The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-29
STANLEY's GOOD ire
Success OF . Seattle Man IN -.
dyke Rectn~


William Stanley. one AZ ~.
who came back from the c,erA.S
Portland. is Seattle man. 81
being ut the lower end Of Tar.~
four blocks below jackson. 49,
Owls small five-roorn hrs,,. ~
siy. consisting OF wife ana
dren. have struggled along h,.-ss
ing his absence in search Of wses,n
irg 10 Post-Tn,elligencer rerc,...
trials and great good fortuna r. =.
kan placer fields. Stanley sa,S.
Il went 10 the Yukon \ 49,.
March. having never been 49,
On the steamship ALIKE. on r.....
neaa and Dyes. my son. Sars,.,
and l met Charles and Gaorrs -
brothers. and we entered ,nre
partnership. since which tim. -
been continuously associated
n.lning and other business aRsirs
Woreens were formerly from e.
haroor, y y. where their rno.s.s
lives. In California, where rvh..s.a
for number Of years. 10 vsrs.s
Fetaluma dairy concern.
1--WE had been wanaersrr ,A,
Yukon districts for several -ncn.ss
little or no success. when. In IN 49,
OF last September, we heard ~ ~
dyke discoveries. AT this FIN.
en- route along the Stewart r,v.-
bound for Forty Mile. and wans -
Nile when the news OF TIA ,,-.'
reached us. We FASTENED to TIA 60.
stopping first at the mouth az f. -
TIE day following our arrivnI -
steamer Ellis, with lsn wildly eres,ss
ers who had also heard OF ira -
rived. There was q rush and /.
for the new discoveries along Rc..s-1
rasoFado creeks, We brought ue ~
.idorado creek. locating claims M =
y and "a. That was about the III 1ns
Der. We prospected Is and . unsa = y
listed ourselves that we had good =. =
in each. Then we set about mahs,s !
nsnent improvements for the virs~ y
as buildings cabins. This ,acnA - y.
work sinking prospect holes In A.
parts of the guich. We hli ma h,s.1.Y
Good pay dirt was taken from ev.r, y
and at the end OF three mon.hs -.
cleaned up sll2,coo. In getting ma
gold We did no, drift over 30 feat s,..ssJ
er up and down the stream. Nor a. J
crosS-cut the pay streak. We cas~.sl
that these two. and also So and Il nj .
upwards or $1,000 to the iinea, fooa -
figure that We have fully sa,0so oeO h =
in the four claims. There IL iittla a. -
ference in the SIS and IS claims. A. a
RADIO. In fact, there are no spotted 49,
on the creek. 1t is a case Of all RIA ?
yards wide and yards deep, Anv,sI
you run a hols down you ana "a =
streak.
Our pans will average 81 throuxAou,
OF the Eldorado claims. Many 80 q \
as $3.50, and some stu better. / took
$50 in five pans. and did not pick
pans, either. took the pan against
breast and simply scooped It ia az
bedrock.
ITO make long story short. l ~
Eidorado creek Is the creates, placer n,
osition in the world. There has ~,
been anything discovered on the fars
the globe like II.
How much do I think Eidorado a
has yielded and will yieid?
Well. We have all done more q p
figuring on that with about the sAn4
suit. For my part, would not b -
TO guarantee s21, 900, 900, and II viii ~
ably reach SIS. .00c.''
"Will other creeks be found ID
Clondyke district anything like ~ TIL
the Eldor1do?''
Certainly: and in my opinion thsre \
be number Of them. too. Bear gu,eh
almost another Eldorado. There 4
double bedrock In Bear guich. though
very few know 1t. The bed rocks an II
feet apart. The gold In the lower
rock is as black as your shoe and b |,
top bed rock 1t IL as bright a. that fou
In the Eldorado. III
I'VE own No. 10 claim below di0opys
on Bear gdlch. and also 20 and 4 % 4