The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-08
TWO SEASONS in THE KOYUKUK GOLD FIELD

all right, dug ditch a mn. 49,
long and had nearly comrls,.S ~
across creek from which ,hev stR
get their water supply whsr 49,
stopped by winter. W
About two miles above than a..
rocked out about $50 on a hensA g |
they heard of Myrtle creek. Hs, -
shaw. another member OF thu Kets :.
erick party rocked out $50 on ~ ~
six miles above the last names \
other men, myself among the np,.N..
Gated high bench about five miies 80 /.
Granite creek. which Is stin fs,,Ass
the river, built current wheel Ana rs.s /
pump, and had run the same buf -
hours when the shaft OF our .,-
wheel broke down. We cleaned q y
boxes and found we had SO TIA No. |
piece weighing s. Before We ~ i
wheel repaired news came Of ina ~
creek strike. and as II was onIx -.
twelve miles across country, We -. =
long getting there. Coarse rcld ~ -
found on Wild creek. Old John 60 4,
on the Allen Racket recently. nj IN.
been unable 10 learn much nbou, IL - |
last named.
The Kcyuknk GOLD n<st.
I believe l have given you all III A.,
that have come TO my kncwledfe IN.
this locality. excepting % ~
the possible extent OF this goM 4,
and OF that can only ~
from what has been discovered 10 "a
| don C. Beetles. Of the frm Of rlchA
| BEETLES & Pichards, outfstters at Bern,
Is due the credit OF what Is nov I'd,
pretty generally considered 10 ~ tA& a.
rec. theory Of the gold belt Mr. hus
| is one of the pioneer miners OF Alashe.
one of the best posted men On uh&
matters and the geography Of The ecors5
| He has implicit confidence IN the eeasr
and more than one man whose Ten h4r
TO get cold as they say here when 1 4,
gets discouraged and leaves the count.
was inspired by Mr. Beetles to asnM Il
to find the right place" II has beenn
only in words that Mr.. BEETLES has sasU
HIS faith. He has expended thousands
dollars and Travelled miles running intaes
thousands on snswshoes In winter II
has had many a hard tramp porsasz
from one stream to another. following d
river channels, trying TO locate the Nzr
of the float gold that was found srAlisrl
over the country so plentifully.
Hungarian J0hus
Fine gold could DO found sveryvAN
but where IL came from was the ore ~
ton that must be solved before this ~
| become mining country Hueerk
John, who had spent two year, u Nj
labor In this country hunting for geld n
messed Il this way: Gold. soA e0r
, where. Gold, but Lord, no gold" ~ ~
he meant that everywhere he ceua III
| fine gold, but nowhere could he Ord ~
I'm paying quantities, Hungarian John =
| John Nawoth, has some OF the hes ~
| erty In this country, but he never ~
| pected n, and should he not return 10 ups
| to do his assessment work II viii y ~
to other people, and you may b snfs ~
are plenty looking for all such chances
Kettles Theory of Gold Dspsss
But I am wandering from what h ~
! all-important subject, There is one itsi
that must be known before the prosp<x
| can intelligently work this country -
that IL the source OF this gold and by
vns spread over the country. MI bf'M
fold the miners last winter. year ~
that the gold came from a certain on
ton Of mica, sehist and slate that ~.
distributed by an old river chsnnel seFSs
hundred feet above the present eashsA
lie followed hits channel and ~ TAn<m
for miles, and 1, IN n fact hsyond gasspa
that all the gold found this summer ~
been In creeks or on benches IN iw
that he described over year sso 80 y
fore any coarse gold was found, - ~
oughiy convinced was he that his ~
was correct that after hard fW y
summer he outfitted number Ok msa -
sent them Into different parts o. We ~ ~
try. and with the happy result fhas e'S1
all OF them have found gold.
Glow the Coming Dawsos
The miners are working at a great
advantage this winter. owinE % w
tance they have 20 haul their shFps'ss
late last fail, before the frerfs'an !
steamer was sent up the river 70
tain how far Il was poaalDle 70 49,
the Koyuknk. II reached pQlnl 80 y. :
miles north OF here 10 the place $3.50 -,
the Big Rapids, Further than tnls y 4.
irnpossible 10 70 A little this sias = y
Big Rapids a fine sire was Vs 49, -
hIxh Fravelly ground for trading -
A ,nsnm,.e vas mere Iocaied by ~ "
lies which hs named Glow This J 80.
win ,s the Dawson 81 the Koyukts. - 80
wlthln reach Of al 10. rnitsns eeiiaN j.
known AZ present. The nearest Haass Il, n
fifteen miles and the furiheNs alses. ~.
Early in the HarinK Pirtards, isfsp~
ptekaras viii buiid q sawmii - 10y u
nend ip a FUN linz ~ miners sAsss 49,.
which viii bs sold at ~ reaaufieiis - Z.
a. ri bergman without doubt ~ ~ ~. y
trading ranapnu ies will outer thfs 49,. 4.
next season and wlii likely ieeaia q J. =.
pagpt II -, Il mast become . laiss - x.
a. nearly an this vast minsfAl ness =. !.
most extensive 80 faf known 70
viii be supplied from tals place.
some word. Of sasice.
have already made ials lsi.sE Y. M 4,
longer thhn ! had intended. bst
say g word 20 poopis loaAhK W /. 4
mining country. Ny saNsrs 70 ti's ~,
stay sway. They VIII earn sfsl5 -.
they ret, DO u0s care bow n, 49,. =,
may be. II IN a hard We. ara = I. =
IA poor health 90 aot 5siees Aissss I,
r,,,'sras. ~ N ysn insist 20 60
bring ia = GOOD strong eaasite'' ". u
pisufr Of ready cash. the nia1s = - =
Ter the better There "a 20 Beaa@ "
tlux plenty - good food Y ~ x
money. be not be ed iaie ne - -,
you can strike Il aA Bgnn ~ y. ~.
tpttr steamer or that afisf 30 y -
IL yoH ran begin HhOssiink Easa 80 4 /
eiut-h hoxes r. fHkea line W ~. x
claim. and n you are 0pssatiak So -
need money before mersy esN -
auf q the sraand no naf asSS~ -
money Tor worthless usseainfsi. "a
"a erguFh ~ as that sort q faAas
naaey IL the first Essess@
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