The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-03

much dreaded ty tire prospective Tukcse-
oefora starting OF tEs voyage.
We bad nothing - rsEarl cur further
EFagrp@S HDs&3 reached Pelig river,
/ the Junction Of whseh. with tas LeE5s
l.Fer. forms tGe grand TukSn. Here FSe
struck n3w % zee THAI sissea me char
| Rel two-fhlFds tnII ard made naF4g4tioa
dangerous. bat we halted rot, Trough the
farther we wcnt tas more dangerous tAe
Ece became. As<gF s2aay thrilling ez-
psFsences ard aagrow escapea #Fath boat.
sggp.iss and evea Cur l.ye@. We ted Up
~ D&~soa on ocfo3s- =. having Secsl
Just two weeks jn the boat.
We had Teached car Mecca. and a.
5ssssE stool CT TIE barrier 81 tae aEd %
god. W aat w@B % ~ our I8Es2 10
asked sach otser- Ne enc reutared -
gtessset- aut 81 set a3oai AZ once % ssc
what could bs 49r@ toward aaah.sg
assrt 10 secure s1Yae 0f tne yellow metal.
&c sssa5 * CT - gaaeA pro AID con n
tae kast campaign as ms standard Of ali
vslgsa, There every man Is q 'g9ldoIg.
aarasess 81 @Qy previous pos!ticd} aTilIi-
atoms. Bysgs ans / t0gE q strip '1p gfs
g3lca' 70 .esE aFoena Tine gulch Is 4
cez+EEAsiuu covering Isdr8uza and IL
soraa9 cseeks aEaI the.r branches. Here
va rad caT eyes 5i1s he1 ~ kae immense
wealth q tise country and ta2 zlosie o.
~ GtnE. The rs4iea' IS = ctfy OF ITSELF.
gasre beiEE from fg3 20 S.@ss people 10
there. and the caDsas afe strung cat ~
oag. srreg afiaF TGHs Ike "a crooked street
sp & aewiy baIis 12@p. we s.0od On
6ampe that contained 80 agucA gold THAI
my seemed II glitter. and o0 fe%
lh4t / aouI8 iaAe for ny fortune what
l could aick nsst u tae dfY dirt With
n8y fingers without any washing what
eEsr. We ran across an Old friend.
George AcG.Iis. Of Tacoma, who owns .
FafF interest 81 No. sses5v. "a bonanza,
one Of the richest claims Oh ARE creek.
and he also owns talf interest sf No. 3i
below on B1BsTza. suaIner good claim.
aefore we knew * hardly We hat papers
faT Il lay 81 - 81 our pockets, aHd
%eat baeN - the city 10 bring up ouE
aappIies. Far business reasons It was
understood was 10 come out - Seattle
- ths ice. 50 we pat ibe LeWed men TO
$arA, ana aaen / left tne prospects for
IN elegant cleanup u@xt spriuG were
rGcst aatteeang I came down from the
Nnlch 10 Dawson - arrange for coming
ept Oh November J, and the next day
isD across George Harmon, OK Weua tehee.
wash a fellow passenger on the Mexico,
y no tod ule Gf a discovery he and his
associates had just made. I went win
him. IS did John xiii. col. D. r. Olsen.
Faleon JosIn and Ed Gregg, or Seattle
aud We staked claims and recorded at
the same time, did the men who sank
he two discovery shafts TIE new creek
- called DE8n after a air. Dion, Of Bal
lard, who headed fhe party Of prospect
tts IL Is a small creek, coming into the
Yukon about Two miles above the klon-
dixie. aud The finds were made two and
han miles up the creek The
as n ..Tq.a
3ep % bedrock and averages well with
any OF the other creeks outside OF FL
dorado. 1t Is the latest and closest find
made. The securing OF Il claim vas
more than I had expected. as / had made
Rp my mind ] would have 10 wait till /
came ia next spring before having time
10 nunt up claim.
John Kill took in stock for his com
faBg tthe Hohara & Norton conlfsanyo
svar the Dalton trail arr, had the most
successful trip of any butcher attempting
- teke aeef and pack horses into that
country. His meat was sold I'm a few
eays. and together We bought a dog team
aud sled and arranged 10 ccme out to-
eethef A young German. Albert Slick.
desired 10 como with us. and We brought
him ont with thirty days provisions for
us and the dogs. and thirty-six conner
ee.al pounds Of gold dust belonging 90 Mr.
xiii, aed Gf4e camp outnt giving
81 over ans pounds or seVeu-foot slsiga
But we had a aranking team and we ay-
eraged twenty-five mites a day for the
entire trir. travelling seven 70 seven ard
half hours day. The Thermometer
stood at - below when we left Dawson.
ctit u lowered daily until when We
reached Fort Scitirk eight DAYS later il
was On below, ana went into a cabin
- wait for mosiefa ion Other parties
came In ana stopped for the same reason.
until the tw1 cabins available war.
crowded r wae while here on tho afh
day Of November that tile gold sack Of
Mr. Kills tss.s2n was slipped frorn his
blankets and has not hesu heard of since.
owing To- circumstance surrounding the
case. the time al which II was taken and
the action Of the parties afJerwafd TWO
men were arrested and tried ~ the sta
ti1n at Little salmon. before Judge Nc
tjuife. They were acquitted bot what
developed on The triai only strengthened
oe ''saief IN the minds of those present
thAs ane, II not h4th oT lne fnsn were
guilty ! beE 10 he excused from naming
ibe men a this Sine fne reasons you WI
Ieata iajlT bat } -1m ouunaeni thar NJ
hil VIII S3caeT or later receiver hiz sold
ard p,se" sac. titef wi,ets, ~ belongs
zone dnda tho coant~y aboHt i5ayecn
Haiie d5Hcr~at III wsaJ p, ha~ IL pie
ttIes IN the i.tf cyr. TIE Et5sds Sc
a1Ss 'otr ,l> YUKON oefwaen igo high
aonstai.ta. 'so.saE very ena,l fat On
tas eth +.dc Niaen - covered wien
(ui- aej ,aa' asa * kaova - Louise
tatn - 3si5.t y EeF+rat acres which
81 "scr}ow,a uf eNerr h.eh water - uat
Utilised f'r oglsliuS purposes end ynen
vr'as tac larger rat og which stands
f's"eeH T5is D. hacked ~ "A A.gh aud
eEtp tr1euatain extending ~ a so.u.- .}-rra
tcan tEe NiaHa5l,w :5t5 - the Yukon
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