The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14
ALASKA,0UR LAND OF GOLD
NxNY VINO DECLARE IT'S MINES TIE
RICHEST EVER KNOWN.

EnDulOuh Ashu0HAuo LNgConk lLNCOvDEIC0 |
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ho'ner VEN '''he So'a OF NORM America
Those familiar with the history of rold min
inc declare that the gold fields of Alaska arc
among the highest both In quality and in extent
that have ever been known. Tho stories that
tho snanish explorers hoard about Eldorado
ware no moro wonderful tbnn those which arc
now coming down from Alaska with every
steamer. exoept that tho snaniarda heard ~
cold already mined and refined. whereas thu
Alaska gold Ia not vet dug. Tho Spaniards
n.ycr cot their gold: the Alsskans arc getting
Il nv the ton. Here. for instance. ia n quota.
,,on from the issue OF June 40 of tho Aloska
Mining Record of Juneau. II relates to the
arriv, of one Jack HAYES. tho mail carrier for
On, Yukon district. HAYES left ,Juncau IN Inn. |
"A and completed his tour of duty ON June ga.
Aftcr an intoryiev with him about his expe.
,,onces tho Record savs.
.NIuch excitement prevails all through the |
Yukon district oyor the Klondike discoyeries.
and all kinds Of stories of tho ricbcs there ara
to,a m,nv of which Mr. H,ves savs an. trpa
II IA truo that two tenderfeet- railroad man |
Nv Ios Anre,os Cal ,mnor ava
Chn-,os Clemens-bave strrolr n rich Thov |
went in n year AFRO and LOCATED nm tho K,onaiks |
last fall clcmcns sold his intsrost for sss 600
o,sh and bs hartman snmmsrs hela on 10
woets later and cot sso 600 The money to
80 tho r.r ,vo, tst.n nrt ~ +ho drn,n ,,h,oh
"a hno, Iift.d from En-. ,host IN tho. ,,oin
a~.,,r tho ~,nt.r Tho.s t. man "a a.ah
aa.naS a,t 90 ZOO ~ th.,- oI,,r, Ill -.
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n,s.ast ho,rd tho horr.In ,-,th ? Soeo -.
80 "a -, ..hen 80 A. r,aasTSe
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-. \. n,mhor 30 .n.o;ma,. -, oro O.
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nc as bsavv J. q buiist -
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drawer .ooin .yyas n,okad mn nm the anrtao.
Act th,t v.s nj.tsd mn NJ N. sams nIaco W..
hova h.en oeered soso for Nov when tbers "a
o,,d Ht. frat lvIng about oror N tho air tbor.
Ia iust nm. ,nfercnce IN he drawn r. comea
f,o,, .oma n,ans Tn. man vbo anda Tn. Ma
Ia Hon Tbs mar Who tells tbs World IN o.nsr.l
chat h. "a lootine for and wbv pnder anch dr.
mmstances IA a fool. Dv The sama token he
usualIy dies noor and COMPLAINS of hard timsa'
eigb, for the return of the GOOD old DAYS Of
.1o' WIN man ,Aa vas nothing N This,
Jobarnash,re IA M sncb centra of cold fe,ds aa
a Junaau-
"But there ia this difference between Cali
fornia In 40 and Alaska i'm ,o7. Alaska Is all
st.ked ont The news has not 0one abroad nm.
~ tbe neon,e near AZ hand the neonle who have
,nor+ rnorev time and their verv Uves IN do.
ysIor,no Me- country the neonle IN short WIN
SssornaS tho revord had seizsd On evervtb,no
In s,aht NV along tho coast IN the ouartz
Io5e. tho damn urlis have been estabiisbed
ON. NV ono twsntv .tsmna here ,ortv there
Tbev have not anv ~ Them beonn to he worked
a, hard as the available area Of ore win permit.
with mills running altopetber b4e stamps. moro
than half the stamns working onlv half a year.
tbo nrodrct NJ the ouartz minea of Alaska In
1907 visdad ~ a5b 600 I sav 10 Won earnest.
" bonestlv tbss IA onIv a min scratch. work
in AIa.ka cannot he said N have begun. There
was nover onvvbere anvtbinp uke H. To-dav
re.e,ved tbis deanatcb from a manwbo f.
going over a collection NJ twenty mr. more mines
all helonotng IN the eompanv I'm which I am IN.
tsrss,ed Cbaroinu the names Of the mines
tho dcsnatch resds Tins.
Have tnst eyamined Pm and Kitten. Pur
hoo tonsoot vs,n and Kittsr thirty. Grand
,bouina,
.Tbot s+oo,.rs mn ,s.d IN r am IN hi,
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