The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-28
No Truth in Reports That It Was
Closed to Prospectors.
ANOTHER CREEK DISCOVERED.
Latent Stream Yields Over e1 to the
Pan-Two Men Get Thirty Ounces
in Fffteen Days on Bou1der-New
Recorder Will Protect the Lo-
After = Decidedly Rough Passage.

Steamer City OF Topeka, after an ex-
eeedngiy rough trip up 20 Skagway and
back. arrived IN Seattle yesterday after
noon. she WAS three days go!ng from
Juneau 10 Skaxway. being delayed by
strong head winds and snow storms. and
On the way down experienced series Of
more or less severe gales. She passed the
BrixAam ia the daytime. and found her
lying On the reef OF BlAshks island in the
same condition as WHEN she struck. The
Utopia wac lying AZ the Juneau dock when
tins Topeka left there Monday, a day later
than the Fara.loa.
1T n ernpha,icaily denifd by returning
Atiin lake people that the district has been
Closed until next June on account u the
former recorder. young Rant. mixing the
accounts and the ignorance Of The iccators
that they were in British Columbia. J.
Herman Lewis. member Of the Pacific
Export Company. OF Por tiand, which does
q large business Ia the Orient, from Niadi-
vossok TO Calcutta. and who owns valuable
properties at Skagway. besides numerous
claims in the Attn district. was one OF
the men who returned from the north. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Lewis. and VIII
remain in the states un,r he RECEIVERS from
q severe cough. He leaves for Portland
this afternoon.
Mr. Lewis said 10 Post-Intesiiganeer
reporter Last evening that the Attn lake
country was as open as il ever had been.
and tina, the report OF It's having been
cioeed was false Those who had staked
out z9-foos claims, thinking they were IN
the Northwest territory. were compelled
TO limit their holdings 70 the ln-foot limit.
according 10 the laws Of British Columbia.
and others located the original excess. The
other matters were being Strengthened out.
Mr.. Mckennon, the new recorder. AT
Lewis believes. win make a model oinciai.
.sHe "a n man who Will fight" said AIR.
Lewis al the Hotel Stevens. "and II any
body jumps claim while he is there.
believe he viii take club to him ana
drive him out Of the country.
Mr.. Lewis reports many new discoveries
IN the Atlin country. The principal one
IL on a new creek. which empties into Pine
creek near Its mouth Mr.. Ledgerwood.
the tilscoverer of the creek and one Of the
authoritative men Of Atlin. said that the
yield was 81 pan and over There have
been seventeen claims staked on the new
stream, whicn has been named LodgeFwood
creek.
Mr.. Lewis owns claims on Boulder creek
and few weeks ego two men located
above him and dug out thirty ounces OF
gold In fifteen days.
The Topeka brought eighty tons OF
freight. Her pasasngsr let follows:
.s VI Mr.. cf5s WINS Ms: y pa Ms W. 9 wf +
l Eisn' m aa NJ VIII vars Mrs. Ieia nar
CESS, r. chr!stman and wife: George Howe.
j. v.selens. +. H. Kane and wife. y, n.
falkland G. A. Anderson. w Poppen-
hagen. W. Howe. @. +. Burehard, q. w.
Gooth. NJ. Olsen c. Morse. c. Johnson. ID.
Frecen. +. Donovan. a. Cameron. J. J.
ONei!l, j. ii. Lewis and wife. T. Palmer.
n. Hscht, J. I've. II. Purt. J.. Blnmme
J. s. sockman. II. =. Steele. u. X. JUDI
kins, H. e. Smith, V. G. Holman, -. X.
DoIsnn J. A. Mayer. T. Jones. I. +. KEN
drick J. II. Allafan. Il. q. Anderson, A.
kenndy., w. Teskler ", J. Peterson; 7.
NJ Wood, W. r. Metealf T. SuBie. G. Cobb
and wife. l.. II. Armsby, w. A Gallen ana
ala