Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-06
ANOTHER KLONDIkE RIVAL
flattering Reports From the Michipicoten
Gold Fields -

A special to the New York Tribune from
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, last Saturday
says: a.
Hundreds of people here and in the Ca
madam 500" are. en- the tiptoe of expec-
fancy pending the arrival of the North
Shore steamer Telegram, which is expected
here tomorrow afternoon. Owing to the de-
mand Tor passage en- the boat, special
trip Is to be made tomorrow night, and
every berth has been taken. party of
twenty from this city and one of equal
NUMBER from across the river, including
SIX experts from. lower Canada, who ar
rived last night, will take passage on this
boat.
If the reports received tomorrow are as
favorable as those which came on Thurs
days steamer there will be an exodus Of
three hundred people from these two towns
WITHIN a week, and the whole region around
here is wildly excited. The Canadian min
ing laws are of Scch a varied character
mat much misapprehension has arisen as to
how 10 proceed. The Ontario mining law
covering this particular district, provides
in brief, that when minerals are found the
dlscoVefer can stake out the land. not less
than 1orty acres in extent, and file his
claim. His stakes must all be marked and
numbered. and at each corner must bear
the diScoVerer'S name and date of finding
He must send this information. attested by
two witnesses, to Toronto and request a
grant. The crown surveyor is then sent
to the claim, and makes survey. for which
the applicant pays, and the surveyors map
and field notes go to the crown land office
Claimants are allowed sixty, days to file
applications, with surveys and affidavits
and pay about 81 an acre for the land This
gives them the timber on the land and
whatever minerals may be found.
Capt. Witherell of Company F, 10th
United States Infantry, is the owner of a
half claim on the Garden river, in the new
IA n1ain f1ara
are at least dozen leads, each eight inches
wide and fifteen feet deep Some of the
quartz which Capt. Witherell brought from
his claim has just been assayed, and found
to yield about $50 to the ton. This quartz
is almost pure white rock, touched with
dark purple deposit. Another specimen
taken from a deeper point in the mine is
darker in colos1 and the entire surface is
dotted with chunks of pure gold. A piece
or this quartz Mas assaNed by the Bank of
England for Capt. Wisherell and report
states That 1t bears s8Nenty-seven ounces
and 1--WE pennyweightN sterling, about
$1,000 to the toni As itspays to mine quartz
where gold to El1e value of s. to the ton is
found, the richness Of, this discovery is
easily seen.
Capt. Whitehead said, today: 1.-The quartz
In our claim will average so ton. taking
1t just as it cdmes. Some of it is much
richer. / am satisfied that there is a fabu-
lous amount of geld in the country up
there The lead which passes through our
claim have traced 1873 miles One can find
paying quartz almost anywhere, and you
can wash gold out from between the ties
along the Canadian Pacific railroad track
south Of Bruce mines, There is an island
OF about fifty, acres in one of the many
lakes up there that is full of just such
leads Our claim is about thirty miles
south Of the Lake Miehipicoten district,
but 1t is practically the same field, and the
same conditions prevail. In all the terri
tory you can get supplies at WILL and 1t is
the easiest place to ork in the world, ex-
cept that the country is heavily timbered
and has o de1ee .uE dergrowth."
Capt Wftheren thinks that there are
abundant chances for great number of
people TO locate paying claims in the dis
trict. ont he Says thai he does not look for
mach place. mining