The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-17
HAS NEN YUKON THEORY.
HOW A. HosMER THINKS PLACER
BEDS SHOULD he DEVELOPED.
A. ur,~r~~tirx General Letter From
Interior Aisska-WH DfsPis.ed
I'm Making Claim stakes In the
kloudfke wildcats Abandcned.

An interesting letter was written to ihis
city from Dawson by Albert hosiner fo.-
r.sriy o. Seattle. under date OF March IL
tie says in part.
"A short tire ago rich strike was re-
ported about zoe miles up the nI9ial JIM
Two fellows sunk shaft 10 hecroea ana
then came 10 Dawson, reeortts1 tncI
discovery ana returned wstn auSers 10.
,ae claim. About go s5anPeasFs tctto"su
In hot pursuit each one rushing 20 ger
there. frs 10 stake of a claim on THIS val
uahle ground. Csa Steele OF the pohce
department sent TWO poiiesuen 10 inFrs-
tigate Trey arrived on the ground Wren
the buyers ana discoveries were GOWN IA
d saaft taking olt grave srilnhle9 VIII
the precious metal. Ihey proIpus al.
rested the two individuals, made an inVss-
tigarlon and discovered that II was salt
cd shaft TIE TWO fellows are now sefs--
hg the crown In the cilaiil-gang a. "ooa
pile.
..Ine latest news from Thistle creek IS
that the DISCOVERIES are patting down q
series OF twenty-five holes, anu crosseai,
ting the creek They nave not Yet round
the pay streak. Thistle creek is a triau-
tary OF Stewart river, which was booming
SO granGiy iass fab
As several persons have given their
opinions as 10 the probable causes OF The
gola deposits on the different Streams vi
the kiondike and Yukon basin, l VIII a.a
mine 70 NE number. / eeneiuee anas Saiss
range of mountains. at one une Was a
low, fat marsh, or possibly lake IBIS
Kiondke basin had many quartz veins,
many assures OF what might be cal4ed
knife veins all oxiGized ny the action OF
water and volcanic heat, The gravel anu
quartz washed into the deepest parts OF
the lake Taen came upheaValS, raising
the bottom OF the lake into mis- aLa
ridges Then tie wstereourses began
making channels and aepositng the hfsi
stratum Of gravel that hes anaef 'he
Then another upheaval threw these
small hills still higher rocks and gfiNei
sliding down the CID channel. Then the
cold ana freezing process began forming
glaciers, which moved along, grinding TIE
quartz and freeing the gold therefroH.
which has been carried into the channel
by the force Of the water. IEien another
upward movement of the earth. when al
so made its deposits OF gravel. making
three distinct periods eaeh che sspara.Ied
from the other. probably. by immense
periods of time
Volcanic gases. acting IN connection
with gases from silica unite, ana, togefher,
acting in the water. cause the small par,
ticies OF gold 10 attract one another, ana
by adhesion they form themselves into
nuggets through the action or oxides.
Scientists claim that every drop OF water
in this country is mineralized ana carries
gold In solution. BY Il chemical process
the gold was precipltated and formed INTO
atoms, or PARTICLES, large or small. as the
case may have been. and was distributed
In that way through the quartz veins. ana
then ground down through glacial acton
regularly distributed over the country.
Sometimes they appear near the surface:
sometimes 81 great depths in the valley.
and s6meiimes in such places as We call
chimnoys and groupings above the general
formation. but in such places we usually
find ailuNial deposits rich in gold.
There are many curious and interest
ing things 10 he seen here, portraying Gu
rious ideas OF curious people. For in
stance, the corner stakes of mining claims
are supposed to contain description of
fasgs -f.sx- int
~ used for other purposes, some Of them
attract special attention. and often cause
a smile even III this cold country One
corner stake here stands near a prospect
hole. and contains the following disap-
pointing inscription. though quite signif-
CANT: No gold in sight, My grub Is gene.
My pccketbUok is empty. Why did leave
my dear old home, where had everything
Some wag. in a neat hand wrote be-
neaIh the above: Brace up, old nAan.
There is yet hope. Never despair. Per-
maps II YOU dig another hole you may be
4 millionaire.
able TO ind place 70 plant his stake.
drove = large one in Bonanza bed. with
ne Inscription: ! Claim a thousand feet
straight up for windmill purposes 4
W2ESiSn iiend wrote nnderneata; claim
all ;he rest
"On one of my trips l met an oid-timer
We stopped III q road house near by 10
take lunch of cup Of coffee and pie,a
o. pie. / asked the old miner how ne
liked the pie. He replied The pay streak
is too thin Il IS too hard 10 prospect
sulphur creek Is not turning out as we'll
a. expected. 4 few claims have proved 10
he good, Dominion is showing 10 better
than Sulphur. On bunker. also, there are
some riea claims The largest nugget |
have heard OF being found was taken cut
en- bunker 4 few days ago. /; weighed
1882. Feldorado ana Bonanza have turned
out large quantities or gold this year and
are getting pretty Well worked out
There are about 1900 or lino claims
recorded In this district. probably half OF
them viii be open fer restaking this sum
mer. II costs little 10 stake and record
but when one has TO stay on his claim
three months in a year. or hire some one
10 stay there and do the amount OF work
required. II does not pay to hold many
wildcat claims. \ small number OF bench
claims have proven good In one claim i'm
Eldorado they frequently get 500 10 me
pan. This is called the poor mans mining
country. but = COSTS a poor man a great
deal 10 live, ard there are q great rnary
poor people heTe. many Of whom would Ike
"a get cat OF the country IL they could
but have not the means. There ia not
work here FOR more than one-th!yi the
People. Many able-oo-lied men are willing
10 work Tor any wages offered them"