
hipicoten district, but it is
the same field, and the same
prevail. In all the territory
et supplies at WILL and it is
place to work in the world,
1t the country is heavily
nd has a dense underbrush."
tch received to-day by the
News from Wawa City. the
out town in the Michipicoten
Try, on Lake Wawa, Ontario,
mbryo town is located in the
pass which leads to Lake
m the landing place on the
Lake Superior, which is but
from the gold discoveries.
colrespQndent writes: "As to
ID discoveries, it can be said that
has been found that assays over
It is found not in one Sec
In different places extending
raj thousand acres. Quartz
found here containing free
hunks as big as kernels of
Id in its pure form, which
have to be subjected to a
n0nGess to free it from the