The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-05
COLUMBIA MILL GO AGAIN.
SCHOONER PREPARING FOR AN
OTHER TRIP TO COOK INLET.
4. Beedy VIII Take Valuable Cargo
tn Hope City and VIII Establish
Hydraulic Plant In Bear
Greek to Get Placer Gold.

TIE scaoorer Columbia. which recently
arrived here from me Cook Inlet coun-
,ry, IS preparing FOR another voyage IN
Alaskan waters. Sae IS alongside Schwa-
racAer'< deck. receiving 4 large cargo o.
lumber ard general merchandise. which
she WILL land a. Hope City. in the Cook
inlet district. The cargo Is owned by A.
Beedy. a weI-k known naming man OF that
place He came 10 Seattle on the schoon-
er for the purpose OF purchasing supplies
for s,ore which he contemplate estab-
l.sa.ng near Hope Ci.y
A shipmsn. Of 2.lo9 fee, OF metal pipe
eight inches IN diameter. together with
machinery for q large hydraulic plany. is
being loaded on the COLUMBIA This. to-
gegher with the lumber and freight, Is
rapidly filling Up every inch of space on
the little schooner. and she VIII DC deep
/. :he water when she starts on her
northwar1 voyage.
Mr.. Bee3y and q. r. Buxard. the owner
Of The hydraulic plant. are going north On
the Columbia as passengers. Both men
own several placer claims on Bear creek
and other streams IN the vicinity os Hope
Cay. Mr.. Buzarl expects 10 establish his
hydraulic plant on a claim on Bear creek
which he recently purchased. and which
has not been worked - any great extent.
OF The i've which h. owns on that stream
h. considers this 20 be the richest.
Mr.. Beedy was seen yesterday by
Post-Ints!Iigencer REPORTER. and sad:
Il came 10 Seattle recently fer the pur-
pose 81 purchasing material f0r esiah-
fishing q mercantile store at kinsak.
small settlement near the base OF the
trail which has recently been broken by
the soldiers under Capt Abercrombie
Work or this trail has been going on for
several months. and IS making RAPID prog
resS. Shortly before | left Hope CITY for
Seattle, / sent TWO men or horse hack up
into the Interior Of the country along the
new trail. for the purpose OF finding out
how far the trail extended. They return
ed and reported that I extende5. up into
the country for distance OF ti5 miles /,
is an ordinary wagon ROAD abou. SIX feet
in width. 1t starts AZ the toNn OF kinsak
and goes UP the divide between the Kn.k
and NGshdgak rivers, in norihweSteriy
direction. until il strikes the Suche;na
river. II then follows the course Of the
river until It reaches the Tanana. This
IS the end of the trail for the present
Many people have already begun 10
follow the trail into the interior. and It is
becoming a popular route. Travelling On Il
Is sad 20 he easy. II K is ext end,d 20 the
tributaries Of the Yukon, il will be a
means OF great benefit 10 the Cook inlet
country and will do away with many Of
the difficulties and hardshps which are
IN force al the present tine. It viii be an
easy thing for a traveller or miner who
has been working in the Cook iniet coun-
Try 20 pass into the gold fields Of the YU-
kon il he takes a notion.
While many stories ara brought down
from the north stating that there IS no
gold IN the Cook inlet country. il Is there
just the same. ard people who tell such
tales are tneXpefience! miners and hard
luck victims. There are many rich min
ing districts UP there. but most Of the
land in these places is ALREADY taken up.
This fact. however. does not certify that
there Is 80 gold in any other part Of the
country. The richest d.cgings al the pres
ent tine are located n the vicinity Of
Turnagaiu arm, on the small streams.
These include Bear creek. Canyon creek
and Palm creek. All claims located on
these streams are doing well. Among The
mountains near Turnagain arm several
good quartz strikes have been recently
made. The country < As yet far from be-
ing devc,0pea and in the course Of few
years X may he on an equal footing with
the richness of fhe Yukon.
Many people vino 90 20 Alaska have an
idea that they can p.ck NJ the gold IN
nuggets along ne beach or else rad Il
growing OF the Jrees and shrsab5ery.
While was at Hope city woman came
there on on of the steamers from Seattle.
Sae WAS alone. ard on arriving At Hope
city applied f1Y work a one Of the dwell
ing houses. She stated thar SIZE only wish
"a TO be employees fer certain number OF
hours each day. "a she wished 10 devote
the remainder u her time 10 looking for
nuggets along he beach