The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-22
Exhaustive Description ofthe Cook
Inlet Diggings.
GOOD PAYING PLACER FINES.
Many Creeks Emptying Into the
Mighty Arm of the Sen Garry Lib
eral Deposits Of Auriferous
Grsvei-Comprehens Review Of
the development Work I'm the
Sunrise City and Hope Districts.

Special Correspondence Post-1nteliigencer.
SUNRISE. Alaska, Oct. s-Reading, as
we do, OF the development Of various
parts OF Alaska from Nome to Juneau,
and from Circle City to Unga- resume
OF the past years work and outlook for
a section that has had its full share and
more OF MISREPRESENTATION. and which now
gives promise to shortly become one OF
the strongest parts of the district. may
not be uninferesting 20 the many readers
OF the Post-Inteilgencer namely: The
Turnagain arm plscers. Turnagain arm,
with its marvellous tides. beautiful valleys
and wonderful glaciers and mountains, Is
Mt subject for word painter like Gau-
tier. but this is not such an attempt.
Turnagain arm is an easteriy branch OF
Cooks inlet extending from Fire island
opposite Tynook some seventy miles TO-
ward Portage bay, Port Weller. Prince
William sound, some ten miles only In
tervening between tide waters, a mile
and one-half OF which Is over low
glacier.
On each side Of the arm are several
valleys. each from three to twenty miles
IN length From the north come In TWEEN
ty-Niie. Peterson. Kern Glacier, Bird, In
dian and Rainbow creeks: from the south
Quartz Seattle. Sawmill, Six-Mile, Bear,
Resurrection, Big Indian and Chickaloon.
The commercial interests center al Hope.
at the mouth of Resurrection creek. and
at Sunrise. at the north OF Stx-Mile. there
being several stores. saloons. boarding
houses, barber shops. etc, at these places.
In the six-MiIe District.
First let US review the work in the
sIx-Miie district. six-Miie forks about
nine miles from Sunrise. one fork be-
ing known as Canyon creek and the other
some ten niles up, where Milis creek
comes in. East fork has tributaries
known as Gulch. Silver Tip. Lynx and
Granite. Mills creek leads this year. as
usual. as the best producer in the dis
trict Near It's mouth the Polly com
pany consisting OF Messrs Renner. Mi
chaelson, Brown. Price and Pierce. have
taken out some tao.ooo. working from
twelve TO sixteen men at the boxes. The
Metz brothers. and schmeaser. above
them, averaged about one-hals OUNCES
per day to the man. At the head Of
Mills creek the Navistok Hydraulic Gold
Mining Company, ]. L. Pcterman, OF TIA
coma. president. did some prospecting
that was not particularly satisfactory.
but results were only what was expected
oy those familiar with the ground Tim
heriine creek. tributary OF Mills. IL
owned by a stock company of Minneapo-
lis men
on canyon creek the work is all with
pick and shovel and has averaged better
than one,hais ounce per day e the ,, man.
baugh. Preston. Price. Hatchie, Brown,
Howe. Lang and son. Fresno Mining
oosmsany ,s1 sonsss5ns Of blek LAM.
son and others: VIII Rogers. steinmsn.
Stevens, Hanson Joe Beatty, Finlow,
Nate White, Deery. Walker. sam Mills
worked men besides themselves.
Some have done better and some less
than the above estimate. but very con-
siderable gold has come out of Canyon
East Fork is not Mt all adapted TO pick
and shovel work. bu, Mr.. Martin just
above the Forks. has worked two or
three men and is fully up 10 the Canyon
creek average. as ia also Jimmie VIM
tern. adjoining him. MessrS. Judson.
Cook and McElennsry are on silver Tip
building trail, cabins, etc. and will work
there this winter and are moving up
small but very complete hydraulic plant
Of s.sae feet Of eight by ten-inch pipe.
which r. owned by them IN connection
with c. r. yeaton. manager % the United
states Mercantile company, Robert Lance
and g. n. Stone. The Silver Tip IN the
past has paid Cock = Iadson 3 day At
should do handsomely with a pipe.
Making More Than Wages.
Fred Smith, one Of the pioneers % tho
worked some ten or twelve men. and has
had Ia operation during the latter part
OF the season small hydraulic plant. and
has taken cat some 81 30 and with com
plete equipment expects TO do far better.
Jack Morgan. next above him. has been
in deep cut. and has only been able 10
work rive men. hut they have averaged
better than an ounce a day 20 fhe man.
LonedAle. Thompson a Gleason were
prevented from working on Lynx creek
until late. on account q snawSiide. but
for thstr work they are doing better than
wages. namely, - per day.
Pete Ogie and Ben Swearey. on Bertha
creek, tributary az Granite. have done
tribe better than wages also.
Bi9 Hydraulic Plant.
on szn.Msie proper there is no opgoyfu-
nifv for pick and shovel work. both on
account % grade and volume 81 water.
BAT tbs Arctic Hydraulic MininR Com
pany. =. W. Wlbie. president who ~ also
president ~ the Bank q iSAsefsfield,
CAL capitalist and experienced hedrsulic
miner has ahoHt in operation the NEST
extensive ana complete hydraulic riant
IL Alaska IL ~ located surae six miles
from sanrfmc, And their main psps. sieva-
Tor ans aumr have been IN surr@sHfui
operation during ths past year, bat they
have had % 40 20 an Gssaxpfctsa depta
To neafask ard ths excavation has not
tsxn large enough sor them 20 operate
giants bat undoubtedly wiii ihe coming
wear They rad % 40 Eorty-ave fexi b
bedrock The bedrock croprsuss IN faa
eAnyen tass below the camp prospects
frega - sa = ccnts SO the pAa. and IL -
an assafed fact that he slpe sill pay