The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-13

Sulphur creek branch Il Dominion
creek. which IS a tributary 10 the Indian
river. Is the scene Of the latest Sreas geld
excitement in the Klondike
From accounts Of thc new district
brough. down on thu schoouEr south Coast.
St seems that the aew aigglngs VII rival
even the famed Bonanza and Eldorado
Gold was found Just below the surface
running ssi 20 the pan. Two men took out
SSo in day IN simply prospecting their
claims. \ stampede followed the reports
OF the new finds wnich reached Dawson
City August Is. IN a week 90 men had
crossed the mountain between EiGoFad0
creek and Dominion creek. They travelled
day and night and in two weeks the whole
stream was staked out.
This inform 4tion. the first authentic S5cry
Of Sulphur creek, was given yesterday 70 A
Pest -Intenigencer rsprss sntalive by John
f. Light, OF Chicago. III. Mr.. Light was
a passenger on the South Coast lie left
Dawson City on the steamer Bella August
ls He owns a claim on Sulphur creek
which he located himsslf.
Light is a bright. conservative business
man who has made barrel of money in
the kloudike.
This IS Lights statement OF the new
find:
sulphur creek will equal Bonanza.
There is no doubt about Il. When | first
heard OF the strike there, | went over the
mountain % investigate Il myself. spent
one day with two brothers. the Mchinnon
boys, Of Wellington. Il. L. l saw them
take oat $500 In one day from simply sink
ing two prospect holes. The formation Is
the same as AZ Eld0rado creek. and Sui
phur creek bears the same relation 70 Do
rainion as does Eldorado 10 Bonanza. The
streams empty into indian river. They are
just across the divide from the klondi<e,
.t.. r.t.s ,,,ff fEe.esa.
in gold into the beds OF Bonanza and Ell
dorado creeks deposited as much wealth Ia
Sulphur and Dominion.
"One old German, whose name did not
learn. located the creek. and from dtScov-
cry claim he took $50 10 The pan
'Of course. when the news Of the new
strike reached Dawson City there was A
great stampede and hundreds left the
Klondike for Dominion creek. Il is all
staked out now. Mark my words. you
VIII hear the same marvellous stories from
Sulphur creek and Dominion that came
from Eldorado last winter. Even prospec-
tors found IS 10 70 cents per pan on the
surface.
sulphur creek IS about as wide as this
street." said Mr.. Light. as he stood on the
corner OF First avenue south and Main
street. The water is not deep. and the
mines on the creek can De worked winter
and summer / do not wish % be quoted
as predicting big things for the new field.
Il would be wicked 20 encourage more peo-
pie 10 go 70 The Yukon. Hundreds now
there Will wish they had remained at home
before the winter is over
Mr. L,ght passed by SkY Mitchelrs
calm ak the ngouth OF EEdorado creek sew
eral times before he left He says that
Dosh Mitchell. who owns No. 1. and Alex
Mcdonald, one OF the EldoTado million
aires 81 the klondike. owner Of No 2. are
employing from fifteen 20 twenty men.
working day and night. They had turned
the stream aside. and were working In tho
bed when he left ABguSt Is. II was TO
uncommon thing for Two men 20 take otE
as nush As 6 90 I'm a single day.
On MitchelFs claim a clean-Ip was MADE
about August from a pile of dir which
had been taken out lu three days. IL
netted $500 in dust and nugse-s.
Mr. LAglR went % Alaska last March.
He made what would be considered q fort
une in trading for claims and meTchan-
disc He expiodes the theory that most
of the MINIS on Bonanza and Eidorasfo
can BE- worked only in tne winter. saying
that with a lNMe work the wafer can he
diverted from the creek bed and mining
suc.es stully prosecuted all summer. This
fart will materially enlarge the output o,
the Klonsllke for 1he summer.
rohp wilson. merchant, who left Da~-
ssou August j. and came down on the 7osnzn
Coast. says that many Of the bench claims
on BONANZA creek are turning or very
rs, with rroper facilities for handling
-. asr+ saosue Of the claims viii yield as
vrasi as those in ehe geek bed. TO show
you now rlch fs some of the pay Dirt on
these bench c3a+Tas. q is a common tnlriE
for ore man % take ort from sla % -
rar fav vgirh only rocker. Besides carry
Ing es,s waeer from the crack. ard d}Fgtng
on The pay dirt. the miner has - COOK ~
fvvxu meals and take care ~ MS camp.
With hydra mining machinery. t'1a-
- a,us-z -reut8 bc sakea from Lls
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