The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-01
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III - 80uSD0&s - 10osoo 49,
anA Eight Hssses, Ne JsssDsys
- TIE Copper River g he Hss1-
wotsss, Thence - PeseoDase.
- J. COOPER. Q veteran miner.
has arrived from q perSsous
prospecting voyage eytshsins
from Port vaides Up tse C0c-
per river % .he head waters OF
that stream and the TsEauA. shencc across
yer.sabae chain Of glaciers and Wild. un-
broken country hundreds Of miles &c the
PoFcuptne district ard the Dziton tran
Much Of the journey lay through lands
never before srod by white nsn. ana TIE
voyage Wae enisvensd By such interesting
phencmenz az a yiew OF Mount Hrsnssi
"a erupe3on. the discovery Of m ancient
Indian village great IN extent the houses
Of which haze nearly oil been buried oy
siariaI aeeunulafson. and tbs md OF q
laka nearly two miles long imoecdsd IN
the expans1xs nat top Of huge GsAees
UosnAafn-
Cooper. A. J. Hammond. an occasional
Indian Guide and esgh. horses made ap 'he
expedition. concerning the doings ana
Oovements OF which Cooper. who IL nov
n Seattle. recently said:
March and pas<ed the winter on the Cop
Der 80 miles to the interior. between
the Eiutena AMI Tona1na yfvsrs Break
sng camp April 10 we went 20 Mount Fan
ford and while In that vicinity witnessed
an eruption Of Mount Wranssi. one Of the
Hottest and most plcturesaus psaks IN al
Alaska In ali my prospeccnE l nave
never seen 90 en:hanfing . sight For
ewo hours ne iook.si Ia wonder and aston
ishment II ths great mountains emission
Of flames.
The blasss lssped fifty and 100 feet In
che air II was along about May ! ana
3 o'clock ~ night though the sun shone.
The baase seemed 10 be fully half . mile
In extent, and way down the SIDES Of the
mountain dense black smoke rolled out APP
parenrly through crssassss. We locked
until re tised our eyes, then lay down and
vent to sleep. When we arose In the
morning the Gre had apparently been ex-
fingu.Shed AZ al events the clouds hung
Acwn hiding the peax Of the mountain
But the whole white snow cap OF the
mountain had been biacksnsd by the
susoka Truly t WAS for q day or 30 as
black - soot.
AHI EAvlN0 the Mount wranSel coun-
try We crossed 10 Sheep river. some
times known - the xsst fork OF the Ia
mana This river. h3 the way. ID mapped
ss flowing northwest. whereas. ~ = mat
ter ol fact, ths 6ow II 10 the north
east II u one Of the published geogrsphi-
cal inaccuracieo Of the great country
about which 10 little II known. nosw.;h-
standing the efIorss Of Thousands ana
thousands os prospec<ors who have from
zine 20 time gone into Alaska Any way.
found thirty men. led by coiosadan
whose name win no, mention. looking 70
what they term In that country. CAPT
Vests lost n,.se.' dent think Caps.
Vests Lost mir. vas ever found 10 begin
With. bat Just the same. nearly every Man
Who went 20 Copper river has had Visions
o. that mythics; treasure hole
Nine years ago. a. the story goes. ana
as related In reality by the captain him.
SELF, he found somewhere far 10 the IN
terror rich placer spot wh'Sh Yielded -
per Bar That 10 whs, Capt West told
and further stated that he had 60 'sAve his
Eldo<adc becssise his provisions ran ozst
He claimed 10 have gone into the country
over BerinG glaciers. . feat practically
impoastbis OF accomvi Bat as
said no one has been able % md the mine
which IN. Copper river men VIII laughing
" tel you II about seven 9egrees AMI tao
minutes northeast Of Mount Wrsnge.-'
Capt. wes, himAk started 10 lead the
way to the find. but the old mans legs
gave out. 80 he had u turn back many
months ago.
Prom sheep camp We pushed Oh 10 the
snain branch Of the Tanana. which the In
dian. cell .Sowesna.' Blu; there = only
one indian ..ft ga that SECTION nov. There
on the banks ~ the ransna I found
xreat indian graveyard. IL seemed 10 me
60 be half a mile square Tire solitary buck
Iea me- over the burysng ground and point
irx 10 . grave would say cnlef-' he kesi
on 'Cnscf,. '-hses.' Chief urtr came
a. the conc.usson that nothing bGi tire
bones % chief. rested there. Ne doub,
that section was AZ ore tine sh,ckiy Pop
nla,ed with Indians But the lonely buck
and hss ssiuaw IT,. year in and year osis In
their interesting loneliness They have No
sach tasnx as bread. bat ssistss on shs
naea; fresh anl dried u II soss. ear!hsco and
mountain sheep. which abound
am OWING on. ws Travelled far tvo hours
~ over ire 3ni snow. pitching oar tent
On the hanks Of ,hs river where had
the novelty 81 using native coal for f1ei
II vac "a splendid quality aa4 beFu~,s wsn
ieavsAS an ash alnscss white taas
from wood
Prom June 10 Auwf-s 49, ~. z, on
this glacial ridge. between fas hsa fwa'@r-
% White anj raDans rivers. I'm fac. J, .
.
err as also the White ana ofscr ssreaznz
hsv. fhesv source. Tn- Ta1ans snt csppsg
take scarce neF over twelve rnsi~s apart
THE alvs5e Is prveseIv forty msss Ienx
ard thtrsF usllss vide "a places.
From the Tanara carr wsy led . ne
Chians. n river 4 mile 81 esls Si3s -
places u runs into the Cslua-sas - rather
both apparently empty into r Ereaf esn-
ycr seversy-sfve mills fasE. empty Ing ~
Gre Tsrars TIE chuss 4 ss t~1 III ed
in places ar. - q I discovered - nv n
ton TIRE pr~st.ssg xlaessv ~ al Alasss.
Ee,S me Cois1s snj ChE sra 80 saaa8
ave Indians three sshcss sprss sr4 a
raYs>os~-she oriv natives IN taat -efian
On ssss Eh1isaa glacier W. tsi~~yvefsi
az enessaf fn9tnu village - Auasir.ess x
hut- ard casSns Etsrz.fY euTi~s by xfariAi
Ssresst or farHaficr- Ne snnHs = ves 81
cns ttrse tsirklf rorEiets1. haf fhs irssb-
i,anss ~~r~ gradually driven sst ~ fhs -
ross aroGra their places 90 atsz1s siaor 2
them ,~snx actually covered ~ irs Hera
we f,sfna thr&r caches. Rafrn haf , 81
constructed ~ sixxins acsas. ne s3e~ q