The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-05
PACIFIC COAST nOND|kERS
Lucky MEN FROM wAsHtsGTos
AND xEIGHBoRISG STATES.
Views Of Their Experiences on INC
yukop-Cisins.. Lays, stakes an"
stampede, and the Dust and NoE-
xrts That Have Come ~ . Result

TIE IJcxte@e men 70 leave f1e camp ssais
fan for Puget sot5ni ~ Fred NJ stevens
a Canadian bog. and Egtter1y TesISeFst OF
Jss-ssst. wa, woce 60, WITH about $500
He first "a re 20 TIE Yukon IN l*s. fs ore
81 the rse.z@ers ard was among the ffst
- n=rr-, or ere present site ~ Dawson He
crossed sra noast range at Chilkoet pass IN
sae spring of tha. year ard descended ths
Yukon river s-9 went up Tire stewart nv
- and y~nsoee;esi the bars tn the vicinity
ot the aeaawaterx Later ne returned 20
juneau and acquired yaius HE properly n
ferpsts FRI ire Princess group % quartz
claims which are proving very rtrh. Last
xr-frg he - M 70 Dawson and has since
become interested On eight claims on f.
dorado Bonanza ard Sulphur cracks, and
hafft The opera house ne finest ssgo-stoTy
Guiding IN the city. Nr Stevens will win
ter In Seattle ard Montreal au3 return 20
fhe KIondfka IN time - assist IN tHe next
wiring elean-ups on his claims Mr.. Ste
verss IL % t5e opinion that the rim OF gold
through thIs belt IL very old. formed. prob
ably. during the age Of granite IN a SOUR
cf the Rocky mountains. and ground down
and obHtera.sf during The glacial age. the
gold dropping down onto the hills and
valleys below the debris being carried out
IN asa ard forming the lowiands or shoals
~ the cutie. ~ the Yukon. Many people
believe that an arm % the sea al one time
extended from Barring sea 20 this vicinity.
much as one strong man can Eft. The
property owned by Mr.. Stevens on Hun
ker fs proving very rich and Is in good
locality
Arthur Knight and O. Salisbury. for
merry well-known contractors Of Tacoma.
ana Mat Troll sinsfnith ~ Tacoma. and
Mr. Ssck'sy. ~ Fern HID have profitable
LAYS on claims A. below discovery on Bo-
ssanza creek and VIII realize several thou
"a uds % dollars
Ex-shergr Alex g. Matthews Of Pierre
county has a bench cIa IN and \ lay on
Bonanza creek. and will make stake this
winter.
Billy Ewing. the old patrol wagon driver
Of Tscoma. has Il good lay on No. below
Discovery on Bonanza creek
Charles wonk formerly with the 81.
Paul & Tacoma f.umber Company. Taco
ma. purchased an interest in claim on
BONANZA
Billy Mlnssr. OF Henderson Bay. and for
a long time employed tn the freight sheds
n. Tacoma ny the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company has interests in claims Nos. 81
ard 81 and is part owner I'm the largest
nugget ever found I'm the Klondike.
q. W F. Johnson. OF Hamilton. and later
OF Juneau. end Well known on the Sound
IS the pioneer promoter of immigration 20
Alaska Is working three claims on Domiu-
ton and bonanza creeks. and owns TWO
bench claims in Skookum culch
Alex Hiileuberg. formerly employed in
the flsh hatchery AT Haker Lake. Sksgit
county. Is associated with c. ". r John
zen In several mining properties and is
prcspering
Miss Naroney. formerly stewardess on
the steamer city Of Topeka. has a -four
ishing restaurant business
fd Nhittsmore and George Hummel. NJ
g attic are developing ella w on sulphur
creek and have good prospects.
F,liy Mcdonald whose mother owns the
pscao block In Seattle is the owner of a
peaa bench claim next 20 the claim where
Clarence Berry took out over si3anD last
wlaier
Te:s Mcdonald formerly Of snohomish.
Il Ia Use saloon business ind owns several
m'~inr interests.
