The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-20

a good camp at the mouth of the river
within two years.
American creek, 40 miles down from
Forty Mile, is known to be good; the ground
Is high and well laid out. Pans are taken
running from cents to S. The Mission
creek district has three formations-placer
quartz and coal. At its mouth Is Eagle
City, in which will be established the
United States barracks and the customs
house.
Twenty miles below Eagle City Is Star
City, guarding the mouth of Seventy Mile
river. Tributaries of this river have been
worked for many years. On Barney creek
from to ounces per day to the shovel
have been taken for the last three years.
The other tributaries are as good as Bar
ney, but It is only now, when people are
spreading out that much work will be
done. Numbers of men are now at Star
Nty, getting their outfits up to the mines
From Seventy Mile to Circle City is being
prospected, and creeks are found here and
there which give good indications.
New Diggings
Coal and Sheep creeks promise especially
we'll, and so also does the Charley river
\lTCl6 lily HAS OCCI PioStASoAy NSSSAeSN
since the rush to Dawson, but the riches Of
Mastadon, Independence, Eagle, Deadwood
and a dozen lesser gulches In the Birch
creek district will revive the town. mod
crate fortune can be made in that district
in two years of hard work. Miners are re-
turning to Birch creek from Dawson. They
appreciate a district In which there is nc
royalty, no wood and log tax and no timber
grants. Across from Circle City Is Jeffer.
son creek, which is now being prospected
for its whole length. 1t will be cheaply
worked because Of being SO readily acces-
sible from the Yukon river. Further down
is the M!nook creek district, which has been
so thoroughly advertised this year. It has
developed some claims which have paid
s25 900 and $fb 900 the first winters work
Tho country is to a great extent an I'M
known quantity. The discovery Of Idaho
bar. from which men have taken out 500 q
day with a rocker, is a great boon for the
district. and the prospects of the camp are
extremely bright.
A Rich Country
A great country will be opened up in the
Koyukuk. It has been known to miners for
ten years. and any prospsctor who went in
there has never failed to bring out good
grub stake. Tho territory to be worked is
of vast extent and offers many opportunl-
ties to the newcomer. The Tanana. Kusko-
auoim and Chandler rivers have all been
brought prominently to the notice Of min
ling men this year. All things considered
the American side will seem to be the place
Of the future. As for Dawson City itself
is unouestion ably the greatest mining camp
today in the world.
Frank Canton, United States deputy mar
shall in Circle City, and in former years ar
officer Of the peace in many Of the largest
camps Of the west, has said that nothing
he has ever seen approached Dawson as a
model mining camp. Accustomed as he has
been to dealing with the roughtest class OF
criminals. his commentator Of Dawson
as law-abidins town has great weight.
|, An Exodus This Fall
The sidewalks are crowded with men and
women from morning to night. People are
even forced to walk in the middle Of the
streets to make progress. 1t is a great
tumble of the good and the bad, and the
only pledge of respectability required Is
regular attendance at church. Dawson's
population has grown until It is now be-
tween 5000 and 10000 people. Nine-tenths OF
the newcomers are not in the country to
work, and when they ind that success in
the KlondAke can only be bought by hard
labor. they will be ready to come out.
A great exodus Of unsuccessful men viii