The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-30
FUTURE OF EAGLE CITY.
To Re Great Distributing Point for
Large Area Of Minfng Ceuntry-
Its BeundaPfes Feasible Termiass
Of the AiI-Amerfeaa Route.

EAGLE CITY, Alaska, Nov 15--The IN
tuTe Of Eagle City Is very bright Its
geographical position places X 81 The head
% any sown on he great highway os the
Yukon river. and Ii Will be great distrlB-
utirag and supply point for A very large
AREA Of ricA mining country. which on de-
yesopsnsnt will show results beyond the
aniicipations Of The most ssnguine. The
location cannot be rfvaied. Tor stz central
position 20 Forty Mile, Seventy Mile and
me TaDaDa river places IL In the most ia
yora6is light possible for a mining CARP
Of psrmanence. /. Is situated on a beau
tfui wooded plateau. rising In benches
high above the water mark of highest
spring tides. fifty miles from Forty Nile
and eight miles west of the international
boundary lire. On the north Ii IL bound
ed by the Yukon river. with favorable
landing places; on the south by the eia-
waited benches. showing proof OF the ac-
tion OF primitive channels OF the Yukon
river; On the west by the massive ouar.z
and metalliferous bluffs OF the Mission
creek series. on which the noted yukon
Bonanza" group Of quarts mines are 10
Gated; on the cas-; by the iow lying depos-
It's Of aliuyial gravel and coag,omeratic
beds OF the Eocene age.
Praspeetors have already demonstrated
the fact that Eagle City is the mos, ia
vorable starting point for the vast area
and Forty Mile. Good and well defined
trails place the basin of the Tanana with
In three days journey; the headwaters or
north or south forks of Forty Nile within
two days: the Charlie river and other i'm
portant mining points al distances easily
reached by good and well defined trails.
All the large mercantile companies OF
Alaska have large stores and warehouses
constructed here. anticipating the great
demand for sseir supplies at an early date
The past results OF American creek and
Forty Nile mining districts prove their
richness As ailuvial gold producers. They
have also very high status in the min
ing world. nuggets being found Of a size
and purity OF gold rivasing the products
Of the famed Eldorado of the Yukon.
A large party OF engineers is now en-
gagged in making "A preliminary survey OF
the country from the Knlk river. at the
head OF Cook Inlet. 10 the Tanana- the
objective point being Eagle City. the only
feasible terminus for an ali-American
route. The low divide between the town
of Eagle and the tributaries OF the Tanana
is a point of material advantage and i'm
pnrtance In railroad construction which
the engineers are desirous of taking ad-
vantage of, the average altitude OF this
range. excepting where the Eagle City
tran crosses, being, by barometric eleva-
ton, between $500 and 500 feet accord
ing to the reports OF the United States
geological surveyors. in their recently COM
pleted surveys.
There has been a good deal OF develop
ment work done recently on the properties
OF the Eagle City Mining and Development
Company. They have a force OF men en-
pIoyed. and will keep them husily employ
ed during the winter In opening up their
quartz and placer mines. some OF which
show splendid prospects. George r. Hall,
OF Seattle. one of the successful men OF
the Yukon. and who has large and extern
ssve interests in the kiondlke district. Is
manager for the company. and viii leave
here IL i few days, accompanied by n.
III. Smith, president Of the company. and
a well known capitalist OF San Francisco,
also Fred L. Lowell. OF the Eagle City
Tribune. to visit Seattle and New York In
the interests of the company.