The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-08
JUST OUT
FROM ATLIN
What He Saw at the
Mines.
r. D. EcBEET'S iLiSKi TRIP
One Of the pisoovsrers Of mcpon.
aid Greek Ms implicit Faith
IN tina New Gold Fields.
7. D. EcBEET's iLlSki TRIP

r. u EFbert. a well known mining
man Who came down from Alaska q
few days ago, u Ia the city and vii
return north ON tire Roraile fis
was one Of she dlsooverera Of STE
Donald creek lie was IN the At
in country two weeks ago. and com
cerD.nE his trip. he said
Attn CITY has the appearances al
present ~ an Old. deserted camp. In
stsad o. nev camp. where AT Il
huHt'e and STIR The passage OF tho
exclusion act by the British Col
unshie parliament Was cerker. o.
nine tenths ~ the Inhabitants wer,
yankees This - eoarsr. Htnpned
tie anlshing % ali the buildings I'M
der construction. aud those who had
gene IN expecting 20 prospect th'
coming summer. and who had NJ
ela'ns. had but one thing TO DO. and
that WAS 70 come out
quite = number had taken In
ihtir supplies by hand sieds and q
few had stock ~ goods stored
there expecting % ogen small stores
in the snrinr. but now !, is All on
with thsm. and they. too. arc Re.
turains 70 skarway to wait unit
they can dlspose ef their goods uau
N Attn Co rafiies going IN.
At the dssrovesy on zine theirs
are eight Of ten persons. some Pre-
partnR Tor the development 81 thsil
properties when the open seaHof
commences. at the foot OF kuHiwat
II ufprisr lake A few miners ar.
hnlfjing cabins In this community
At the source ~ surprise Lake. er
Msrth rrrek. two tents are M. bal
NJ PERSONS are occupying them al
pre~rrs. Granite ana Wright creek,
are very uaiet. I believe u - con
eeded that Wright. although small
:. a. rich a. anything ye, found n
tho Atiin dtssviet. on others there
ATE a few men preparing fnr spring
Spruce rresk seems ga have beef
more fortunate. and therr are sew
eraf mrn there AZ two different
nsAcss Parties have been drsftinF
On irnrh claims and resnr; ihr re-
r'flts very satisfactory for bench dig
rings - FAR very few men has.
inH claims have gone into the Atlir
district. as u l. yet too soon. The
sn.w SIN Deep
snow II from three 10 five feet deer
from the white pass summit 20 al
tie territars desired % be reach.
-. except on the lakes. where this
wind has blown II off. From Atiir
cifs south on Lake A,Iin. for about
forty miles. there - rood travelling
but - far as could see. nothlns
interesting or Of value % any one al
this time II the season. The .e on
Lake Atlsn II about three feet thick
and no air holes are 20 be seen q
make Is unsafe for travelling.
The weather has beeH = terror a.
Attn. II was from - 10 ~ degree,
belpw zero on Pine IL seemed q
range shout six degrees colder. Will
At Discovery, on Spruce. u was %
and 4 has iust simply been a con
tinnous thing. aud many cases %
severe freezing have been report
e lately from that district. From
Aitin city north the lake Is about
seventy miles IN length. with nu'
rnercrn small streams. fed in sum
nj = by tremendous glaciers
siiow about Macdonald creek IN
the Northwest Territory
house and spence when we found this
creek. did ali the pRnnine for tn,
hoys. and II beat anything ! evel
Jaw. We tried 10 reach bedrock. bri
failed ON account Of the frozen con
dition Of the ground. However. w
pannea the dirt a. we went down
ard "a run from 10 cents 20 20 cents
samr nieh Dirt.
TO the pan. n certainly IL the rich
at ground I ever panned or saw
pannrd In my life. considering n
war what might be termed grass root
dirt After we found II 80 good
Macdonald went To SkaKway and
got four more men Co come and
locate. Then We had 10 70 10 reg'
irh TO set our license $40 apiece
This. Of course, created some talt
~ TaEish. and then the ball was on
We returned aud staked out ter
claims above Discovery.
Il very much desired 10 remain
LONGER on tho creek. but II was =,
cold came back 10 skasway sever
al days after the other men left
enieN ed a stampede, Every Indiar
in the Tafish district DISTRICT waS
there Men from all over hear,lepl
Vt. People going into DawHon stN
pee aud took claims. some enminh
out for supplies taking claims. Tn y
rushed ~ there from everywheE
and The whole creek was soon
ataked."