The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29
Up THE SHUSHITNA.
W. A. DrCKEY Returns ON THE
HELEN FROM COOK INLET.
schooner Arrives From the Erst-
while Rival of the hfondfk~-
y~w. Of the afne~-Rieh Copper
find Near A0ntagae-safure OF
the shushffna Rtyer-Dfmcsh =.
Ascend and Profstfess-Fienty of
Collars bra No Gold - Dtckcy
Compelled 10 Return by worn
0us Companions.

Trs twentv-ssven-ton schooner Helen
cane IL Essz riga. at1er 5 voyage q
tNIrFv-sva ezvg fran Cook inlet ara
aockess AZ Asrsworta ( Dunns wharf
Sc had lsfz Re lnlss Etta eighteen pas
SINGERS ss2 81 Of Ehen aExe-acArks1 a.
ss1xa. intending % &c from taere 20 ne
ksandike prsfeTTlng % cas- her loe
their rather tran Ia Cook Inlet Eleven
passengers came - Seattle Most OF 1hs
news they brought Wa ANTICIPATED mo
weeks ago b. nal. watch EFT TIE Inlet
b. tbs seszmer Dora ard arrived aere Two
weeks ago.
AmoEg TIE PASSENGERS uas ". A. pieksy,
who az TIE head q a party Of four. re-
turned after having assembled taze Sl4gSa!s-
"a river 70 eanyon - niles above he
mouth. This Is further than The river
Is Sewn OF the government charts
There Is Little o. importance % tel Of
Coos inlet. said Mr. Dlsgeg yesterday.
1t Is the same story told last year. viii
few variations. Tae Apollo Mining Com
aany On Mills creek Is planning 20 auEns
tvs ahole creek. They Will require $500
feet CT lumber for the tune. Tn Are
taxing oGt S. and 81 a day 70 the man.
smith on Lynx creek. the nexi richest on
the in.eE. Is working twenty men. A
weeks cleanup showed sL-s3. or So =
week Per man. Bear creek has paid bet
ter than ever. 81 day Per man seing
common
"A new ind Of copper has been made
on ar Island OF Prince William sound
near Montague island The discoveries
are Bsatsoa. at expert said 10
represent q California syndicate: MesSrs.
olAaharsh and Riss;sin. two cid
Cook inlet rssiaenters, and two others.
The lead Is q. or 80 feet wide. and
there IS l0Isoa. tons CT peacock copper
ore II sight The copper IN that district
carries good per cent OF gold TIE
Hine viii be developed ~ California eapl-
tai"
DIR. Dicksy left here en- the Mexico Aprn
:. accompanied oy II. ]. kenasGon and
Aessfs- Decker. Jadson ard Cirdxood.
The party landed in Cook inlet April %.
before the Stella Erlaad. which lsst here
10 March. Trey were delayed from land
Ing az Tyooalc enc day by the ice. aad
had 20 wait for M ice 10 clear from ne
sn0saitna river before attemp. ing 10 enter
II IA small boat. Mr.. D.cAey lad been
up the river before. he being the discov-
eFer and manner OF Mount Mckinley. a
paak l+oe9 or s.0e feet high, near the
he2dHaiers Of the ShEShItna He VAS
also responsible for important corrections
In the government charts Of the Shusa.r-
IA, the course Of the river as first aid
down having been corrected 20 correspond
win hls observations. In spaakiag OF his
tf1p Up the river. MIR. packey said:
We went up the Shushitna for 30
miles, reaching the canyon. At this point
tAa river PUSHES swiftly for four miles
between perpendicular walls which ara
al some places 100 feet high In order
to pass this a portage OF forty miles Is
necessary Above are three sets Of falls
whicn must be portrayed and offering dis
coGra gements hardly 10 be braved hv
human endurance. THIS CANYON mas al
ways been known as a falls. but such /.
not the case. IL is a dangerous place.
Years ago twenty Indians were drowned
there
Contrary 10 the prevailing impression.
We found the Indians disposed TO be very
friendly. They are just beginning to
feel the influence % civilization. For
years they have camped out all winter
long Now hey are starting 70 build
permanent homes. For a bear skin
traded them a whipsaw. the first they ever
possessed.
AT the mouth Of the river twenty men
encamped, and early in March went up
the river on the ice as far as the canyon.
Nine. led BY Capt Andrews and Mr.
Jacks. formerly in business in Sitka. pen
etrated far into the interior, and have
not yet been heard from.
We found no gold worth working.
though indications were good On the
lower river pans showing 30 and 800 coli
ors have been taken. The river is wide
and swift. In many places it runs in as
many as eight channels, and Is two miles
wide IL Is nearly as large as Copper
river. and drains a very moist country.
After having occupied three weeks in
ascending the river 10 the canyon was
compelled BY my companions 10 return.
They were almost worn cut. and threaten
FL to leave me with the boat II persisted
In continuing further Our trip down the
river occupied but three days. and We
left Cook inlet on the Helen in the latter
part OF July"