The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-13
Many Claims Located and the
Whole Dome Staked Of.
LAST NEWS OUT FROM DAWSON.
0aruen aaa Anaerson, Leaving
TAere April n. Make N EseIting
Trsp - the Isken 10 ekagway IN
y1aeteen Days-AnePiean Creek
Plaeers shew Up WelB-Rush -
Perespine-A strike On tAe Tay.


Harmon. The trip was most exciting
one. although made in nineteen days. They
left Dawson April Is. against the advice
of all the oid-timers. who said they would
never get to the lakes. They bring adj
vices from the KIondike eighteen days
later than those brought out by the Phil
lips party. Harmon had just come up the
river from American creek and brings the
latest news from the American side. The
news of their arrival at LAndeman was
brought to this city by Dr. Dan Van Wag-
enen. who arrived yesterday on the Ma
sional City. He saw both men al Canadian
Smiths hotel. at Lindeman. the night be-
fore he ief, for Skagway.
The principal news brought By the party
from Dawson regards new bench discover
les near the Dome. the remarkable peak
from which many eld-t:mers believe the
rich gold deposits Of the Klondike and In
dian creek originally came. Several dis
coveries had been made on the sides of the
Dome shortly before Anderson left that
were creating great excitement. The men
would not give the amounts per pan that
had been secured. but said that they were
large enough TO cause great excitement.
A large number of bench claims mad been
located, and they believed that the whole
Dome is staked OF by this time.
Dawson was very quiet during the first
two weeks OF April There had been no
trouble OF any kind. Both men agree that
there will be no suffering owing to lack
of provisions at Dawson this spring. They
scarce, but that necessities such as bacon.
beans and potatoes. can be secured In
quantities. kid" Eagan, OF Seattle. ar
rived at Dawson I'm safety early In April.
and several detachments OF Canadian po-
lice had arrived. with additional mail from
the mouth of the big Salmon.
Harmon spent the winter on American
creek, which flows into the Yukon about
forty miles on the American side OF the
boundary line. He told Van Wagenen that
the American creek placers were showing
up wonderfully well under the winters
work. and that every one who had claims
was well satisfied Harmon predicts a
great rush to American creek when the
thousands of in-going Kiondikers find there
Is no room for them in the vicinity OF
Dawson district. lie says that several
parties have gone down the river TO Mum
ook creek. to investigate the reports
brought up the river by Mayor Wood and
others on their way 20 Dawson.
Alonx Porcupine River.
Harmon says that the Porcupne river
and Its many branches are again attract
ing considerable attention. and that large
numbers of men without claims have gone
into that section from the Birch creek
country. Nearly all of the parties that
came down from Dawson during the win
ter headed that way. Harmon attributes
this rush to the discovery by ali old miner
named Bliss, which presented the true So
mtion of the failure in the past TO secure
valuable dirt on the tributaries OF the
Porcupine.
IL seems that in the past the miners
have not gone deep enough. They went
down to what seemed 10 be bedrock but
what in reality was the stratum above
the god-hearing dirt. Old Bliss did not
stop where the others did but continued
his drift He soon reached the real bed
rock and was richly rewarded. His dis
coyery has caused men who had formerly
prospecfed the district to go back to their
claims for the purpose OF sinking deeper
shafts.
The news OF strike on Tay river. a
tributary OF the Peiiy. was also hrough;
TO I.lndeman by Anderson and Harmon.
The strike was made by Jack Wilcox, OF
Abeline Texas. lie came out TO the
Lewes river TO purchase supplies and i'm
mediatsiy went back to Tay river. He
was followed in by several parties who
had heard OF the strike. Tay river Is
about 40 miles from Lake Marsh. 1t is
reached by an old Indian trail that leaves
the waterways or the route TO Dawson
At tae MeCiintoek river. I. took wilcox
seven days TO make the trip out with his
dog team He says that he had not yet
drifted to bedrock bat that the indiea-
tions were that the ground was very
rich. He had several large nuggets and
some small gold which ne secured while
prospecting the river.
- Exciting Trip an the Yukon.
Anderson and Harmon had very ex-
citing trip up the Yukon. When they
eft Dawson on April ID they were told
by every one that they would never reach
Lake Lindemau. Dawsonites were pro-
piesying that the Phillips party. which
had left three weeks before, had not been
able 10 get through. That they made the
trip in nineteen days showed that Daw-
Soni;ss did Eot know what they were
talking about. They left their dog team
below the White Horse rapids. as there
we're so many peop.e along the trail tina;
IL was no longer necessary TO carry pro-
visions. They would have been several
days longer had they been compelled TO
bring the dog team clear through. Their
great trouble was with the slush on top
q the .ce. Several times they narrowly
escaped breaking through.
They report tina; one returning Kion-
clker, who had left Dawson several days
before them, was drowned shov, dis
tanee below Selkirk. He was coming up
the river accompanied by an Indian. The
ice broke through with him and be disap-
peared under the pack The Indian start
eel back TO Dawson. The man had very
hitie god with HIN. IL Is believed. bar
left valuable claims In the kionssike.
Harmon did nos know the name % the
man. They heard OF the accident from
parties encamped near where 1t had hap
pensd.
They were ffxsf fs.- niles