The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-29

claims are being vigorously eeyrso7ed
with Plenty 81 tgsc- 20 draw from Trts
ss q very important question. ard Is enc
frzExfst with considerable srter~S. % TIE
gTea. Number OF rseE no1 on their way 20
the mines r We think moment that
there has nos YET bse1 4 barren claim OF
ether % the creeks she possibilities OF
The future are t-eraezto3s. Let Is lake
this little clearer. THE paSnfrg in
the wsn.@r gave promise OF exceedingly
rgch results These rich results have
been attained In every instance where
TIE ctasru has been worked We have
therefore the right 70 assume that siazt-
lz- results viii reward the efforts OF the
owners OF other claims On the same
creeks which have BEEN 80 productive
this season. The cniy evidences one nad
Of the probable value OF a claim Was thu
amount cs geld Obtained in a single pan.
Suppose ". follow this idea GU for
moment No OF EI3orade creek par
ned cut as high as SIS 10 the pan last
winter before work was done or s.
THIS Is tia claim which prc>:uce6 $40 90
frorn the winter dump. Now. shen. No.
Z. next 20 #. yielded precisely the sa-ae
results TO the pan. Why will not No. :,
when Il is opened UP as much as Nc. 8
has been. give the same results There
Is simply no answer 10 the query. Then,
again. the next claim. No. 9. panred cut
as big. as go &c the pan. The same ar
guuens applies TO this. The average az
tho panninx irsm No TO No. Is Is from
& 50 TO SO TO the pan This would MAKE
any Of these claims from No. ! 70 No.
Is produce as much gold as No. did
with tho same amount of labor expended
or them. What would this mean? AS
a simple question OF mathematics IL
would mean several million dollars alone
for these few claims. This takes no &C
- ~ ala M No al NJ
which are reported 10 be rich. but little
work has been done upon them SO far.
When all the claims are in working or
Ger and producing gold in proportion 10
their development We shall see a state OF
things at the Ciondyke unprecedented IL
the worlds history. The man who took
$4,000 from - feet OF his ground last
winter and has 40 feet yet left. and so
far as he knows. Of the same average
value. can. by putting enough men 20
work, clean UP half a million next sea
son. II this be true, then there are
others who have panned out from IS to
so In prospecting who have every reason
To think that their claims will yield in
like IannUc.
Work VIII BE Plentiful.
We noticed as men went through here
this spring that there were large num-
bers who expect to hire out, and thus
obtain stake so tina. they may In turn
spend some time in prospecting with an
equal chance of discovering something
good for themselves. Their place will DO
taken by other arrivals and the work
of securing the gold Will go on ard rS-Icn
country will be examined by men who
Will be encouraged and stimulated by the
success Of others. A man who can AFFORD
to hire men and pay them sl2 day. viii
get the advantage OF quick return.
These digglngs are essentially winter
ones. Upon a claim of 800 fee, a large
number Of prospect holes can be sunk at
the same time. and the pay dirt deposited
on tho dump, and next spring the owner
of the claim will be in a position to re-
alize enormous amounts of money from
his property.
The Cioadyke diggings may be regarded
as permanent 10 the extent of several
million dollars. and we have no hesitation
In recommending men with some mems
to go in and try their fortunes In the
gold-Iinod creeks of the far north.
where endurance, perseverance. grit and
q good outfit will be their best friends.