The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-24
STRIKE IN eOlOV|A BAY.
GOLD RrNNINs. FROM u TO - A
PAN on xEt c. LIck RIVER
Rich Quartz Ledge 100 be~t fTo"
water-Wfii assay $1,000 To the
Ten-Pennsy1ys1ia Party Ia Coed

Cr,s Of The passengers ~ arrive OF me
steam scalssner Sunoi rom hg'zs 20
sfassl. THURSDAY night was Thomas ".
r,a1sos.. q pniIssssuvrg. ia. WIG brings
a.. xees Of discoveries MADE IN me Sosfs'
WIN ssay distrset, when se@gs TsatEy az
s.eh as AMT tns yet found n AiasH@ saF.
yonr-gau IS CONSIDERED a man of Nau30f5tea
fsila lsiltty List rlghG ne Told 81 his hfa9
H. Il PosE-fHtelltseEc4 r%f5effeE- ite l@st
here Iass June on tire steamer Del Softe,
sn9 iaaaes a. IL Elsgta o. Flss river on
ooioVin lay. Angus = The rhiIe aay
ASs@rward - and Percy J. Davenport. 81
TAr~.ssgrz Pa one u tass Survivors q
tie Jaae cray slaszteF. Fred I~sa4in ~
sazttts al jam Had FGsfs. Lap!aas3@r.
~ ken Hcftg - M Sas.5on 5a<&sogs. s1o
d@.srtes thera s1artei ap Fish r.Fer- They
seet - forty se!les. tn@a turned and Re'lt
twenty-five Fniiss ~ tne %eucalaes 10
Council CITY. r. the mouth - Meising
creek. The Asiasng and opnfr creek DIS
tracss ware al stakr6 out;
They TIER proceeded sixteen miles above
CouncE City. where they MADE t5eiF discoy-
cry. Mr.. Johnson had EFF bis partners on
tbs bank. w!th .nstr'3R ioBs 10 gssa 0fit 4
fex pans If gravel ana hsd barely gore
ssx rods 10 Il. he ooata shen they ran ID
ward htr1 with gold in their hands. M
Josir-eoa sayg' We found deposits - gold
running from 81 Go 81 A pan under tina
Rose. and reaching clear 10 bedrock The
goid u Nugget formation. ard some sold
10 ,he ALASKA Commercial Company at s.
Gjchaes brought SIS sD ounce. s. H.0Fe than
IL paid for Kion9iae gold We went back
~ fest from the water and sGaA shaft
1gb; feet, where re found rich quartz
ledge. IT. 1870 pans wa washed o,lt s.. and
every alfoyelfgi scooped from sie Sds Of
the hank had from y to 81 grains Of gold
In il TIE quartz ledge will assay $500 10
tie ton. There In four feet OF water run
nlng alor. Ire bank This river there Is
Ave rods wide We located ave claims on
tie south s.ae o; 'ne river and tao on the
north side one of The latter OF which is
owned Jointly 10y NJ. j. W-ilson, Il Seattle
real estate man. end my self We made the
discovery August Is. and left August H.
stopping at Council CITY 10 record our
claims. I pTospecta6 fourteen years through
DAKOTA. Montana and Idaho and never be
fore such rich gold"
Mr.. johnson say. they found an abund-
atIco Of blueberries blackbeTries and straw
berries there. and that the streams are
filed with speekied trout. There ~as lots
o. garden truck ra,a@d by the people %
tsrol~ City. There ia 80 much snow N
the winter there" he said that we went
through only eight inches or fros. in dig
eng shaft" He says TIE only woman
at Council clsy is Mrs. Campbell. OF Seat
tia. who Is The life Of the camp. H showed
- letter 20 z II. IieDes president Of the
Aiaska Exploration Company. written by
r. z. Rare. fhe latter's agent. q Il.rer OF
many 3tarS expei iance. wac discovered
Bare gulch n Montana. In writing Of the
johnson discovery. Mr.. pare Says
II have visited this discovery and hBa
the placer \ No J. and have never seen
ouch good ground ] saw ere man paa
ont several grains Of gnif ana suoSbar an