Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-05
THE G0LOFNIN MINES.
MORE BTG STRIKES MADE IN
ALAsKA's GOLD FIELDS.
THE FRANKLIN GRIFFITH CLAIMS.
The "Pay Land" Adjoins Th"t
stnIxcd on by tho Richmond Pros
pectors, and They Hope for Big Re-
Turns from Their KIOndil<e Trip.

The Seattle CWash) Post-inteiligencer
NJ last Saturday contains the following
interesting account of a big strike made
In the Golofnin bay regions OF AiasHa'
and in view of the fact that the property
which is mentioned as yielding so much
'pay dirt" adjoins that staked or by Dr'
X. Il. Franklin and Mr.. George Griihth'
OF this city. much local interest attaches
to it. The article follows:
The first definite news from the Goloinln
bay district OF Alaska 10 be received mere
since the close of navigation IN BerinS Sed
was brought by Edward SeaDern, Oh san
Francisco, who left Council CITY Novem-
Der 18th and arrived in Seattle TWO OF
three days ago. lie departed LOT Fan
Francisco at 4 o'clock THURSDAY altei-
noon.
Seabern tells of a strike made on the
Neuckluck river that rivals the Immense
finds in the klondike. This was louhu
by a man named Campbell, III almost inc
limits of Council City. between the
mouths of Ophir and Melsing creeks, and
turned out So to the pan. Some reported
that $50 was found. but Seabern says 81
is a conservative figure. The wealth was
Old channel of the Neuckluck. the river
formerly ran straight north and south by
Council City. but several years ago the
channel changed into an 50 shape. III Is
believed this later discovery Is but an III
dication of immense riches throughout
that vicinity
There was not much work done IN the
Golofnin country late in the fall, as there
was too much water in the gravel around
all but the smallest streams. fOur OF
five shafts were sunk TO bedrock on Mel
sing creek the best results OF which were
50 to the pan. The Dusty Diamond peo-
ple arc working No. above discovery on
Ophir. the only claim they were develop
ing late in the fall; bu, they cleaned up
from this $4,000 in the short season.
Prospects on Gold Bottom and Warm
creeks showed 81 to 81 to the pan. The
Independent Mining Company, OF san
Francisco. Of which Seabern Is MEMBER.
sunk a shaft seven feet 10 bedrock on
Mystery creek and got 81 10 the pan on an
average They are putting in a timber
dam and next spring will work that pro-
perry thoroughly. man named POST mas
charge of the companys diggings.
Little was being done about Ophir and
Mystery In November, most work being
river. From $50 to 200 people are spending
the winter in the peninsula between Nor
ton and Kotzebue sounds, many OF whom
went over the ice from st. Michael
Seabern departed from Council city No
vember 18th. two months later than the
Griffith party, the last people TO
reach here from there previously. He
crossed Norton sound on the ice with two
others. and from St. Michael went up the
Yukon TO Dawson. He experienced only
three days of bad weather on the trip.
He looks for a great rush to the Golofnin
in the spring.
Messrs. Franklin and Griffith are we'll
known here and since having seen the
are jubilant feeling
confident that their placer claims are eN-
,eedingly valuable. and that their jour
ley to the Klondike, though fraught with
many discomforts, was not in vain. Mr..
will 20 back 10 Golofnin bay rs
oon as the weather moderates sufficiently.