The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-16

also staked one for Anthony kengyel "a
Juneau. a Hungarian noDleI1dA $500 -,
1v from Iucerne, Switzerland, VINO mas
cDiclsIv become noted here for his aoll-
itysto mix and drink whisky punches -
three languages and carry on coLVeL-
sation in fourth. Mr.. hensyel W 90
in the lapel of his vest an :. eIi IAN ~
button containing the figure IL nol raao
fragrance of sweet clover ledVSe, P Pr
senfed to him in Budapest by the
Countess Wishkowski as tansnlan1 , %
good fortune while seeking A!dshdLt
golden fleece. In passing 1t mlgnt hot
be amiss to make the list OF nopLei.lell
complete. There is another CO
French. Fortune has had for him. 30
far, only marble heart. He is max
ing both ends meet by selling pop from
a wheelbarrow for local sulpnuIiC
acid battery. I took picture OIL tn,o
gentleman the other day, as IN an luIe
and unguarded moment ne was lo ~ .
ing a hose into the yawning Jaws OF q
pet bulldog which was trying 10 pIte
the stream of water. Such is life in the
far North. r,.or
The country up the Nasutlin River,
around Quiet Lake and the heaoWdteds
of the Big Salmon, it is said, was neEea
entered by white men before, anu 10
mineral possibilities are WhoiIy IL
known. Reisch says that the discovery
of gold is on small tributary ma ma
comes into the Big Salmon River hI ,
it's head, and not far from the SInaIIer
of the two lakes composing its head
waters. That gold was found SO carry,
though not easily, as the region was
reached with only the hardest klHu u
physical effort and many oiScoIhI99A %,
is looked upon a favorable sign dIIu
promising still more for that uneXpIoreo
interior. IL,
This morning the Alaska Commercial
Company's steamer Dora, Captain
Johensen, came in from valdez, CoPPeI
City, Cooks Inlet, Kadiak ana otneI
eighty passengers. Among them 10
Robert Nicholson, who has been MINING
in the Cooks Inlet country ABOUT elShI
years. He and associates call thehi-
selves the Polly Mining Company Inns
company has one, If not the best. OF the
very few good placer claims in the Six
Mile District. They were emparrasseu
by high water all season, all mining
operations being retarded by tne IN
usual floods. On September D lasI the
Polly Mining Company uatn saason
swept away, and the working season
shortened about a month on that ac
count Nevertheless, 1t is reporIeu IhdI
the seasons cleanup for this company
is close around $4,000. 1t VIII cosC
over $4,000 to renew the dam. Men IN
the other company working in that sec
ton disagreed during the season Iney
are from Fresno, Cal A man named
Ducey went off to a claim by h1mseH'
and he is said to have MADE notnins.
Thomas Williams and Thomas Atkln.
son worked the original ground, ana IL
is understood will make a considerable
cleanup, though it is not known how
much. The Fresno people Will not
| come out, but will winter at sunrise
! City. No new discoveries are reported
in the Cooks Inlet country. Captain
| Johensen says about 1000 men will Win
ter at Valdez and in the Copper River
! country. They have plenty or grunD
! and will be housed in log CABINS. Two
| hundred more will leave Tor their
homes / the States. A number of pros
pectors on the Kyack River are ready
to come out for the winter. No reports
| have yet been received from them as 10
results of the seasons work On &C
| count of the number of people VINO
want to go below the Dora will make
! two more trips than usual this fall,
and may not arrive here on the last re-
turn voyage until about the middle OF
| November. Altogether placer mining
to the westward this year has been far
! from encoura ging, but there is an I'M
mense country over in that section Of
| Alaska never prOSpected or explored.
but believed to be gold-bearing. The
! westward is the part of Alaska prom
| Using most in agriculture and coal Sew
eral miners and tenderfeet on the Dora
will go to the new diggings at Lake
Atlin.
An effort is being made in Jxneau
to organize a company to string a tel
! egraph line to Atlin City by way Of the
! Taku trail The estimated cost Is
$1,000 and the distance is about 100
miles, half water
Juneau Chamber of Commerce has
appointed F. S. NOVEL; a committee of
| one to provide an Alaska mineral ex-
hibit for the Paris Exposition.
Among the CalifornianS from Cooks
Inlet and Copper River homeward
bound are: George Paden and w. ].
| Wilson, Fresno; P. w. Lancaster, En-
cinitas; William Shut, M. L. Bennett
and A Carlson, Pomona.