The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-13

the statement that the Klondike had
been prospected at least twice before
the discovery of gold was made The
first time was several years ago APP
parently the difficulty with the origi-
nal prospectors was that they did not
go deep enough. All the gold that has
been discovered in such paying guam
titles has been found at depths from
fifteen to thirty feet below the surface
1t will be seen from this map what
a very small section of the entire
Yukon country has been prospected
thoroughly and to what a little area
is due all the excitement From DaW-
son City to Indian river is only thirty
miles. Part way down from Indian
river the Sixty-Mile river flows into
the Yukon from the west. Most of the
SIxtyMile river and it's tributaries
were prOspected pretty thoroughly
long before the rich strikes on Bo-
nanza creek were made, and the dig
gings there had the reputation of be-
ing among the wealthiest placers ever
known; but the wonderful finds on the
klOndike and its tributaries have
made SiXty-Mile river and the great
strikes on Forty-Mile creek below
Dawson appear trivial.
The best creeks in the Klondike dis
trlcts are Bonanza, EldOrado, Hunker
and Gold Bottom. Although the Klon-
dixie his given its name to the diggings,
the richest claims are on other creeks.
The Klondike and Indian river run par
aliel and flow into the Yukon an ut
thirty miles apart. About halfway be-
tween them there is a hill, dignified by
the title of mountain, which bears the
name of The Dome. From this hill va
rious streams flow. those to the south
emptying into Indian river and those to
the ncrth into the Klondile. A lot of
gUlches, dignifed by the title of creeks,
flow into the streams which are tribu-
tary to the Klondike and Indian rivers.
The streams flowing into the klondike
to the north of The Dome are Bonanza
creek, further west; Bear creek, Hunk
er creek and Too Much Gold creek Bo-
lianZa creek is about twenty-five miles
long, counting all the various windings
and is practically all located, there be-
ing 100 claims below the discovery
claim and 1913 above it. From the west
there flow into Bonanza creek, Boulder
creek, Adams creek and Eldorado creek
Boulder creek and Adams creek have
been very thoroughly prospected and
so, in fact, has Eldorado creek, al
though only ten claims have been re-
corded on Eldorado creek. The richest
claims in the Klondike district are just
at the junction of Eldorado and Bo-
ranza creeks.
Bear creek, east of the Bonanza, is
all located. Between Bear creek and
bunker, Twelve Mile creek flows into
the Klondike from the north. That
tCo, is all located. On the Hunker creek
the discovery is about fifteen miles up
from the mouth. From the west Last
Chance creek, which is little better
flew into the Hunker. Both are locat-
ed. Too Much Gold creek, east of
Hunker, is said to be all located.
The streams that flow south from
the Dome into Indian river are Quartz
creek, furthest west; No Name creek
and Dominion creek. Quartz creek has
several tributaries, but the prospecting
on all has not been particularly thor
ough. On Dominion creek there are
two claims for discovery. The creek is
all located twenty-five miles from the
upper discovery.
One of the last parties that came out
from Dawson to Juneau reported that
the mother lode has been discovered,
but it is doubtful If subsequent discov-
cry bears out this information. 1t is a
fact that quartz in very rich quantities
has been discovered in several places
Frank Slavin. the pugilist, made the
discovery first, while prospecting on
the Dome He had been Influenced by
the fact that upon the side hills of
the creeks small specimens of quartz
and nuggets in profusion had been
found. He prospected in the vicinity
of the Dome and followed up indica-
tons of quartz for miles. He had
prospected in Australia and was ia
miliar with the indications for quartz.
Finally on the Dome, he uncovered a
vein, eighteen inches wide of white
quartz, heavy with gold.
Within twenty-four hours 1t was reported
that apparently the same vein had been
struck in three different places. although