The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-03-28
MORE RICH STRIKES
Reported From the Klondike Gold
Fields.
A BIG RUSH TO TAKE UP CLAIMS.

A Thousa People at walsh Creek,
Though There Are But Five Hum
dredCIaims There-One Miner Claims
to Have Taken Out $50. 80 to the Pan
Seattle, Wash, March 2S.-One of the
biggest stampedes yet recorded in the
Klondike region, says a letter just re-
ceived from Skaguay, Alaska, was oc-
casioned on Feb. ~ by a very rich
strike on the divide between the Big
and Little Skookum. The strike was
made in Bench diggings on a high hog
back, 300 or 400 feet above the level
of the gulches. Pay dirt running from
81 to $35 to the pan was found.
Following the announcement of the
strike occurred a stampede from Daw-
son of immense proportions, and the
entire ridge was staked out in short
time.
This news was brought to Skaguay
by Mr.. A. Piche, official courier and
dispatch bearer for the Canadian gov
ernment Mr.. Piche says there was
great excitement at Dawson when he
left over the Skookum strike, and that
200 men were standing in line at the
recorders office to make a record of
their claims.
Mr. Piche also brings the news of
new strike on Lewis river, which is of
great Importance if it develops as Is
promised. on March man named
Connolly, while prospecting a small
pup leading off the leads, about rs
miles below Lake Lebarge, found pay
dirt which is big in promise. Piche
personally visited the claim and took
from 81 to SO from a single pan. The
discovery is about 80 miles up the
stream from the leads.
The latest reports from the Almon
river country are brought out by
Charles Fitzpatrick, who arrived at
Seattle from that district on Saturday
Fitzpatrick says the find on Walsh
creek is all that has been claimed for
1t, that he took from his own claim
$20.50 to the pan. He says there are
already about 1000 people at Walsh
Creek, which is 500 more than can Sc
cure claims on that particular stream
The creek Is not so miles in length, as
first reported. 1t will not measure over
25 miles. He says, however. that the
whole country in that locality is min
eral bearing, and that in his judgment
the next three months will see some
further remarkable strikes He says:
For instance, / think the south fork
of Big Salmon will turn out a paying
investment. 1t is about 125 miles from
Lewis river. Then there is the Lotto
creek, which has already shown up
favorably, running about rs cents to
the pan, and l could mention four or
five other creeks in the vicinity equally
good
What is regarded by many as an i'm
portant and rich gold strike has been
made in the immediate vicinity of
Skaguay. For some time past sys-
tematic prospecting has been carried
on the hills surrounding the Skaguay
trail, and at last it has been rewarded
Thomas II. Phipps and Ralph Smith
claim to have unearthed a lot of rich
quartz, bearing free milling gold The
location Is kept secret, but is described
by them as being within an hours
walk of the postoffice."
The value of the find cannot be de-
termined until returns from the assay
office at Juneau are made. The pros
pect bears every evidence of being more
than a surface cropping. Samples
picked at random were beaten up with
a hammer, and particles of yellow
metal washed from the dirt excite
much interest. The locators claim to
have abundant capital to develop the
mine, and say a bucket tramway will
solve the problem of getting out the
quartz.