The herald., 1898-08-15
STALKING OUT CLAIMS
NEW PLACER DIGGINGS RICHER
THAN KLoNDIKE
Miners stampeding From Juneau on
Report of Strikes on Pine Greek.
Fabulous Returns

| JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 10, via Seattle.
Wash, Aug. N-What is regarded as q
most important discovery Of rich placer
diggings is reported to have been made on
Pine creek, a small stream emptying into
Atlin lake, a feeder of Lake Tagish. The
discovery Is located In the Northwest Ter
| yjtory, Canada. The news of the discov-
cry has caused a great stampede from Ju-
neau and other southeastern Alaska poin Is.
and 1t Is estimated that at least 1000 pros
pectors have started for the location.
AS reported here, the find was made two
years ago by George Miller Of this city
about the time the Klondike strike was
made. Miller allowed his discovery to lie
dormant and went to the Klondike.
Lost June he returned and taking few
friends into his confidence revisited this
place and staked out claims.
Walker Carter, who has Just returned
here from the diggings, says: II saw four
men shovel in twenty-six ounces in two
days, one pan from bed rock containing
four dollars. This was on Discovery
claim. Pine creek is about fifteen miles
long and Will average seventy-five feet in
width. The current is very rapid. Tho
diggings are what is known as bar dig
gings or summer placers. Discovery claim
is about eight miles from the mouth of the
creek. Bedrock is only five feet from the
surface and Is Of a slate formation. Miller
has five men at work shoveling into sluice
boxes and he pays them $12. a day EACH
settling every night with dust taken from
the boxes. The men are taking out $50
day to the man. The gravel shows from
twenty to $50 colors. Captain Strickland of
the Canadian mounted police and several
men are already on the ground and have
staked claims for themselves and reserved
the government claims. When left thirty
three claims had been located and the bal
ance of the creek Is reserved by the Cana
dian government. When was coming
out to Juneau I met a large number of
prospectors going in to every bay along
Tagish lake, trying to find the spot which
they had heard Of, but whose location they
did not know"
The news has caused great excitement in
Juneau and every boat leaving here Is
crowded with prospectors. The gold
brought in from the new diggings istlike
that from the Kondike. very coarse, but it
Is said to be worth 81 an ounce more.
Grub Grows Scarce
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug. a.
A letter received here today announces the
arrival at Kotzebue, July IA, of the steam
schooner Elk, which sailed from this port
early in June with a party of prospectors
for the mouth of the Mackenzie river. The
Elk made the run from Dutch harbor to
Kotzebue sound in seven days, arriving
there July 14.-The letter states that there
are more than 500 people on the sound and
that already provisions are scarce.
The schooner had two years supplies for
fifteen men, for which a handsome figure
was offered. Parties have commenced
prospecting in the mountains and along
the various streams emptying into Kotze-
bue sound, but no strikes have been report
ed. Many who are short of supplies arc
making preparations to return south.
The only gold reported from the vicinity
of Kotzebue sound this season Is about
$4,000, which was in the possession of
three men who had arrived at Dutch har-
Dor just before the sailing of the Elk They
had exhausted their supplies Of provisions
and had come to Dutch harbor in the hope
of replenishing their stock. They refused
to give the exact location Of where they had
been working.
Miners Must Pay
/ VANCOUVER, b. c., Aug. H.-Willin,n
Ogilvie. .thejnewly appointed commissioner
of the Yukon saidtoday he had no power to
abate the royalty on Klondike gold or to