The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17
sack OF specimen nuggets weighs snme.
thing like $ssee.
Learn What the world Thinks.


thing like $500.
Learn What the world Thinks.
When the-~Canadian mall arrived In
Dawson In March," said Mr.. Moore, -
large number OF the Kiondike miners re-
ceived letters from the states informing
them OF the true condition Of affairs here
as 70 the demand for mines In the Klon-
dixie. Last fail. when the travel began
frem Dawson to Dyea, several hundred
men brought titles to cIafns which their
friends gave them TO cell on the outside.
In short while the market was flooded
with wildcat properties. The result was
that people became suspicious OF every
thing which bore the name Of Kiondike.
There was no sale for really gopd claims.
Now. this Information. whkh reached
Dawson Just a short time before l left,
had several kinds of eject. In the first
place IL made the large mine owners In
the district determine 10 publish and dis
seminate as widely as the mails viii carry
Il a true statement OF the resources Of the
k.endike district and the product Of the
yellow metal Ii has already yielded. An
other result OF the failure Of the brokers
10 dispose OF their properties or those OF
their friends was that some OF the miners
huSged themselves with Joy. The rea-
son was plain; some OF the claims were
Il -
known or their possibilities. The devei-
opment work that has been done on Hunk
or. SULPHUR, Dominion. Skookuri. Bear
and other creeks has proven the great
value OF many a mine that could nave
been Bought last fall for comparatively
small sam The owners of properties like
these were. OF course, overjoyed that they
had not been sold.
Seventy-Milc Crcek.
II, has gone 20 far that man can
hardly sell a greenback In Dawson,
ehimed Is Meadows. joeosely. "ana II this
thing ANT checked they Will be unable
TO sell so gold pieces"
Mr.. Moore said that the edition OF she
naper would be nearly Z not quite
million copies: that II Will be fully Illus
trased and printed On book paper. lie
said 3ha. a score of the wea.thiest min
ers in Dawson had started the enterprise
by contributing from 81 go TO s2.eo each,
untl almost S49eE0 had been subscribed
Definite information has been received
AZ Dawson concerning tina rich strike
made lasG summer and fall by the pros
psctoTs on SeVsnty-siIse creek which
ennpsieS into the Yukon forty miles in a
direct Inc from the International boundary
lac. Since the yukon froze up there has
Eezn continuous travel between Dawson
ana Sevrusy-Mtle and American creeks.
Saxcnty-Mile creek is about N miles from
Dawson.
Last summer barney H!li an old man
who had sgsni many years IN the valley
az the N&aSGa without accommodating
enough geld - s.low Him 10 pass his de-
eliH8os years ~ comfort. padded up Sew
eGty~&lie Sresk IN search 81 geld. while
every enc slSe IN the country Was tAiking
o. THE k.eEsiAe, Thirty miles up the
creek TIE channel of the stream Is broken
by rapids ana fails. While approaching
these HITS ho&t was cspSizsd He mar
aged 70 exirtcate hiwse.f frera sae wreck
and 81 save ; small quantity CT his store
90 beans. tioar and bacon. He dried the
feaas and the EeGr - keen them from
becoming ustldewed. Then. after a days
rest. he pushed "a UP the stream.
Twenty mites seoys she rapids he found
a small tributary or Seventy Mile rspps.ux
though high. pTecipitous walls ard drain
sgag a country ideally calculated for placer
ard pan ara after ;hres DAYS work he
found ;hs pay streak on the dry bed ~
the cid channel OF the stream
Swoisen With Scarxy. "a
Before he could develop his ard ana
learn It's reas extent ard value. yae "a
naan woke up eae mcvn.ng 20 ind hirs~
seif swollen With searvy.N He Continued
wovk Ger several days each aay's Labor
nzsfing richer reward. uasis he asl<d
enc boekskia sack quite nnzf % gosd. Ia
AK 81 u said BE Eest hare saken out 49,
tween G.osa and $iasaS IN pure gid duss
mn neAse1 dawn he stver d In neet.