The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-27
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the entire trip. Personally. was much
psAa@ed and surprised i0 learn that the
Journey was no harder than | found II
for awful stories had tseen told of deep
creeasses and terrible storms. once on the
summit ore coasd Work is hard Or as easy
a. no chose, j: simply beng matter OK
loading 4 sied heavy or light.
We shielded "a The foot Of Abercrombie
lake The point fiffy-three miles north and
tWsutS-thfee miles east Of faides. Here
boats were constructed ef every shape.
description and size, from oue that would
carry ~ pounds 10 tae s{y-ton ScoT. and
the mad rush commenced down the klu-
tena - the Copper river. thirty miles NORTH
east. A. might be expected, onlS about 10
per cent Of all the men had ever had any
experience on rough. rapid water and con-
seauently II least one~nfth OF all their
gtpo~fe was lost and one-half damaged by
getting wet. caused by the upSetting and
sinking OF boats. many losing everything
they had. Men in this condition were fit
subjects To write % the terriers Of the coua-
try. Many. cached their goods along. the
river. hundreds campea AZ the foot Of The
lake and many at Amy's landing. i've miles
below "a point from which they sent small
parties inland TO prospect.
Proxpectorx scatter.
Two or three thousand reached Copper
cente" and points above. Nearly every
stream entering Copper river was mere or
less pr5spected and run over. bat III most
cases n ii very careless and genera! way.
II few places however. and ny small
number. tia work was donc more thorousn
". From Copper Center a great many
pulled their boats up the Copper river. with
a fe8 weeks supplies. rs far the mouth
~ the si!na river and Msntasla lake. which
took from twenty To thirty days From
these points small parties were sent oGt 20
prospect on the beGdwaters or the differ
cit streams. quite number going as far
as the Tanann ana 4 few 50 the heasi~atefs
Of the FoftyM le. ghree or four parties
went Town the Tauana as far as Good
Q'ssture riy =. bur they ad not have tina
nor suppl = 10 cradle them 10 prospect the
hcadwaters ~ tho side streams.
Know Of Nv men VINO have found
sufficient 30 satisfy thara fer the pfe@ NJ
season. Nc. Neaes anG party fcom kan
aas and West Virginia ere Web satisfied
with their prospecting on the Chs ochina
river, ard viii pull iaelc supplies ZIP there
and iocats with tho praspec; of going 10
bedrock ihr 90 0ins W.nte~. Many others
ere located on the sam. = yeam. Ah0ut itp1
men arc located on The Tazina ana some
report fair prospects in placer Mr. McCleI-
tan aud party. of Minnesota. wtN white
near Lake isasoiotI. where they stak,.9 ont
claims In July on a stTe ain flowing 20 the
Copper river where thcy dld good WORK
and got satisfactory results.
large Vein of Coal.
There = large vein q very good coal
cropping out near their locality Mr. Bron-
sfn. OF Colorado. an ole and experienced
miner is well pleased with what he found
on the side OF NJ Drum. where the natural
rock stands upright. s..ie ev s.&le with the
volcanic rock There ne fln@s all the az
ferent r,stkS ina. eF32I~ctorrs Usually iooN
for ln cnnue rttop with gcti. &fd has some
fnc specimens ~ quartz \ NJ White,
on thn t,hi.tYna told M ~ had 4 .}ne
quartz vesn rye fees through and placer
rsus ~ ga he xa4 hour3 10 reach bedrock
on ztGtteffan cane t1oah Nl5A me IN
the bta, from Juneau w0o afoueht IN rock
h@ took from IA large vesa NJ Tie head Of
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