The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-24

Hehb estimates that ~ ieaxs tz.Na9se
ssors Win t.< p-ocace1 ~ BonznsA. Hun
her. Bear. safpAug ana Quarts creeks. to-
eesaer wfts skesr runereus tributaries
ard tench@s. L,srnsnssn's rfch ground
ecasrsssfz ~asfty-svs claims about eight
ard one-Azgs niles. exterdszx from Is
above Dpper discovery 20 ~ below lower
discovery. TIE rich esrt f. crtfe evenly
distrsaut~d for the entire distance. TIE
pay streak 10 from - 20 30 feet vile and
s&1rock - Il fest h~lyw the surface. Use
gssa ts farzns % bedrock ard 10 the grav-
81 fronn 80 g. feet above. Ire creek 10
very EASY 10 work becesSse the gravel con-
tasss less rock tsaaa Bngaasxa o. Ea1rraco-
Bedrock produces IS high as Use 10 the
raa II IN believed that tire ground VIII
average l. 70 - cents psr pan fer the en-
tire eight ans agsa-half niles. These rich
claims viii prS1ncs sSssss 90 Eze.SG eacs
h@fore they are fully Worked ouf. The
b<Sf claims Are no. above upper c5scoy-
cry, Ens. a. 4 s G. Il. u. II. Il. -. u. Is,
g. d, = ar6 &c below upper discovery:
Noe 4 r q - Il above lower discovery.
aud Nos. /, 2 .. 4. and below lover lis
che az tire sery richest Prices of Do
rsssson claims hare doubted and trehiet
ssnes this winters Developments have
shown tasIr riehrsss- Va. below upper
discovery Was sold ky Harry Ash In De-
essnasF for x1asa go. Joseph Beck. formerly
. young blacksmith a: Old Tacoma. Was
negotiating go sai Ne. ! above upper dis
eoyery Ger l15.90. Last June ss5.ssp cash
waa paid for claims no. and { aAaye
upper discovery, and ss1.ss was refused
for No. 81 below upper discovery. These
were exceptional prices AZ that time. This
winters 6l:sgut VIII EarEe from the creeks
named ia TIE foregoing AMI their tE!b1-
tasisg
other Promisinx Creeks
TIE following are stampede creeks
whose value will remain unknown until
fhey are opened up by development work:
Eryant Montana swsde Adaus. Hen
eerson. Rosebud, Desdwood, Reindeer.
Ho0se Hide. and German
The following are small tributaries OF
ESnanxa. which. with their branches. have
proven exceedingly rich BY this winters
development. Victoria. Adams. Boulder.
Fox. Magnet. Monte Cristo, Seventeen.
Fosty mine. Though these gaiches were
staked year age. their value remained
unknown until THIS winter
Mr.. Hebb does not advise men TO 60
10 the kioadtks 10 seek work, because
there are practically enough laoorers
there now. Hs believes that ample OPP
portarities for prospecting remain, par
was ons Of the creek claim owners who
eighteen months ago laughed at the men
who began digging holes in the side hills,
resulting in the discovery OF the benches.
Now ths bench claim owners are doing
the laughing. because their claims. In
many Instances, are richer than the creek
claims.
Mr.. Hehb IL a Nova scofian. about q
years old. In the spring Of 1897 he and J.
Johnson were grilbslaked by George Os-
good. jr.. The latter Ia receive one-third
Of the claims they secured during the
FIRST year. Il ~as . lucky stroke for Mr.
ossood. Hebb and johnson reached Daw-
son IN June. isss. They now have inter-
esis In forty TO afty claims. including
partnerships with Alexander Mcdonald Ia
i've or six. Between 100 and 10 men are
now working on the claims In which they
are interested Mr.. Heo5 has the prevail
ing modesiy Of the successful klondiker
and prefers to say nothing about himself
other than that he is satisfied" He 10
the picture Of health and had not sick
hour during two years on the Yukon. lie
has never. while there or previously.
drank a glass OF liquor or smoked a ci-
gar lie Will go east for u short trip and
start north over the ice In February Next
fall he viii be out again,