The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-04
HUNTING MEN LOCATIONS.
From September II to the Iosh There
Were Five Hundred Claims He-
e0rdea and One thousand More
Were nm FtI~-Sotable Saies-

HE season EsDE6G< g8sf& ea% 'SAFtf tN+A
many OF these rs hays heated e.aafEss.
10 Iargsgr being Under the necessity OK
holding t1em down or working tnssa
until JsEe / nszf. left for their homes
Ius there are Still four 90 EFe h1E1Fso
people here ia=Ey hunting neE boaAtiehs,
ard there ars probably 10 c4a4fls on WHICH
work viii 10 continued long as ne
weather will permit. Since ny last WIN"
Gag the activity ia eating asg dase1s-
cries has teen immense. During the .ast
three Gays over - claims wsrs Eeeofdsa,
and there arc thousand mere Of. lie
that there gas not tlfae or Lack q official
forms for reeDrd.ng. TIE number of new
discoveries. and the number OF iooatiosas
on them 10 briefly tod ia tbs following APP
pfoxifaata ass Of tue claims recorded:
Pine creek. ~, spruce creek I'D BlrGh
creek, I51; Agsket creek. i!s, RUBY creek.
81, Wright eFesx, <To Otter creek. ss,;
Diekerssn creek 10, Feather eFsek, 10;
Slate cfses. 10; Boaauza gnieh. p. Rose
creek, ~, Sseysndyks. ~, Daxe5. 30.
The number of bench claims on Pine
vii! run over i.tsa on Spruce probably 20,
On Birch aud Musket very feH. but, tax
ing them altogether the benches on the
several creeks wiIi ogtuumssF III the ag-
ETsgats the creek claims.
Many came here already supplied with
miners licenses about 100 bought them a;
Bennett and l.Sa we're ISSUED here.
In addition 10 the above, ssVsnfy-fse
quartz claims have fean located, Of when
probably ona-half will next spring prove
upcn development TO be valuable mines
Two ledges OF galena are apparently very
ricn. ard they fan from four % nfteen
also been located by men OK experience.
VITO see In the naar future large hydraulic
Sle,auons on these Yast glacial sfasei
and electric light supply for The. four
towns that have been located and plated
An Essimsat~ of the output.
What the total output is FOR tae few
weeks from discovery to the close Of the
season. IL IL aimos, impossible 10 approx
mate. Comparatively little development
work La fact has been dona untii very
recently. ard for two reasons. The first
one, as stated before. II owing 10 the FIRST
loeators having recorded 80 feet Ia the
belief that The disginss were In North
law of British Columbia man may stake
one creek claim and one bench claim
every strean in tie territory. aud men
have put their minds and physical endur-
ance TO the accumulation OF more claims
FATHER than 80 the development of those
they already had. Most of the men who
nave hustled have at least half "a dozen
Claims. some have many more. and there
are few indeed. II any. who nave not sac-
cssded In obtaining couple
That this Is poor mans country every
thing goes 20 prove II Is easy Of az
cess. and therefore provisions will be
Reasonable In price. TIE country is easy
most OF Il being small gravel or deeom-
posed rock Already capital Is begin
ming 10 poke up rs head and obtain OPP
tons OF groups of claims. and several
claims have been sold outright. This Is
bow the poor man Is aided Ar the low
price at which INFESTED claims nov
quoted he gets enough for one to provide
capital for working another and when
capital comes in there VIII be ''lays'' 10
work. and work viii be at s. To 81 a
day, IL the prevailing rate OF wages Is
One notable sale was made some ten
days ago, when Bert Farrar, OF Saag-
Ina. fsst-F lat, 81
Jack Sheppard. blacksmith. Of Skagway.
1or $3.50. Sheppard was the first after
diseovery; TO get bis slnics boxes in opera
tion, and Ii IL said that up 10 the time
OF the sale he had taken out about S. 600.
lie stated that his object in selling was
20 obtain capital to work two other claims
he owns but the good prices offered for
these led him 20 sell them also,
Near his claim on Pine are several men
stu working who are daing, we'll. par
With two men digging and carrying down
The gravel In sacks ard one man washing
sre turning out from $50 10 500 day.
I've that have put In cautes 10 carry tue
sIavei down are doing much better than
Men with pans only have been able to
get out from one to three ouncs. a day
aud several have paia the cost OF putting
In siuics boxes from the dust obtained
with pan. With many Of these In
poor mans country:
Three hay. without Food.
The lucky discoyersr on Wright creek
was H. O. Eiankinsaip. III stockton, aud
the brothers We.eh at San Luis ohispe
Blankinship had a pretty hard struggis. 10
Set here lie tried 20 get IN 10 the Klon-
dixie by way or yesln lake and failed;
then went to skagway. Bought two horses
and on June 10 seE out Ter this part " the
country 70 prospsot threash it. oae
away. lie VAS wrecked two OF thgee
Lines en- the creeks and lakes between
Eennsti and TskU arm. bat aanaped 10
reach Tagish. and frptsi there returned
once more TO sksgway. Hearing az the
.Ashn strike, he again started out. and
Handed here on August iH with a modest
enppiy OF provisions anG tso bits. repre-
ssntinE MS cash capital Last night be
came in from Wright creek with abaut
Wv IN dust snd nugsets Among the lst-
t-s.ta, s-a.;S and So so T. addition 10 Ms
share IN discovery on WrigAt VIA shc
two Welea ttotaecs. lhs taFee have four
eh Spruce and seven 90 EsEss creek. AMI
Joseph WEIGH has also located a ledge ~
CLAY quarts crossing discovery GA Wrish1.
Three n,en reached here on the fsth Mo
had been faF three DAYS wttauu; fl..A
They are y Hughes, q. II Pitcher ana
q II ieASs, q paftx IF ave wno were
hers heiag I<achaFa l. Kaa! aaa rr "
~ Afnsio@ They hATe a very good ats.-
~. with seTeral Homes aui have care
FUZZY prospeetH3 the rctshh..Ft.so,i uf Tes-
the WORKING They heard az ihs Attsa
strike. and sae ,hr@e nsen tg~t mentioned
started Out TheF were toit that * was
oniy six dsys' toar7ey ~ tac Taku Aua
Silver Salmon sta;. ana therefore earned
only about eight days aFuSs Hut Il t5ok
ITEM twelve dave - g@s Aese.
Mr.. ITAssT. the proprietor us the HeteI
f'Fsskta, a1aea9 AID Mr. Jones' - sse
abstract cffice, travelled bore frafn .iunesn
by way 81 IaAu fa'tt ana fresn SltycF
Salmon stT.aing sosuss for t.scoNa~. an
fthe creek u seos thcm about yer &aAv
- make the i0Heuey. These ge-tt f,'.sr
WI aS22se the making ~ a ka-,i fs-s /
over thss route, in order to have 1rlss-ts4
r9ale the starting point fer tha nrs .ttA~
lfass- II is pf0isatle thar r7auy naftzts
VII cCFec - tfs.7 @ay OVER -an S4aN
4tsAr tNty bis fair - haNe q ras.ast sag.--
ceS%fUI Writer hatD. AsnN ilsx hsgAe hsts4
selected. SWn rr iaFts @fee hs&iiitlsAs -
Eat1$ ~, @E& ~ vast AiTsat1ut az esst.-
plies Is coming ;0 ctee Ghe SNOW s&i7
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