The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-15

1nens5or Of Alaska is fast being lifted
$50 venturesome prospsctor after an
~ returns, each throwing light On tie
txeker Of some hitherto unexpiored
ten. The placer golf discoveries on
tributaries Of Cook inlet have been
oWee this season b. the exploration OF
Keani peninsula on the east and the
80 peninsula on the west Of that body
f1sor.
~ explorer was John Macarthur. Of this
Who was accompanied by Norman
Gef. and he proaounceg II the hardest
fntry 10 travel ne has encountered in
A1hty years or mountaineering. he re-
aed yesterday on the City Of Seattle,
Wsns spent month on the trip home.
Ina to the peculiar steamer connections
had 10 make l.. that remote section.
I'LL Joined the steamer Albion at Towns
that boat having been chartered ~
A3a&4a Gold Syndicate, OF New York,
which wenr prospecting. / traversed
Keani peninsula for $50 miles, almost
Hkeurrecticn bay, Oh the Alaska gulf,
heated some quartz and hydraulic
I NlfnA The quartz Lodges are ten and
NJ feet wide and are free milling. The
14Ace rock carried $3.50 In gold and si.s6
Uo9per. The hydraulic ground Is gravel
e1lEp forty to 100 feet high. and bench
Hint on the streams. The gold Ii flle.
easily saved and is estimated TO run
the way from TO 30 cents yard.
lfefe II abundance OF water and timber
9d the district II easily reached from
91rrectlon bay. One party wintered on
4Mg lake on Ksani peninsula
liter that trip | went into the unex-
4qf0d country In the region Of Mount
doubt. On the Alaska peninsula. II il
1td. mountainous. glacier country OF
aalffe formation and volcanic origin.
covefed twelve rivers not known hs-
~ "a ~ space OF fifty miles. ranging
k0m ufty feet to q quarter of a mile wide
eose, not all. OF them being glacial
fteAuls Norman Salfer and / went
slp On stream for twenty-five miles.
mich took us two weeks. We were In ice
eter all the time. pulling the boat up
lnd could only pull 100 feet at a time.
& ne stream was very crooked. rather slug
ana was lined with brush forming
0ense jungle as / ever saw. The
eequitoes were awful: | had both eyes
1900 BY their stings, first one, then he
sner. ~ night We had to Gu. a place In
~ brush to pitch our camp
~ the head Of this river We found a
eaantain ahnut s.oa1 feet high and ,ns
~ one-haIf Ia two miles long, which we
me0 Iron mountain. az It is one mass of
ltQu orc, containing gold and eoppar. II
pAeyed ~ ~ and we made thirsy-four la-
ntions. We discovered TWO small noun.
Mn lakes there.
From that river we crossed she divide
another large river and made our way
the base Of Mount Eedotbt. on the
n f.xrx L.
~. siu,ila: to Iron mountain. NJ In;en-
zen was to mako rav way over TO Clapk's
ke. Dit lad no guide and no means of
RecktnE There WAS great ice nssld "a
xe0ss ans a inoraine 1T the base OF Mount
ledouht, fifteen miles long. covered with
4lFf. moss and brush. After exploring
4lir0ueh there for two months returned "a
s40e Toast and made my way In a small
lat nifty miles up the Coast To Tyoonok
Nhere took the steamer Perry and return-
~ 70 the mouth of Cook inlet We save
S&nfee or four bears every day, but they
sDeampered OF. The first day. when we
34nded on the beach. we did not set up our
.Dent and saw three bears. one OF them
III biz fellow. came up TO us. sat on mis-
AAttnrhee looked at ms. then turned and
vent away.
II was also in the. Snug Harbor country
On the same side of Cook Inlet where soma
locations have been made by California
parties. and located some claims for the
Alaska Gold Syndicate. | then went with
TWO Eastern parties 10 Skimana bay on the
Alanka peninsula, and penetrated close Ia
Ukimane mountain. through n great vol.
uAnic region. At the foot of the mount ain
n Skisnana lake fine body or water
With an outlet In Bristol bay on Rerias
pea. There is an Indian village on the lake
and the Alaska Commercial Company has a
Satorc there. ! made no locations there. fat
found indicasionS of oil the surface (
then came back 10 Homer. at the mouth ~
Geek inIef and took the steamer Dora for
0lfka, IL was made a long trIp by her ,.atl
Ing AT Prince William sound fgam sitka
IL went on the Tn,ieka to Juneau sud came.
from there 20 Seattle on he city OF So
attic.
8 1.-THE Cook isie. country whele ] sr.nt
the summer or 1855 u improving az 1. be-
comes better known and is mere proSp. g.
"a Those who got claims on Six en-. ile
creek In 1Ss and iS'e and worked them y,
1854 and 1891 have al done fairly well auh
some Of them extra well. The men wha
are grunsing are tho new comers a9d
Nose who failed % get claims A Ger a,u
pcrcx,ntage of them never do get claims ~
have luck. The mining territory IL limit
"a to Sfx-mle and Resurrection creeks
and their tributaries though there 4 u.s.
reason to doubt tina. other creeks Wi
prove az good, and there is every reason
to believe that many bench claims wtN
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