The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-04-15
IMPORTANT STRIKE
REPORTED NEAR HERE
In Warm Pass, Twenty Miles
from Skagway.
In AMERICAN TERRITORY
inside Thirty MIIe Limit from head
of Lynn Canal. Good Piacers
and Rich Free Milling Ore Dis
covered.


has been in there for long time and is
thoroughly familiar with the ins and
outs Of that section, was in Skagway
Yesterday, reaching here after tire
some welk over very slushy trail.
This miner is an exceedingly clever
writer and sinks his identity under the
nom-de-plume Of ~ No Hoo fearing
that some Of his writings not always
always complimentary to the powers
that be might cause him trouble; and,
as he is typical and practical miner,
weather beaten and hard tisted, he feels
safe that his appearance will never give
him away. He made the startling an
nouncement Of new strike having
been made within twenty miles
Of Skagway, both quartz and placer,
and expressed the fear that rs soon as
the Canadians found il out they would
at once move the boundary line TO that
point and claim it as British Columbia
territory. He said.
about six weeks ago there was n
very important discovery made OF
quartz and placer in the Warm Pass,
which is twenty miles from Skagway rs
the crow hies. 1t is to the east OF the
White Pass. You 20 up the east
ern part of the Skagway river till
YOU get 10 the top OF the mountain,
drop over the glacier and you are in
Warm Pass. am afraid, however, that
the eyer-grasping Canadians will claim
that as their territory Notwithstanding
our thirty marine miles limit, 50
where do we miners, who toll 10 make
these discoveries, stand? II the rest OF
the American miuers felt rs ! do /
would plant the American lag there
and shoot the first man that attempted
TO touch it, II this boundary question
was only settled, we American miners
who understand our business would
know what to do and keep clear OF any
thing touching Canadian territory
Speaking Of the condition OF affairs
in the city of Atlin, he said;
"There are some buildings going up
in Atlin City but business is compara-
lively dull. There is very little doing
ON the creeks, except on Spruce. There
are two prospect holes on Pine creek,
one and a half miles above Discovery,
one Of which is own nineteen feet
through frozen ground all the way and
without having struck a color or even
water. Another man little further
up on the opposite side OF the creek was
down six feet. After going through
four feet of frozen ground he came to u
bed OF clay over which water was rum
ming. Clay is great Iobber of gold
and they are going to have trouble in
sluicing. There is only one way to find
out il there is any gold in the clay and
that is to puddle it. II there is the
chances are that it will pay the owners
10 puddle il in tubs, the same as they
did in Ballarat years ago.
'In Discovery, up on Surprise Lake,
there has been a strike made in the
Northwest territory just over the
boundary line, but what it amounts TO
can't tell.
ut seems to me that there is going
TO be serious trouble this year over the
dumps and tailings. The one hundred
foot claims are so small that il located
on the side OF the hill you have no place
TO dump except on your neighbor, and
that's not allowed by law. The proDa-
bilities are that the whole thing will
resolve itself into hydraulic PROPOSE
tion. In fact, there are several COM
panies now stalking every claim that
they think has a doubtful title, and
when the time comes for working the
claims they will say to the Americans
Now see here, you know, we jumped
that claim and propose TO contest it,
Better take something and surrender
quietly, because, you know, we are
sure to beat you In other words they
will play big game Of bluff and the
blufr will so, because as a big corpora
tion they will have Advantages over
single individuals, especially if they
have to go from thirty to forty feet tC
bed rock, Us they have in some cases,
Another reason is that privat indivi'
duals are pretty shy about fighting cor
porations.'
The trail from Atlin is now very
sloppy and the same may be said of th'
Too-chi an | the Tal<u Arm. The Atlir
river running into the Taku Arm is
open to such a.. extent that detour o
some miles has to be made in order Il
reach TalSu City. The Fan Tail trail
he says, is in good shape as far a.
Golden Gate.
He reports quite a number of rob
berries along the trail, not only alonl
the Fan Tail but along the horse trai
from the Golden Gate TO Taku City
Men who had deposited cache on tn,
snow alongside of the trail, have re
turued the next day to find 1t all gone
One man in Atlin had his tent cut opel