The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-08
STRIKE ON The kOyuhlG;K.
SAID TO HAVE hem IMPORT Ant
GOLD DISCOVERY THERE.


There Is Iittie reason q drao' thai a.
extensive and important 30 G.s<2f -
has been MADE oI the ~ -eE-i'AsF s's--'l
and generally dlzcreGl,e.i hpt river
In Aiaska.
There l.Ap been a stampede from T'.aees
aIors the Y4son bota 4o1Fe afsa b"4" u
the mouth ~ the koTSA9S. ANT peeps
lu the dl0ersnt p.2ese cf@al"- - go g
ulorAilou Ok tae kry4Alk at3 .e.2oFt*. -
na@s slAk-8 ground
TIE xtrfse ubs nate iArt sun.m9r b}it
IN. u.w. n.s been s.ow IL working Is
VA % Seattle sor .tsTst reasons. ie+-
,,l. who heard rumgTy even though tasJ
lived In AIakksa Themselves, acre !DcAi-sfi
70 dsscreast them. and then. asa4n, ihe
Cape Nome excitement. once hA'lhs -
,eU fairIJ under Nay. s~ept ever! %i4}HE
before 4 and made is4sisnlAcan. thsnzs
which otherwise would nave af'fa-'r'i
attention. -.
Next spring more ~iil be heard - TIE
Eoyak1ik district. and 81 g. py@F1b he f'i1t
ths stories told by pTn~pScFoFh , i47 wen
into that d.strtct seven ~ c.EA' fe9t
ago will b~ verified They reported it.at
there WIS gold there. and haze u.!sl"H
that they we're right. nots hits t.tiIas
tns many adverse reports tfst have Deem
The lnrnfion Of the new discovery T.
fully i51 miles above Arctic Iiz. ana
near what l. known b. Well~.n'orEn"1
prospectora 81 that di't!l+' a. Myrtle
creek The gold that has bt"n taken "tt
Il coarse. bat q good quality, #ad dies
not appear - be p0ekcty. Miners ar"
always anxious go fud oGt how district
looks on this point, because II tht <pf9
be worked ara only SINAI! amount ~ the
yellow metal found
stor, 4. Verified.
L. & butcher, ~hp wa~ formerly con-
necte,i with the Dlugiey -ttardHtok Com
pany. and gas we'll known "a "a pt9ini-
Ia Ia 4ss 70 Ia
brugs the FIRST news ~ the koyGhak
strike Ills story Is backed NJ, by iess
definite stories told hy Noble NattugforG,
who is ore II tflc best known men ia 81
attic and r l. ttotChhtl3. ~ aeab"cA
who was caIIeI home from Rampant
Alaska. bg the poor health ~ his father
Ex-Gov. John IL McGraw says that K
the digging prov" valuable they viii
simply verify what old prpspoctor= ha&"
said about that district and persisted III
their statement despite things 70 the coa-
'rart -.,.
Koyukuk river. Alaska" said Mr. Dutch
er yesterday afternoon. does not seem
e. have worked ~ way out IA Seattle
/ presume fh{s IL due IL the ovcTsfasi0a
Ing importance ~ Cape Nom" ~ a field
of new wonders Hnd stories of M" As
matter If fact. although l had been
at Rampant Chy during the winter. and
later ~ Cape Nome. did not hear # the
news Ia an authentic way until | was
coming down 10 Seattle en- the last
steamer
Il met Jack Crimnons He Ia from
either philadelphia or Pittrhurg. IA
During our conversation hr said that hy
war tnst out from tho koyukuk river
and ou his way horne for rest. asked
h.n more about The country IN which he
had been prospecting. and m toii ne
that y had struck fl rich ~ koyukuk.
IN miles north VI trcttc tItY. and that
there hal been \ stampede
ITO canvince re that he had no reason
{" complain - his fortune he showed me
dram know from the fact that am
In p position 30 know that he gnt fl{s
money after h" reached Seattle Grim
mons - the di-c"vcrer ~ the god on tho
Eoyukuk ana ne solf hia claim from It's
fret .h0wine% - rt.areeen'attvo cf
Eastern capitalists asked him how he
FOUND "a purchaser =" so0n NJ I'm that far
away place. and he satd Tint Is was q
chance safe 'he man being there By good
luck more than anything else
Waiting for spring Reports.
AS 10 what has taken place since Grim
mons left do not know. and. Of course
cannot say what The extent q tho dis
coYcry IL crlmrnous. however *e"rnei
~ think there IS good ground and consif-
cradle II e ahall h. interested 10
know what the spring reports viii he on
Noble Walllnxford. who haa mst ra-
turned from Cape Nome after trip anvyu
from Rampant, corroh"rat"z Nj Dutch
.r's story ~ general way Z remain
her. said Mr. Wailiugfort that With,
l Wa 'U Rampant man named Hutchtr-
son came in .hero ana purcha@~1 \ htg
outfit. H~ said he was going 81 take 1t
Z" the kn}nkuk country. ~ THERE had
been a bis STRIKE ~ ono uati uu4 ar
teatton - him. as story after STORY hai
come ont from that district u the eratl
that II VIZ worthless
= understand said 4 L Ile,ehklu
That there has he"n strike on tne koY-
uknk |het" Was d uaH whose uarls
10 not know au th- steamer untn t,a.,t.-
ttg - Y. p. g.