Stikeen River journal., 1898-05-14
MONTE CR|STO TER|AuzED The Dream of Ages Has Finally
 Come True.
ARABIAN NIGHTS ECIlpSED.
"rhc Gold oi That Land is Good There Will Be Enough
 For All.
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torrr ,,,untrH.e seattle Fl
 rle island of Monte Cristo. as il has been named. Wae settled by two Swed"S. who went acres, the ice to cut wood. rheN had a large contract a.d found q heavy growth Oi spruce timber on the island. I'hrN c!r, red Il small space to erect Il cabin urrn and after he walls Wcr,, upthrN began to thatth the roof with llu-h and dirt. In dlgMiug in the ground one of the SWrdcs thought thr sand and gravel had the appearance of bearing gold. llr could not rest until he had banned out several pans. TO the delight uf both men they found excellent results. In d ni"nGnt they abandoned all thought of their wood contract and Gi~daining even to pat tie rrccio,,s sanu on [ r roof of their cabin. they went at the task of sinking d shaft tn Ike i,ock For the next few days they worked almost day and night. without sleep OF rest. until they had sunk shaft Il depth of thirt.-ei@ht feet. where they ~trNck bedrock.
 Al the way down they banned tue sand .erl,ntly a1i always noted in ..re;tsing richness. until at bedrock the yirit ran from .1o cents to SI per pan. ,,,s, above the bedrock Nas two feet ot black sand. whil" the bedrock consisted ot disintcgrated quartz.
 rhc TWO Swcdc. hastily closed ny their shaft ald lett for Dawson with all speed lo notify Inspector of Mines Me Gle ea,' and to record their claims. As N,oa as they hli filed, Ar. Mctiregor. Attorney for the Crown Wade and sev- rral others accompanied the two SWeds.s back to the island of Mont" tristo. \lr. Wade went down in tie ,Gaft and banned out several pans of sand. To his lstoni,hmrnt. and to the surprise of Inspector McGrcror and ih, others, the pans yielded from ,1 cent, to ;N.:1o l. did not take long to take lc entire island and to nak" tracks for Da",on
 l'iie island is directly in the middle nf the Yukon river. one and a half mics below the mouth Ot t.nsec creek. 1t is .J, feet long and from 400 to 500 feet idle. It is thickiy wooded. The discovery was made early in March.
 The most interesting discovery that has ever been made os q paleontolog- iral nature in the ncw mining region
  was na,it a short time ago un No. 9 below on EIunkcr creek by George .Iohanscn and John Brick. The dis feet of the mammoth skull of q hatlaln. with Ilorn, in i perfect state of prc>,r vation In the horns and head, mixed in with the gravel. was found d fraction over &4 in gold. The skull Was badly fractured l. l. the intention uf tin, finders Of these bones to send them to 'hn Smithsonian Institution. On llun.aer urrek have al~o been found large chunks of driftwood. pieces of trees ana etdhtN-. many of. them ill d iine state "f preservation. showing rrrcn, burial 'fhoSe pieces of wood ald he horns, have been found mixed il with the pay gl'avoi, showing that the deposit Wa, made since th" glacial period. iunkcr creek i> the only one III tnr district nat has been characters iz.d by these pec0lar finds. In the r'orty-hiilc district in Franklin 2ulch on Davis creek similar finds of drift wool have ) .en nllNe.