The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-21
FINDS a RICH BENCH
ON FRENCH GULCH.
Lucky strike by ID. II. DavisOn-Sud-
den Rise tn Riches in Face
of AlNersity.


y. +. Dawson, OF kentucky. who has
been a very successful prospec;or ia Col
orado. made one 81 the biggest strikes IN
the h3OnGIke district under most REGULAR
circumstances ami after having been east
aGTlTt penn!leSS by the syndicate he repre-
sented. HE wen; 10 Dawson 10 represent
4 number Of capitalists ana was accompa-
nsed ny Il Canadian Nho was the treasurer
OF the company When the food famine
WAS at It's height last fan Dawson was
thrown upon his own resources IS the
Canadian. who decided 10 gruhStake an
other party. Being without friends and
provisions. he was compelled 10 hire out
~ day 4bor Alex Mcdonald the mutt
millionaire If the Yukon. Knew Dawson
and gave him not only employment but
assisted him IN his efforts to locate a
claim of his own. After sinking num-
Der Of holes on Bonanza, which did not
pan out Wei. Dawson decided To prospsc;
III an entirely new territory. He d.stov-
cred French gnich in February. and on
March j siaked bench claim No. II at the
mouth OF French gu,ch on the Eldorado.
IL soon developed that this Was one Of the
riches; claims in the klondike district. ana
in few weeks 10 msn had fiocked 10 that
spot. the stampede creating much excite
ment.
MIR Dawson said his richest pan Welded
$40 and others r. much a $50 The iarg-
est nugget he mined was worth &fo. The
pay streak Melted from go to So pan
aad the regular Dirt was productive of
about $1,000 rocker a day, ard IN one in
stance ran az nigh as seo. This claim
was considered worth $1,000 and Mr. Da-
Vison sold II for that amount and - now
on his way 10 San Francesca
Speaking generally OF the district, Mr.
Dawson said:
There are bat four other claims In that
district on which big strikes were made.
They are owned by a man named Burke
OF Butte. Mont; Henry Armstrong. Of Col
orado, Daniel Sanders of tiverpool. Eng
land. ann Joseph S;aley. OF Ohio. and are
each worth from s60eoo TO sS00lo provit-
ing the whole leo feet Is as productive as
The bottom OF the hole. Good pay Is Also
to be found on nine other claims. while
the ntny Others VIII realize but little more
than wages for their owners
The cleanup Of the klondike district
IS estimated al from sio0n.odn 10 SI4 npp go
by. wegl-Glowu and conservative rniners
Those who made Big strikes during The
winter are coming ont on the first hoats
while the others VIII likely remain n Daw-
son until later In the season. The Influx
or people 20 that country has been 30 large
thai all of The claims. ~ far as they can
be prospected, have been staked out This
IL due "a the FaCt that II is impossible 10
take sufficient provisions 10 the outIvinc
districts beyond Dominion. and the only
creeks where dust Is 10 be found are on the
Eidorado Bonanza. Dominion. Sulphur
and bunker creeks. Bear river and on
bench claims. Nothing TO speak OF has
been found on their tributaries
The richest claims on I<ldorado are IN
cluied between and 70. Net many claims
above - have been worked during thu
past season
ION Bonanza the principal claims That
are being developed are those from 10 20
II above discovery. ana from l to : below
dl@s'o'e cry. There are. however. quite a
number below as far IA No 81 that hnve
received considerable attention. and pay
digging
Dominion. Sulphur. Pear aud Hunker
are credited az being fine producers and
the dust already taken out gives promise
or greater and richer Yields 10 follow The
gold taken from Dominion and Su,D3ur
creeks is credited with an exec attonallv
high assay They we're both rfalteA last
year ana hence sufficient tine has .1apza9
70 prove their value beyond a quest fr,, OF
doubt.
Numerous stories ~ mammoth rug ,-ts
and pans yellow with gold dur have haen
told. One man on Sulphur creek cleaned
IN 3 g" after TWO 6ays' shoveline, into
s'ujce box z p Rho1og' claim, Ma q
above" or R0ranZ2. yielded az ounces 4; a
@'ngle cleanup Bench c.n.sna ana hut,4d,
claims arc also producing SURPRISINGLY,
well Some 81 III former on French g7,lrh
rnn as high - 1900 per day 10 swo
men