The herald., 1898-02-12

/ ITO the westward of Tanannah ris
7 gigantic chains of mountains, wnic
, will make prospecting toward the kus
: kokim and Sushitna rivers extremel
) difficult. From good point Of vantage
| upon a high mountain near the head o
Copper river, obtained a birdseye vieN
of the country to the westward and be
held Titanic masses of rock upheava
in much the same fashion as the Ande
in South America. A range of very tai
mountains parallels the Tanannah OF
it's westward, joining at an acute angi
with the high Alaska range, whici
sweeps across from the Tanannah nea
, Robertson river to the mouth of Sushit
; ma and beyond.
ITO the westward of this V-shaped ar
rangement of mountains lies the vast
unexplored territory of the Kuskokim
I have descended the Kuskokim Sot
miles to the sea coast and found broad
deep and somewhat sluggish stream
flowing in from the unknown east. MY
observation on the lower Kuskokim does
not induce the belief that 1t flows OUT
from gold-bearing region, but 1t is
possible, nevertheless, as Its sluggish
waters would hardly carry color very far
down stream"
INDIAN RIVER ORE
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 11.-Early in
December James T. O'Brien, who recent
lv arrived here from Dawson City, dis
covered groupings of a quartz lead while
crossing the ridge between the head Of
Eel Dorado Creek and Quartz Creek, a
branch of the Indian River.
He brought out samples of ore from
the bottom of the shaft and left them
at Juneau to be assayed. Today Mr..
O'Brien received letter from John Olds,
proprietor of the Occidental Hotel at
Juneau, which stated that the report Of
the assayers at the Treadwell Mine gave
the value of the ore as $500 in gold and
ninety ounces in silver The ledge from
which this remarkably rich ore was
taken is three feet wide and gives every
indication of being true lead.
TRAVEL BY RAIL
MONTREAL, Feb. 1.-THE officials
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad pro-
fess to be not at all afraid of boycott
by the Western roads. The appeal from
Chicago to Vice-President Shaughnessy
has not altered their attitude.
In the meantime Klondike travel is
growing. From advices received by the
Canadian Pacific passenger department,
the number of people who left the Pa
cific seaports from Alaska and Yukon
points, was 5455 for the month between
January 9Th and February 1st inclusive.
That number is considered small COM
pared with what it will be in another
month.
FIVE MEN FROZEN
VICTORIA, B. c., Feb. 11.-According
to news from Alaska by the City of To-
peka one of the small steamers plying
between Juneau and Skaguay brought
word just as the Topeka sailed that five
men had been frozen to death on the
Chilcoot Pass and three others brought
to Dyea, although names or particulars
were not yet obtainable.
MAY BE ALIVE
STOCKTON, Feb. lit was rumored
in Stockton today that Powers and
Woods, who loft Milton last summer for
the Alaska gold fields, had been caught
in an avalanche and buried alive. Mrs.
Sollinger, a sister of Woods, says that
she heard from her brother last Sep
tember. His relatives here express no
anxiety over the fact that he has not
written.
TO PRESERVE ORDER
SEATTLE, Wash. Feb. 11.-A letter
received here today from Sitka, Alaska,
states that the gunboat Wheeling, which
is stationed there, has been ordered to
Skaguay.
RELIEF STORES
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. u.-Arange.
ments have been made to transport the
remaining detachment of the govern
ment relief expedition on the steamer
Lucille which sails from here next Sat-
urday.
MORE STRIKES REPORTED
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. III. L.
Schroeder, who left Dawson City De-
cember goth, arrived on the steamer Ore
gon today. He reports that just before
he left rich strikes had been made on
Henderson creek, 20 miles southeast
from Dawson, and that additional rich
finds had been made on Bonanza and
Hunker creeks. He also reports that
very rich quartz lodges have been To-
Gated on Stewart riverrand that party
of 20, headed by an experienced mining
engineer, had just left Dawson for that
region. He said that the strike on Hen
derson was so rich as to cause quite a
authorities act promptly.
DISORDER AT DYEA
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 1.-THE
steamer Utopia. which arrived from
Skaguay and Dyea this morning. re-
ports that a vigilance committee Is be-
ing formed at Skaguay, and it Is the
intention of the committee to drive out
of town the horde of toughs and bunco
men.
Hold-ups and petty larcenies are being
daily reported, and it is more than prob
able that lynchings will occur unless the
stampede to that locality.
LICENSES WANTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Represent-
ative James Hamilton Lewis of Wash
ington left tonight for Ottawa, Ont, 10
endeavor to induce the Canadian au-
thorities to send into the Klondike min
ing region an official authorized to issue
miners licenses. At present 1t is nec-
essary for American miners who desire
to work in Canada to go to Victoria tc
obtain their licenses. Many of them fiji
out at that point and proceed to theiI
destination on Canadian vessels. Rep
resentative Lewis has received many
letters and kilograms from Washington
urging him to facilitate the work OF
American miners by using his influence
to have Canadian license official locat-
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