The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-14
First White Men to Go Up That
River Return to Seattle.
FOUND VERY LITTLE GOLD.
Consumed Twenty seven Days fn
Rowing n Distance of -"o "'tss-
Returned in Thirty Hours, -"
krin was the Currenf-k otxeb"e
Who TO to seek Yellow Metal.

The fire. white rnen 20 ascend the NoatAk
ry~r Al4.kA. serss pY X J.. Frank n an1
G II. Grnlth o. Richmond, Virginia.
n l<lverraore Of Port Townsend. joan
Mason o. saatt!h. .. Payne % Ne@ YORK
cit.. fnar4ea Gay Of Seafiia. Wallace
Rhode % E5eai;It AID Jack bea p
In no o~aoats fh~y went up ABOUT ~
galles wh.ea required twenty-seTen 1ayA
OF aard work Tae.y return trip - Is made
In on.y thirty hours when gives a 5000
idea II the swiftnsss 81 the water III tais
hitherto unexp.0red river. Tney d'd not
ind any trace ~ god worth mentioning.
but discovered country n ~hica WIG
berries. especially curraTts. thrive. also al
kinda OF water fowl and the pIaFmisan-
During their entire Trip they ipuld Traces
OF only one caribou.
Dr FRANKLIN Mr. Griffith and Mr.. Law
errnore were al tas Stevens hotel SesSrF-
day afternoon. They received many cA4i-
ers. Iyr. Franklin ana Mr.. Griffith afa n0w
OF their way home. but wl!' return next
sprfng as they were among those VINO
reached 1soIGyin hay before the naS rush,
and located rich claims hoth on Discovery
ard Eldorado. They did some Work. go
ing down 10 bed rock, where tHey got S-91
q pan They say that they believe iAe
rush viii be In that direction next spTins.
q the section ~ easy OF access af.d Iie
opportunities for siuicldg and h$dFaullc
mining are first class. They have WIN
them some Of tne gold taken from boioF'h
bag mines. f. Is very hiit. ana a*~'ds
ahot!; sia 10 tie ounce. ltf. Franklin HdId
that samples were taken from many Cad.ins
and utsf together ana then assayei- he
return was 3ls-9i to the ounce The mass
was practically solid goId. carrying ohIy
Dor cent silver. Sanp.es taken from
I'VE claims owned by man named joan
son proved rs be worth sie.il an ounce.
Dr. Franklin and Mr.. SFiitnn also
brought back with them some magniocent
skfr .t-e fnftf.
white fox and lynx Tney nave the nnSs,
noccasins. body garments and lesginss
made by the Indians and several Speci-
mems OF ivory cigarette hoIdefS ana pipes
made by the various tribes VITA whom
they came in contact. when their tro-
phies are exhibited in Richmond 10 taeir
friends there will be little volcano OF eA-
element.
Or. Franklin and Mr. Griffith left Seattle
last spring on the LITTLE schooner Moon
light ut the same time with The Inflated
that he saw the Gray the morning or the
day she sank. she was evidently In dis
tress" sad the doctor. but We could not
dc anything TO help her; We were in
mighty tight box ourselves. and | was
wondering if ever would set my feet on
land again. The waves were running
mountain high. and II seemed as II our
little craft was picked up and shot through
space with much the same action that
billiard ball starts when struck by a cue
Tip. ] was not well acquainted with the
ability of small! craft 10 outlive rough
weather and II surprised me when we
came out all right.
ION our arrival at Kotzehue sound We
left the schooner Most OF the party went
20 explore the Noatak. 1, is very large
river. being fully a mile wide at It's mouth
and navigabie for miles When the water
commences Ia get swift; II is very hard
going against the current. IL took Va
twanty-seven days to go up $50 miles. and
We covered the same distance coming down
I'm thirty hours. There were rocks ana bad
places near the snores but by Keeping
we'll in the channel we avoi,sed these dan
gers. so far as gold is concerned our trip
up this river. as we'll as the auckland,
which flows into kotzehue sound. was
frui'less ] do not think that there Ii any
thing worth going after in the kotzehue
country. We caught the Moonlight again
and were sailing back when severe
storm caught US and before we knew what
had happened three Of our sails were strip
ped from the masts. We put in az Point
Clarence. and there heard that rich strike,
had been made at Golov'n fA1. We made
direct for that point. arriving August IL
We wen. 30 the hons" II missionary and
asked him II there WAS any truth in the
stories We had heard. He said that rich
gold discoveries had been made and show
ell MS the god he had taken from his
claims. That settled g. and We made for
the mines. which are found along the
streams al the head of the bay
When we arrived there We're about far.
~ men on the ground Each of us stakea
claims on Discovery ana i,jdoraia We
took Out see To The pan at bed r0ck II
20 rsturn home for the winter Hefore We
got away there were between 100 aud 10
miners t1err Men who came down the
Yukon fnten8tuv n Come 70 Seattle chang
cd their plans Rni struck oGi ror the new
digRinEs Il iS D rich district and the IRISH
next spring VIII b. ia trst direction The
streams run n sp1h a srake-,.kr manner
tina; q Will r. easv to uet good water
power Ground Sfuteirsy ARA i}y.f-aitlt, >, "a .