The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-23
\ elD ON THE HASst.
kx WEARY WAxDEREn1
>~rnx WITHOUT xCGGETx
Of the Bridges Paxty That
~~.6 - Portland Caaas Say They
800 raksa-A Seattle Man Tells
- ss9ry Of Their HarashtDs.

sr<As.en mgr with ragged cs1tting and
~rv fssss. reached the city yesterday
.&.,sSxsc having sgvens three EsonsEas Oh a
- tasn useless chase after some fLke
80 az the saasa river. They arg Dr.
.e.rcs Of a parry os sixsy-three ness.
-.,ssa;<d together By William Bridges
. - use McKgicheou and taken 10 the
..,r,ana cana, or the sse<mer Discovery
= April TIE unfortunate miners butt
I s..xr<ds Of miles Of trail and prosDected
=. eseasn after another. but return with
: s.nsle nugges 10 show for their Labor
~ d ssem ssllE remain On ore az the
~,,as trying 10 ark shaft = ted rack
.A~rs they hope 10 ind god One OF the
-. Ness Johnson, Q. Pennsylvania. was
xusrSd In American creek On June o.
- che seeuas 10 know where Ing leader
~ E..sated expedition has gone 10. He
- thrs~n oar 90 camp with hiz partner.
rsKasrAeni, ard giveG enough food TO get
a~ew 70 The canal Then ne came In with
..eeher rarty. bus vas so0n ordered by
an TO leave the country for alleged
xaesis dealing.
TX Peterson. well known In Seattle.
=. one Of the Earn whom Bridges con-
vss<tt that golden wealth would result from
! no 70 the Sasse river. Ee was seen
v~eefday By a rost-Iaieiligencer reporter
- tod tiss story OF ts,e.F Ia rdsaliys as
hfoxs:
Ynl Of golden expectation We LETT Seat
Il Apf,i % Or the steanaar Discovery for
nefand canal, There wers six,y~tasse %
= heludisg the guides ans; ilrsfigstars os
- expedition. william Bridges and Mae
nsKutebeon. Bridges told TIE golden
nesy mat started as north. He had pros
pec,sd On the Moss river ana owned five
dams there. From these pans could he
txhen yielding from : to n centa In goid
I'd sose as high as NJ cents. lie showed
sc nagget which ha claimed 10 have
nasn from one OF the claims.
We were landed at the head Of aav!ga-
n on Portland canal on April 4. For two
uxks We waited in camp On account OF
- deep snow and high water. Bridges
I'd claimed there was tran from the
anal 10 the Nasse river over which we
ssald drive our pack horses. We found TO
sa;l ai all and after abandoning the horses
1sassd TO cut a man sTaj' II vas A9
pEts from the canal To til. Nasse river.
~ trail aas Gu; Ia ncrthaa steriy direc.
ues. For part Of the distance IL followed
ae Bear river. We prospected bars on the
~ river. American and Bitter creeks.
III found nothing. AZ Bitter creek
k1dges refused 10 go further claiming that
aee was danger from s.iics In crossing
IL glacier beyond Tne erty went into
any and sent a few meu through To the
xa1ss river, They gof back In safety ard
noutsd that We could get through.
Maxes still refused 10 lead the party ard
~ ordered him out OF camp. Ne gave
he pair enough provisions to last them
hfA 10 the canal and they started OUT
After mat we pushed on IA the Nasse
rsss prospecting the Salmon river on the
way We cut trail 100 miles MP the Nasse
rupecting all the good bars as We veal.
b vas hard work, but we were bound 10
ssd those mines. With some other mem
m Of the party ] went back 10 Bsar
sssk where we had cached supplies. There
" net Bridges leading new party tn
m now gold fields which he claimed 10
Nm found We told them our experience
~ him. but they s.ili pushed on. After
~ weeks they came back having failed
hAnd anything. Again Bridges Was driven
IN camp In disgrace.
After going back To the Nasse river and
tf4 come more hard work the truth that
~ had been hunkoed dawncd on us.
Afiges never had a mine on The Sasse riv
md Was afraid TO go any further with
all wa had been able IA lay our hands on
"a Just then IL might have been his last
egnko game.
Most Of the men are now working their
su back either over the route We made
~ way In over or down the Ma river
= he mouth. I came back over the Port
sss canal trail. AZ Bitter creek fifteen
sen e. our party remained behind ~ sick
ssafs 10 he'd rock. They had found col
- and hoped ~ strike IL OF bel rock, but
Sat think much ~ their chance.
TIE only death an the "trip Mas ;Ea
srssnlns Of Nels Johnson. We were build
A bridge scrozs American creek on
Nas 0. The stream Is very sxift a0t he
Esg;si TO wade across. Tie g0t into u
ssk hole and the current kept hius Under.
NE body was rot recovered. lie cams
hcm pens,SSfse,segs