The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-07
Alleged Pabulously Rich Placer
Ground on Slate Creek.
IS IN The cHlsNA DISTRICT.
Men who Went Into the Country
During the Disastrous Stampede
Of 1908 Reported to Have Found
Fortune In Region Condemned as
Barren Of Yellow Metai-senfsie
People I'm Chisna Digsings.

nv the steamer Bertha, which arrived
Yesterday from the North comes news ot
an alleged fabulousiy rich placer goid
discovery In the Copper river district, long
ago voted barren OF the yellow metal.
on OF bedrock. at a depth OF seven rect
four men are reported 70 have taken
thirfy-two ounces OF coarse gold from
claim on Slate creek. a tributary Of the
Chistachina. which flows into the Copper
News OF the strike was possessed by
James Fish, the government mail carrier
who has the contract for carrying the
United States mail between Port valdes
and Circle city, and who was Bertha
passenger. Fish got his information from
Robert Fulkerson miner direct from the
district. He says he knows Fulkerson 70
be a thoroughly reliable and trustworthy
man. The latter arrived at Port vaIdes
the day before the Bertha sailed.
The alleged find was made July by
prospectors from the Chisna diggings,
which were discovered year ago. II re-
suited IN a stampede to Slate creek. which
10 to all intents and purposes In the CHS
nm district.
The thirty-fwo- clean up was made
the day Fulkerson left Slate creek In
Heven days the quartette took out eight
pounds OF gold. The mine is owned by
Joseph Bourke. J. Jacobson. William
Crarey and Robert Cole Melvin Demp-
sey. Cherokee Indian. washed out SIS
In one hour from his Slate creek claim.
Dempsey II recorder OF ths district
Were Of EARLY stampeders.
Coils, crarey. Jacobson and Bourke were
In the crowd that In 1893 stampedcd TO the
Copper river With such disastrous re-
suits. All save perhaps eight or ten
OF the stampeders came out of the cotin-
try declaring that there was ilttic or no
gold IN the whole Copper river valley. But
Bourke and his associates remained and
metal. Bonrke was formerly an engraver
In the United States treasury department
Ne and his companions found the chisna
disEings In July OF last year. Those pla-
20 - per day 10 the man They are. Fish
stated last night. about thirty square
miles IN extent and OF uniform richness
While - per day dtgengs do not pay In
who devises way to hydraulic this great
deposit OF auriferous gravel VIII be able
e get from " almost boundess wealth
He has been all over the district and says
bE personally knows II TO be uniformly
rich. lnerc ARE some men now In the
lamp arranging TO work the ground by the
hydraulic method.
Prior % the Slate creek discovery, Fish
stated. n good strike was made on the
headwaters OF the Chisna. Colors were
Found at the surface and n few inches
Gown az high ms 30 cents 20 the pan was
yutHibtut NtHo u uukEtt Nhiueu at &l.zJ
There are probably thirty or forty men
IN the digeings at the headwaterr OF tho
Ghisna. about twelve miles from the
original Chisna discoveries. Among them
- T.. NJ Daulton. formerly we'll
known merchant of Seattle. Mr. Daultun
left this city for the original chisna dig
GtnKs early In the spring He AMI his
nssociates wcre doins. very we'll but with
the discovery OF richer ground at the
OF the stream they moved an
With the crowd In the same district are
the Wilkins brothers. formerly grain and
feed merchants OF this city
Both Slate and chisna creeks are trib-
utaries Of the chistachina. The streams
are about thirty miles apart.
Now Dtfsscuit Of Acccss.
The new discoveries are 2lD miles inland
from Port vaideS. They are very mae
csrstnie az regards transportation OF sup
pnss ana machinery. However. the com
pittion OF the government military road
VIII make the district comparatively easv
q access THIS highway. which IL now
r"mpae.sd Ter = distance q 100 miles. will
run within thirty miles OF the digglnas
Hnh " the event that Capt Abercrnmhia
can md suitable pass through The
Mantasta range, the road viii run through
The slate and Chixns districts
There are not 10 exceed ninety nras.
pectors. Fish says. In the two districts
only ten or ilfteen OF these passed Inc
winter In that section.
Fish believes another rich strike has
been made On the Talketna river when
emptien into the Sushitna. the principal
Tributary Of Cook inlet AZ Sunrise rItv
ne me, trader who had Just returned
from the heAdwsters Of the Suahltna The
itaasr stated that he found four mon on
INC lalketna. that they were taking ol,t
!afke quantities % gold The ouartetfe
nsa passed the wiuler on the Talketna
anu they appeared - be well SUMMED
With provisions "fF"su
fish has made two mail carrying trims
thfouKh the Copper river country thiS
sss s,s,g hs yaffses the malt frnm Fort
rAnse. where 4, t. delivered 10 his hgs,ser
oscar Fish who eArrica II on 10 rfrris
NY, oscar fteh bFinEp The Yukon noaIi
$500 49, siNlsr, aila thete gives u 60 his
brother Tor transportation rs thp s.sa
ftsh y ~ route 90 Washington tstt, n,
baslares ~ connection with hls man
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