The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-17
Several Rich Tributaries Of the
River Hare Been Found.
VERY LiTTLE WORK DONE.


The stories Of rich sost discoveries on the
Noyutuk. as tod briefly in the interview
With c. II. Ws.Scn, OF Browuirx. No., ard
Rev. H. o. soEdsx, Of Portland, pakisnso
yesterday. are awakening cossEderAoas IA
tercsz la the ssaMshalis<s OF Developments
In American tsfrttorS- Thsae Tnen game
down on the steamship Laurada, having
walked I.6s0 miles to reach Skagway slfsee
December q Through bitter cod and
ever unknswu trails they have tramoed
tOwA5 esyiiixAtson-
Hut me Kryukuk country h no nav
bonanza That Il contains good csgE1nxs
these men maintain. but bow rich II real
" y and how long the pay dirt viii Ast
they do rot kaow. So little work has been
done that 70 Gre knows whether or hot
the claims viii prove rich.
Il was Only during q few weeks OF Las
summer that any work WIS done, and on
some OF the crsehs dirt that VII pay ~eil
II II continues saa fouad. One sneyel fHIl
Was taken from Davis creek which ran sia
IN faet prosFe..ofs took out rom esh.s
ANAL amount vas found that II . not
known how rich the creek IL.
ssDavss creek viii be the cenier OF aetiy-
1fy. said Mr.. Wilson, AT the Hotei seal
ue yesterday afternoon. ar Is the creek
whoa hax shown the best prcspects. and
] believe that 81 It's neighborlsocd viii he
found the largest nurnDer 81 mines during
has s a1aay j bssa eea.sa ssa1n 1 IS a
chance for more pegs@rras TO prospect on
i, The creek Is about 100 miles up the
k3 1,,, 81, rive, fiewinf into that ssrsasn
IN ieDgth. and about twenty five claims
have been staked on its banks.
WerkinG On Davis Creek.
Fourteen men went there las. spring
with small amount of provisions to
prospect, and they did very we'll Tpase
men did not expect to remain very long.
- they had not taken provisions 10 last
thsm for months. They worked = few
weeks. and Joseph Mciaire took out IS
IN one shovei. They ran out OF grub and
had TO return 10 Manook. on the Yukon,
some 20 miles across the country. Two
Of them remained two weeks longer. The
was lefi with them JUST before they. too.
found = necessary to leave they cleaned
Timer tent ana provisions were burned.
kon 1ss miles acro~1 the country. They
naa z fearful trip having run out Of food
completely. Al last they had 10 sat one
g their dogs and shoot birds to get food
Innre were no berries at that time Of the
year. and 1t was very cold. After having
oeen lost several times and almost starry
eng TO death. they reached Fort Yukon al
ma, aead. There they. with the others.
VIII stay until the weather breaks this
Sprng. 80 that they can return
sOther creeks which have shown up fair
~ well are Eagle. Bear. Mckenzie. which
name forsr Fl q snnd ergass Of that
ana Chapman. on the north fork of tho
koyukuk' All Of Rear and Julian creeks
have been located by the Alaska Union.
m organization OF eighty men from CHI
cage. They have practically all the
ground In these two streams Granite
creek has shown cents Ia the pan In
tne surface gravel. but no large amount
= hs>A9 Han
r between 90 and loo niies up the river
frum its mouth. has shown some evidences
OF gold. but no one knows what IL con-
taans. have a claim there which shall
work this spring
Settling Aiong the koyukuk.
AT Ji1niown the largest number az
prospectors are cncampcd, probably 30 i'm
all. -Four steamers. or steam iaunches
are frozen up there for the winter Peavey
Sw ME- there are about leo persons, Is the
Transportation & Trading Company
There are a schnalhous. and church there's
which are. however. not used. though Mr
Nordig. who is minister Of the North
Methodist church, held services there tho
Sunday before We left
There will be a vast amount OF traffic
on the koyukuk this summer. Al this
time there are said TO saa fifty-three stear,,-
ers and steam launches frozen uD on the
river. OF course. some of these are very
small. haf there are among them good
ssHstt sfsstissrfA Unknown Is the head OF
navigation at this time. There are 40
many creeks and streams running into
tlar koyuktk whore gold may bs d.seoy-
erred that there IS room for thousands OF
pruspecfars."
Mr.. Norcis and Wilson made A wonder.
fui trip IN coming out OF this wild coun~
Try They Travelled probably i.si9 miles
walking the whole distance to RkaswAy
aince necsfnber u on the day they LETT
Peavey the thermometer waa Il he
low zero. Snow had fallen on peeembsr
Is 50 that they had good travelling with
their sl.d. With FIVE dogs drawing an
OUTFIT uf - pounds. containing a tent
provisions and a stove. they went from
Peavey 70 Jim river. then acrosa F1sh rty-
ar and Hnnarza creek over the hsadwat-
ers OF I'D Alan river TO Fort Yukon III
miles. They followed an indian trail
which at times was SO insiixsinet that they
Lost IL. Some brush had Keen cut .,us h
mark tss course. and at ether places trees
were hiassd One day in crossing q wfs.e
lake they came cat az the wrong po;n.
- that they had To spend the whole fav
IN locating themselves again II required
TWENTY days Ia make the trip Then they
travelled 9a miles farther To Dawson
reaching there On February n Their :svs.
dogs were ess eSfkssEfef utx xSart, ,ss1s sbsf