The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-19

Gen. e. N. Carr. the weil-known Seattle
attorney and military man. who has been
wintering on the Munook. and Frank L.
Hawley. q hardy Seattleite. who for ten
years has been doing his share In the devel-
opmens Of the gold fields OF the interior or
Alaska. have just completed one of the
most remarkable overland trips in the his
tory OF the north. They succeeded In push
ing from Rampant City to the shores of
Boring sea. and then across the mountains
Gus peninsula OF Alaska to the North Pa
cific shore. journey OF 1900 miles. every
one OF which was fraught with hardship.
They left Rampant City on January II
and were 100 days in reaching the coast.
days of this time. owing to the terrible
blizxards that seemed determined to Keep
them from completing the trip. Starvation
threatened them time and again. They
drove their dogs over the frozen surface of
the mighty Yukon for some COO miles. Leav-
ing the Yukon at Holy Cross mission. they
pushed out over the snow-covered timber
less tundra and for days and nights were
able TO cook nothing but a little pot of tea.
They reached Bristol bay March q. but II
took them another month to get to Sitka-
Mr.. Hawley narrowly escaped losing his
life In the Icy waters Of the bay, and the
men had serious trouble In crossing Selikoff
straits. They caught the steamer Queen
at sitka ana reached Seattle yesterday
morning.
VIII Yield 1880, 900.
Hope OF finding gold took Hawiey and
Carr into the Munook country. and the fact
that II had been found and in wonderful
quantities caused them TO come out 80 un-
expectedly. Neither say just what 1t was
that induced them to take the terrible trip
undoubtedly due. however. to the wonder
ful strides that Little Munook creek is TAX
ing as gold producer. Gen. Carr has very
little to say regarding the gold possibilities
OF the Munook country. He says that he
does not want to start rush to Munook.
and will say little save that some gold
will be cleaned up this spring from claims
on Little Munook creek
Frank l.. Hawley has no scrupies about
the rush business and makes the point
blank statement that something will be
wrong IL Little Munook does not turn ont
81 500 900 when the dirt taken out this WIN
ter has been cleaned" He tells with per-
feet eandor of pans running as high as $50
each, and says tina. S pans are common.
The pay streak had been definitely located
from discovery to No. . above. inclusive,
when he left there with Carr IN January.
It was only a question Of few weeks when
men working on claims above would get the
ray streak well In hand. Work on Hunter
and Hoosier creeks, on either eide of the
Little Munook. was only commencing when
Hawley left. but there was every indica-
ton that they would be nearly as rich as
Little Munook. Russian creek was showing
un well and will add its thousands 10 the
gold output. The other creeks had been
little worked.
Hawiey leaves the Munook for a short
business trip and viii return there as soon
as possible. His trip out has something 10
do with the purchase OF claim No. above.
on Little Munook. al the magnificent price
OF $1,000. Gen. Carr ard his associates
purchased claim No S for sli.eO Hawley
and his partner offered s25oto each for two
ether claims. bu, the high prices paid had
put stop 20 claim selling. Gen. Carr win
return 10 Mnnook after a short Eastern
trip He came cut. IL S said, TO get sup
plies and make financial arrangements 10
extend his own as well as hts partners
interests at Munook. He viii take Mrs.
Carr, Mrs. John NJ Mctiraw and Miss
Kate Mcfiraw to Rampant City when he
gees back.
Hawiey n Pioneer.
Ifawiey Is one OF the pioneers OF Alaska
He has been IN the van OF the crowd that
has rushed around through the interior %
the great North country. ssampeding from
one gold district 10 another. for the past
tsr, years. He drew tho lire at the starn-
pede from Birch creek 10 Dawson. ard did
not realize until too late that ne had over
looked the biggest discovery that had ever
been made IN the interior. lie was then
a. Birch creek and decided that he woalt
find another klondike. and IL possible an
American one. where ,ho1sand-foot claims
and no crown royalties exist
Hawley arrived al Munook from Birch
creek last August. about a month before
;ha Seattle people reached there on their