The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-02
/ me AMERICAN SIDE.
- ngsJLTy OF WINTER P10o-
-~rsxc on sEyEyTY-MILE.
.k Feuad at shallow Depth
- Grssad Suitable for Summer
w~.n-PossihiIities In Hyasaalte
nssing-Se News Of Asysksk-

--n-Hf{& WILL t!1D1xNst Sr = larry pEu8-
ssss camp for some years TO come is an
-suor warranted By the results from
-,eef.ux on the creek thus far this win
Taough the work Of sinking has been
...1>s rendered difficult. and often In
E,xsxe by lack Of frost. the season hAy-
- heen TOO mild. yet there have been a
2tSersble number OF new discoveries
~ = creeks already known to pay, re-
seged encouragement
q sAdition to me already famous FiumA
a.,rgy ard Broken Neck creeks. aurhen-
/. resorts Of good prospects, are now max
= Crooked Nugget. Arctic. Left Fork Of
1r.ev. Alder and Pleasant creeks sub
- Of s..uea Interest. bedrock 10 found
ally .. shallow depth and the grouna
z hsrs.y suitable fer summer work
"a npod .s6ge OF coal has been found. and
go il much interest In quartz sn shls
evsnm. some Of the bast defined lodges yet
Aupi near the Yukon being located there
1scontly a man brought down to the
nn1ks Commercial Company's poet .,
1nenty-Mils lump OF nearly pure gAlena
= hrge as a mans two asss. which he
- picked up on Crooked creek.
Hsd the Dawson strike not occurred
ysss II did. 1; IL probable there would have
| 40 . stampede Of the oid-timers TO Sew
m.y-Aie two or three years ago. Ever
enee 1856 small company OF miners has
1pen quietly and steadily at work on tsss
aseAm. The nsws Of the Dawson strike
| sesshsd them. but never disturbed them.
9Aey said they guessed they were doing
Sesi enough where they were" The SEA-
| MS clean UP from some OF their proper
- was weighed at the recorders office.
q The mouth OF the river. last Gall. and
- recorder is authority for the statemens
shss the amount was over tIf.000
The principal claim owners on Barney
have announced thai they viii probably put
shaut forty men 10 work during the corn-
inf season. The most reliable authorities
estimate the product Of the best known
elAsms now being worked at two and half
to three ounces 10 the shovel. that is 10
frun 80 10 SO day 10 the man: and there
h undoubtedly vast amount OF ground
up seysnty-Mile that viii pay 10 work ba,
on which little or nothing haE been done
II Is tn the possibilities from hydraulic
mining that many predict an extended ftI-
,urs for Seventy Mile. There are a large
number Of huge gravel bars that prospect
well-very well. X Is eiaimed-from q by
GraaIicker's point OF view. but which ir
kthk region would never pay 10 work by
ne rocker or the ordinary sluicing method
kli Is asserted that hydraulic mining ts en-
! TREY feasible In Alaska, the system being
70 merely rip OF the moss covering and the
almost constant sunshine or summer will
ihaw the gravel as fast as needed A move
nient Ia said TO be on foot with the object
II gathering all the hydraulic propositions
on Seventy Mile into one combination. ma
ea!nary 10 be secured and operations ex-
pscied . be commenced next year.
superintendent Wilson and AssStan, e,-
periniendent Hansen. OF the A. q 81
have each stated their belief thar Seventy,
nhe Is the most promising point hstwes,
ia wson and Circle City, and II Il anaonn.
va thas. with the opening OF spring the
company VIII proceed 70 erect n Mora co.,
Haodiohs post here. with warehouse and
o'hsr buildings. The A. T. Co. has a.
eufea lsna ard had IL cleared for the same
purpose. and other companies are likely 10
follow suit -
working = Coal Mine.
On Nation river. below s.vs,,.-->,r.
Ao'.c VI men mas been employed all winter
a. 20 day and board. developing a coal
nuhs, Tie news has lately arrived that
sH'S nave xot 81 the main ledge a, las. and
IND u Is twenty feet wide, OF good s..s,
coal. Horses are used 10 hnu, m, rra.,,,..
ard agent Heath. % the A. e. CO ownar.
OF Inc property, has stated that as. sons
or more VIII be ready for Tho sfeansrs -
rs ssoh , * : said that the company paid
AZ the beginning Of the winter much wax
s1pecffa from Fourth Of July cra.E o~
ihg 10 the reported rich strike an n -
ssalms tas summer. but prospecting there
nss mus far been quite disappoinf.nE. Re-
mss from work on Trout washfnsfon
Ina:he and several smaller nefr fa,ertnsss
rrreans has been equally Disappointing
FROM Sam creek. about forty .,llss hssss.,
here. come very favorable reports ~ aratsl
fanniny 10, IL and " cents 10 th.. nan
:. me only word so far received iron, .ha
Aoyakuk was brought cut before christ
has ny party headed by the agent az
transportation company on the way ,o ta~
outside Winter prospecting had scarcely
esYan then. and nothing definite could ~
ssaa a good deal az Interest Is ftls in thar
region, and II the opening OF spring brings
aserahle news from there the hrsa kifs,
70 or ths Yukon will be quickly followed
y an exodus OF thousands 10 the Kos.sl-
velop meanwhile
Az Eagle City untn very lately rife has
esen very quiet since the fail epidemic
. /. n,ae,s meetings, Now there i mild
rrampede from Eagle ever the tfsvtde 10
Sate creek, on the north fork OF Forty
Mlie An unk.nd Seventy Miser - author
~ Tor the statement tina, the stampede
was caused by a thoughtfaf mar who
wanted 10 so to the Tanana. ana started
we STATE creek excitement Ia orsier 70 get
sne tran broken for him over the divide
.ur aecoun, has II that some time last
summer several men rocked oar. several
har.
From Forty-Mii~.
Heearts from Forty Mile sre conflicting
\ considerable number % dumps 9. Is said.
are being taken out on Walkers fork In
readiness for spring slaieing. Many lay
Men are giving Up Chicken creek and
.ashing startling has been heard frem
HUTCHINSON or Canyon crceks Perhaps the
Eos reliable Information at hand !s css-
AAaed IN 3 letter from a F'oFty~Nsle miner
rscsHiiy received a. the A q. posr htre.
re writer states that about '-i.oa men
~ yet prospecting un Forty Mile. and ~
"a number a, least go Will have "a pick
y next seasons grtlbstake somewhere
.,Nexi u successful mining. the wo-ai cut
ING industry Is apparently the most iTnVnr-
tsa' AMI most profitable winter Industry
% the Iukoa- Wherever a favorable loea
aes presented itself, that Is. where wood
.sos& De corded out ~ reaeh ~ hisfl VA
tff kaa We accessible - steamers same
eee has established 2 wood ward Trans
FeFtstio0 etopsHies last summer let usEv
Naifacts for q inter cutting q. 81 70 Sic
FORD. hut e seems likely that the price
= soGle rSsn's along the river viii be as
so as last sanwer namely. from tis 10
~ cord o. course the latter figure WAS
..lA-nest A. POINTS - extra scarcity ar3
tasre are r'ee-s cf uvovssiars every
ssfeF& 1ee er 81 articles - sight scarcity
rssHe S.'SaT ra~ DEVISED ntk Ani butter.
- aile Se-r}y has beer reported. ara
sas ga eases fst- aFtN rafef have with ere