The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-15

waited for the ice to break. AS soon as
there was open water we put our boat
in, and several times were nearly crushed
as the big ice foes came together. All
went wen until we got below the mouth
of the Little Salmon river. One morning
we were drifting in a swift current Just
behind a monster ice cake. Suddenly the
ice cake grounded, and our trouble ccm-
menced. Instead of glancing off when cur
boat struck the cake it went under Ii,
and we were spilled in the icy water My
partners managed TO get on the ice cake
but l drifted down the stream a quarter
of mile before was picked up. We lost
all of our outfit, and even my hat was
gone. We were taken ON to Dawson in
other boats and landed without a pound
of supplies.
81 went TO work on El Dorado creek for
wage. l took out more gold than l had
ever dreamed of before, but II belonged
to some one else. On June 10 "Couchinoo'
Albert, who had for four years manufac-
tured whisky and sold it to the Indians,
discovered gold on Dominion creek. Nine
days later / Joined the rush, but got to
Dominion too late to get a good claim.
The strike was made three miles from the
head of the creek. The entire creek, TWEEN
tythree miles, is now located The dirt
averages IS cents per pan on the better
claims. Bed rock is worth about SO TO
the pan.
Il started back to Dawson on the goth
of June. l intended to go back to work
for wages and wait for another stampede.
Instead of going down Dominion creek to
Indian river and down the river to the
Yukon, l started up over the hill that
separated Dominion from Sulphur creek.
1t was a hard trip, but struck Sulphur
next day about seven miles from its head.
Sulphur creek also headed into Dominion
creek and l could see no reason why 1t
should not be a gold stream. 1 began to
prospect in the middle of the stream and
soon found colors. The next day four
men came across the hill on their way to
Dawson, and after telling them of my
find, / proposed that we sink a shaft
to bed rock and if it turned out all right
to locate claims. We sunk the shaft,
and al twelve feet the dirt was fair When
the shaft was down to gravel we got $2.35,
and the first rock we got was worth IS. 40
to the pan.
1--WE tried to keep our new find a secret
until we could get lot of prospectors on
the creek under contract to give up half
their claims for showing them where to
locate. We did keep the Sulphur creek
find to ourselves for five weeks but the
news finally leaked out Then the Dom
1nIon creek rush was repeated, only in
worse way, for there were more people in
camp without claims than when Dominion
was discovered. Although the whole
creek is located now, there are only six
teen claims working this winter. A num-
Der of pans have run over $14, and all OF
the claims .prospected are paying weil.
The highest pan l got on my claim was
5000. 1 have other claims on All Gold
creek and Skookum gulch.
by Dec. 4 l had taken out about 81 600
from my claim, and as l could not buy
grub at any price, was compelled TO come
out. In company with three young fell
lows from Victoria we made the trip out
over the ice. We had six dogs, and came
through on short rations. l had my fin
gers frozen several times, but not badly.
Our worst trouble was while crossing the
Chilkoot Pass 1t was showing and the
wind was blowing a gale. We had to
break trail, and 1t was only luck that
brought us through safely I will go
back in May In time for the cleanup