The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-14
A PIONEER or xsoxDIkE.
Tells New Yo~kers Of the Riches And
Hsrs.shti,s He Encountered.
b NEW YORK, Augua. fs.-The Herald

- NEW YORK, Auguss is.-The Herald
sayx.
Confirmation OF the stories OF the vast
wealth Of she Kionsiks district In Aiask.t
come from n rrospccsor now In this City.
who has made two trips to the new Ell.
dorado. He Ii Henry Henderson. 80 years
old a uai.ys OF Pictoa county. Nova SEQ
Tia. who took out hig naturalization pa
pers IN this country ten years ago. To
| him the credit OF the discovery OF BE
wonderful deposits of gold ia the KIon-
dixie In. 10 4 certain extent. cue lie tod
sis brother Robert. who vas miner In
ceiorado. Of the wealth Of the district
afsd gave him 500 10 ray for his outfit 10
the Alaskan fields. Robert established a
claim or Gold Bottom creek which yield
ed 1ia.fos in coarse gold in two weeks.
When oefabe~ / shah have rolled around
n little steamer will seage for f1yen jnl 4
with y hundred prospeefors mining en-
xiassrs and experts and aszayoTs. with
Esszgy Henderson in charge With hIsn
viii - Also bis niece Miss Maud Hem
sserson. Of MAYA Scotia. She n a pretty
Eiyi Of !; years ssd rugged enough TO
stsre fhe severity Of the winter and She
hsrGshsps 81 ths trip. she will preside
over her unels's household in the gold
rsxsan.
~. Henderson II SIX feet four inches
h;xhs wiki form as sturdy A. that OF E. n
CT. he has seen a miner fer fifteen
years. The cold climate of Alaska has 10
s1ssor for Mira. for ne made what he call
ed The dead winter outward trip from
the Ksonaike. aud crossed the thlIkout
pass With The thermometer S. siearees be-
low xsfo. lie has established claim ~
Aa feet near that OF his brother on Gold
Bottom creek. but has rot worked IL ST.
AS ae was obliged 70 return 10 Nova Sc >
tia.
Mr. Hendsrson's adsie. To lnsauerisg,.,s..
mem hs, t1A
now for the geld fields is don't" Al
though he believes the stories of ha-i-
ships nave been exaggerated. he says tie
land II In no condition 10 he worked an.
~ the frost has left and tho Journey aves
the tshilkooi nass is fransht with DANCER
~ Tie snnw drifts. In the late sprIag
anG summer. ne SAYS. the trip over the
pass II no more pefiolis than walk on
broadway.
Henderson made Ills frat Journey "a he
Yukon riset IN ths spring of iSas covering
100 miles tn nfiy.four days lie saws lee
could new make THE Journey lin thirty
days. He left tho district the day after
Christmas OF the same year. Win tvo
companions and an Indian 20 break th.,
trail and attend 20 the nne
dogs which dfrT. she two slsls'l Affer
fftS-thsee dsEs O. cold OF q degree a.
ness beyond NUgnan endurance. snow
Rtarms, .hshaastion and hungsr. the little
hssssa fr&NANN itANR tfAtfts AZ flEla
they became so hcnumhed thaf they had
To abandon $1,000 IN gold duet en- the stfge
of Chiikoot pass. pushing 81 WITH a few
rossfsds of haenn and -Four They foito4
refuge al a trading pest and one of ths,
party put back fof the dust For iva
days and three nights the then were
obliged 20 hnddle between the siels -
with canvas covering
Ar. Henderson returned SO the gold as :.
ttiet in March, 1905 mining n the vicinity
OF the Stewart. Lewis ana Sixty stgis rsv.
ers. Pushing further into ma. heart -
the kiondlke district. ne met hIs broth
or, who was established in the f1oll Bos.
tom creek. After Mr, Henderson Asa
staked oGs claim be left e In charge, AZ
his brother and went 20 visit his family
In Nova Scotia.