The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21

i -. a niles below baR-son TWO cir
s..,eess camblneG 10 hasten the de-
800 Of this dis,rlci-the restrictive
- lass adopted BY the Canadian
~-s-,r.at f5r Northwest territory ard
.,,sv closing Of the Yukon by Ice.
=. ssyred the STEAMERS carrying the
- .,r,rs from Seattle after the gold
s1..usnr broke out. 20 tie up for the
-, ass. the mouth OF Muno3k creek.
-. -ns,s a, first cursed her luck il
-. Abe 10 reach Da gson before
! - haf they made the best OF IL by
-. n work where they we're and now
- Az, rejoicing al the accident which
= .aort their Journey
- uanaok which was discovered in
- se .qJId Nan Munook." after whom
.snssl. flows into the Yukon from
:. xx1,ssast. ninety miles above the
-sxss e tie Tanara. AMI rises In the
| 80 ,saga OF mountains as that river.
/ r. ascoysrer took GOO from a hoe
~, sest square and flfieefg feet deep.
.ssa Mr. need. who worked there IN the
s.uns, AZ 1881. cleaned up S2s.Do up to
ssasesb4r . John Hasgerty took s.. 100
: s.ss.ssn DAYS from a claim near the
j As.s a, Heosier creek. one Of the tribu-
,rs -Four men took OH; sSi2 In one
~ rim claim on Little Munook be
-. ,ssy had sunk to bedrock and two
.r nsx jssso from bedrock In thirteen
an
Few the Stampede Began.
rss> strikes were ample 10 start a
s.apeA especially In the infa AIMED con-
sst. a. the public mind last year When
I'd Woods steamer. the Seattle No. !,
! hi gsss few miles above the mouth OF
, 10 Tss,aa the ice became 30 thick that
| vas compelled 20 tie up and the PAS
s.zsrs VIE had been botnd for Dawson
'Ysgs.~i up the river To Rampant. the
fsw ass founded on the ramparts Of the
f.ksz rear the mouth OF the MunoGk.
Az saSi to mining. The steamers May
Esn aid Kettle II. went INTO winter
sss'4sfs a the same vicinity and thus
ssssssl ssaasei people were added 10 the
Ssw gaaa Among them were Gov. Me-
Gas nj about nifty Seattle men who
ss'e Gmas the first 10 GO north In the
sszns iss1. The town has grown
sgsEssy iNa II now has about go people
sd, t;efa a Importance ana central To-
eva he Alaskan part OF the Yukon
sszsg Iwsss destined 10. become the
sss' adr, Z !he interior OF Alaska. II
b ala &c stlgh plateau overlooking the
a's sas much more healthy than
avse. rsish IS or a damp stretch Of
ao..sa as3
Big Pay on Little Neaook.
Tss g!scEpal work done So far tn th's
6ssss 3 on Little Munook creek. one
q - gt5ataries q? Rig Munook. thG
A5ss'sak having been traced and partly
Ssss 70 on ten continuous Gains from
ss5sssy 10 NJ. above. inclusive lied
-.
issa'y-sx feet and tho pays,reak was
ssae . he eighteen feet wide and two
n, iAcs no gold being found IN the
a7i.f S't The gold ranges from ~ cents
= u Te pan end f. III size from grain
| saes, upwards. The largest nugget
q Al seghed slss several weighed over
30 sas - nuggets are said To be COM
@sl or No. 3 above, pans run from 20
sss 10 N.a, on No. p above, from 10
sSss to us, though occasional pans ran
6aes higher and one OF $50 was washed
~ FFera No, $. Two pans carried S. *
- ses & nugget was found. From sew
"a fairs two men have taken cut s. $50
Gay. Several sales fer xood sums
1'a eesh made one claim bringing $40
al another s3s.~n Work IS being
- * nsar.y al II the ;wenty-six
Na'as aeove No .. hut AZ last accounts
= ssssreak had not been struck. as
@as vas begun on the wrong side OF
- -sss
aass' creek IS longer stream. empty
= ss Big Murook three niles below
asnook. ard has 10 ella ms The
Fas PAS been defined on ;he dis
,4 lain and Yields from ~ cents 10
saA ahi gfeat ihlags ara expected
| US 4 Al the Claims on HaoSfsr Gold