The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-28
WRIGHT CREEK 4 BONANZA
YIELDS PROSECUTORS GOOD PAY
FOR THEIR WORK.
Latest Discovery I'm the At1in Dis
trfct Promises to He q Fine Gold
producer-Men Who Have struck
Ii Rich in the new DtExings.

ATLfS cfTT, p. g. Sept i6-Every
little development work adds 10 the grow
ing fame Of this new mining district and
every day brings In news CT other strikes
and Of rich finds Of nuggets and OF pay
dirt The activity is now general On Pine,
Spruce and Birch creeks Wright creek.
the latest discovery Of any consequence.
IL locality from which has already en-
anated many stories Of large nuggets and
rich pans. The iocators CT discovery are
II. Blinkinship. c. Welsh, j. Welsh and J.
Wright TIE first named was down Tor
with him sis9 Of coarse gold. which could
only represent about two days or panning,
as the men could not nave mad time for
more He paid the recording fees for him
A second discovery has been located on
the left fork OF Wright creek, which has
some handsome nuggets Of upwards OF $
have been brought down ABOUT a mile
away another creek. which has been named
Mudoon, has been heated from end to
end. but ); Is only about i.2e feet long
and Is narrow.
Wrlghs empfiss into Lake Koosawsa. or
sls se axe Which is about s thirty yA miles
northeast OF Atiin. there is Otter creek on
the south And on the northwes Ruby,
Boulder and Birch creeks. Rich finds have
been made on Boulder during the past
weak which led 10 rush on the POSSIBLE
ity or reStak!ng or getting bench Claims
on Birch several new Eiuice boxes are be-
Tag put in.
But the greatest activity Is Oh the two
older creeks, Pine and Spruce. The wa
tiers Of Pine. only two weeks ago SO bright
and sparkling. are now heavy with mud
from the mouth for twelve miles up. Men
who staked and got leaves OF absence arsd
went out for supplies. are now back and all
along the stream can be heard the thud
OF the hammer and the whistle q the whip
saw. By Monday there must be at least
nifty sluice boxes In operation on Pine, and
about half that number on Spruce.
4. j. Christensen. who is well known on
the Sound because OF his long connection
with the ship owners association. has a
number OF valuable claims. He has four
partners, and yesterday put In a siuice
box on the claim OF one OF them, Charles
Scheiier. OF Tacoma The men were en-
thusiastic as 10 the result of the first day.
son. has hillside claim on the opposite
side OF Pine creek. He started TO pan il
last week 70 ascertain II it were worth
anything, and In two or three days OF de-
suliory work took out seven ounces. Since
then he has been pannng steadily, taking
our by this slow process from two TO four
on Monday. Ills dirt is decomposed shale
rock. and in this have the best results
been obtained on the bench claims just
tinues to. astonlsh people by the amount
he is daily taking out Of one OF these
Claims; He has two men getting cut the
crunh!ing rock and packing Il down In
sacks to the sluice box, and In this slow.
probably s2q5 a day HIS eis can ape on on
THURSDAY evening ran s24p.
Atlin City is building up, PROSPEROUS
miners looking upon town lots as prosper
Gus investments. Drinks are 30 cents each
at Discovery. potatoes 80 cents per pound.
Hour 80 cents, baking powder 81 SO. bacon
40 to 40 cents. But there is any amount
OF fish and game coming in. mountain
sheep and goat selling for . cents and
moose and eariboo at slight advance on
that.