The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-19
ANOTHER TREASURE SHIP BRINGS GOLD TO SEATTLE.

mountain side where wash gravel could
bs found IN greag quantities and Eaere
.'ooIors" or small pieces OF geld Developed
| n banning. Bat Ettie attention vas paid
20 rhese statements however. During the
winter ana no. until tie May SUI had
melted a portion ~ the STOW from the
hillside did any proxyec.or attempt 10 tnves
tigaIa me cisarActer Of tha formation /, -
doubtful whether any prospecting woold
haze been done even then had Dot the
winters sork on Little Manook guIcA
proven taat the creek vas rich only in
certain claims Although gold In small
quantities rad been found algaos; from the
beadwaters 10 The mouth OF the creek. vet
the only rich pay had been discovered from
cIaf-2 No , 10 No. ID above he discovery
claim ara :he TWO exceptionally rich claims
were : and :. From the northern hillside
% each Of these claims were two branch
streams or gu{caes entering the creek ba-
Iow. and II was al the head % ole o. these
tributaries where -. W. Ralnes AZ Old
Montana prospec,or. started wogS. In less
than week ne mad learned no< only
tina, ne was working in al old river bed
bu. that Il extended for some distance
along the mountain top and was rich n
gold.
The usual stampede followed ana In q
| very few days the Old channel. which could
! be clearly defined. was located and staked
| from far above Hoosier creek 10 where II
| was cut OF by the Yukon rlver. a distance
! - six miles. Over all the great stretch
/ OF mountain top gold can be found, but
! whether or not in paying deposits. is
/ matter which can only be determined after
| months OF hard labor and development and
| even then the disappointments will PROB
! ably be far more numerous than the sue
! cesses.
/ al the present time the claims AZ the
head OF the preciptous gulches Leading
don {rf p al M - ! 70
| where actual pay dirt" has been found.
/ Fay dirt is where the ground is sufficient
/ ~ rich 10 pay the wage scale OF the coun-
I try. which Is 81 per hour. On one OF those
/ claims. where water is carried IN buckets
/ from Little Manook. hundreds OF feet be-
low two men are working an old fashion
go rocker and clearing Sd a day each. The
gold is uniformly coarse and exceptionally
soft pure and free from gravel incrusta-
! tons and IS often found in small nuggets,
worth from g. To So Several leading min
/ ing men OF the camp have passed over the
/ ground and are unanimous in the
opinion that the find IS OF more than pass
/ ing importance. William A. Welch a WELL
/ known mining engineer who has inspected
almost all of the mining properties Of both
! North ana South America. has given the
/ subject some research in the interests OF
! the syndicate ne represents and III an in
I terview advanced the following story;
! The Big Manook basin is. geologically
| speaking. very new. having just emerged
| from the glacial epoch. None Of the older
/ rock is to be found in 1t in place. States
/ and porpnyry predominate and only in the
/ wash can pieces Of the older rock he found.
/ This basin was at one time a glacier chan
/ mel, all Of the ice scratches and visible er
/ raucs are between Pa ana 350 feet above
/ the present channel. The range OF mount
/ aims on the left or southwest side Of the
! basin shows many or these marks. while
/ the opposite side shows none ar all
The so-Valled range channel. the bed
J rock OF which shows on Hunter. Little
| M4nook and Hoosier creeks, is about $50
! feet above the Yukon, while on the banks
| % the Yukon IL is below the surface OF the
| river. The wash in this channel is from -
/ TO 600 feet deep. There are numbers Of
! very large bouiders. The streams which
/ crosscut this channel and fow into BIG
/ Manook nave all shown good prospects
and the gold In all OF them is very similar
/ and. in my opinion. has come from this
/ channel Whether this old channel was
! simply the terminal river OF the old Ma
nook glacier, whose length must have ex
] Cceded 1J0 miles. or the old channel OF the
! Yukon. which swept along the north and
/ northwestern base OF the Ratzei and Tar
/ ara mountains. is a matter FOR future in
| vcojigatIon. / have traced the channel
/ from the head Of Hoosicr creek 10 tho Yu-
| kon. a distance Of sixteen miles. and have
. seeu traces higher up the Big Manook but
I have not had an opportunity to investi-
) gate"
Samuel Hubbard jr., prominent mining
5nar Of the Pacific Slope and inter-moun-
tain country. and who Is chief assaycr and
expert for the North American Transport i
ton and Trading Company. sa!l: ina
range channel could he expected ~ any
competent mining NAN = such a country
as th,s ! consider Il one of the most I'M
portant gold discoveries that has ever leen
made not tx apuug thr kiondlke / have
traced The channel from the norm side
q Attlo Maoook 10 the Yukon river i $
taroe ~ about ten miles L emptled Into
TIE Yukon river about two miles above tie
moGth of the Bis Mluook. Tbe gravel ant
sit deposits II that point show a river
anywhere from ,So ana a half 10 four
miles wide. II IS now IN tn tops OF the
h..s with Inc bel rock exposed on the
SIDE II the gUieaes. Drifts eau t., run n
without: any difficulty and WHOM the ma "a
ny channe! IS struck It should be very
Il h.
"on tie breaks a Little Maa5ok. $40 TO-.
above The present g1il. il H'rgtrrs Is Nj
Eaires' discovery !r.ft- lie has taken at
Nh a ~ $500 from Wy small n. re
OF ground There was one nuero, % s. =
The So.d WI Qroha ly run over g.. 20 N.
eia.~ Fl. tff-'lon - This high channel
from iittla Nano1k -~eek Is stu! uroh,srr-
at'tal, tft there should ~ "a Difficulty IN
tracing & on the gh d.v.drs | rh-nk
+ Ia ~ unlikely that i may cross he
bad ~ Hess river and Beaver rock rra-s
3arr@ -r,sk ana $50 TIE source of -A. r:,A
deposits -here, and perhaps run to me
frflkf i'sf'f Tn" recently disc1vs -
uea-h '.-sue there lend nun p~ol.b.3l-
- % tAt- theory"