The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-18
Prospects Good for Those Who
Have Secured Claims.
SOME LEFT DISAPPOINTED.
JsIneA IN fhe Rush Wish . Few
Days Provisions, aDd Failing %
Fad Gold o. the Trees. Conciud-
ed That the Country Wss No Good
and Returned to Give II . Black
Eye 20 Others Willing &c work.

AT1.sE CITY, p C., Sept The mining
season closes hers On the 1..a. AID after
tina; data the lev Of British coisHb'a does
r9 exact any work or representation OF the
claim owner On his property gntil fsxf
spring aIsEy .1.i take advantage Of THIS
and Leave This month. but large number
have s!reaay c.ciars4 Their Intention Of
wiute.ng here. ard, Il nec@ssary. going cut
ever the snow. There Is no pasE;h!llty CT
airy shortness OF provisions. for game ~
ali kinda IS ABUNDANT. srsz over the snow
Il L. only th.r1y-zx hoaEs 70 skagwAy. Eve
days To Juneau by wsy ~ Tsku inlet.
Taku Jack. who was hoFr here. ard who
rsturns3 10 these hunting grounds a few
days ago. says he came from Jna.aa IN
FIVE days Of which he walked Only one
and quarter days from the head 81
canoe navigation 10 h-iln lake. ana ne d.
ciaTes that nc can make the Return 'rsq in
three days.
We gss the Poss-rntesllEeneer here--.hat
is, those ~ us 20 whom y gDo5 news
papes 1 worth ~ cents . copy-aaG We rad
Ia your columns something 81 the stampede
that Was made for the new atggings Il rot
only WAS nc, exaggerated. but fell short Ct
the setuai truth. Very quiet were ali the
towns in southeastern Alaska for two or
three weeks afssfgagi. and we expected
that Seattle. wnase re4n arc Foremost in all
the mining enterrrtSeS 81 tsis part OF the
world, would sesd : large contingent
They have not ars.set3 50 far. except those
who cams In from DaMs5:. or who are now
credited 10 skaewey Or Dyea large num-
her OF experienced nlinefs left the Tread
well min. AZ Juncaa - come here. and
were among the early ones. as the discover
er, Fritz Miller. IL n Juneau man Hundreds
CANE from Wrangss. poor fellows who had
fcilef for months &c get In over the terri
Die s'lcketn route. Some fifty are Of those
who managed 10 escape with life from the
stIl more terrible ''snaksne route" among
them the celebrated author and rsagazints,
Tamin Garland Ee viii tell his experience
OF this ,housand-mils Journey In MccIure's
Magazine. and j, will make very interest
Ing reading for some Of The Dominion Of
fciaz, He Will show tina. several who
vonchaf for 4 as Il good route had never
even been over 1t. that In some places there
Vas no trail a, all. and 80 on
How Garland struck II,
Garland went TO wrsngel with bis favor
lie horse. with the Intention Of making
hurried trip 20 Dawson But at wranxel
he heard the news of the Attn gold strike
brought down by the steamer Cottage rj,v
-
&j'd came here TO study types of mining
ana frontier Nfe. lie left on sa.lrdsy
after stay u tao weeks. vtry much I'm
pressed tn the large area Of the gold
deposits. from his own experience with tho
pan, aud 81 ;be promise Of . per1uaner.
and prosperous camp.
ar. Garland @as tie first 10 EXPRESS the
og'hPh 'hat me creeks were not the origin
or The Eo'9 deposits bur that thew orl..
= M ali
ths e.Acsa, drift through which they had
ca: 's~'f way. Subsequent banning a, Al,
ta'ecs from thc creeks bore out thls onin'on
ana mas led 10 a more extends? stakfn. %
heneh claims. and this stalking now -ur.
hefs,As tho glacial re for possibiv !,
.s''e tfo"i zane creek, the waters In which
we ''S discovery of the district was ma ie
iaes" bench claims ,on, SO far as Ga,
." areeFtained from work with the var
are 'iGh@T thar The creek claims and civ.
So-FseF gold and more nuggets This .s,,1e
experienced men 10 believe that this wiil
next year BE- largely a hydraulic carnp ana
.I'n iils returns from this method OF min
n's "ni De very large IN proportion 70 the
CAPITAL necessary 10 be invested
"Ras probably keps Seasfiats en,.,o-s.
i.s men from coming here vas the ret,-ts
OF tho returning stannreaerx AM. -
"sf" soma 80 - "a men from, .he Ct,
way faifoaf. who cams wffh : sav - .,,.,
81 provisions. ogly and were d,xetfs,si ,b,.
tRes could not pick up a sack load ~ ia
an 1'f surface OF The gravel banks In a
oay or 80. Sach ruen cannot haii.,.a -
Fritz Miller and his PARTNERS ,,.,.,,. -
Ho"ha acre all last summer before s,sl
Ias th"iF discovery on Pine creek a.
t.ree man claimed - have found o,.nr.
wing s'sksd. and this added 20 their 49,
50 fe' every two ar three DAYS ther,
nave bean new strikes on re,v ,-rs@t, - :
.ssf >
W course. inucb OF the stalking no. -
oohe not exactly In accordance ul.h 80.
e'i9 man, Tor Instance stalking for ahs@nt
ir'"Nat but after tae men who "a, r,,s-
FseNt'. IN an AK as these stainpey,r.
are termed. come the sIy vat~h.~s 80
Keep tah on fhs time TIE ,,eln, v,,te', ~
if'f unFepreRented. and when thr iez,1
HhlI' y reached promptly rr2take y,osn~
stakes nave undoahfed9v robbed navy d.
man or & claim IN the pass bat IN got.,rs
.hese cases WI re few. Beach claims hav..
Deem ~ hurr.Vlly stake4 thar the ,,,i,>t...
t'Soferf q sia'p'v Ming location notices
uHiA Ire surveyor has gon, oyer mn,
when ;bey VIII he recorded
TASK Week saw succession II Sian
I"s'rs II hogan with otter creek wbir1
s'npa's into The bake thrty n,.les eas, :
Ailn; Their there was a se-r,nf ...A ~.
boulder or Moose creek. mn t,e ne~.h -.
az tha; lake. ths0 4t4fapefsa ~ fha s,,7,h
Va Nf'shiS creek. aat ga ~ -utfav t1.n~+,-
ihg 4 ar car Tar nsW strike On ,xeat
l. called Slrr Thing cr.ek
Several >tamprac~
During ;h" week. toa. there we're sc,t-s,
stampede - stake quartz locations. ma
mSry Hnc specimens of rim or.. p~trc..7i-
l. salcas. esve beya asca1s: .n. Five
claims hav~ oern recorded. as fsiIcas.
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