The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-30
Ayers Catliartic Pills

So Years OF Cures.
less the purchaser had good substantial
friends il was believed that he vas likely
TO lose a good deal of money IN the trans
action. He however, knew his ground ana
told me. when the necessary documents OK
transfer were completed, that ne never felt
sureF Of a homestake in his life. although
he had been mining nearly twenty years
Slu!cing could not be done, as the creek
was not yet open. so he set TO work with
two rockers and paid his $1,000 on May II,
four DAYS before il was due. and the Dal-
auee Of s25 eco was really abouth The 10Th OF
June. This was practically giving TINS
claim TO this man for two months work
Another instance on Bonanza creek.
On the l6th Of April last George Carmack
for Tagish Charley. his associate, sold one
half of claim No. 2 below on Bonanza for
s. COO 500 down. the balance to be paid
July /, or forfeit the money and claim.
, Passing Carmack's on july !, ] called IN
to see him, and found the purchaser pay
Ing the balance of s4,5oo. When the bus
mess was finished / asked the purchaser
how he had succeeded.
"'Oh.' he said. pretty we'll.
Il asked him II he had any objections to
telling me what he did do.
No. he said I drifted twenty-four feet
long by fourteen feet wide and cleaned up
$500
II said to him: Now know the area Of
your claim, and. assuming your claim Is
all equally rich. we viii see how much you
Will take ont Of It.
THE problem was very simple Given
the length and width: these multiplied to-
gether gives us the area in square feet.
Divide this by the result of multiplying
twenty-four By fourteen. Multiply the quo
tent by IS, 600 and the result in this case 10
the sum of s., 10000.
Gle said Ny Cod what will do with
all that money!
''Oh. don't worry" said. "you VIII not
be troubled 10 that extent-it is hardly pos
sible that your claim will average any
thing like that In richness. Assuming that
It will average one-auartsr Of that you Will
| still have $4,000. Assuming again that
there is a narrow strip In your claim only
fourteen feet wide which you happened TO
strike on and that this pay streak con-
tinues down your claim. as your one-halt
| is go feet long you will still have at this
rate $4,000 which is enough to kill you.
"Other instances might be cited, but this
| is enough. II may be said that these are
exceptional cases. Well maybe they are.
but II is a case of Hobson's choice; there
| are no others 70 cite. Another year may
/ not prove so favorable but II is hardly
| likely, nay. almost impossible that all the
| best spots. or pockets I'm all the claims OF
| the creeks. should be simultaneously struck
and we may confidently look forward 70
| an output for next year four or FIVE times
at least that OF the present year which last
/ have no doubt exceeded s2. 010 600 or about
| as much as the estimate placed upon the
| output Of Sixty-Mile, Forty-M Mile and Birch
T creeks during the time OF their mining lfe.
{ When I say this do not let me be under
/ stood as saying that these three last creeks
I are dead. The facts I have cited in con-
/ nection with Bonanza and Eldorado Gre
/ ated such furore in the Yukon basin as
/ well as elsewhere that other creeks are. for
I the time. being practically abandoned. but
! Bonanza and Eidorado and their tribu-
( tar!es are all located. At the rate men are
/ coming into the country II VIII be crowded
and many, rather than undertake the un-
certainty Of prospecting. with its attendant
/ risks and hardships viii buy ground in the
I old diggings. which can be bought cheaply.
/ as the owners, who have interests In the
I Troan-dik area. would hardly spare the
time 10 put IN the necessary representa-
! ton work on the ether creeks and would
/ rather sell them than allow their title 20
/ lapse through non-fulAIlment OF the law.
In fact. at the present rate Of wages in
the country. sl5 per day. and as the legal
( representation time on a claim is ninety
days bona flde work Il would hardly pay
70 represent some Of them. as the amount.
$3.50. would be likely more than the out
put.
bonanza creek Is about twenty miles IN
length. AS a claim IL 80 feet long. meas
ured on straight line In the general d.
! rectson 81 the valley. where Il Is and Is in
/ width the fun width az the bottom, we
have on this creek upwards Of 20 claims
OF which we know upwards 81 100 to be
good many rich. some very rich. The other
hundred are probably no more than good.
bur enough prospecting has not been done
+ to warrant any definite statement.
/ Upwards Of seventy claims have been
located on Eldorado creek. or this num-
! Der upwards Of forty are known 20 be rich
! rr1st Of them very rich. | am not ava
ricious. but 7 viii select thirty claims on
t Eldorado creek ana will allow the own
ers s. go 90 each and take what IS over for
myself and consider / have got an A No.
i horaestake.
"S.aehiIl claims are being locat ted on these
creeks. ard when / left there July Il some
II them We're prospecting very well. az
high a. g 81 20 = 20 the pan being found "a
some instances. Now pan 0f dirt Is call
- two shoveifuls. ard. as the merit OF all
claims Is given Ga pans let us see how IL
applies All miners couccde shat Decent
dirt (fhat e. d3rt with cents In every
shoyrifuI}, when f. Is three fest ard up-
wards deer. IS ricn. bat on bonanza and
Eidorado When 4 mar found Only cents he
was somewhat Indignant Unless he found
81 IN every pan. ~ iHast. ne was d1Ssafss-
fed ard Kwall wonder fer his neigh h0rs
wsre panning from g. g sI8. 81 - - aaa
So 20 the pan. and often into tbe hundreds
while paying visit 20 Clarence q.
Berry. tae owner ~ No. and No. on
E1acrsdo. 7 was tol3 hy him fhat they
had struck a rlch streak the day before and
ne said:
You had better 20 down sna pick your
SELF piece of dir
Il objected but sala would 20 down
and p3ck a pan ard wash e. bat rot for
myself - wished % wash q riah pan
Just 70 say had eons 20. ard asked what
he thought I was likely % get IN pan
:" oh. about fse 10 said
= wsnt down. peke6 around - re rfeh
streak thst I wss shown hF1t fer thF EFs
o. ne eoal1 not say THAI .ss ..cklng any