The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-22

Ties hSarc from SO Tar IS acre 70 Shs .1i1<
they had done any nbre prospecting Tran
has-y ard 6exatcry pann1Hg en- route,
which wnal5 he equivalent 10 prospecting
The Yukon eoartry from ne AXES e T or.s,
for hundreds Of miles ap stream, the Ta-
mana the koyuk9k and the PorCuplns are
each as vide and each apparently carries
fully as much water as the Yukon above
the mouth Of the Porcurtne- In spite OF
the ackTsa wassiged superficial nature OF Ia
mana prospecting. nearly all travellers from
there SO far TAXED with appear 20 have
decidedly sfckelei CT the subject OF TaiaanA
mining. Don't believe there is yard o.
pay gravel n the Tangna BASIN. sad one
man who had started over there with q
little pack OF grub. on wih-goose chase.
70 make trip o. 20 or =" miles Huesse-
berries one ground hog. a duck and Few
squirrels saved a1S life.
Many Fake Finds.
reputasioa for fruthfuiness among the old
timers. made = trip over Tanana way two
or three years ago and on bis return 70
cent dirssf there He was very generally
believed and was offered all manner of
Inducements 10 dIvuige the location Of his
find He steadily refused 10 do 80, his ex-
cuss being: I'm going to wait I'll old
Jack McQuession comes in again from the
outside; l want old Jack to be IN on IL
AS ''olG Jack Is worth few paitry hun
bred thousands. cid man Ms benevo-
lencs was not appreciated by the other old
timers less fortunate However. Old Jack
came BACK. DIT nothing more has Dtcn
heard Of that body Of l5-cent dirt
TIE present season has witnessed the ex-
posture Of at least two Tanana fake fnds,
which have the characteristics Of many
other fake finds In Alaska An old fel-
low started stampede thither from Circle
early last summer. He had an old Mon
tana mining partner. comrade in the
war too. The partner came 10 Alaska two
or three years ago, having promised 20 ex-
change Information with Old Chap. who
remained prospecting in the states Part
rs f7S.fr ~ -. no n last
with a ton or less OF nuggets gathered at
some mysterious point on the Tanana.
Partner gave Old Chap the infoTma lion
necessary TO enable him TO reach the spot.
and Old Chap forthwith came TO Alaska.
His Wife Was q Medium.
He was provided with all sorts of docu-
ments 10 prove his statements. even 70
what purported 10 be San Francisco mint
esr6ilcats, o. ne s receipt OF the ssa. .sa
directions in his head" and would lead
the party. which started as-oss country
from Circle. As they neared the Tanana
the guide, instead Of getting warmer and
colder in his search. He was a simple
unassuming, apparently harmless old fell
low but he soon demonstrated that he
knew little or nothing OF roughing Il. One
day he wandered little way from camp
and got lost He was found with some
said. he then broke down and confessed
that partner was a fake, but that MS
wife at home was medium. and her spir-
itual guides had told her Of the presence
OF a rich deposit OF gold on the Tanana,
and promised to guide her husband thither
Old Chap was more p.tied than chided by
the men. but II was disguised and
travel-worn outfit that ,rdged into Circle
fortnight or SO later.
Here Is the other story. told by Louis
Z. Thompson. of Pensacola. Fla. victim
One A J. Hutton. uncle 10 Tom G. Cole
man. employed by the Alaska Quitting
Company. of Portland, wrote his nephew
Or, y-.f-
he and three others had taken out lsa
pounds of god in five days from creek
running southwest from ketchumstock
and empty.ng into the Tanana twenty-five
miles above Bates rapids. The nephew
himself could not well leave Portland. but
kindly gave The tip 90 few friends and
dIvant and Frank Carmichael ex-cashier
of the Bank OF Monterey, Cal were among
the number They made the trip. found no
such stream. cussed and went on down
the Tanana, IL being practically impossible
for them to get back from where they
were over the Forty-Mile river route, by
able danger OF starvation, bur were helped
out by the purchase OF little food from
the two steamers, Tanana Chief and Gypsy
queen. that~were loaded with prospectors
and supplies for a two years stay on the
Tanaaas Mr.. Thompson mentioned sew
eral other parties who had all sorts OF
trouble on the Tanana.
Capt. HesIy'. Party.
In september. While on the F'orty-rnile
1 met number Of parties inquring The
location OF Robinson creek on the Tanana
ana the statement was made that parties
coming across country from the Copper,
had struck rich gold bearing quartz on
Robinson creek, a tributary OF the Tam
ana Early In the season-June-whil
ascending Forty-mi,e We're passed by
| boat bound down stream II contained
| four white and two Indians A oSles-
| ton elected the information that the par
| ~ had been over on the Tanana head
waters for a couple OF months
Find anythingTt Eyes. lots Of rock
ard mosquitoes
II was the outfit which Capt. Healy.
| OF the y. \. t. & T. Company, IS said
| money a grub stake 70 pry into the
/ Tanana- Soon a whisper went out that
Heaiy's men had made rich quartz
/ hfd on the Tanana. W. II Pic n
| .'ehechaco" from Holys.Ee Mass. was
| lucky enough 10 be a fssend OF friend
| several more removes from ore OF Healv's
men. and saw iuT'p Of very fire look
| Ing copper ore which he was assured
| carried gold. He was also given the d.
| rectionS Ter reaching the location Stroud
| ed IN mystery dense enough to be cut
| WITH Knife. PHO and party set forth
| We kept right the trail Of uoaIy's
/ men" said NJ. PHO after his return 10
| foFty-mile as far ~ are went We
| days pack from the head waters Of the
! south fark of the Forry-m!1e We hnaf
/ raft and started down stream bound
I stt tttr S3tD&Al OF fR' 1pkt0s The TarHna
We found wide and very swift an! az
| AL wid tel you who have been down
that stream. an immense amount of DIRE
| wood Pines the banks on either side. ana
| forms Jams around the heads OF tha
| islands.
/ A raj, IS nothing bat drtgtwooi and
m spite 81 everything we cauld do TIA
! 'tarnai thing persisted I'm Joining its kind
| and we ran slap into Jam OF driftwo0f.
| upset. lost everything from on board and
J WIS carried underneath. II came near
| Being AL day with ue. but my clothing
| caugh. somewhere and kept me from be-
/ 'nr SweTs by the current past recovery
under that drist Nv brother saved oar
lives ey swimming and getting one sack
/ cf noer before II sank Then we stsrteI
| Tor hcnse acrDss lots. shaping ottr ce.rrSa
/ As near as possible FOR a village OF the
T2nana Indians
Kind Treatment by Indians
| We Rad Travelled a few DAYS and
/ were beginning 20 he rather nervous
/ about tac situation when ny good