The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06
/ NOVEL ALASKA SCHEME.
Fifty Prospectors to Seek Gold on
the Alaska Coast.
WILL START FROM HERE APRIL !.
Claim That I'm Many Places Rich
Lodges Of Milling Rock Run 10
the Edge Of salt Wafer-Expeef
10 Discover Other Treadwetis-
thusiastfc Words Of Their Leader

thusiastfc Words Of Their Leaaes
Perhaps ofe Of fhe most novel Alaska
prospecting schemes Of this year Of novel
Ties Ia that ans IL that jus. originated by
some Seattle msn-nearIy all good things
start from Seattle. These men are going
20 leave here the list OF April in a we'll
equipped sailing vessel for Southeastern
Alaska. There they start On = six-months
running into all the iniets and bays where
the outlook seems good, landing parties
here and there, coming back and picking
them up in a weak or two, and then go
ing on to some other point-~unless. Of
course. they find enough Of what they are
looking for In some one particular place.
There will BE- ;ifty prospsetors in the par
ty and IL Is figured thai the trip will cost
each on. of them 500 for the entire Fix
monfha.
The expedition. under the name o. the
Alaska Coast Exploration Company, viii
be under the direction Of X. G. Temple
man, a prospector who for twenty years
has carried his pick along the mountain
ranges Of the Coast. and the MaeDougali-
soufhwiek Company. of this city. who
have for several months been running a
line OF trading vessels 10 The Cook Inlet
country are interested ia the enterprise.
why should man think it necessary
TO endure all the hardships % the trip
over she PASSES into the klesdikc coun-
try and the life inside to obtain gold
said Mr.. Templeman yesterday. at IL
fact already proved that there h gold
all along the coast OF Alaska. and ia
many places the rich hedges Of milling
rock run right Down to the edge Of stlt
water. The mines so far discovered are
generally Iow-gSade quartz. though high
grade ore Il frequently found. AID the
ore Is free milling. SO that the gold can
be easily ard chearly saved.
simply aa Extension.
This mineral belt Is simply an extension
northwsrd of the great mineral belt
which extends north and south through
the American continent. II Is part Of the
same belt as the mother iode OF Caiifor-
MIA. which caused the great stampede OF
1sta and which is Ktili pouring millions OF
dollars worth of gold into tie msnss. ON
the same belt are the placer and quartz
mines OF southern and Eastern Oregon.
the great bodies OF free milling and SUI
Gold ranges OF mountains Ia Washington.
thu rich gold mines OF Trail creek. the
slayer-iead mines CT Siocans the copper
ard gold mines OF the coast OF british Co
iumba. which are Just beginning 10 al
tract notice. ana the famous gold fields
of Fraser river. Carload and Cassiar.
Richly yeined with mineral of every vafl-
ETY.. II extends from the tropics of Gene
trail America 90 the frozen regions Of the
h. afasrx4riaa af
the last Atty years. including those OF ths
Klondke. have been made along this lire.
aud 10 has recently been found TO extend
10 kcizebue sound. one u the main arms
Of Boring sea.
Look a; the Treadwelt Every body
knows Of shis great mine, Low grade. TO
be sure. bnt the ore II found In such guam
titles and can be mined so cheaply that
the company operating II has paid s40s0.-
Cue Ia dividends out 81 Seoa.e8 produced.
The Treadsell IS anly the greatest Of the
many good mines already producing gold.
For a distance of sixty miles north and
south OF Juneau "A wide belt Of states runs
northwest ard southeast. In these states
are erupiiye dlkes al parphyry ami green
stone. between which and the states are
contact veins Of quartz carrying free gold
and iron xuiphurets. II II IN this belt
that the principal mines have been discev-
cred
During the last two or three years this
belt OF slatss has been proved - extend
suuthwarG. where ore has heen discovered
carrying free sold with oecs sionA cop
per or silver. The Lodges crop out or che
waters edge along the numerous infefs
which indens the Coast aud the discover
les arc Frequently made from boats. One
of the richest discoveries IS on the Glove
hand peninsula, where a number of hedges
.af ts4kff
ranging fram c0lors 10 HuNges~ the size
Of peas. On Gravina island active dgVes-
enuaent has begun on q numtsr Of ledge
some Of whsch are rich Ia silver as well
as gold and copper on Tongass narrows.
further north hedges az quartz g. frying
free gold oatcrop at the lfeF's edge On
Georges Inlet ~ a group og twenty claims
On great deposit 81 soa-hearins orr
Rich prospects have been discovered eu
Therne arm. az Beca dc QGaara. on the
Hidden intets ef sspe Fox on Mary
island. Cat island ard Prince of Wales
island aua on Pert HouEhton. Montana
creek Halkhaua boy aBa Snetlsham hav.
The general average - the ore ia that hait
ranges frern SO IA sst ;aeueh & Is fire.
currently found mitch richer On Annette
island are a unuleg of le'sses ano mineral
having heem 8iscoNeEsa IN at least seven
ty~flve different places.
Great Prospects.
Eyes SIR. theTc are great prospects on
the Aiaska coast FTam Junvaa the ves-
sel viii take its PARTY - adventures 30
Prince William sound into xhieh flows
Copper river frofu A iaad of mysterious
wealth. ssrospegterS have gene up ghsR
stream ard fcund tire hErs toward he
hssdw atsrS 20 Dc richly lasiea ~.th gals;.
white the raESed glavter~r sNea stanuf a 1Ns
through whlsh Il HoN-s are masses ~ sa5a
and copper ere The great keFsi Fengn-
ssais. whtch divides trtNoo William sound
srenl Ccek feias ca tlas west. Rhsun8s IS
similar mineral
Nc district IN the work. combines iAe
same advantage for rvuspecting ARA rFin-
trs YsssSensesl ~ the Coast belt which viii
he ssrtavce by sag party. continued Mt
Temple nan. We car ride over the sat-
sfeees - ths usany era rutss and ialets
ana study freni bat tae face 90 the
mountains spread Hke Il panorama en
beth ss1es. The mineral efzsu crops aaf
rsxht ~ tse waters edge, s4sa ere rarely
ns*sfS % - Svyeaf fhH sfgrayat ef the
SrSt saeNntaEa ridge k3 orsisr ~ strike r
srsxsA FxSssssszssE 4'8ess.sr stssssuvefs