The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-15

IllS AhOA 4 VI ~ = ~
ncer Miner Arrested-charged
With Setting Fire to the Moser &
Roanoke Mill-ActiVity in New |
Mexico-A Large Hosting En-
CINE.
Denver. Oct. i4.-James H. Mac
kenzie and James CASEY, Of Cripple
Creek left late last night for Seattle. |
They will be the advance guard Of an |
expedition that intends 10 thoroughly |
explore Alaska on systematic scale. |
They are backed by II 5. otratton, the !
millionaire mining kins Of Cripple
Creek D. r. c. Brown Of Aspen, ana /
other men Who have made millions in |
mining Their intention IS to prospect
Alaska on gigantic scale, and for
that purpose the company VIII proVlde |
supplies and machinery Of the most
approved pattern. /
Casey and Mackenzie are not men OF
wealth, but have a practical experience 1
In LeadVille Cripple Creek and Aspen. |
The latter goes at hig salary, having
resigned the supe1intendency OF the
Portland mine. where be drew $4,000
q year. At Seattle contracts VIII be
awarded for building a river steamer
Or probably two, to be SO arranged in
sections that it can be shipped to st.
Mich2els.
TJ1ree steam launches will also be
\. bviit for tenders and the boat when
fsady viii be loaded with
500 TONS OF PROVISIONS.
calculated to last for two years:
Twenty-Five of the best prospectors of
the west have loAA, fY1sra ered q
locations, and three more viii be hired
on the coast with a special view TO
knowledge Of placers. The river
steamer Will be equipped with powerful
steam pumps, placed on the boat so
the captain can prospect along the
banks. No time VIII be lost, and if the
results are good, the men viii at once
file locations
We are going up to that country to
get our share of the good things if
they are there, and We hardly see how
ne can miss IT." said Mr.. Mackenzie.
We viii take with US a saw mill COM
plete, a hydraulic mining plant to be
operated by means of a hose from the
deck Of the steamer with pumps and
everything else We can possibly need.
About the middle of February Mr..
Casey and half of our force will be
Started
OVER CHLKoOT PASS
AID the rest of the expedition will go
i. around by st. Michaels and UP the
Yukon river.
We viii charter a steamer at
= eattle, load everything on it. the
harter bringing US to St NIichaels. At
t. Michaels We viii put our steamer
gether, load it with our supplies. the
~ Fam launches taking their share, and
IN len we are ready We viii steam away
no II the river and viii join the first
Roar& OF our expedition at some point
&{S{ss4eSd upon.
''AeSording to our plans at present,
Saen n reach the country our pros
kors W. divide into pairs and viii
out over She country. They
WILL KEEP ~ TOUCH
| with the main party And will be kept
supplied with provisions. Should any
prospecting party Ike a discovery
that proves good, the whole party viii
be concentrated at thk t point as soon
as possible and We diu thus be able
to take up all the best part of the
country. Having our saw mill, We can
quickly build our own town and make
all our preparations to mine in the
proper way. We are not going for
placer mining alone, but will look for
quartz leads as well We VIII depend
upon the country for absolutely moth
will furnish the rest.
--N1r Casey is one IF the best known
mining msn in the vest. He was one
of the earliest prospectors in Cripple
Creek and discovered the American
Eagle and John a. Logan mines on
Bull Hin out of which he made him
self independent. Nj Mackenzie is
native born Canadian, and has many
friends in Ottawa, Canada, and plans
have already been made If anything
worth while is discovered to secure
concessions from the Dominion govern
ment for timber ans other claims
Our orders" continued Mackenzie,
rare 10 spare no expense to make the
expedition
a COMPLETE SUCCESS
we will take with is everything that
we can possibly meet. We expect sim
4 ply to prospect.
at VIII cost Us about $4,000 for
81 ship to transport Us 10 ST. Miehaels
'.p lone, and from that point we will de-
Send absolutely una our oWn eNer-
Mons You know that il has been i'm
- possible to get q sar mill through to
the mines. because The transportation
companies have Z nonopoly on the
lumber. We Win not be bothered with
any such monopoly We viii carry
everything necessary 10 build a city
{ With, and We viii have the men along
who can DO the work. We are feeling
very enthusiastic over the scheme and
our plans are SO wei made that fall
ure is almost impossible If the gold
is there we are sure 70 get more than
our share Of it."