The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-17
.ain Lake Flacers Give Rich
Promise for the Future.
colo IN THE GRASS ROOTS.
r.svspected value of Neglected Lo-
aations May Lead to BIoodsh~d
uh~n Absent Owners Return I'm
the spriBg-CIafm Jumpers Are
Defiant - Authority of Commits
s1oner to Grant Absences Disputed

rahD F7sche!meye-. who with his part
a., owns eleven claims Ia the Lake Atlln
~Isfug d4fric:. 1as one ~ the pasaen-
- Gowh from S'lae~ay o. fhe steamer
yarralon. when arrived III pert Saturday.
NJ Fge,fl IN So Is tosT * tsH ctce H.
ar hotel bat intends 20 go To San Fran
ssea Ia a few days. III fally ecFrob.3rat-s
- -suyorts as = the richness ~ tire 8.acsr
ses,s.:s IL the newly Discovered district.
Mr. FIscheimeT -. Settle 4 w.mfer
r,.h small party intending 10 reach the
va.on over the - cksen rautc Thev
hxa number - horses and expensive
.gtats. hst hos. all 81 a vain atte.up, 10
,ssch Lake Tslin fran Telegraph cr=e k
", F.sehe.UeyeY lad geturned e. Van
eo,xsr when 70 heard Of the reported
rrtkr al Atm lake. Fie at once turnsd
Il. face again toward the north.
@we asre 8 li,fle .ate getting in ne
ssH "and while o. TIE trail met hun
Srsds OF The discouraged prospectus wnO
had beer ia and @ere returning From
tssm ge recsiyeG most unfavOraDle r.
sos,s aad we're III doubt whether to pro-
,ess or turn back. But We thought We
might just az well go through. 30 long az
W. rad gone thug far We reached the
sls,r!c: Just as the Corners had COM
saeneeti to find stronger evidence Of the
scAness Of the district, and the excite
neal was becoming even greater than at
first.
frg rush neglected to REGARD their claims,
thinking they were yalJeiess and those
r0w ON the ground proceeded to take pos
session Of these abandoned claims The
work OF prospecting was pursued IN
mare thorough manner than al first. and
liz result. was the discovery OF rich de-
ross on the bedrock. ii is ii peculiar
formation there. Coiors are found right
or the surface, but when you begin dig
ing ecu find not another trace Of sold
ua, yol reach the bedrock. Sometimes
prespectors strike rock without finding
anything and then give up. thinking they
have reached bedrock.
4 know az at least two such instances
and yet the claims afterwards proved 10
eantan valuable deposits. In one in
Eance the rock struck WAS a layer OF
tsalders and not bedrock ut all. and when
these were passed and the real bedrock
reached. a rich deposit MAS found. In the
ether Instance 10 which ] refer. the rock
struck proved to be only thin layer and
beneath this was found sand from thirty
SIX sacks or which was washed out two
and a ha!f ounces OF gold It WAS not
known how much OF this rich sand there
was before reaching the genuine bed rock.
know of two man who worked ak weeks
on bench claim. carrying me dirt some
distance 10 the water They sluiCed cut
tweniy-six ounces in that short tine.
a prcspector who went away and was
gone Two weeks returned with fourteen
pounds Of gold. But Il was. afterwards
brothers. the original discoveries or Pine
creek and the impression Is that the gold
saiae out or discovery Claim and not from
snv strike
rakes every day and the addition OF new
sfience as to the richness Of the deposit
hard TO judge definitely, a. yet. the
giant Of the pay dirt The eAcite men:
asv strikes interfcres with the work Of
ee'elopment. My candid opinion Is.
.ough that the country will prove TO
h better than the Kiondike. for it s far
nsTe heaithfui and accessible.
There Is n vast area Of country and
hundreds o. creeks have NOT been pros
fecied al all yet. II they all prove as rich
Is Pine, Wright and Birch creeks seem ~
b. II Will prove the most extensive placer
mining field In the word. Next spring
Will reveal the true facts I am afraid
&ere VIII he trouble there then on ac-
CONT of the jumping Of claims. Most %
those who filed claims secured leave Of
absence from the gold commissioner and
cane out 10 spend the winter and take
IN supplies In tho spring leaving their
claims Inoccupied and without any devel-
CEMENT work having been done As the
rehness IF the ienoSit became more M
rGent. .he new corners jumped those
claims. and these conflicting Alings may
lad - hoo+ished when the original claim
slts return
why. even tho mayor Of Vancouver
Bumped one II these claims He said IL
vas unlawful for the commissioner 20
grant leave Of absence before any de-
feldpment work had been done. The COM
prisoners explanation was that the orig
nal claimants were without food and had
70 hiring IN supplies before they could
work. lie himself ala no. even have
paper or which "a keep proper records ~
t'e entries. lie proposes - stand hy the
rrginal claimants ava 80 do everything IN
NE power - protect their rights.
''Thcn too the appointment If nsw
recorder = causng trouble. Capt Rants
fon. mere hoy. acted aS recorder during
re first pare ~ thc excitement. ard x
IS claimed thar a graf Seal ~ un3erhaui
tea though his only gossip"
NJ FltchelNeypr expects 20 return -
me rev distric, ear.y IN the spring.