The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-02
Lieut. Gov. MoInnes u Satisfied
With Atlin.
DISPUTES ARE BEING SETTLED.
He says That the Country will Vet
Ne One Of the Greatest Hydraulic
Niniag Camps IN the worid-rhe
Litigation Over Claims HAS Les
senel the Outpst-woslA Like 20
see the Country Opea % AlienA.

SKAGWAY, July 2.-Lieut. Gov. McIn-
mes returned from Attn last night. his
face the color OF an Indians from expos-
ure. He was In high spirits ana enthusi.
asttc In regard to the Atlin country. both
as 70 IT. Scenery and In mineral wealth.
He arrived at Lake Bennett. which. he
says. 10 In the Attn district. on June q.
ana At Aslin City on July z He visited all
the principal creeks during his stay. and
says that the whole trip was q mos& en-
joyabie picnic. and that ne would have
stayed longer but for troubles In hin ON
ciaI household. He u determined 20 come
again next year. however, with his family
and as many friends - he can induce TO
Join him.
Speaking Of Atiin City. he said: 1T In
one Of the most beautiful townsites have
ever seen In any country. and not even
barring Victoria. and that 10 4 beautiful
townsite. an you know. No. have been
In many Of the most beautiful hooks and
corners OF Switzerland and elsewhere, and
must confess that Athn II the ideal
.ownsite.
''As told you when came In last
night. had formed very favorable Inn
pressions Of the district from reliable data
received very late last fall and during
the winter months. from q mineral stand
point When ] went In there and tested
the different camps Of Mckee. Pine.
Spruce. Willow. Gold. Wright. Birch ana
Boulder creeks. my impressions we're In
tensihed: had. IN fact. risen 100 per cent.
From actual observation many Of the
claims on those different creeks were
making handsome returns to their own
ers On some Of these claims they employ
ten or twelve men, working the whole
twenty-fouY hours In two shifts. and their
average In from sixty 10 seventy ounces
per day Of twenty-four hours The daily
output at the present time IL considerable.
ana II Increasing daily ~ the different
claims tied UP tn litigation are settled. and
az development on other claims proceeds
water Easily Reached.
while believe II is destined TO CON-
tinue for many years 20 come q great gold
producer BY the primitive methods Of rock
ing and siuicin9 and 10 on. set I believe
that IN the near future II viii become ono
OF the great hydraulic camps. perhaps one
OF the greatest. In the world.
And ! founded this opinion on two e.
senriai elements. First. the whole distri-
button OF gold In immense bodies Of
rr.vei. nearly all OF which are the beds
OF old rivers and streams. colors are 10
be found right down 70 bedrock which In
some places IL over $50 feet. right from TIRE
surface 10 bedrock. The other reason n
rha; that country Ia more bountifuIiy ~tp-
I
ever been I'm. There are n number OF lakes
within a few miles cf these gosa-hearfnx
gravel deposits az an elevation Of from
LOO to 20 or sH feet. fhe water from which
can Dc conveyed 60 the gravel deposits az
o comparatively moderate expense. These
lakes are actual reservoirs. and when
hydraulic capital surns as attention to
Afiir, ,hs district should he producing
three or four times az much ss In likely
20 ne taken cat this year.
''fsu, SO far a. this year Is concerned
az course the output vii be nothing IKE
as great - II woui5 hove been had not
acrns % the n>c~f important claims on the
most important creeks been ia litigation
ami actually two months GO the working
season los, 70 them
Decisions Arc Satisfactory.
Il arr happy 80 say ~ the decisions rsvsn
By tire commissioned. Ja1ge irving. when
ws s~ns ia there 20 se.rIe these disputes
that have yet 20 herr ire fyxf cxn,utasn,
as 10 fhs erntners justice Of them ara
Mis- decisions have been more popular wish
aliens than with Brtfssnsrs He VIII -
through sn sbogr two or three weeks Tae
usa.t a the isttgxafs have wtadrzwa
their eAsss. And ! hope thar our snininr