The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-20
Rollin Sanford Returns From In
tsresting Alaska Trip.
REGION OF DISAPPOINTMENT.
6torv of a Rich Lake Near the Mouth
of Mcmillan River Proven To he
Observation-Disclosures to BE Out OF
the Gold Belt Throughout Pros-
p~cttng Develops S~xt 10 S"s""s
said To Be a Hunters Paradise.

goIlla SANFORD. 3 weil-1nown young man
Of this city. ard = nephew Of d. ~ Baxter.
arrived hefe yesterday from a TIP 70 NC
MILAN river. lie tells story fun OF IN
..res:.
He LEFT cattle February Ie last with the
povernu,eaf relief reindeer expedition. as
clerk 10 Capt Bralnard. having charge o,
the xieIs and 10 tons Of freight from seat
tie TO Dyea When the expedition was
abandoned at Dyea rs resigned and "en'
into the interior on his own account and
With fls OWE outfit.
T'h. 10Th oI March found him on his way
over Chsskoot pass 70 Lake Bennett. where
he spent ssvera! weeks building boat for
the srsp doan stream. Sanford headed for
PetIy river but stopped q; Five ringer
rapids for week and prospect.d. there
being quite a small excitement a mat
rclnt, bgs found nothing. with his part
ner he then went down the Yukon 20 Fort
Eeikirk ard went up the PeiIy river as Far
as the mouth OF tas Mcmillan river, pros
pecting the creeks on the way up with iwo
old California pros pectors. Daniel Grant
and Andy Mcnamara. He went up this
river for "a distance 81 l2y miles. NAap
fork Of ths Mcmillan river they made
twenty-five mite portage 10 lake about
fifteen miles from the beadwaters of the
Stewart river. They prosposted all the
streams running into this lake. spending
ten days at this place. II then being TOO
late to do anything further, they returned
10 Fort seikirk Here Sanford caught the
steamer Ora. bound north. boarded the
steamer Nora at White Horse came 30
md IN and
tie.
Myself and companions were following
up the story OF an old man who Is alleged
10 have prospectefl on the shores Of a lake
near the mouth OF the Mcmillan river"
said Mr. Sanford. THE story was tina.
the old man had taken sls,0o0 from a bar
Oh a feeder To the lake and a great many
others, knowing of the story. also went up
the Mcmillan river. We saw fully 100 boats
loaded with prospectogs going up stream
We were not alone on the expedition IL
was claimed the old man got his gold at
keisey's lake, hut there Is another lake
further north Il much larger one. and as
there WAS some doubt TO which was tho
right lake we prospected both of them.
This old man. after he came out, grub
Stakea Il Dutchman and sent him In max
ing map of the lake and the route 10 il.
showing where the gold could be found
Tho Dutehman was eleven days finding
the lake ard after reaching there found
nothing. There were colors but you can
ma eolors almost anywhere in that coun.
try.
Find Lake hut No Gold.
I'VE got an Indian familiar with the
country to make us map OF the region.
his drew a map showing Il small lake
where the D,;tchman had been. but above
WAS shown a much larger lake about if
teen miles IN length. We visited the first
lake and finding nothing pushed 10 the
second. which we found just as the Indian
bad described. and which is twenty-five
miles from the north fork Of the Mcmillan
river and about fifteen miles from the head
waters Of the Stewart. Here we pros
pected every creek running into the lake
bat found nothing encouraging. We sunk
several holes on tho different feeders go
Ing down to bedrock. and in eight pans OF
dirt found only two caors, which We're
very light At Tits lake Wa found signs
Of camp Of two men who had preceded
us, ana a note was left which read.