The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-19
Fabulous Wealth at the Foot of
Valdes Glacier.
RICH NUGGETS ON THE SURFACE
An Ohsenre Greek Wtshin Three
Mics Of Copper City Gives Miners
Aarpvfs~-W. ~ 10n0ves Takes
Ont ei7-5O In Four Hours from
Deposits No Gold II tn B~ fosad.

4 gold discovery 81 fa5siloTs rssssgess.
rfyailng the wildcat day dFsass1 q s1oss-
ern Argonaut. has lsen made AZ tae very
foot Of the ssiaes gs8essr. on an obscure
creek within three naileu % coCper City.
by w. A. cuao4sf. % Red Bank. y. j..
according 10 The story told by hisa ~ a
poxt-Intsiltgencer reporter lat night
Conoyer came down from Port E@idas
Thursday on the steamer Excetsior HE
has In hls possession SIX nuggets ~ virgia
gold weighing from no To 49, each.
the aggregate value Of shs iot being si1sq0.
and claims 10 have taken them out tn foaE
hourx wo:k Wth shovel ansi SID par.
from tlte surface dirt and under the nanss
unfasorahIe circumstances.
Conuyer says he went to Pert sas1es on
the schooner Gen. sigiin. on Feb nary IL.
and was at Copper City bat six days, dur
INK which time he says he prospeciesi In
the creek FROM which his party obtained
drinking water. with the Eessglt stated.
The creek. he sh.nks. was Elmo creek.
bat he was NOT certain ~ this
IL had never dome any prospecting ard
had only had few lessons Ia handling a
gold pan when arrived az Copper CITY,"
said GGunFey last night. and wssile the
rest Of the boys were fooling afouad the
camp went Out 20 where we got our sup
ply OF drinking water and commenced 10
prospect. The boys laughed nj ane. but l
stayed with it. ] hadn's any Idea Of find
Ing anything h tell the truth. but I
wanted 10 practice uslsig the pan. found
= place under the Ice at tho edge q. the
stream where the ground Was not frozen.
and from which the watef had recasied.
and taking gut some OF the gravel. washed
~ out Ia the water hole eat IN the ies. In
almost the first pan | found one nj these
nuggets For four hours l worried Hike
mad, and the result WAS thes. sss mug
gets In dozens OF the pans I didn't get
even a csioF. bat in one ! found two of the
pieces Of gold believe that my a.k-
wardness with the pan caused me 10 wash
away ali the fine gold. and that l only
saved The coarsest Of II.
II Immediately told my partners, Alex
ander Robinson and Robert Sase, OF Nam
ozine. Va. Of my discovery. and together
we staked three claims. We said nothing
OF this discovery to any one. and my part
ners who are uoss on tie ground. will
work the claims IN the spring. when The
Ice goes oat cf the stream.
II found within a very brief time that I
could not stand the hafiships af the caun-
try. and besides | HAYS important basinesa
TO be attended 60 at once In tho East /
therefore took abe steamer for Seattle on
the k3ft1f nay AtStthffSt 8ttt
shall leave here for home At ance- OF
course | shall return TO Copper river In
the sprlue,
II think the district around Prince Will
tam sound will 30 found very rich in gold.
and that my discovery viii not be the only
ons made
cenoyer is a young man of Rned appear
snee. and relates his story apparently
without realizing 4te magnitude of the al
legged find The gold greatly resembles
that from the California piacers. being
much lighter In color than kloudike or
Cook inlet gold.
Conoxer has also specimens OF heavily
minefaixed quartz. which he claims TO
have found I'm abe same locality. The
quartz however does not appear to- be of
much value. the mineral contained In IL
being apparently crystals of looking
glass iron ore.
Conovers ind II actually made. Is OF
unparalleled f!ehness. tor. according 10
his statement ne never was anywhere near
the bedrock. and, a. general rule. little
god IL found ff surface dirt