The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-19
n|GHIEB tlPI1M IIII.
Assseeatng Ssaseaeat ~ D~pasy No
1ision Surveyor In Lonaoa Ffnan-
cia1 N<ws Assets the Market
fss Alaska Mts4ag rsepersses.

a Statement. made by Deputy Dariassn
SURVEYOR wIEaiam 0Sssvse in an tnssrysew
which appeared 10 tae Leaaaa rsnaaeIA
Meas Is iaahas TO seriously sfsct British
Investments IN AlASk2 mratag proper
ties aad may seasd 10 materially dsmsaSsh
the number Of people that wcasd hare goaa
ID Alaska fran England Ar. oSfiste Is
made 70 SAY ia the Financial News.
a title 80 u PLACER elasa II slEasly a
question oS carry arrival znd se.ecssor.
sabsect % certain conditions. eas
OF tire coniiesanx berg lhae
the claim asssdex saasi work tae cain COR
ssnzously during tho working nacssilss.
There Is . close season Appreciated ey tire
canadian goysTnmsaf calnmasshsssr Ga
the spot. during whisa Sc Is admitted thai
mining Is rot reasonably practicable. ard
daring walsh people are Bot sxyeGses. 10
work During tie naming season. however.
operations must nrocesd continuously. and
IL claim remains agworxed for s@va2ss-
two consecutive hours il :. deemed er<n
- all corners. nzsess sickness. absences
from unavoidable cause or other yslzd ex-
case can be pleaded IN sxsenaasisn- These
provisions Afe strict hst they are applied
reasonably and without hardship. If
maa jump q claim Estnerr real reason be
will quickly be told 10 get OF IL and he
generally gets
Asked by the interviewer IL there Was
anything to prevent a person IN Eagiard
purchasing claim. As. ogi,vse IS Qssoss1
as hasins replied:
Ne; bat Ii would be rather a DANGER
Gus proceeding. II Brown. say. the owner
Of claim OF the kscndtkr. Games TO tbs
country to sell Ii. be must leave soaaa
partner TO wcrk II. In order thar The tile
may net be inyalssixfea. lie might sell
the claim, and give TO the purchaser rs
good a conveyance as be could. oas a
the meantime the naan wzoEu .ae has last
10 work i; may have gone away. or may
not have troubled himself n the matter.
and the title may have iapssa. IN thai
case the purchaser IN Loadcn would be Ia
a very nasty position.
The risks to Investors Indicated by Mr..
Ogslvie have III enc case a. least pre-
vented transfer o. mining property II
the Yukon.
III has prevented the eonsanmatEcn %
a siseae deal IN which We were acting as
agents" said Charles T. conoser. of Csaw-
fora & Co1oyer. yesterday. HE says u
that interview just enough 20 scare away
capital without telling al that ualglt be
told. While what ne says Is true. asre Is
more that should be added. and then the
situation would have a diaerent aspect
As matter of fact, a Calm owner IL only
required - represent himself on his claim
for three months in the year, and X -
during that time that he must not be an-
sent from BIS claim for ssyeFsy-two aoaTs
without valid excuse. When q miner
wishes 10 represent his claim he calls o.
the gold commissioner and his Intention IS
made a matter os record He remains on
his claim three months. then pays his AZ
nuai fee TO the ccgn missioner and receives
4 license 10 bis claim for i year. AS IN
all placer propo&iticEs. this license faust
be renewed each year. and constitutes the
miners deed or title to the claim.
IF, during the three months that
claim holder Is supposed to be represent
Ing his cain. he sssonid leave IL for over
three days. IL might be Jumped But II
thu original claimant were compelled 70
absent himself because az food saxrtage
or illness or accident. the geld commits
ssoaler would promptly restore ;sls cislEa.
Our agent in London has noted the effect
OF Mr.. Ogiivie's statement K has been
copied into papers all over EErope. ana Il
believed II VIII make next TO impossible
the introducing Of capital into the kien-
dixie district, ard consequently reduce tae
trayea thereto very fTnuisrseiy.s