The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-23

a'cn RESULTS expEcrEO.

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0KA0wAY. April ia.-Ths mining 81
ettemsut Ia the states and on the coast
g Alaska appears to be mere ripple to
that which IL prevailing Al and around
Dswsou. The latest and mast startiing
neus from tbs interior Ii that an enter
pe1sang individuI has obtainsd grant to
prospect the sireets Of Dawson. and II u
Aesly predicted that gold viii be found
IN paying quantities. Veteran miner@ now
that che subject h preached. declare that
the conditions and formation are perfect
for rfch piscer ground on the townsits
Of Dawson. Great excitement has been
cnused BY this new development. No ozas
blames the man who has obtained tha
grant, but al are kicking themselves that
they dA no< themselves think to Gle min
Ing ciAinss IN the town. There = scarcsly
doubt expressed that the result Of the
DsSapectfng Win be rich and valuable dis
covoSfss.
= stampede to Dominion and tn sribu-
laxies Was made between the 18th and 9th
q March. Thousands Of men and many
women joined In the stampede. and the
trail was crowded with people day and
night A the weather was mild there
Vas no suffering. When the Dominion
and IT. tributaries was filled up. the
crowd overnowed 70 Sulphur and Quarts
creeks.
stampede was also had 70 Seventy.
Nlls creek on the American side. Over
- men had left for that creek within
lsw days.
The greatest factor in creating the ex-
ettemsnt In Dawson has been the Noase
Csisto tsaand discovery. The bars Of the
YEkon river have been worked for years.
but mayer have the miners dreamed that
the Isiands would yield anything like the
fabulous pans which Crown Attorney
wade panncd out of the Swedes' claim.
Je every island on shs river II 10 be psos-
pecteA - now seems probable. there will
b room for thoussnds Of prospectors, and
there IL hardly limit to the amount of
gold which win be- taken out. All this
speculation and discussion Is setting tho
people OF the interior wild.
The names OF the lucky swedes who
discovered the gold ON the island Of Monte
csists are Hans Maabsnm and Frank
johnson Thirteen claims are all tina, the
island would hold Tho commissioner. In
shc absence Of any law regulating the size
~ claims on islands, ruled that the length
Of claims should be 90 feet. Crown At
tosney Wade. Capt. Bliss and Nine In
specsor Me0rewor each got claim on the
tiand. and the others were taken by the
0wsdcs and their frienda
4 quarts ledge OF rich mineral has been
discovered on the eIifr opposite the island
Of Monte crisic. Several claims have been
staked. The .edRs Is forty feet wide and
crops out, showing plainly from the river.
The quarts Is nearly decomposed. and tho
GOLD can be pounded out easily with a
mortar and pessle. Tho gold seems to be
ef tfss same character as ia placer, and
Il IL asserted by some that the elf is
crurnbiinx away and will In time have dis
intexrated and become like che placer
ground. News Of this ledge was brought
out by several kiendiksrs who have Just
arrived from the interior.
SkaSway IL now a mining camp. az vel,
~ q gateway city 10 the Yukon country.
Yesterday citizen, while digging a stump
out from In front Of his los on Seventh
avenue. discovered black sand. He ranned
out some Of the sand. and claims that he
Cot $1W TO the par He very quietly told
his friends. and they proved so numerous
thai they soon had the whole town en-
nf0ced IN their Placer ground. Early this
uaorntng they began 10 stake, and before
they Quit the entire tcwnslse and the
valley. from the water front to q point
mite above the town. was ssaked.
The cit!xens generally take tho affair as
huwe Joke. There Is another feature To-
which Is suggested Bernard Moore ard
the Canadian company which IL tryins 10
secure the title to the hand upon which
the town - situated will get . gieciaon
IN . few weeks from the recent trial az
eitka- Some assert that the mining
claims were staked and fled 10 secure the
V@*EcrSsest anu ute I'D tIA fatS IN tho
decisacn went against the citizens
Whether this Is 50 or not Il certatnIy Il
very generally credited on tas other
hand, very few believe that Moore vii,
win his suit and no ore IS worrying sert-
cuSiy over the result OF the trial There
n. too. an appeal 20 Washington. which
the loser In the lower court Wi, he Ser
tain 10 avail himself Of
Two railway Surveying parties are row
In this vicinity a. work. and IL Is believed
that IL will be a race between the two
companies back OF them to e., their re-
spective roads built firss. II has now been
prer,y definitely settled tina; the comnanv
which has the surveyors on the White
pass Or Sksgway route Is neither the Mac
kensis- Mann people nor the British Yukea
Company. The franchise % the latter
company has been purchased by the new
company. Sir Thomas Tancred has gone
10 Seattle, sn ccmpsny with Mr.. Bracket