The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-21
uR1 50 MANY CONE BACK.
COOK INLET PROsPECToRs VINO DO
x0T GIVE A FAIR TRIAL
Gold There Bat II Must BE Hnused
s-GeoA Field for HydrauIte Mis-
sng-Nany Parties out Prospect
ing far Qnartz-sesson Backward.

Corre~yo-6eree 70 The Pos.-TnsssIvsrce-.
SUNRISE CITY. Alaska aug. sa.-Tas
majority &C .as people who came 10 IT'S
Cook iaset country t1is ssaso1 20 ioox fcf
gold have go..e back h9=ae ciSaeartsned
and cisacoo.ated. ana s9-ne q them have
been heard singing, Take haek your s.S-
rses OF go.a." AID who can belisve tie
tales ira. are to!5r' while o-asrs quote
Abandon boys. al ye who enter here"
But tEs fact OF TIE natter Is ire Esoss CT
shess people ara &c. miners OF prospect
ora nor cet4.E they ever become suc5-t2ey
haven; tse necessary Qualifications. Tnsr
lack nsfvs an Eeaxi; hey cant make Up
their ns3n6s 10 get away .rGsa the beaten
trails. which have been sranpea over tina
ard again. ard sonse Of item never get FIVE
Es..as sror. WHARF tie steamer lands them:
tsey aank d tae country any g9od. ex-
cegt. peEAapg, to s&l their supplies 81
greatly resucsd satea It's orecr 70 get
enough Taoney 10 ger hack f1oase. to take
their Old JOB at s. Per week behind the
counter o. So per month and f0anG
running drifts and tunnels IL some farm
ers hzystacks. They can's 30 the coCn-
Try any harm. for taesr opinion OF the
resources Aesa would have Ia weight WITH
= mining operator or capitalist No-tae
only Thing against them IS their leaving
behind .hsm such untold quantities OF ''dss-
Sccaied spua& - concentrated vinegar"
and railroad picks.
or cnufze they aave been tad to scanda-
lousy. and tie transportation COMPANIES
have misgeQreseate6 things in way thaf
Ia entirely wr0nEs but t6a: "a an OLD. cd
xes - fyirs
frs prospector had dreams and visions OF
wealth pntuId waieh nature had been
keeping stored away fer ages for bis owa
especial be;ssfit.
1t sakes work and hard work, too. 10
fsnd gold ard then 10 mine II. and any
ciose observer or practical miner who ex-
auEles this section Of the country close
iy ranst admit that there IS good supply
Of gold here and many excellent PROPOSE
tons, which only need capital 10 develop.
Dan's Listen to Fairy Tales.
People have no business listening to such
fairy tales as come Of these newcomers.
these would-be prospectors, have brought
In with them. OF course they all have
heard this story back In the states from
reliable % sources friend Of theirs. who
wouldn't Think OF sending them of on q
wild goosa chase-and then they come up
here and ask us where Long Shorty's"
dIgsinss are-sf0 to the pan: " here Holmes
is who came In here last season with
saddle horse ard went back into the In
teri0r i0V miles In four days and came out
shortly afteryards with a big sack, and
sent down SEQ In nuggets to the man who
gru6staked him. with instructions to out
it ane come right up. but not to give Il
away: and whereabouts was the Mormon
settlement on the Sushitna river. which
had such rich diggings: also they ask US
If We knew the two "Chinamen" who came
down the Sushitna with thirty pounds IN
dust apiece. Such tasngs are facts. Ter
they were all listened 10 by the writer
last March while he was on a moose hunt
I'D near the Portage glacier" and a
great crowd OF men We're rushing their
supplies over the glacier, chasing up such
fairy tales as those.
There Is plenty OF gold up here. ba: II
takes time and patience to get II out--one
must come prepared TO stay more than a
year 1t IL utter nonsense TO think you
can come up here in the spring Of the
year find your digSings, work them. and
then go out In the fall with a sack full.
Alaska Is "A country 81 immense re-
sources. and In time viii be the greatest
producer Of gold in the world There are
miles upon miles of country which have
never been prospectCd. People rush into
some certain camp. aud it may be find all
the claims in thai immediate vicinity stalk
"a out: they chase up and down on the
traila that have been cat for them. and not
Gnaing anything, get mad. curse the c0un-
Try, self their grub and 20 home. Why
den't they spread over the country and
give II fair snake until their grub gives
cat, at least!
Season Unusually backward.
The tcason here has teen an unusually
backward ore ny 10 the present time. ow-
Ing 10 the heavy rains which have "a isei
the creeks and played havoc with the wing
dams and works IN general However. all
tie producers On Canyon. Mills Lynx and
Gaich oresks viii do woli net forgetting
Bear creek. Which always ciears Gp well
for the season. Seine OF tbs claims on SIX
Mile cEe@k are paying WEI wttA glch and
shovel hut the C3ams or that creek are
mostly hydraulic propositions and should
Do worked thst NAY. There have bven q
number 81 pew s.rke~ made th.s season.
although aes can Caiy be cal'eI prospects
az yet. Ira Jay ana 9thera have opened
up so.ne rev etai5as on quarts creek. ut
the enA Of TgrnnEain arm aDa ac.osss ths
arm some excellent reports cou}c from D!rt
creek. although they have had 4 great
deal Of trouble siih high water On crow
creek there are two fire properties being
wcsked, one group Owned by AisssFs D1-
ham, narton and others t3as produced we'll
with pick and shovel. although they have
net reached bedrock as yet. bu: waen
they find - pieces n iAe gravel e GER
ts!nly must re All right
An Oh California hydraulic miner pro-
Dounce3 their group = ei3'as9 - br tae
best hydraulic proposition IN the eoaatry