The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-12
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
FUTURE PROSPECTS
OF ATLIN DISTRICT.
j. f. Moran Thinks Next Year This
VIII Prove the Greatest Mining
Camp - Only Two Creeks fet
Worked-Dedrock Near Surface.

]. e. Moran Is one Of the few successful
prospectors who returns from the north
after a stay o. three and q half months
with good tangible results for his labors
as prospector and miner Mr. Moran went
10 the Attn lake district early last Aug
ust from his home in Ontario. and after
considerable hard work succeeded IN iocat-
ing claims on Otter creek, Wright creek.
Mckee creek and O'Donnei river Mr..
Moran IL enthusiastic over the coming
prospects Of that country. He said:
x think that next year this will be the
greatest mining camp OF the century. L
have no doubt of the future Of tina, coun-
rot yet been uncovered. The prospects
everywhere make good this assertion
that have been worked to any extent; a
few Others have had some work gong on.
but most Of the others have only been
prospeetes. There will be no work done q.
gone out, except, perhaps, some 80 VINO
are wintering in the several camps
Work Of Crude Order.
That country differs materially from
the Klondike. in that the bedrock or the
creeks is practically near the surface.
whereas on the Klondike, / understand it
TO be all the way from ten to twelve feet.
Burning to bedrock In the Atlin district Is
unknown, and / believe will not have 10
be resorted to. Most of the work dons
In that district this last fall was on bench.
es. The work, OF course, Is of the crudest
order. the men having 10 pack their pay
dirt on their hacks down to the creeks
where they wash il In sluiee boxes Some
rich results were obtained in this manner.
Two men, can now recall, washed out on
an average one pound Of gold day.
That. district is larger In extent than
people have any idea OF. and much of it
has not even been prospected. There Is
plenty OF room for an unlimited number OF
people. and if only one-haf Of the claims
a. dN 81 lad yEa yf-nP cd fh-ra xyn
be room for over $1,000 men. You
see. all the claims. both creek and benches.
are small. the creek claims being only
lo1 feet ID and down the creek. from rim
TO rim. and the benches 100 feet square.
SO that the prospects for everyone getting
a footing of some kind is very good.
Country Easily Reached.
"One of the advantages Of that country
is that it is easily accessible. being only
about eighty miles from the terminal OF
the White Pass railroad. SO that at the
very longest four and half days Is all
that is required TO get from Skagway to
Attn City. The railroad IL a great con-
venience to the Attn district. and is
must he seen TO be appreciated. / guess
1t is safe TO say that it is the most solid
roadbed OF any railroad In the world. In
fact, it could not be more so, from the
fact that the bed is on solid rock all the
way down to Skaeway.
Il left the Atlin district November 20
anu tiltlG Was SUN CplSfucfaDle omen
weather. There had been some cold snaps
the Thermometer registering down to TWEEN
ty degrees below zero. There was also
some six TO twelve inches of snow in the
valleys ard about two feet on the higher
ranges and on some of the creeks. Atlin
lake was not frozen over when / left,
nor was Lahu lake. but Taku Arm was
closed.
Trail ON Easy Grade.
Another great advantage the Atlin dis
trict possesses over the klondke. aside
from that of distance. is the easy grade of
the trail from Log Cabin to Atlin City.
The trail follows beautiful valley down
TO the lakes and follows a series OF these
TO Atiin City"
Mr.. Moran has several samples of the
gold taken from the Lake Atlin district,
some of it richer than others, showing
different deposits. Samples OF gold from
Wright river assayed SIG and that from
Pine creek SIS to the ounce. The gold
from Pine and Spruce creeks is fine. while
that from otter and Wright creeks is
coarse, but not so rich.
Mr.. Moran viii return to his claims next
March at which time he predicts a stam-
pede into that district as great as the
klondike stampede OF 1878.