The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-13
PEACE RIVER GOLD FIELDS.
The story Told by One Who Has WIS.,
tied Them and Returned


cry % god 81 TIE Klonaiks region there
Ezs revival Of Interest ia British Cosu-n-
piz Ef1i'isng territory. This country has Pre-
12eec he Eeiacx meta. since i1sg. and
kosgsz o the nI.nes have yielded rich r.
tuTns. especially 81 g2ssu4lle Forks Bar
ssFFilis tfae f-zFsboo GIstrscil and Manson
creek The Psrsnlp. Nation, OEnlnees.
Peaee aEs6 Findl&y rivers have beeEI pros-
ported Ezcre Cr Iess carefully f3r Z nun
Ter of years and =o.re gose has i,een found.
with The k3oFslxs discoveries there cane
i revival o. interest IA these reg s1g Many
pgo~i,ectofs have gone into this country
Fisoe lsss fall; especially favorable reEe~1s
have o@sr made % IRE richness q Peace,
F5n4iay and Nation rivers. TIE writer has
z.~ct th@ larger part u year ia tse
FIu9l&y -Peaes Eivsr 6lstrist arS hzs talked
VIII - g0o6 a1aay from the Ss:l2n and
one frare the Csllincz riVs~ country There
Is sol3 CD al these streams: Gle can End
gold On 2lus0ss Any creek. However the
cake4 truth Should 10 told oCneernIng taeas
regions They are n3t "kb5rs3. xas'' 81 any
zss1ss OF a. iAss. ;hsy have lsg ye; proven
themselves - Is. J. Ix meant tly tssis
;.L4' tFs Eai3 T. Tast cCareR - a. SKA goi4
sn9 tBe Fa4n ysel1 II ~; - H. found rezr
tbs ysrfaee. Al rfsT "9isKsosE- 70 far
.cgn@ have b--ef. deep digging IL faef.
sgiE.s Ct them HggUkt DIS very deep Judging
~ Usual Indications. TIE effort 70 Gege!o-
his country g esyEnE0e:19akIe. bat Ear
10 Ole ID 3BsFif@ 81 booming II as
ss2eF mans country. for 3, - Bot T. w.il
require capital ard e1p@rxsge machinery
- develop t14s MINES Tor TIE n1ast par
AZ lessE;. Nc oae iE liking CT goi8 IN pay
lng quantities - the 10 81 the rocker or
s.9icx 1cxeE. TIE ancgng made runs from
3 20 80 a 9aT. but very few i13ee9 are
tra&sng these wages Pocket" have
YIELDED fairly NICE !fttie SUNS bat these
49,
g:uxs luun:nsra1l@ th2t VII pay xeil II
works4 By machinery. 30 tsg 70 Tachty1-
cry 20 Ae used IN working thls elAss OF
mines iras been placed farther north than
BarksryI.l. No golG fnin@s c. any conse-
Q9@ncs have been heated farther ncrth
:han catibGo until one getz 20 the Nation
river. AID that Is awfully lGng E4y 10
haul r1s chinery: bess8es there Is 10 tran
cut over gh.c8 wagon can Ne taken
There - ;f2J to- pack animals shat "a
Used IN reaching TIE OTnIaesa GENTRY and
Tain lake .ni G.eno<a districts. /, ~
oncs appears eYi3.r: that & viii O. neces-
sary 70 pr5ytte means of carrying sup
plies machinery. etc. % these reg.o-s BE-
fore tFoss interested can hope for their
De- cl0VrDenf. A. the present 'iu1e & Is
very difficult - gst supplies u food ever
tn'o this country. While mary uS@ pa k
animals there are uary who prefer % g
81 10y boat. This has proven dangerous
ana & - almost Absolutely necessary -
hire Indian gos1es - pilot me boats Us The
rapid ana tre3cherogs Fraser river. There
= fu this river v~ry sgTorz under 7grrsrt
1n1 = = mans tJfy cEc~ goes DOWN Il =
never seen. The Fraser Eiver never gives
40 hfr dead" s. a r~cy*.b = that country
There are two rea @1rs Why steam boats
eennot ~ thgs river further ucrsS ;haa
Qg>~neIle sixty miles up tae r.yer Sc
t'5ttors cd caHyoe. the r.r.r ur.aIiy a
f~f IF T~%sz * 81 80