Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-06
FROH DEES LAKE.
1r. Chas. A. Brambie, n Mining Expert, Going
 South to Report on that District.

rir. Chas. A. Brambie, n Mining Expert, Going
 South to Report on that District
 The News was favored with call yes terday by Mr. Chas. \. Bramble, until recently one of the editors of the En- gineering and Mining Journal of New York City. Mir. Bramble resigned his position early in the spring of the pres ent year for the purpose of inyestigat- ing the mineral resources of Southeast ern Alaska and portions of the North West territory for company of east ern capitalists which Is already inter ested in and operating mining proper ties on the Yukon. He arrived ill this city the fore part of the week from the Dees lake country, where he has been since the first of May He reports hay ing made d very complete and thorough examination of the gold-bearing gravel and quartz ledgeS of that section and left on the Athenian today for Nancou- yer where he will report to his compa- ny the results of his observation. He did not confide in Us the nature of that report, but from his general conyersa- tion we gleancd that he k very well satisfied with the outlook for profitable dcvelopement work there in the near |. Dees Lake district is an inviting field for the investment of capital, as he has determined by careful investigation that there are hundreds of acres of gold bearing gravel that will yield twenty cents per cubic yard, suflici- eut amount to pay handsome return on the capital invested, if worked by the hydraulic process. He says. at the present time, SD far as he was able to discover ill the country traversed by him, there are no plaeers that will pay in excess of days wages by the ordina
 " methods of sluicing, yet, he says, the country k virtually unprospected, and in view of former discoveries, it is not improbable that rich and perhaps extensive diggings may be found in the future. The evidences of paying quartz leads are abundant, although up to the present time there have been no discoy- cries of free milling ore in paying quan
 titles. He says that q rich find has undoubtedly been made on the head
 waters of the lscoot river. as he had an opportunity of knowing from talk with the locator and an examination of some of the ore in his possession. A prospecting party of New Workers came down the river on the steamer McCon- nell the first of the week from a fruit less quest for gold in the upper coun- try and landed near the Big Canyon, where they will search for q lead, the evidences of its existence having been found by them on their trip up the riv- CT last spring. Alr. Bram ble says the advance guard of the army of prospect ors that are trying to reach the Yukon by the overland route via Ashcroft reached the Dces Lake country about two weeks ago. making a crossing of the river about twenty miles below the lake. In answer to the question if he knew anything concerning the condi- tion of the Stikeen Lake Teslin trail. Mir Bramble said that he had travelled forty eight miles over il and had ell countered no insurmoIntable ohsta- clcs. He said that proSpectors were constantly going oyer it without much difficulty. but that there was d certain class of grub-staked tender-teet that was retailing stories of hardships and danger connected with it that had neV- CT been q hundred yards from camp since putting up tents at tileuora. He said the grade on the trail, for the most part. was easy, and the chief impedi- ment to travel had been the swampy nature of the land at the Lake Teslin end of the route. but Chat this would be remedied by work now being done. Mr Bramble will return in a few weeks, having first made an inspection of the mines in the Ketchikan country.