The1nas sspinsky Of Seattle. Is at his
Cd trade ard owns lay on BONANZA
creek
Gear Bette Of attic Is off on a STAN
pede 30 some 81 the creeks,
a Beatty. af Seattle and Juneau. Is the
cwusr Of twn half interests on Sulphur
Geek
y 6 Strong and his brother. Bob of
Fort Townsend. own a good claim on Boz
nsnza creek
chris Fisher. of Seattle. has located a
claim ON sulphur creek and taken a lay
or Esenanza
Eddie T.uSin. Jae Cooper and Emil Stauf
own tne Dominion saloon and several good
mining properties
Harry pauley o. Auburn. is working in
the S4Umil
George Alexander and George Rollins cf
netnkensss have located clanns.
John Caldwell IT Seattle. Is working on
NJ & below or bonanza,
Siaz Netttetou or Seattle. has A lay on
a good piece Of ground on bonanza
Thomas sweasey. formerly of the Nickel
y4fn sal S. %Ity
Commercial Company.
Tom Nash formerly a salesman for
Webh & co Seattle. Is tae owner Of some
gond properties
Fawart EngAbrecht. ~ Seattle. Is a
eisifn-owner AZ Skookam gllch.
Tim Young and Andy Hartman Young
sports Of Seattle and Port Townsend. are
doing we'll and own some mining Interests
Archie Hlmmel 81 Whatcosn, arrived IN
time "a contract bad ease Of gold fever
AMI is or or a stampede
\ Smiley - LoNen has 4 good claim.
Beynoid Brothers contractors, - T1co~
M. hsve good iays and VII realize hand
SOME dividends In the spring.
Fred Nelson formerly 4 fireman III the
employ ef the ~ paul ard TaComa LHm-
her Company. has two good claims on
praF and Hunkcv creeks.
Neis Peterson. a st"vv1oSc ~ ola Town
Tacows, Il earning SIS A day on Eldoraio
creek
ntrk DsSher. a railroad man - Taeosra.
has good law on pcnanz4 creek
George Z SNOW. formerly a resident ~
Port Townsend ana FOR many years ~
the heat ~ = dramatic company that
toured the coast, came 81 the Yukon IN
ISL sna Is = largo prnpeTty-hoiter IN cir
Gle Csiy ara owns several promising in
tereS's IN she vicinity AZ Dawson
Fed Stone, n Seattle paper-harscr IA
earning zig Wages AZ his trade and on rs
rtaf71 o0 4 good creek.
fXseh {ef Of Police Davis ~ Tacoma
t. working a Law foT George ti4Sfnfsa
forwFriv = Tacoma ~ rhsr. arA VIII real.
ise 4 handsome dividend IN the spring
TIE Austin brothers. ~ Whetro.n are
eRch working for the Kerry brothers gsr
81 asv.
rr5s man. cwrs 4 hsrrN cfefr, On Fserars-
- ana another claim On SULPHUR creek
C'nerios Never ~ ~v~Tsco-1s policeman
e earning q moderate fortune building
ioE horeez
Tete~ Peterson. Fred f-wter ers' Y.arts
Uenwirh, as ex-Tscoufs policemen. hav~
good lays art wifi realize big sacks -
gold ~ Ire spring c'esH-upx
; /. Coates. sx-roan~firrsn - Tacoma
Hnt coeEls 80 the Kerry Ar>fhn-x ,e
NeTk'~S re tsHlGzs = the latter tsurans
sn3 the other aav picked ~ - ~r-ee-
besides finding rs~v others ranging =,
value from s. - sS}
a ss'ere. q WAatoo-n. ia o~e ~ ,Aa
owners - one % tAe best fs,'nes Or VA
rama c~e@k ard who're Tho iargeS. y.usze;
wzs f0si~a
f'esr'es Johnson. formerly r-onrse.>- =.
the oak saloon. IN Ola Tacoma. IA. a
gcoA Law IN Bonanza.
IRE Bias. A. es-smpf9ve - tAa =.
Paul ass Tacoma Lumber Ca~,nenw r.