The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-06
COLI REGION
Report Of Geoloaist GEORGE r. Becker
Rich Dounslia Near SIikn


Rich Deposits Near sitks.
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. AT : meet
ing OF the chamber Of IL
conjunction with the merchants ano
shippers OF this place, resolutions were
adopted m%emorializing the secretary
OF the treasury to abolish the privilege
heretofore exten dcd to Canadians O,
bonding goods in shipment through
American territory and also 70 rescind
the action establishing supports OF
entry ut Dyea, Skaguay and Circle City.
This action Is taken In retaliation for
what Is deemed the harsh aud un.
justifable measure proposed by the
Canadian government to levy an i'm.
port duty on the outfits Of miners and
prospecters going from the United
States into the new Klondyke district.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. a.-When the
United States mint, which had been
closed since June Is, rcopened yester.
day with Frank A. Leach as superin.
tendent. several K%londyke miners APP
peared with dust and nuggets In buck.
skin pouches and stout sacks Of can.
vi which had been stored at Wells.
Fargo & Co. s Office. The whole amount
OF Klondyke gold which had accumu.
lated since the mint closed will not
exceed $500, OO0.
The steamer Noyou will sail to-mor.
row morning with 14O passengers for
Dyea, Alnska OF these ten are
who will make the journey over the
Chilcoot pass to the Klondyke gold
fields. Two others are Mayor A. c.
Scott of Springfield, ILL.,. and ms son.
Mayor Scott has resigned his office to
seek a fortune in the frozen north.
New York, Aug. 4-Geonge r.
Becker, in an unpublished report
made to the geological survey of his
investigation in 1895 OF the coast gold
districts, says hat most of the islands
oil the Alexander archipelago in Alaska
contain gold deposits, yet unworked,
that would probably repay very hand
somely well directed efforts OF placer
mining. These deposits are IN the
neighborhood Of Sitka and generally
on Baroness and Admiralty islands
and the beaches of the adjacent main
land Another fairly promising region
is In a group OF deposits on the Kenai
peninsula on the southeast shore of
Cook inlet and Mt Yakutai bay and the
beaches OF Kndiak island. These re-
gions have been exploited only to a
limited degree owing to the u~nfavora.
bic physical condition of the coast.
Mr.. Ogilvie, chief surveyor of Cana
da, declares that wonderfully rich
ground has been found on the Pelly
and Stewart rivers.
The Victoria Colonist says: From
Surveyor Ogilvie n letter was received |
in Ottawa on July 20. The letter was |
dated from Yukon river, near White
river, June Z, 1897. and In II the fol-
lowing paragraph occurs: 4 have
u survey of al the claims ap-
Piled for Mt or near Dawson. l sur.
veyed nearly 1000 claims on tho 30.
nanza and Eldorado creeks and got |
nearly all, II not all, the disputes on
these creeks and there were many
esttled quickly and without trouble, |
and, rs was most important, educated
the miners pretty well in the require.
'hc IniuinR idWS. an now
on my way to Pelly to make a survey
Of the claims applied for there, when
will 20 out via st. Michaels and San
The Pelly river is about parallel
with the Stewart river, and enters the
Yukon about forty miles higher up.
Both rivers are on the right or east
Of the Yukon and are many
miles east OF Dawson City.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4. - The chicago
agent of the Travellers Insurance com
pany OF Hartford, Conn, has received
instructions from the home Office not
TO insure any person going to the
klondyke region. 1t is a risk that the
company does not desire to take on
of the extreme extra hazard
and because when death takes place
difficulty Of obtaining the facts
makes the settlement Of claims too dit.
fcult to be practicable.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Louis A. Cool.
'dge, q newspaper man who spent
much time in Alaska, said yesterdav:
THE Klondyke district is a small
,peck In the great Alaskan gold belt. |,
Reaching out southeast and southwest
d Dawson City there are so, OOO acres,
d gold lands, 80, Don Of which. ! might !
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