The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-06

country near, Circle City. and American
creek. near the now new town Of Eagle
CITY. me into prominence Then came
The famous klondke strike. ard al other
districts We're abandoned and practically
remained so until October a year ago
when rich strike was reported from
Chicken tars creek q tributary ,oa OF the south
of FortyMile creek.
Claims Relocated.
Miners drifvd down from Dawson and
soon all abandoned claims on Chicken creek
were relocated. After the trail over the ice
was IN condition TO travel there was
continuous stampede from Dawson TO the
abandoned creeks on the American SIDE.
including Forty-Mile and It's many tribu-
iaries, Mission creek and all its tributaries,
and seventy Mile and It's tributaries. The
toWnsite OF Star City was laid out at the
mouth OF Mission. which by September
was town Of leo to 1900 inhabitants.
The creeks the American side are
mostly shallow or summer dlgglngs, SUIT
able for ground slnicing or hydraulic work.
and can be worked much cheaper than deep
dgglnss where the ground has to be
burned and hoisted with bucket and wind
lass.
ON many Of these creeks the gold Is
found distributed throughout the ground,
and not OF bedrock Only. as is the case IN
The deep dsgings in the klondike district
All prospect work can be done 10 better adj
vantage IN the winter. when the ground is
frozen to bedrock. than in the summer
when water il liable 10 driv. out the pros
ps,c'or owirg 10 the grea; scarcity OF pro
visions tut little work was done on any Of
these creeks last winter.
Discovery claim on Walkers fork.
owned by the Price brothers. was prospect
ed last winter by sinking holes To bedrock
at intervals across he creek Bedrock was
found at a depth Of six 10 eight feet. and a
nay streak was located 40 feet wide on
bedrock from one Ia two feet thick This
ground would xe from cents to % cents
20 the pan. They were working This claim
II August and taking out from one 10 three
claim or the creek beng worked; othera are
being prospece cd and better pay reported
on claims six and eight miles below dts
c0yery.
Two Ounces Per Man.
This creek IS seventyfive or eighty
miles long, WIKI many tributaries. Poker
ana Davis. entering near Discovery werg
belng worked when the klonGike was
struck. and during the past summer sev-
eTal claims have been worked agan uro-
duclng from one 20 two ounces per man.
ground sluioing. Oiher tributaries are
Cherty. b'g akookum. Twelve Mile. Llber-
~ Mckinney. " AGe. etc. All have been
found SO i bearing. Tn size of claims On
Tie American SIDE is twenty acres. lsaix
80 feel. "aeTc local regulations have not
restricted the SIZE az Gains on Walkers
Fork claims are CO.. fee instead q r83
Miners on eaea Geek, If they 80 1esr re,
tan oTeanl@e ana pass ia~s-no; In oonniet
H5tA the = I'D states IaNS-.oSersfrs >
iaetr avn district TaiS privilege is being
abused ana = causing much annot ance. 4
United states commlssl9SeT e. recorder
@ecuid sc 9ppo nte8. Woo you'd have. So
gstylst9n over al me .ocal t!sstrtcts, ahere
t'TofdelT ara otg.n elected wholly urar :5r
ihs 20 l:eas TIN present arraugerrle rs
""rs sufficient ~aen h.t faw miners
~t.e ~ ihAj vast country. tut ROW they
HtNe boone too numerous aad Tire IRON
cry too VA-"stie 30 have records or t.,les.
el% rs a-$ tc0sr manner. This Forfy-A ME-
atAN@efs z az empire ~ extent Almost
as Srsat : seventy -M!le and SIS tributaries