The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-02

Rampant and increase the Importance Of
the town as distributing point.
A Very Rich District.
Il do not hesitate TO say that / believe
the district about Rampant to be wonder
fully rich. but 1t needs development They
viii locate on q creek. do the necessary
development work. and then jump to an
other creek. In this way one man will
get large number OF claims. but none
a them wf1 be developed TO any great.
extent. Systematic work has brought
good retrns.
THE Output this year viii be. or at
least ought to be. over si.0eo.oeo INSULT
cient water on Little Manook may make
liz impossible fsrs dexs MeGraw and Gen.
Carr TO wash NIL the dirt they have In
sight That they have big load OF gold
In their claim No. there Is no question.
With all their expenses paid they will
clear $175.c0c. and this II a low estimate
compared To what you hear. They took
out with pans. washing what may be
termed outer edge dirt. 81. so0 That was
flnc gold. not nuggets. ] visited the
claim and the superintendent washed out
a pan taken from what he said was rich
one pan.
Mrs. Carr has lived with her husband at
the mine all winter. Her health Is good.
Coming up the river with us was an old
miner named Doggerty. who had been
working on the McGraw-Carr claim Mrs
Carr said poggerty. ''is fine woman.
and she cats her three squares every day
the same as the rest OF us.
Capt. Balliet's Lsek.
II suppose everybody IN Seattle knows
OF Capt Ballet. who was formerly ia
m.us oarsman at Yale. lie has struck
good thing on Hoosier creek. and II every
thing goes as indications pointed when
came away, he vii. take out SAeoa He
begged away on hts claim for long time
without striking a thing To reward him
for his perseverance. He would go down
into the frozen earth foot by foot. throw
ing out the dirt with a shovel until ne
was twenty feet below the surface. l
have never heard Of another man In the
country throwing dirt UP that far, ana
guess they have all srieh u; Inc. pa,,,e,
struck the pay streak Just BEFORE We
came away. In going down 20 hed rock
he took out ssa I'm nagsets. W course
is hard matter To gay what his claim
will produce. but IL seems to me that II
things 20 as Indications point he viii take
out koeeo
that have turned out 20 he rich ] think
they are ~ and Fl. The owner 81 these
Is or was, or however Sou may choose 20
term II, man named KNAPP There -
.rauh,e ahead about one ~ them. and
don't know where IL vii! end. As L un-
aerstsad It, the claims were worked hs
snms young men who were taken ans" ,i's
deal by another man, who had some Ming
~ an agreement with Knapp The young
men heard that Knapp had agreed ~ give
this man one of the claims Tar ueFetopihg
both The Young men took the position
that they ssuxh. Ia share equally with this
man A miners meeting MAS held. ana
according To my understanding nfsh
Knapp and The man swore tnsrs vas n,
Enans, had given papes on which ne
agreed 10 give away enc OF the claims. nus
this WAS not produced. The n1eStinS or.
,iatrs to The boys and man - share and
share alike hut Knapp refused and There
the case rests
TONED asd Pallets - tina; owned hy Gov
N~t,raw hat ret vet developed IL - Ger
tatnfy on the line OF tire nav stFesk ara
ought 60 ~ ne rich as that on Little va
nook A combination has been made
amour owners ora Ho5sssr. and they are
rn.nx TO try ground siaicing frcTn claim
No n above - Is. inclusive bn3Sfohs
aleer as 20 whether 10 viii nc r success
nisse.s ktad OF F"rtune.
johnson and fssngtord. ,he owners Of
Claims on Little MsaeSs whe went - Ea-
rur.e bass winter. are now returning tn 'he
biggest ksuss % a fortune. Win zoe of
,nes., sick half the tire they took out
sss a..s from Ne When they aeft they
engaged a man named Peterson - pot
tnxn TIVE aoies lie found the ground
,ust az rich in cash hole as Johnson sud
rnnxfs,ssf did. IL ran s. 10 the pan
s.t~sl,s. No - oa Little Marcas IS rsgaT-
,ssn CAV Mc,sraws, 1t = owned ny JSnn
Ireland whe toak a trfo cut soFne tine
ago He instructed 4 man nzfnsfs q zero
- ns,, aaaa tes holes. Es ass3 = partner
.sss - and the gfeasa wAs - RIGA th2t
sesx agps az 0nrk sHss sNes s1< eig
sss.rnss II Ireland gives them sss usual
rsergeaeag~ an lay work they Nil have
atsaas s*Aea
~rsttis MAasrek arrears 10 wr9f So FAR
as pay dsst goes at Ne h@ h 1sg sss1F
sSg..ssssix eagae texr ard s4s3 Soaa fAf;g
- oar The pas ssraak eat ~ xsxhs.
Il hardly snfsw n srss - say asssHt Idaho
hsr IL dsVf3A3 A0atwr zud Ez&sss@ Ma
sssg.1s creeks anst TIE sop q: u IL seSs-a2
hundred feet Ep IS sh~ ar NTAsi@S
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