Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-03-18
MOTHER LODE FOUND
SOyRCE OF KLONDiKE RICHES SAID
TO BE LOCATED.

zDr. G. c. Savage and NJ. j. Mcneil Allege
.1,!st They Have Discovered the Virgin
Vein Which Many Have Searched For.
sLave Many Rich Claims Located.
The famous mother lode of the Alaskan
s4yoldields has been discovered, and the
s5ource from which all the auriferous de-
posts in the streams of Alaska and British
columbia. the fabulous virgin vein for
(which every old prospector has been search
ing. has been located in chain of foot
hills between the Ell Dorado and Bonanza
screcks.
The discoveries of this vein are NJ j.
Mcneil and DR.. G. G. Savage, who arc at
present in Kansas City, and who speak
very interestingly upon the subject These
TSwo mon have spent four years in the
British Northwest Territories, in the
neighborhood Of Circle City, Dawson City
and tho klontlike river, and Mr.. Mcneil,
-prio" to that time, Was prospector on the
,Fr:Scr river for ten years They located,
h''ring tho four years of their residence in
;t1n5 country, a great number of valuable
-p], err mines, but their ultimate object, of
(Which they never lost sight, was the loca-
zion OF the mother lode, from which all
Ghis disintea rated wealth flowed They
were at Forty Mile when the first rumors
Df the great riches of tho Klondike were
announced, and they went with the rush
and located claims on that tributary of the
great river. Not satisfied with their claims
On the klondike, they assembled Bonanza
areek, tributary Of the Klondike and
s6akcd out claims there from which they
cook out great many thousand dollars
worth of the yellow metal.
AT last, in prospecting in the foot hills
Oh one side Of Ell Dorado creek pay dirt
wns discovered, which assayed about $40
$50 the ton, and on going down farther, the
virgin vein, or mother lode, of untold
wealth, was located and this vein was
-5rar5d in a rough way from FL Dorado
creek to Bonanza creek, and farther on for
an indefinite distance. Claims were i'm
2nediately staked by Mcneil and Savage
and the neWS in 4 quiet way was impaired
80 the multl,ni!lionaire of Alaska, Aleck
mcdonald, and his advice as to the best
way OF working the rich discovery was
asked. IS. A. MulrOOney and DR.. P. D.
Carper, ono mining engineer and the
other prospector Of wide experience, were
taken in and a partnership was formed by
which the rich mother lode between Ell
Dorado creek and Bonanza creek was en-
.tire!y covered. This discovery has been
kept q secret until the present time, Mr..
Mcneil and DR.. Savage coming to the
United States for the purpose of obtaining
=machinery and facilities for reducing the
stl:lartZ after it is taken out.
It is the intention of the men who own
zbi,ose valuable claims. which comprise nine
"4uartZ claims lv;wcen Bonanza and FL
Dorado creek, three more quartz claims on
the south side Of Ell Dorado creek, six
placer claims on Henderson creek, and six
placer claims on Reindeer creek, to incor-
I!u!:to y company with small capitalism
Sion to work and develop the riches of
'+he:o holdings. From one Of the claims
&On Reindeer creek $4,000 was taken out
10! ten square feet of ground. On Ell Do
no creek No. I claim took out last year
1870, 600 From another placer claim on
SoEookum gulch, a tributary of Bonanza
creek, S2OS, 600 was taken last year. In
fact, the entire vicinity is nothing but gold,
AND only awaits proper facilities to make
&c Ito 'Vcalthiest mining region in the
world
When Mr.. AIcNcil was asked the ques-
Son. Why does not Mr.. Mcdonald, the
Alaskan millionaire, furnish the means
1or developing these riches?' the answer
game; "Well, it is just this way Every
man THAT hiss any money in that country
Immediately puts it into claims. It is A.
natt'r OF after impossibility to buy any
<olal:'s that are worth anything, and these
eoial!.iH that We own are not for sale under
Any consideration. 1t is our desire to form
fi otoc'; company here in this city and to
S;lEltillze it at a very low amount, Just
sssl1NclHHt to obtain the smelters and crush
eng n:achlnes necessary to develop our rich
properties there. We do not want a sur
Plus OF money, nor do we desire to water
'our stock or anything Of that Sort for we
rea!!1:c mat we have very rich possessions,
and the lower our capitalization the more
profit will accrue to each member of the
company"
DR.. Savage, who is with Mr.. Mcneil,
was until four years ago, a prominent
resident of Fort Smith, Ark, and it was
at his desire that the venture was made in
this city. The two men bring with them
samples of gold dust and nuggets that are
very Interesting to the uninitiated. A small
handful of dust was put in tho hands of a
Kansas City Times representative, and
upon inquiry he was informed it was worth
about 5000 or 1000. A number of mug
gets varying in size from the dimensions
OF q hickory nut to that of a good sized
pear were also shown, the greater number
OF these being virginia. gold, few Of them
being mixed in the quartz of the famous
mother lode. One nugget, about an inch
In length and half that in thickness, had
been assayed at S69.4O. The two men have
with them several thousand dollars worth
of gold in dust and nuggets and these may
be seen at any time by interested parties
at their quarters at the Hotel Savoy. The
claims, placer and quartz, have been tied
up in every possible legal way, for which
the men have documents to show. The
stock company will be formed as soon as
pract icaDie, and Messrs. O'Neil and Saw
age expect to leave by the 1st of June with
a full equipment, both of machinery and
provisions, for the mother lode on Bonanza
.0reek.
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