The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-02
MBII MORE THAN GOLD
un FIGHT BETWEEN ALASKA
rssszas AID COLLECTOR TsEs.-
nues~r Feeling Arowsed-safo~ns IN
YuIt Blast fet-New Placer Ftass
sesr wrsnses-siS5 ysssets Frs"
rra ps.s-lnaaass with Dsss.

yslsxy rather than gold IL the al m
sessssang ssahteaf In the four oag AiasA41'
towns tass now. according 20 the osnesfs
Of the steamer city Of Topeka vnicn ar
rived yesterday morning from the ncfsh.
..Mgss the sAsrxsy Alaskans Do witaoa1
their sasoons and bssweries just because
4 government ofsscfas has taken " INTO us
head "a enforce laws that have always
l~en more or less n dead issssrs" is the
csess.on fAat the coast citizens Of sne
great territory are trying TO answer. The
yas,on men say that they viii not Close
and Collector Ivey says they must 90
far rhese has been little nore than talk
Tae osIesrs CT the Topeka say that the
ss.oasaa al Juneau. Wrange. sassway and
Dya4 are still running fun blast. The
lrvwsf.es III the north have again started
nSking seer ~ wraagei the saloons re-
usine.i closed but two days. and from
sAs4r present activity one would not know
faa, Collector Iysy was n the territory.
The sa!oen men are ready 10 defend them
caves IN the courts, and want Collector
isey 20 asis taking and do something.
from Fort wrangel the Topeka brings
n&&reeting news OF several gold dsscoy-
er4es IL that district whEch are causing
egnxsdsfshse excitement. r. Miles, OF
Efargsi returned TO camp on April Is
kfom a prospecting trip and reported that
be had discovered rich placer dIggings
within hundred miles OK WTangei. He
exhibited dust and large nuggets weigh
ing fiss. watch he Gained he had secured
from two pans Of dirt in discovery hole.
He claims the Few placer fields can be
reached from wrangsi Ia an open bout
be says that the rich ground II eth COW
erred with snow. He refuses 10 give the
foeat.on OF the new find. aiiisa will come
10 Seattle on the next steamer for an
outnt and his partners.
Two Indians have arrived at wrange.
from The tnaa river with sacks OF dust
ard EAEgess taken out this spring. Ii Is
estimated taat they had nearly 81 400 In
dust The unak river Is about 100 niles
south OF NrsngeI. and a rush OF prospect
af< has been started in that direction by
tbs stories told by tie Indians.
The practical failure of the S,ickeen
river route TO th. Interior for winter frav-
sliHe has resulted IN opening ap several
rich quartz mines along the river. Sew
era; men WAC got part way up the river
With their outfits and were compelled TO
stop, spent the winter In prospecting. J.
p. Sinclair haa located a property about
shisiy miles up the river. which shows a
ledge OF low grade quartz over leo feet
~ width. Ninety miles UP the Stickesn
soss sales has a property OF wonderful
extent. the ore of which Will run about
y 10 the ton. TIE men propose >ppenlng
eIs ihsiF Lodges and putting In stamp mills
The Topeka left skagway on TUESDAY
1897 Win eis three passengers. She was
supposed 70 SAT. for Portland. and ali of
tns passengers IN sight desired TO come
10 TIE sound. Had her officers known
taat size was 10 come 10 Seattle they
could save secured a big load. Orders
wsre recssssd al Victoria ordering her
hsss for cargo. X - very likely that she
WI be taken OF the run TO Portland. az
shst port has dropped entirely out of sight
- hson1ike starting point. The Topeka
viii probably take a cargo from Seattle
70 san Francisco. and in the future run
Between Seattle and Alaskan polnsa