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

PAN VALVES OF BONANZA AND Ell
DORADO CREEKS.
Results From the C1crdyke Piaeers
Compared with Tests Made Last
naP~h-Rsrryss Big Pred aeer-Pro-
ds~tfon Follows Developments
Fortunes To Be Hade-Possfhilf-
ties of the Future.


long article or the Clonfyse placsrs, IA
which TIE results are compared with
an analysis made last March Of tire 5sa
v@lgie az TIE two r1chasE creeks. BONANZA
ead EISers6o. This auaylsts IA hassa On
tS8xz with several men who tad spent
most Of fhs winter or t5s creeks and
saw panriug be3ng done On various
claims. The article says: We expressed
ths opanloe that the Ei6srsdo would
prove 10 be TIE rscher creek. and our
snrusssez have proved 20 be correct. How
dla ws arrive ~ this resuitz We care
fully ker. = record Of the banning results
or both creeks. ard the average a. that
tine waS follows. On Eidoraaio
creek No 3. e. No. L. Sss8; No. s. 80:
No. g. as high as sis3; No. Z. about fhe
assrase OF No. 6: No. 6 a. high "a SO:
from No to No. is. from ste 40 SO
or an average although fs.s was washed
out of one pan OF the latter claim. From
No. Ia 10 No n all the claims were re-
gar4ef good, bur not enough pa1ning
had been done 10 Justify forming any
opinion % the average value. Upon No.
u nusre. worth ssss ~ irregular shape
was folai. From Ne. 81 TO rim rock
tnsre had not been sufscient prospecting
done but the opinion then was that all
tho claims werc good.
B~rry's Biz Producer.
Even az far back az las. Marsh tho
best developed claim IN the country was
that Of Ciarcssce Berry. No 6 on Eldor-
ado. In which he then owned half in
tersst. He also owned ons-thir6 inter-
sst In Nos. and s. He employed twelve
men al ia. winter taking out pay dirt
ard dcposittnx IL upon tho dump.
To give an ideA OF the richness OF tho
claim VS. cannot do better than say that
Berry paid his men A5 an hour until
someone offered more. ard that every
night he melted Ice IN his cabin and
panned out sufficient gold from the frozen
dirt TO pay the wages of his men.
berry knew where there was very rica
ground on hts claim and he very often
penned out from $40 10 30 10 the pan.
When requiring money II was only neces-
saFy foF the owner OF the claim 10 take
out SOME Of his rich ground and wash IT.
We have had all kinds of estimates of
the amount which Berry'g dump would
produce and the highest we heard was
si13.poo. so that In announcing the result
as siss.es9 II goes 10 show what & rich
country has been discovered.
Results from Bonanza.
We gave figures I'm the winter which
showed that the lower portion of Bonan-
"a creek averaged ali the way from SIC
10 $50 10 the pan, UP to No. 81 below
discovery. From discovery TO No Il
asove tho value was from s. 10 so. Then
from there to No. 2h the average was
from 30 TO sla From No. q to No. 50
The average is from 80 To- 80 cents From
this point up the creek there has no.
been enough prospecting done on which
10 base any average.
We hope soon 80 he In a position TO
give the results from the various claims
on Bonanza which may be depended upon
and we can then compare them with tho
panning average OF early in the summer
as given above. We know that Rhodes
ha. taken out probably sl5oG10 from his
claim. but then IL was well developed and
We are expecting big results from there
but we want TO get the information from
number OF claims, SO as 10 get the right
sd"a OF the general value OF the creek.
ard prove tho assertion so often made ef
It's continued richness from end 10 end
Production Follows Development
mo thing has been learned I'm the Clon-
oyk" and that ia that production is Dro-
rorttcnata To deveior ment We have
found that the Yield Of gold follows The
work done on claim. when Rhodes
made such good showing on the start
IL encouraged others 10 open up their
claims. AMI quite a number changed
hands AT bonanza creek and the owners
icft There for the coast to obtain sufficient
supplies To last them for a long period.
Ihea came the hig returns from No. s
on EldoTasfo and the great excitement
was transferred 10 that creek. and there
~fie fewer absentee owners and in COLI
sequence more work was done. the evil
deuce Of witch We have had ample de-
mqnstfaiion Of ia the big sacks OF gold
which have been washed out
Fortunes VIII Ne Made.
Tho largest results attract the most at
tcDtion. therefore Tnnst of the storias
which have reached tho coast cluster
around the few big producers. and Of the
s@l~s made only those involving large
Sums are spoken Of. There are a great
many smaller sums than the oaes spok n
% which have been taken from Elaor-
ado, Bat properties which in any other
country on the face az tho earth woals,
attract Universal attention are almost
lest sIgAt q in THE Ctoudyke bevauee
they have osiy Yielded ato fsa $500 ard
s>ao~ Next fsli tbeSs Same claims " n
hs 80 far developed Az to hold their own
viii th" fcsf OF the creek. Berry has.
good start. and after reaching bed rock
eopaa command Sufficient funds To hire
rlFn and pas them wages equal 10 the
production ef an ordinary placer mine
We have 30 particular reason to asst,s,s
that other claims viii prove less product
I've than his WHOM fhev have had she
sanln amount q labor expended upon
Them Several men from Seattle wen,
ir Mita tne frs, party this spring and
thtS nr~ tut@gceted ga bonanza 0~esh
aod inteHd 70 prosecute work with AZ
the us"n they caa probably employ.
Possibilities fwr the Future
II comparatively tew men IN IN.
limited time AZ their dispe@ai sra able "a
produce q ustaton dollars from dirt faise.s
- ne secface during the winter fncuthe
wth practically no preparation AZ nli