The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-16

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saea1ess Pre4eessen, lExeelssor, Uss-
ssvssy enA Cetsage cnay na11 With
CeoA Psssenger L1sts-m1n1ng
Pnrty Dsuna Tor Knik niveR.

Four sseamers sailed yesterday for the
north. There - no Indication In this that
Alaskan travel has stepped. Two 81 the
steamers were destined for Copper river
and Cook lnie4 ports The oahesS will vlsie
Southeastern Alaska and Lynn canal
cities.
The Exce.sior. carrying xood-sized pas
senxer Iiss. sailed Tor Copper river and Cook
inlet last night at O'Clock She lay IT
the Yesser dock all day receiving freight
and passengers.
The Protection carried = number Of
Aorses and fair passenger list. The Cot
fage City was well loaded with fre:ght.
The steamer Discovery, which sailed at
m early hour yesterday morning. had for
~ passengerS for Skagway and Dyea.
The Kmk river. empsytng Into Geek in-
sef at Portage bay. or Turnagain arm.
runs through country supposed 10 be rich
In good placer ground Claims have been
stzked from time 10 time In this sectiOn
OF the country. a. far as forty miles into
the interior. Much a the gravel ms
found to be Improbable for working with
out machinery. bat o group OF California
capitalists have undertaken to develop q
large tract Of placer ground on the Kaik
chinery.
r. y. Shacklsford. of PAso Robes, Cal.
= at the head Of party Of miners that
sailed on the steamer Excelsior last nf9hf
for the North. There are sixteen men al
told. They arc IN the employ OF mining
company hacked by San Francisco capi-
placer ground IN the Knir Psvs~ ~ :.
mines are situafsa fow4v-Nv. ,rsss- .....S
from PORTAGE nav Thex r.. i, : S,,. ....a.s1
lively new country.
The party IL equipped with a f.,,y hv.
draulic plant. consisting of two giants ana
= sawmiil. The lumber FOR the miami NH
be sawed on the ground. timber being
plentiful. The plant VIII. have : canacitv
Of handling 5000 cubic yards Of gravel ner
day.
Mr.. 0hackleford has lived IN rs.liscrrs.
forty-f1ye years. He Is a veteran minirc
man. The plant was secured at San Fran.
cisco at a cost OF e90.0N A number Of the
men employed by the company purchased
their outfits here
Inc Excelsior carried the following: H.
~, A a, ~: Alexander. C. H.
wheeler, e. Q. Wheeler, r. C. Johnston,
L. z. Barber. =. 3. Burns. =. H. shep-
para. John A. Potts. A. Williamson, b.
Iilman. II. b. TIlman. Henry Sur.
Z. w Shryuch. @. A. Sheppard. z Brus-
neL Louis Avery, William Smith, Charles
smith. + O. Wilson. Charles White.
George Korbc. Henry Barrengburg. w. C.
Russell. J. r. Williamson, L. r. Arthur
William Alice, Joseph Walton. r. A. Shat
Ief. J. Halfway. r. ~. Halfway. ]. p.
smith. Z. {. Lyon. A. c. johnson.
The Protection carried the fo,lovinr
passengers: A. Jackson. c. Nayman. v.
Hutchinson. J. n. Chalmers, w. 8. Boldly
4. Allen. Robert Abel. A. Chalmers. Geo.
Buckmir. l.. w. Price. L. G. Caley. =.
Phillip. A. l. Stanhope. /. L. Moran. n.
Headstrong. +. d. Gourley and wife. G.
Leach. +. J. Tracy. Hy Holt. e. Ander-
son. J.. P. Everhardt. C. II. Abernethy. !
". Smith. N. n. Stanley, Virgil Sharp.
:. =. Eidridge. J. a. Johnston. A G. Har-
~. n. w; Bush. ?. O. Wilson. Richard
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