The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-20
RICH STRIKES On MUNO0k
SEATTLE MEx ON THE BEST CLAIMS
OF THE DISTRICT.


4 ,e..sr from Munook, Alaska, wris1en
= Kse,ev. formerly Of this city. aHd
brought cut by Gen. Carr and Frank Raw
lev. contains many interesting facts ABOUT
the country toward which 50 many mihas
are row turned. Revelations OF the weA-tn
:. .hs district have stimulated pusiie
curiosity ard everything regarding tAe
new gold fields Is eagerly read nss'es
letter saws under date Of January ~
..c-sa. excitement prevails here over me
-, ..rxa on Little Muaook creek. STU
80 eva miles north u Aunook OF Ram
mart city ,ownsste. Among sne i"eAs '"e.
ara Johnson and Langfora. On >o.
xv,-rsam Mclean and Ira Hinckiy. Oh ~
a. Ionn Soliy. on No. s and James -
san on No. I. Ii Is estimated ina. 49,
son and Langford viii take on. Ians ca
80 80 % .ss wasaup. They have refused *ee.
-, -, their claim. john Scliy, who staAeo
~ M s sold his claim for Nl."S 20 a
CO. Iohn III. McGraw and Gen. e. N
car William Mclean recently SEQ n.s
$50, Tor 80 40 10 Al Mayo, an o.o-une..
pni,io Kzfenherger. Of Chicago, ran
Haviev. a brother OF the Hawies
connected with the Pos,-InteiiiSenee'' anu
Archie Mitchell. a. new
~.~srss and while Little Munook is only
sr,aIl creek. vet there are forty-one Claims
- f..p feat Every CAIN. with the eA-
canrion OF No. 2, owned by Edward EAr,o
ana Henry Thumm, 10 being prospeeseos
srS many are taking out dirt averaging ~
cents and 81 to the pan. The paystreak Is
very wide and deep. / visited sessA
claims and found the paystreak 10 msasui
seventeen feet across. wn.ie seseta ua1
arif,ad twenty feet and were not across.
n, No / above discovery there are TWEEN
tv-sirht men engaged and all are doing
wei Harry Rigelow. ex-cap,ain OF police
~ Seattle. and his son, Clare. also - II.
Knapp, are working on No. ..
walter Hall. q former Seattle newspa-
ner man. Is busy on No. =. Gov. McGraw
and his son, Thomas, have several gooo
claims on other creeks and nave very
bright prospects. ,,,
,iistrio. are Hunter. Chapman, Hoosier.
Cold Pan. Chicago, Alder, Russian and
Marshall. All OF these creeks are oe.ns
worked. Hunter is the most promising oal-
side az Little Munook. The weather has
been so mild that on most or these creeks
il has been impossible to sink nole on
account OF water. The only cod snap We
have had was 20 below zero. This only
for IL to go down to 10 and 80. but nave
been disappointed so far. Al Mayo. an
old Yukon river pioneer. who has been
here twensy-six years, informs me that
will see plenty OF cold weather yet.
..Munook, or Rampant City, contains
about 100 houses and has population OF
over so people. The Alaska Commercial
Company has a store here. The North
American Transportation and Trading
ayS Hoc
open a store in the spring. There are three
saloon, a barber shop. jeweler. bakery.
timer and a restaurant. Every day new
arrivals are seen coming up the river from
the winter quarters OF ex-Mayor Woods
expedition, the steamers May West and
Hattie B., some with dog teams and others
pulling their s.eds.
There seems to be plenty OF provisions
here. Flour sells for S sack: lard. 30
vents a pound: coffee, 50 cents; salt. 81:
sugar, 80 cents. ham. 40 cents; beans, Is
cents. and other goods In proportion. A
Yukon stove, which cost IS In Seattle,
tells rapidly for So. sheet Of iron sells
for $50. Town lots sell al the way from
se5 up to $500. They were originally staked
At a fee of $3.50. Candles are very scarce
here as they use so many in drifting n
the mines and box sells readily for s2o
There are a large number of klondika
and Circle City miners here and more COM
ing almost every day. They complain very
bitterly about the Canadian officials and
are glad to find a rich camp in American
territory.
"Munook IS not without news for gossip
Recently one or our leading lights took
trip down the river to Tanana and when
he returned brought back Wife He had
scarcely settled in his new cabin when A
young and dashing knight. with a dog
team and the aid of siwash ran avay
with her Ii caused considerable excite
ment. and there viii be divorce as soon
as the wronged husband can obtain 4.
Capt. Frank Worth. OF Seattle, offictated
At the wedding.
Robert Washburn. ex-managing editor
OF the Post-Inteiligencer. is al Woodworth,
the winter quarters OF Seattle No. IL