The herald., 1898-03-28
lTHf SK0OKUN STRIKES
sarNa ABOUT xAsxA1r1nDz FROM
pAwsoN
u DOZEN OTHER, LOCALITIES
Promise Riches TO Every Man Who =
Willing TO wielA Pick
and Shovel
..aooiatsd pr,.. speelal wire

A1uOcuSoO 6EvDb SbeSsS VAo
eKA0uAy, Alaska. March 4.--(via Seat
IL, March H.)--Ons Of the biggest stam-
pedss yet recorded in the Klondike was oc-
: oasiened on February Il by very rich
I strike on the divide between the Big and
Little skookum.
The strike was made in bench digginga
On I high hogback 800 or 400 feet above the
, level Of the gulches.
I raS dirt running from S1s to $S5 to the
ran was found. Following the announce
msnt Of the strike occurred stampede
from Dawson Of immense proportions. and
the entire ridge was staked out In an In
credibly short time. This news was
brought to- this city this week by Mr.. A.
Piche. OFFICIAL courier and dispatch bearer
for the Canadian government. Mr.. Piche
says there was immense excitement at
Dawson when he left over the 6kookum
strike. and that over 200 men were standing
n line at the recorders officoto make .
record Of their claims.
Nr. Piche also brings the news Of new
strike on Lewis river. which IL of great
Importance II 1t develops a. now prom
ised.
ON March q man named Connolly, while
prospecting q small pup leading on the
reads about seventy miles below Lake
Il Barge, found pay dirt which Is big In
promise, Piche personally visited the
ciaim and took from 81 to g from single
pan. The discovery is about 30 miles up
the stream from the lea6S
The latest reports from the Salmon river
country were brought out by Charles Fitz-
patrick. Fitspatflck says the find on
Walsh creek 10 all that has been claimed
for It, ~ he took from his own claim $3.50
to the pan. He says there are already
about 1000 people at Walsh creek which is
900 more than can secure claims on that
particular stream. as the creek Is not fifty
miles In length. He says, however, that
I the whole country in that vicinity IL min
efal bearing. and that In his judgment the
next three months will see some further
remarkable strikes. He says:
"Cor instance, think the south fork Of
Big Salmon will turn out a paying invest
ment. 1t u about 125 miles from Lewis
river. Then there is the Lotto, or Lote
creek. which has already shown up favor
o1ly, running about 20 cents to the pan,
and could mention four or five other
creeks In the vicinity equally as good"
What IL regarded by many as an import
ant and rich gold strike has been made IN
the immediate vicinity Of Skaguay. j..
For some time past systematic pros
pecting has been carried on in the hills
surrounding the skaguay trail. and at last
It has been rewarded. Thos. H. Phipps
and Ralph Smith claim to have unearthed
j . ledge Of rich quartz bearing, free milling
gold. The location is kept a secret, but Is
described by them as being within an
hours walk Of the postoffice."
The value Of the find cannot be deter
y mined until returns from the assay office
st Juneau are made. The prospect bears
every evidence Of being more than sur
face cropping. Samples picked at ram
dom were beaten UP with hammer, and
particles Of yellow metal washed from the
dust excited much interest. The locators
claim to have abundant capital to develop
the mine, and say bucket tramway will
readily solve the problem Of getting out
tn quartz.
Charles Mccarthy, well known poll
ticlan Of San Francisco. was shot through
the legs in this city this morning by
Charley Ritter. . waiter In the Horse Shoe
restaurant. The row grew out Of drunken
{ brawl McCarty's wound Is serious.
though not dangerous. At about the same
hour another shooting ARRAY occurred ON
Mckinney street, in which several shots
were fired. No visible results were left
: save bullet hole through the sign Of a
newspaper OFFICE
COLLECTORS TURNED DOWN
SEATTLE, WASH, March N.--A passen-
ser who arrived on the steamer Australia
this afternoon from Skaguay reports that
, Gov Brady and Collector Of Customs Ivey
were recently turned down by Capt. Betch-
er Of the Canadian mounted police. They
asked permission to place two deputy col
1sctors at Lake Bennett for the purpose Of
facilitating the transportation Of Canadian
goods IN bond. Capt. Betcher refused their
application. It Is stated that they were
acting under instructions from Washing
ton.