The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-24
POSTS o. STEWART RIVER.
LIsht-Dsafs Ssksn Steamer De-
fag Dssst Hese-nisssg Cisinss Of
,. >. ssilee 80 ne Worked SD .

A group Of ssAstie men. HEADED bs
Mayor r. J. Hunses ard J. O. ssIsee. hsys
succeeded In assuring fsnsts fer the IA
ougnsztlon af one Of the most important
Alaska enterprises which has bees sHisi-
sted Ia this city. A company taa been Of
ganizess and a steamer for use iss trading
and establishing posts on the Stewart
river for the company IL nearing eonapss-
fion by the vuican Iron works. The com
pxny psoposex 10 work several 1a.aahss
cia .ms In tie Dawson district located b
Mr. 6aiies during his two years stay Ia
tina Yukon country. and 70 do general
trading businsss tn the new district now
being opened up near ths head waters Of
the Stewart river.
The company In styled the Stewart River
Mining. Trading 4 transportation Com
pany. Its main once IL located In Seattle
and the bulk OF Ifs supplies required "a
fusniah It's posts on the Stewart river.
VIZ be obtained here. A. stated By NJ.
6aIiee yesterday. tho company proposes
10 establish : trading post on Stewar'
river 20 miles from its mouth. To supply
this post the company will carry lss own
supplies from the mouth 81 the Yukon IN
steamer being built hsre. The boat
viii be isghf-6rafs lie feet long and
- feet beam. II in proposed to equip the
vessel with saw mill machinery. with
pumps for dredging the gold bars. and
with other heavy mining engines.
AR. Sailee returned yesterday morning
after an extended business trip throughout
The East. made 70 secure financial as
stSfance 20 carry 20 sAecessfus Issue the
enterprises he and bis associates have
undertaken. He was completely suecess-
fus having secnred In al ysae.0Un pr.nci-
1,lliy Ia New York. Boston and Philadei-
phia.
Mfr. Saiiee came out OF the Yukon las.
TALL after having secured several good
properties in the Riondike district. lie
went TO Alaska II 1875 and mined 1t Birch
creek and at Forty Mile before the Kson-
dixie scattered the miners frcsn all az
the tiixE.ngs 20 the more favored regions
about Dlwson. NJ. Eai.ee was one Of the
earliest On the ground and either located
or purchased the following claims. No
- above Discovery on Gay guich. No 4
Sslcw Discovery or Mooeehias creek. ana
an undivided cnr-fourth interest In No
~ below Discovery on Hanksr creek
Hunker creek properties IL Ii stated by
AIR S3ilee. have proven among the rich
est In the district. while the claim on
Gay Euich. tributary of Eidorado. has
been found to be rich in the precious met
~ The three properties are valued by the
trustees Of the company at 125d. 600
Mayor Humes II president OF the com
pany and v. II. Lysons is secretary. Mr..
Sailee viii have charge of the operations
OF the company ~ general manager. Other
nfdcers are ~ follows: Vice president.
y. G. comsgys. vice president OF the First
National bank 81 Snohomish treasurer.
tse Puget Sound National bank. Seattle:
trustees. T. J. Humss. II. G.. Ccmegys. G..
l.. IAwry former treasurer o. Snohomist,
county. Herman Dock "a capitaliss and
mining engineer Of Phiiadeiphiap. Thomas
T. Casey connected WITH the Haskell
Paper Company Of Boston).