The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-10

ceseEE Tia Hn1g ~ thoo - - ~
~ ~. Breed. - Amex1can elv1 engs-
1eer. via = ea11 - have been actiu9 m
DER fnstructjons xruR NaJer walsh pend-
nag the arrival of . CAnaoian o11ciaI III.
Breed h said 20 have refused TO run any
more lines above claim IA until such time
- he could learn whether he and his men
are to Get any by Cor runntng t. .ias
for the 81 claims already located. The
tact that he refused to 90 any further than
claim AZ has not deferred the stampedex5
from locating above that, and o Wild rush
has been made thers and every new
conner picks out his location. irrespective
OF lines or the alternate ten claims re-
oervo0 Tor the CAnadian guyernment. and
plants his stakes and believes hitnseA the
po2sesscr Of q claim. The fact Of tho
matter Is that all claims so located above
are likely to be cancelled BY the Canadian
recorder who 10 expected to arrive snon-
Ons Honese E9oFe.
That there d gold In many Of the triba-
taries OF Walsh creek. - wen a. walsh
creek Itself, y generally admitted. bat only
one or two have 50 far had energy enough
10 sink holes - bedrock to dsfermine
whesher It is there In paying quantity.
In other wort1s. the mad rush Tor locations
some one make Q rich strike. every Calm
located on the creek would Immediately
have market value and bring price
that would wei compensate the men for
time and grub lost in making the loca-
ton. The orly man could ind on the
creek who was making an honest effort
70 determine the nature OF the mineral de-
posit ID Mr.. Thomas Klog. Of San Fran
cisco. His partner. James McNeiiiy, II an
Old miner with years Of practical expert
ence In Australia and Africa. and the two
have been here since last tall. They pros
pected the Big Salmon, where they found
s'colors." but not In paying quantities..
They came to Walsh creek on hearing OF
tho first discovery, and secured claim IS
above ssdiscovery." They found very good
colors. and reached bedrock at three and
one-half feet on bench. but found MOTH
ing to pay. They sunk another hole about
fifteen feet towards the river. and there in
an eisht-foot level found the same kind
of color. They next found strata Of very
fine sand. indicating that 1t was surface
ground in times gone by. They are now
down sixteen feet and have about con-
cluded that bedrock Is very deep and that.
owing to the advanced season, thy fear
they win not be able TO reach bedrock
until next winter. In fact. they fear that
bedrock is SO deep that IL viii never pay
IL
man as well as persevering. and although
so far reaching poor results. he still has
faith in the creek and believes that some
time or other gold In paying quantity
will be found though he favors the tribu-
taries more than he does the main creek
which Is over 100 miles In length. An fact.
he Is now prospecting creek running into
walsh creek on the left hand side. SONG
10 about four miles from the mouth OF the
creek. He has so far found color1 on the
surface, and believes hardpan VIII 20
found from fifteen to twenty feet.
The weather so far has been % warm
that the trail on the Lewis river, On the
way to Dawson, Is In danger OF being
r,,Ined for much longer use. Travel over
Il has 10 be done at night, Is. Of course. e
freezes every night more or less. and we
have had to follow suit. starting out every
nirht at midnight and travelling until about
10 O'Clock the next morning. This is rather
hard on men and dogs. but II y the bes,
to be done. and the only way We VIII
ever reach Dawson before the ice breaks
nm. E. B. WISHAAR.