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

faint hope that the genuine prospector
might come along after them and find
something" so then would their energy
and foresight be rewarded. In many in
stances they oyerreached themselves by
stalking entire creeks. shutting out the
genuine prospector who scorns to stake
without first ascertaining II the ground
is worth working. This rush OF stakers
has been a really great bane to develop
ment or the country. as vast amount OF
ground is thereby smut UP for full year
from January ] following the date of the
location. Thus. If one makes location
January : he has nearly two full years in
which TO do his assessment work. and IL
then he should do nothing. no penalty at
taches 10 his hoggishness in keeping
other men off.
Charlie, Fourth of July. Sam Creek.
But IL has been mostly the arrivals of
'ss who have got In on the creeks be-
low here. the creeks that are now begin
ming 10 be most talked about. Chief
among these streams s Charlie river
which pours into the Yukon about eighty
or ninety miles ab0ve Circle. Here some
ninety 10 one hundred men are hope
fully sinking holes. occasionally cncour~
aged by the glitter OF hig nice fat flax
seed" coloTs. They ere wfntering well
for they have gathered In gooiiy sup
jly OF moose and carioou~nothing like
plenty of fresh meat 10 help make men
see the cheerful side 81 life along the Yu-
ken.
big strike on Fourth of July.
Ninety ounces Of gold sluiced on No
- Fourth OF July ny four men in four
DAYS ia the most startling statement 50
FAR received from below. The ninety
ounces ard the four men are well au-
thent;cated but the truth about the four
days might stretch the time 10 at least
months work
TIC latest map % Alaska tv the way
will fairly hyistie with names more or less
generally considered by Americans 10 re
gkil and wnrmwood TO British national
pride, They were applied 10 rivers and
towns By fiery Americans delighted 10
get onto their own ground once more -
where they could get q drink OF water
or snlT az fresh Air without buying a
license or permit" All this mas. have
bad 30 do with 50 many "%yaShlrgtans =
Fourth ~ lGlys" Uncle Sans" Pun
Se~ HIS" +intupeBderCeS /" '~IaSertys -
Eagles " e Fsigri5us ITnt.nx CSC Ana
these names are scattered thlcEegt near.
esq The border: OF course without thought
90 af7y cf"n~e or irritation being intended
toward representatives 81 other nations
The late war with Spain has also con-
tFsouted 20 tae assistance OF the patriotic,
American IN Nomenclature AS fast as
tf@ He~s II fhe war tarsily arrived. or;
came stAIDe3e@ 80 Dewey creeks and
.Schiey" creeks. Manila" and .'Cuh.a
l45re" gaiehss.
Latest Stampede
Thn very latest stampede was 70 Sans
creek. "a short distance 5eg0w Charlie
rtvsr. Parties went down from Dawson
! and thfy 6ave st&sed and haVe Assn
working slowly back ever since v8gsr
norris sag@rEsfs4 w6sh ola Yukon A
considers eIs nuais- = Of these parties and
others waa had hev1 or ether Sfafa1vestsx
. below have fled r&ss nv cah8n wsthigs the
past fes 3@sS. @aea fEtg~s consisting ar-
E2rsat}s e one ieag b(ls@ rarSce. one ratr
of aus &iucass cue pair q assc kSs3a rysfst@
and 0fse nose pro.TOA{ux fruTa faa fringe
- gar around the upper front election
81 ere pa~Sse- tFI ire tip - gacgs r7o<s, a
htsge slack spot pl0iaiy vsslh1c tae ~
Suff 90 a sss<S1 tSe&k Aetwe~a the Snurrh
ard serea0EeT az JACK Frost
fsnnua. koyukak. Perrupfn~ Etc
II = TOO eaysy ~ ne rve.srs - any news
- value fToga either tse hsYakgk o. "a
PpTcuH&gss. Several Auudre.s zYen are ~,
sA@ FercBrtFsT ara MA not ~ head sr,ns
mach before *e~ \ Tears + = ss5s tszar
several taseussTs1 h8ve starred ugs she x CIV
u&0k saRsIsE 3&e Dres@Gt ga Nn A. auw
zSte es0Sga EmeEa are winter w-c.Ss~,- ing
80 fAsFw Is Eswe fa@ VeKt0n a fA1s-ozszs seS-
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q, sozs2e secFet ss<egsgas lse9 received f-ar,s
thar@
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