The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-23
Gossip and Stories About Men Who Have
Made Big Fortunes Inn Gold

nySsH. Jar. 81 bed szs.eao worth
- sid In my two hands to-day. IL
aHIcouiG lift. ard when I dropped
- "a the foor II felf with a Lead
-. .ssz The gold wss In the shape Of
- .e<t<s OF about TIE size Of the red
go ss5s ussd I'm building. IL was a
80. q .ne bullion III the vauit og the
sns~. " az Denver. and Il formed about
80 - OF the gold which the mint now
o. = bard. One Of these gold bricks
rs Il light yellow. Col. Pickett. the
,hief 4 the mint. said that Il had Some
styverNst. Another was darker IN shade.
and ~ was told was gold gotten out
81 re ww process OF gold reduction. and
,be ksd was Follower than any golden
eagtA X was almost entirely pure. and
uil. ssrz 10 be much alleged before Ii can
be ts<for coinage.
ssssendo's BiR Gold Production.
cossfseo II now producing more gold
.han orr. The excitement about the
Eics c:sf has turned the eyes of the peo-
ne sos3rJ Alaska. but fhe miners out
here 81 digging away ard saving MOTH
.rg. n officials Of the n.snt tell ME that
,bey - receiving more af the precious
ueislst aan at any firne in the history az
me MI. Mr.. David MofFas, the snining
king 20 has now. II IS said. bigger IN
rome d month from his gold interests
Than Resident Mckinley gets IN Il year
zYum qicie Sam. estimates that Colorado
has p4duced something ike 100000 in
god z&nonth- The big mines there show
no 80 of giving cut. and new ones have
beea 4ened- The big Cripple creek mines
aYs Stated on a business basis They
are E economically managed az the de-
part4nt stores and as systematically
NwA as are great manufacturing Insti-
1rss. The old gold camps are being re-
pmecsed and nsw discoveries are be-
t1ade. Said Mr.. Mofgaf TO me:
fhsnk the people are making a mis-
Il In rushing 10 the kios3dike We
h kiondlkc here In the Rockies,
VI viii ray better than that Of Alas
/ There ars plenty of chances for
syg men cut here Only the smallest
sof Colorado has been prospected. and
= are gold fields in all parts OF the
kies which Will pay for invest igatl8n
or me. Colorado Ia good enough and
n't care To go 10 any land where IL IL
tre three-feurths OF the year AMI
r. you can't SET much to eat during
Remainder"
etor Jones. nj Nevada, on Geld
Mining.
tatnrs Jobu +. JoTres. the mining MIL
3Ire Of Nevada. does not agree with
khoffatS as TO the KfeHdshe. Jones is,
know. one Of the most famous miners
he world. and has made a half dozen
fortunes out OF gold and silver ore
as during Il ride willis him in Sleep
Ear the other day that | asked him
opinion Of the Klondike. He replied
Rio gold discoveries of Alaska are the
wonderful that have ever been made.
discoveries OF Australia and caiifar-
Ewere nothing TO them When | was
ssfd r aftt osst 10.
lied In al placer mining and from that
y 10 this have iseea more or less inter-
ID in mines. went 10 California I'm
and was there during the early gold
eiteruent. The country was filed M
Din a very short time and you wouif
a scare of miners during "A half days
Feh. no matter In what part of the
9lntains you vert IN prospect. The news
Successes spread very fast. and the man
DO had made a find Of t5Mlo in placer
elng was known everywhere. There
Ore thousands and tens of thousands
1Hing. and the discoveries we're com
nratYe'v few. Up !fs Alaska there are
Hy A few thousand men at work and
- can labor only a small part OF tho
Har. Still they are turning out enormous
oniofn'S IF gold know of dozens of
M who have made fortunes. and 1 judge
hat the amour, of gold there mlst be be-
yend conception enormous. I shalt not be
surpTised II $50 Gee coo worth % gold Is
saken ont ~ the Tsiondike ncst year
There will be rlufo than leo COO men there
hy the middle Of the SIMMER. and there
Is plenty OF roors for all"
How Glaciers Grind Out Gold.
Do You think the discoveries viii be
confined 10 The kiondike9'' I asked
No. Indeed was the reply. Il believe