The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-15

Francisco, whore he will spend few days
to welcome the United States al great
commercial marine power. which ! be-
lieve she = destined 10 be. 1t will take
many years before America win be able TO
the fact that we now have many times the
number Of vessels engaged IN commerce
that yeu have. England t,dAy carrieA
ss ars not % i ans 70 allow " o sns
commercial marine to degenerate. This
ysar 1s are adding 70 our marine feet: N
greatest increase. with about 1850 OF all
classes, while America and France are
about equal, with an increase this year OF
Tho English. and. in fact. ali nations.
similar period In tho past. The whole
more g . GOOD. s Pear ssn os
many years in the past. America Is get
ting q greater share Of the Increase In our
importations. All other countries are do
ting the same thing, and this increase In
the great international commerce - what
is making good times the world over
ID
There are seyeo good creeks; all more or
rest are blanks The pay creeks are Pine.
Spruce. Wright. Mckee. Boulder. Domin-
ion and Willow. And Tor the season new
90 worth OF gold. The yield may have
been a little higher, though not much"
These observations were made yesterday
mining engineer, who has spent eight
months In the district investigating proper
ties for an English syndicate. He de-
clinsd 10 allow the use Of his name. az ne
does not wish to use his position 70 injure
any creeks.
.'A.lin d a splendid hydraulic district"
no continued ut II not poor mans camp.
ground As a quartz country Attn Il thus
Far fas.are / prospected 1t thoroughly
and found nothing but extremely low
y purchased the Anaconda group. but that
is no criterion. Lord Hamilton knows but
little or nothing about practical mining.
Mckee creek is turning out Well. From
discovery on Mckee TO IS above they took
out good gold this summer. Some OF the
claims yielded from three to I'VE ounces
per day To the man. Otter and Snake
s M. an. nss bonn 'g s ~ os which
widely hcrasaed a. rich, have shown up
blanks. Fourth OF July is no good. Wrign,
and Boulder are splendid xeld producers
bedrock. The gold is hard to get. Col
Creighton has what consider splendid
hydraulic property en- Dominica. He and
his associates own f~enty-seycn claims.
They are managed by NJ. ". Leversdge. a
California mining engineer. who. told the
that the dirt would run N3s per cubic
yard Already the Creighton people have
n hydraulic plant on the ground and by
good Eola.
think n.oao.sss FER At,in was a. splendid
yield this season. You know they did
not. owing 10 litigation and the trouble re-
suiting from the exclusion act. get 70 work
urata aheut August j. Two months were
lost. Judge Irwin. However straightened
out matters materially. often be lsft the
iaw-~thas -. strict Interpretation % IT.
To give plain and simple Justice.
sfss~s hafare I t~fR district the Gale
aenia group IT fourteen Claims was s5i1
fer. think. about slseo cash 10 Capt. Jehn
n Clifford VI r.. sor Csssssr, ans Messrs.
Simpson and Isnnn, Of Vancouver"
ST.
(,svv ~ Seattle passengers ressart that
Joan r .Trowtrsdee, OF the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company. have arrived Al ja-
usau frcra Dawson. whittier they wtst On
business trip a nscrsh age. They were
the steamship CITY Of Topeka. Of the Pa
elfic Coast Steamship casaraay's llne.
Capt. r Forward. a well known saslsng
master ahnssf tire Coast. leaves 81 few
DAYS so- Sar Francisco. where he will
take charge % the bark Mowers. houna
sor Mansia- Csnt Forward sailed the
ssheener Nellie q, Tnurssnn ca her reg
ora.hEeasfag trip from Cook irsss this
spring
] l. jones ~ nesoso. No. Ia in Seat
tte v2ststag friends sai relatives. He 81
50 vel impressed With Seattle tast /: Is
said Sc ISL remain heTe permanently an3
&c t-t3 basssScss,
! Sc : H. Raavss cs the United States
ctFCglis cesg-t az Clsyrsrks. arrived last ssxas
ard II A xalxsf ef the Rxsnser-tsranA
ss~rman ships Not Geiag.
SEw YORK. OF IA dispatch - the
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