The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-03
VIE PASSING IHRONG.


IL ..agwnarion as assistant aaJaTant zsn-
Il -, - .he National Guard OF Washington.
II -.,rg a. his reason tAat his long leave
i aa.snee might Inconvenience tie SER
Is =. General acTasyrs stated yesterday
-. ns had decided rot TO accept Colonel
= fa.is1.s resignation until he felt assured
] -. hts absence would be permanent
\ r,~reral Mcintyre places a high value
80. fssgnel Josllns ability as sn officer
Il - exp~esses inc hope that the assist
Il - .Aiutaut will return to Seattle. The
8 -~.tcoe containing the resignation also
81 Snnsns a letter Of q personal nature TO
N 1..e~.i Mcintyre written by Colonel Jos
i i. :. Dawson City. under date CT Jan
avs at which time the writer stated
= 81 no news had been received from the
rx,,stas world for more than four months.
a. had heard. however. that Seattle was
.rsax3ng boom. and nc was rejoicing I'm
40 He stated that he was engaged in
il -. h-akeYage business in connection with
y 81. law practice. and that Ia was doing
II Airy veil Business. generally speaking.
II - nawzon City al the time he wrote was
\ cuie,. everybody being out ito eaate tss
II e,.arl on the various creeks ali the way
srsu, five to fifty miles from town. bnsiIy
!. work roofing under the frozen mold
= -y,t. fires and hosting ~ with buckets
II aaa utndlass the richest gravel ever heard
II az Colonel Josin then describes the pro-
j cess OF mining which is more or less IA
p isfllar but he tells that the many shafts
losk ike the borrowings o. gigantic gopa-
j es lie states that Sulphur creek ciasms
HASye doubled FL value since Christmas.
The prices quoted on Sulphur creek
7 uropsrty from twenty above 10 twenty be-
aa.w Discovery. are sioao. which by spring
II VII be doubled. and possibly quadrupied.
Colonel Josin says if t. good specuia-
! eve proposition. but admits the hazard at
tachet 70 mining investment. Hunker
i creek a. the tine re wrote was showing
10 as well as Eldorado. Dawson City Is
Il foking for fifty thousand people this
i summer. The weather he quoted as being
i sssc. bu. pleasant and braoing. Il was
i p degrees below zero at the time. and IL
Z r-.: 1aiy once-dgring the month OF Mo-
vember-fallen as low - % below.
There was no wind. and even at the
i Awest temperature Colonel Josiin writes
that /. Was not dIsagreeabie. and that he
was out transactIng business. Other
weeks that ne mentions are All Gold and
j Too Much Gold creeks. as being very rich.
i Then be writes Of thousands Of homesick.
6sappoiased fortune hunters. some OF
Il whom. he says, would not dig gold 81 /.
8 was easy work as digging potatoes
4 They viii stand around with their hands
J. d their pockets. wlshou. occupation, look
/ lng for a gentleman's Job. The mining
= -sertone and nobody but faro dealers and
i hartenders can wear boiled shirts. The
uGntfy he cAaracterizes as a place for
rroGg husky iaborlng men, the man
i locking for an easy Job should stay away
The letter says that Colonel Donald Olson
I y working a lay on % above bonanza.
i I'D Colonel Joe Green is said 10 be doing
rss.- ce'oiihl Green IS frequently In Daw-
son city from his disgiags
t. T. Cassel. Of Juneau, ex-receiyer Of
ne mining properties owned and con
sroiled by the NOVEL; Gold Mining com
i pany W the Beruer's bay district is in
seattle 70 establish an office for the
questionable Transportation Company.
Vefatins tramway over the Chiikoot
PASS. The company Of which Mr.. Cassel
secretary aud general agent. was organ
Ned last summer BY Portland New York
and Juneau capitalists The tramway is
Dsompieted and the chief Offices on the
coast viii DC established b.
Ar cassei IN this city.
Ne wili not attempt tn take people in
. ny large numbers over The pass untT the
= ssxtfer settles" said Mr. r,axSet vester
day at the Butler. AT This season az me
: Year. 1t Il no unusual thing for ten feet Of
3sa0w % fail on the summit in the space
1n twenty-four hours. Rates OF Transport
htoa Of freight over the pass are nuct-
sa9'fg- the highest price paid as yet
seing - Cents per pound. There seems
70 Be no question but Chat all Of the com
..~aniss operating at Dyea viii have plenty
2 shasinesS sail In fact that they can
handIe. Yet am no, disydyed 10 believe
ale
4 Jnneau = 1.Tfvlng The merchants Of
uai cIty are transactlug a large business
4 Quitting aud the constant increase IN
the stamp mills on the coast helps trade
conditions greatly. ~ present there are
\ number Of moneyed men in the cities
!. O southeastern Alaska. watching the
| course OF events. Frequently tvey look
| :. some Of The more promising claims that
&c DeluI developed and sales are OF reg
ar occurrence. You can put Il down
= certain that the quartz mining indus
ay OF Southeastern Alaska is to see a
| ,efS great development during the next
Ipw years. Three producing mines were
| sieed To the rst Of dividend payers last
season and hundreds Of proxpectors are
sstric;s."
l state Insurance Commissioner G q
I ssifner. accompanied hy Mrs. Heifner
arrived In this city Yesterday Mr. Heif
/ ssf viii probably return 10 Olyrnpla to-
ass' az re Is hard at work getting on.
:. annual report on Insurance afYair.
NJ heifuer VIII remain IN the city for
! ssw days visiting friends
1 he insurance companies in thl.
vat sa3a NJ. ielfncr "dld 4 large
s'aa profitable business during Iss-. The
sre Insurance companies made mora
Mercy II th,s state last year than they
cave IL any other year during the pas,
las premiums on FIRE Insurance
eioae exceeded s. 90. as ronpares,
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