The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-08
Land STILL TEEMING WITH GOLD.

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The manner u distribution IL ,n,er.e<-
lnx. Yearly LoW people lined up at the
'front.' aoor q soon ~ " Was announcess
tha9 ? deiivery was TO be made There
were four delivery clerks fnDroVxnnA sro~a
| mounted policemen. behind the bar. IN.
mail was Kept On the hack bar. a crowd
OK ntteen men whose names commences
| VITA : were dyR admitted The frnnt
door vas kept locked until they haA besn
served ana pushed out ths bach door.
Tfsen another crowd was Ie: ia. The de-
hssfy was nos nearly complete when We
left On March L
Juage AsGo1se Hslas Csort.
Accompanying the mail carriers was
party Of distinguished Canadian o0icials,
composed Of Judge Mcclure. r. C. Wade.
Of Winnipeg. crown prosecutor and clerk
Of civil court: James AcGregor. inspector
Of mines. Of Brandon. ManitaDa. and II. a.
Bliss, accountant Of the interior depart
ment
Judge Mcclure opened court for the
nrs: time Oh March Z In . little Office room
at the barracks.
The first case called was that Of III
Lord. who robbed Jimmy Kerry's salccn
80 - - HSb IA 1SSk 4&Sx9Wu III HO&u Qd8t SaItX
last winter. Lord pleaded guilty and was
promptly sentenced TO ave years 1T hard
labor 1T Forty-MiIe creek. under charge
Of the Northwest mounted police.
The next case was that Of the msanesf
man on earth. man who had stolen pro-
visions last fall in Dawson. while at the
same time he had two tons of his own PRO-
eating his own grub. He was quickly
proven guilty ~ his trial and sentenced by
Judge Mcclure TO Eve years ~ hard labo.
at Forty-Mile Creek.
THE next ease to be tried II that OF the
man who murdered his partner at Lake
Taxish last winter. There seems TO be-
every indication that Judge Mc6uire
would sentences him to death at his trial.
which was TO be held few days after Ne
left. ! understand that he intends holding
court In the future In enc OF the big ware
house, OF the North American TranspoT-
taiion and Trading Company.
I'm an interview Judge Mc0uire stated
that II Was his intention 20 deal very Sc
verely with men proven guiity Of theft. -
In many cases sttmight mean starvation to
those losing their goods. He has At once
sprung into popular favor In Dawson. and
ID considered the right man IN the right
place.
Fifty Tons - Gold On Dunps.
AT least nifty tons Of glittering gold
viii be cleaned UP from Dawson dumps
between the latter part Of May and June
o. ! would be willing to gamble that not
less than sso.ooo.oe would be taken out.
/ and very safe estimate Is $2s.000.ooo. ]
have watched the various creeks care
fully and there seems to be no doubt
about the amount. The cleanup will
commence IN the latter part OF May and
/ will be slow. - never more than two feet
i from the surface Of the dump can be
aiuiced IN one day. The dump 10 frosen
solid and only a. much dirt as thaws can
! be slriced. Both of the big transporta-
/ ton companies have their safes full and
are refusing large deposits. / would say
they now hold $10.ooo.o 900 between them on
deposit The first boat that leaves will
bring down the greatest crowd OF miners
/ and the most wonderful wealth Of gold
/ tina, ever left mining country.
I The prospects for the future OF the
KiondIke country were never so bright as
when / left Dawson. The output from
Eidorado ard Bonanza creeks. which
seemed so fabu.ousiy rich last year. il
going 10 be far exceeded by this years
output. The Barry brothers claims on
E.dorado are turning out mort gold than
was expected OF them. and I understand
that the claim owned by Prof. Lsppy.
OF Seattle, IL doing the same thing. Claim
Bin Leggett. Is proving wonderfully rich.
The Thorp property. No. above. Edo
rado has the deepest shaft ever sunk on
the yukon. 1t Ia nov down nearly 100
feet. and al the time left they had
not yet struck bedrock. Ed Thorpe says
that they intend 10 keep on sinking until
they strike II. and there II only one OF
two things 10 expect-sither nothing At
all. not a single color. or a pot-hole hrim-
ful Of the yellow metal This is the only
hole OF the kind Ia the entire country set.
and the boys are fully determined 20 see
what there Is at the bottom.
'sHunker u one Of the kings o. the dis
trict. They seem 10 strike gold wherever
they sink hole on this creek. No. 81
below. owned by James W. Morrison,
formerly Of Juneau. h one OF the richest
On the creek Morrison has twenty-,hree
men at work and the gold Is coming out
In great quantities. Morrison Was Of
fered sIs5nao for his claim recently, but
declined to SAIL No. Il below Is owned by
cant. Andrew WATSON. of Port Townsend:
William Emerson. of Everett. and Billy
Ash OF San Francisco. This claim Is
nearly ms rich ~ It's neighhoy and 10 PHI
ing up wealth for It's owners No u be-
low is owned by ex~Sheriff Hogan. Of Sne-
homssh county, and William McPhse. Of
Dawson.
II might go on down this creek by nnm-
hers. giving names and their probable
richness, but they ara nearly all the same.
They are al rich. ard their owners VIII
soon he independent.
Dominion has forged TO the front rap
! gaIy sieee last fall. Property on this
creek and Carlhoc ore Of liz tributaries.
has increased ~ value 40 rapidly that
! where The prices were In hundreds last
fail they arc among che thousands now
"ft is enc az the longest and largest
cracks IN the district which has been pros
pecsed but there is re piaee on the entire
/ creek that has been rrespecsed that has
/ not given excellent results.
sSmlphur creek, All Gold. Gold Bottom
and Too Much Gold also belong 10 tae
list az very rich creeks. On Sulphur. -
above has ten feet os gravel running 81
cents 10 the pan. The owners % 8 and 8
above have taken out as high az one