The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-24
Nearly Every Claim Pros-
 pected Proves Rich.
SKAGWAY MEN THERE
Hansen and Tennant Find Pay Streak Eighty Feet Wide and One Thousand Foot Long-Crews Working Day and Night.

Specific reports as to the richness of sev> eral of the claims on Jack Wade creek, the most attractive of the American creeks Of the region of the Upper Yukon, have just been brought out by A. 5. Shannon while on his way 10 the states. He says:
 "One hundred and fifty men are work ing on Jack Wade, and finding highly en- eouraging prospects in nearly every hole sunk.
 "The claim owned by Hansen X Ten nent, formerly propretors of the Mondam> in hotel Of this city, Is one of the richest of the district so far as known. Just before we left the men finished cross cutting the claim, and found the pay streak eighty feet wide. This claim Is known as No. , above lower discovery. Mr. lennant, now in Skagway, has news that the pay streak has been traced 1000 feet. and fifteen men arc working on the claim. Day and night shifts are employed.
 "On No. { below lower discovery sI.So to the pan was taken out. This is we'll down the creek.
 "No. I2 above lower discovery struck rich pay in January. Two or three pros pect holes were sunk, and 5000 gathered from the dirt by simply picking It over.
 "The creek has been proSpeeted dis tanee of eight miles and pay found on nearly every claim. Thirty''hree clIims have been prospetted.
 Jack Wade creek is deeper and harder to work than the KIondike creeks.
 ]. H. MeCourt, who came out with Mr. Shannon, says:
 "As to the bonding through of freight from Skagwav to Forty Mile by bonded carrier, the Canadian Development Cons panv is a bonded carrier, but t reaches only to Dawson. Consignments cannot come through to US. We go to Dawson and buy American goods on when dutIes have been paid. We take them back into our own territory and pay duty again. Not only that. but we pay duty on the profit and lhe cost of transportation of the articles to that region. Potatoes, for ln- stance, which sell for o5 cents outside, sell for s2o in Dawson. That means there has been so much for profit to the DIwson trader, and our duties are reekoned on what we pay for the goods in Dawson.
 "For some time American prospectors were permitted to take into the Jack Wade creek, free of duty. supplies to the value of $Ieo to the man, but just about the time we got away from there this prIvil' ege was annuled by the American deputy collector of the place.
 Another thing seriously needed in the region is a court. can site an instance in which man found It necessary this win ter to mush out over the ice many hun dreis of miles to the coast, and then to take the steamer to Stka. to secure the simple dissolution of an Injunction. We need a court at Eagle or some other nearby point. However, we anticipate a session of court will be held in Eagle in June or July.
 Col. Ray Is not exercising so much au- thority as he did some few months ago. It Is understood he received from head quarters an order defining more strictly his duties and authorities. Anyway, he Is not looking into the minor matters like the disputes of personal affairs between the miners.
 "The roads over the district are not pushed at any wonderful gait. A railroad in from yaldes to Eagle would be great thing for the America-Yukon region. There Is an immense unprospected district around Eagle and Forty Mile"