The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-22
49, IL : A%>~u>~> SIGHTS IMPRESS THE TRAVELLER
Uuu IvX ZUNVuu> ALONG THE MIGHTY RIVER OF THE MORT

left bank of the Yukon at the mouth OF Big
Manook creek. The district has come into
prominence mainly within the last year.
and the richest claims are s. 7. ana
above discovery on Little Manook. The
gold from these claims is course and very
fine, showing an assay value OF Nsbo TO
the ounce. This basin IL said TO have
been prospected more or less thoroughly
to it's headwaters, and few claims nave
been located across ne divide. notably
on Baker creek which flows into the
Tanana.
From the mouth of the Tanana to the
sea. the Yukon traverses n broad. level
valley meanders over wide hood-piain.
and divides into several channels, with
constantly changing bars. All the lower
stretch of river for several hundred miles
from Its mouth Is through nat country
devoid OF interesting features. varied only
with occasional low mountains or hills.
which are more or less isolated and form
no definite ranges
VIEW or LOFTY MOUNT AkINLEy.
As the stream nears The ocean the for
ests disappear. and only banks OF mud
and sand bordering a waste 81 fat
swampy country meets the eye Of the
traveller. For nearly OF quite 200 miles
the course Of the river Is through such
n region az thls The brilliant crystal blue
color which is striking beauty Of the
waters Of the upper Yukon TO It's Junction
with the white river. LOO miles above its
mouth. has long ago disappeared; and N
its place Is turhid hrownish-yellow
stream 80 roiley that II is totally unht
for drinking OK cooking purposes. and
constan; source OF trouble 20 machinery
when used for stoaminR. The one re-
deerning feature o. the landscape In this
part OF the journey IS the occasional dis
tant view OF Mount Mckinley. over ioo
H.a 40 Na vftFh rfaTr
days can at certain points be seen peaFly
white with It's mantle Of eternal snow.
towering t64 feet into the blue sky. the
iofifest peak on the North American con-
tlnent West of Mount Mckinley are two
peaks. each nearly is.eo9 feet high. and
these and others Of the Alaskan range
show their shlmmeylns submits, with
plnrscles and rugged slopes Ike NAM
moth cathedrais and palaces In outline,
aud 30 FAR removed a. 60 appear Suspended
in the afr. a beautiful and an inspiring
vision % natures magnificent iovsiiness.
GOLD DISCOVERIES on the koYukuk
The principal tributary In this division
OK the Yukon Is tire KoyEkuk, which comes
IN on the northeriy bank about 80 niles
from the ga. and e one Of the Yukeas
largest afinents. being 90 yards wide
where I; enters. with a current ~ about
three miles an hour. IL f. an exceedingly
crooked stream for 80 miles above ita
mouth and drains large territory. tire
upper river being divided inte several
streams of nearly eaual s.Es, one Of them
ths HusliakakAt A<inS nearly DO feet wide
and heading near ne ~ourcs % the Kowsk
river. which flows into KotzsbGs sound.
No less than ssxty-three steamers with
companies of proSpectors aboard aseen3et
the koyukuk in 1855. but met only dlsap-
polntment Later arrivals from this region
have brought reports q discoveries tn The
extreme northeasseFly part OF the river.
notably az TramwSy bar, far above Peavy.