The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17

on fbs tran and had been l@fs TO de. We
FED from a. to sg 81 snem. They b.
iorged 10 the noreupsne Black River,
Juansfssur ard Fort Yukon banda tn
6czbs@diy nszwv CT tharn wsws axved from
starvation by the food Ne sent them.
An~rfe.s a~rrasers E~seses -
THE food seare at Dawson WAS the Ia
direct means Of Developing much Amers-
can territory In Alaska during the past
winter. met ssverx. Eua1ss1 pssspsstors
betwser Circle City and Dawson gesng
down TO work On American creeks aiong
the yakar. A. the mouth 81 Seventy
Mic and al the mouth OF Missiua eresk
are settlements wn.eh prpmsse to grow
iaso clales soon. Tie town II The trst-
named piace il called Star CITY. ard tie
osaer Eagle City. When / came BY The
uansrs AZ Ssssnty-Ahe showed me pans
OF dirt that ran from Is 10 30 cents. IL was
reported that there were between eighty
and ore hundred men Up the river pros
p~etlng. and / saw a s&rge number OF
bssidings geirg vr al Star C-fy. The
American and Mission rivers were ssaked
before the Kiondike. and s.eppla are cem-
ins rapsasy Hew 20 aeYessr thstr
Men are rushing 10 Charlie river from
bofa circss Cry ard Dawson. or the men
who came TO Fort Yukon from lawson for
food all went out prospecting. One OF the
things which I required or them. before
giving them government aid. waD that
they should 60 prospecting. They have
gone cut In parties Of from ten 70 thirty
on > tributary Of Poreupsne river, on
Juaadasur creek. on Dali river and on
Beaver river. The JuAndeIur and Dali
come INTO the Yukon from the Asrth side
ard the Beaver frem the south about 100
miles below Fort Yukon. Excellent pros
poets are reported from oil these streams.
Msn are prospecting on ali Of them. but
unfortunately. when left. zone had
reached bedrock.
Taaians Report Dig Finds.
'Tn January snms Indians came In from
the head Of the Ksyukux river End re-
ported that on tho Mahiamute creek they
had found largs quantities Of gold. To
prove their assertions they brought In 500
or ySoe worth ef coarse gold and sold 1t TO
the traders. They said that they obtained
IT from the bed Al the creek. before it
fToss last fall, With their shoveis. Wien
! left they we're plotting between eighty
and on6 hunofed prospeesofs from the
Mun0ck country. across 70 the KoyIkuk
by way 81 the Russian portage. Some 500
people Wtnteee1.at Muqosk, and reports I
rsceived from that district indicate that
there arc three very rich gulches there.
Claims sid - Nigh - from $500 TO $l5.00
each.
II look for good results the coming year
from the Tanars river. as we'll as from the
Birch cresk. AL the gaid that came cut
last year was credited to the Klondike.
but some Of Il cane from the American
side. Our output VIII certainly be a
million dollars This year. The claims
abandoned when the Kiondike excitement
broke out have been relocated and VII
be thoroughly worked. I think we have
bat uyA r1ax .fvxn
In Alaska than Ia the Northwes; terri
tory. outside Of Eidorado BONANZA. Hun
ksr and Deminion creeks. Ii IL not known
that there are any which are paying AZ
well - those N tho Birch creek district.
The country about Dawson has been
staked In claims In all directions. Fully
800 claims have been entered there. most
Of them In the past two months. regard
less OF whether they have gold on them
or not. The idea prevails there that any
Mind Of Z K1ondike claim can be sold out
side ~ : fabulous price. whether il . on
= creek Or q bench. or whether gold has
been found on IL or not.
Su2ersng for Want 81 Government.
.Ths Alaska interior II suffering great
" for want OF government to give Sc
curity to honest men. There Is. too. =
great lack Of knowledge Of the topog-
Of roads. Travel II only possible In win
ter. and then only along the streams.
Tae forests are so dense that the on.y
travelling that can be done il on Indian
trails which have been In use for years.
making " very difficult TO get from place
- plate. 20 cay nothing Of prospecting.
The people are very much ineensed
At the failure OF the mail contractor 10
Get the mails through. He has had but
enc NAH delivered this winter. Those
In the interior had no way TO communi-
cate with the outside world. except BIZ
private parties ard even BY paying from
81 TO s. for letter II has been difficult
To get one or send one out below circ.s
City"
While Capt Ray has every faith In the
houndless wealth OF Alaska. he deprseases
ssrongly the tremendous rush that PEG.
pie are al present engaged IN. in their
eaaeavor 10 be FIRST In the new country.
He said.
The present innGx IL going TO result
In great distress and much suffering and
hardship. The character Of the men GO
Ing. unused as they are to the hardships
OF the country. Is suah that the chances
OF their discovering mines are not one In
ten thousand There Is not employment
IN the paying mines which are opened
for oBe-ausrter % those who are going
IN When left Dawson theirs were hun
dreds or lido men there
ons or the msst pstifti sights I ever
saw was the horde of men I met snsnU
In. Knowing what I do OF the eunsli-
fiens they are rushing into. Of their Ut
ter hcsplessness and hopsiessn&ss I can.
not do else than pity The ignorant. help
lcss men. There need be no hurry TO
Get tia gold I, VIII he there twenty
nys years nom now. II Is locked I'D 50
securely that il viii wait for ther,
Capt Ray viii rseen'meaa 10 the war
department. the sending Of troops into ths
tnterfo- Of Alaska and the estAalsshr,en.
OF military form CT government for m.
Yukon. He viii ssso recommend ,ha.
tho government pack train now az ana
head or LINN canal be u~d instead ~
rcshteer. for the exploring expeditions
stnso the .ntsrisr. the reindeer having been
found frsprxcticaess fer packing Ia tha
summer season.
4snfd Nles