The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-02-27
Are Good on PorCu.
pine Greek.
yEHSY LETTER IRON JUNEAU
Miners Driven Oct Of the Atiin Ola,
tsiet are crsselag inso Hsisos
nissioe yielnIsy-

n tHAAFt AFNfht AAAE8He AAtHN3s 'NtRF
yeya the cheering information that
thn bench claims aians rareupine
creek in a rnsricaa ierriiei arr
prov ar rich and that n, alien *
rlusiaa act - resulting IN develop.
ing much American territory. Ths
letter reads &C follows
snsneh eiairss are she latest from
pcr2urire. Every sinee tiie bench "A
On she kiondike we're faund 30 riri
not creek IN Alaska. British Cot
umhis nf the NerthNsai territory =
proHe eetsd where gravel from ths
side his = not sacked. carried down
q tn water and panusd This has
been productive ~ some very good
surface prosrecfs IN the TFhkln. !
creek IN the raseepinN district.
sasne q these ciaisas sFe ls basin
and Nll fhe Indications are good
Discovery on sss Tshtlu was stalk
ed on January n. and the country
ls all pretty we'll ioestsd By this
tlsns. A good Indication that some-
thing II g. BE- found ia tie Porcu-
pine district " the fact that men
rnts8 .aue 20 10 IN there ard prospsci
n tAe anuw under the greatest diffi-
duty ard with the greatest labor
The Tahkin enpsies into the Chill
hat about nine miles from salt wa.
ter. lts location. which Il really on
The trail 20 porcnptne. shows that
na creeks in abe region are over
looked
It looks NJ though not iess than
leo aseastons viii he Fnsde In the
parrupine country before the nnov
u aens. n the present rats % travel
continues. and there T. no sign that
Il viii not Really few prospects
sre made. owing to the great depth
u The snow. ~ somebody shiNels
deNn through the Snow burns out
hole IN the gravel aad Hnds colorn
that - alrn enough fer ~ Corners,
The whole creek ~ stated on the
SNOW Many 81 the men have paw.
err Of attorney which they use IN
making locations for frisada. or for
anybody else. for n confederation.
An advantage Of - Porcupins
country Il that IfaIuez Rfiasiou. Chill.
kat OF Pyramid hafbor are close
enough 70 be used as base ~ sup
pllen. The Indians are beginning 70
sled afR1 for the prospectorA.
AT last accounts the thermometer
showss 20 degrees below zero and
over much OF The country there ia
twenty feet 81 SNOW. II II cplacs
W In the chnknt country thnn IN
any other region Of southeastern Al
~
at Haines mission. at Juneau tiao
Scores are flocking 20 Haines mis-
aion from skagway. Juneau " the
last port 81 Importance before reach
ing ffaines mission and OUTFITS can
be purchased here as CHEAP as AZ
Seattle. with the freight saved. Ju-
neau stocks are carried here for tbs
purpose 81 Quitting miners. and II
may be 10 the advantage Of the pub
lie 10 know that dealers Hho have
been doing a mining Quitting bust
ness for many yeara know better
what a gold-aceker needs and how
to put Il up than retail dealers ot
less experience. Small steamers run
from juneau 10 Haines fnission. The
large fhlps do not stop there. n'
there are no docks.
a ghagWAy lawyer found that
many claims on Pine and Spruce
and other creeks IN Atlin we're llio'
gaily located MS TO dimenrtons aud
lotherwire. lie had them al romeoa'
ared aud located ut considerable ok
pena.. intending 10 jump them NJ
tho proper time and sell them 90 the
highert bidders at SkaRway and At
lin city. The exclusion oct came
afaue knocking the scheme IN Tho
head, and the attorney ID now look
ing AROUND Tor orner worlds 20 CON
quer.
"A good effect In already apparent
from the exclusion act II II drlv'
ing newcomers and gold seekers VIII
have been waiting for weeks int
: mericnn territory aek OF Hainoi
mission. the Porcupiue ana else
where 10 prospect where a man ma
locate twenty acres instead VI 2ff
aud 10 foot claims