The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-23
KorrkUF THE COMING COUNTRY.
IL ON the American Side and Prom
ises to Be q Good Gold Producer

Windy Jim Do<ison. whose remarkable
trip rom ST Michael 20 Skagwsy By way
81 LA~so. WAS narrated liz the P0st-Iates-
Agsnee- a few days ago. brtngs also gre
latest news from kosxehae sound At NJ.
sato. While Ne Was ascending tie Yukon on
his way = Dawson. Doas3n ne. William
Thompson, OF Seattle.
thompson, wao is an ali Cripple Creek
miner, left tnss city last spring FOR k0sze-
pug he aequiFea some claims there, bur
did nor flffd them profitable and In fact
reported - DuGsca that there was very
EtIle gal9 10 h@ found IN the district
I met Thompson AZ Suiatc.- said Do5
set. ~ iii Rim wEx a young rsaz named
Richards, also from seattle Thoran~sn'.
wife lives here now. and Brought down a
letter 20 her fra-n her husband Thompson
and hicaards bad crossed the mountains
dropped down 10 Nuiato They were on
their way 70 Rampant, where TAompSon
hoped % PICK ap something IN the way 90
claims He tod me- there were about 1i5
people In the Kofyebue district. nearly ali
CT whom were trying 20 ges away a. =0on
IS possible: that while little gold had
been foar.1 Il was nor IA paytng quantities.
ard tnat many If The people there would
be Wiling 10 abandon their osssfsx II they
eos456 cnsy get away. he said that waiIe
fsw had lost tne4r outfits. there was no
supply Of food was amps"
Just below S1iste rc6son il operating q
coal claim. with two men at work He has
eighty acres IN the ciair, and 10 taking out
coal He reports that when the vets wss
HTS- struck Il showed twenty four inches.
bat az a depth OF ten fee. had w1ene6 70
,wenyy-ssx Inches DoAson also owns a
half interest IN 5ss acre ccsl tract Oh The
koyukuk three mixes aheve Tr8mway bar.
OF which no work has been done He ewns
a halt interest also in sen placer claims
along the various tributaries Of the koyE-
xxx
while don't wish 20 ynssIezs anybo9y
Big extravagzn. statements" said pos3szxzl.
y an confident that the kneyak1k In ras
Coming country &na will prove thu best
gold producer of them Al. e 81 on tns
American ssse. and that IS vast sdvan-
r&gs. American Law ts administers, there,
anH st .s administered fairly. J r Austin
- recorder Capt Bea. Of the Tnstsd
States array, Stationed al Rampant the
nearest pest. exercises military zErssarfts-
I sAvs had taste 81 lie o. TIE Br31ss
ss8s ard have had sEs4gh ~ 81 ASIDE
fruus the exarhstxEt r1g ai1y. fh@Es IS feo
heavy tax IL tie way 81 osfcSAs FPS. wstss-
Sur which very ifFsss csn ne GosTe,
T sru zzsrs a good trazs rar BIC made Into
The hovEkux Waller fron tie rspftE CT
7Ae rasse ard ss5w ssas L wosSs2 re pfSe-
.seah5e Stnte- ard sGEngs@E. il usasa -
FAR better shan gesag up The koyasSak
g-wu2 rs rnc@ta.
-sFsrsrn = N.rAse9 "a RE rao9fh e the
EnYESgs see distance - So rzsles Er8ss
HaagrxaAr pSsns 81 TIE mouth ~ tns Aa9y-
ukUk. % TwAFa~4y essr- E&s a@&a ~ gNgs
eafzsa ~ sGas str1aEn- tse 4sssan0e r AZ
s-a{Ee4 tse 1sSt4rrsas between sAa various
rsasrsss a.8rw tase Esy9kus Tse4g- S.ssFtessss-
81 rs fsssaw@- 70 S2zssss. lfss AxS~sehe kss-
~ & rz.Ehgkakfs. - Hsxaes bar. ~.
Essrgwsz - Ma4asGssos cEw&&s J. SaHsA
tovs - TSaraw2y bar. .