The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-15
BEAR CREEK
Prospect From Its Mouth to
 The lIeadWaterS.
Prosp' otors Limo a Boat Co the Chil- kat Glacier. Gross Forty Miles Of Too and Arrive at tho Source of tho Wheaton.

John ID Elthbour arrived tn SkoEway from usiu.s. Monday. and returned this morning. to h- claims in Che interior. Mr Elihbur- has been prospecting along tn. summit .f th. great divide since May con chat Ittr. VIth tbrer Companions. and I.yo taus of freight he ieft tlaiucs and wont u1 Che ChIkIt In a boat 10 was .....-lr. t1 urc nearly all Che way to ..H.-H- Spruce camp. about four miles from tHe intersection of what is called E.Ir er.ck and the ChHkat
 This was uot the Bear creek of recent .im. The hitter crcek runs n south ,lst,r.v direction from near the hcld- waters of Che Chlkat through Che Al- .Ick country There is tran on thc rFht s.de of ihr Chuklt going up Che rt.r but they took tHc lcft side of thc stream and consumed four days in uurc- mttrr labor ta mtk. e.V miles Thrrc oerr no dogs 1tachej to thr party From -nrlrr camp they wont to Isc N Morri- ..u.. discovery o1 Bun crock and ost1b. I.hrr camp prospcctcl Che creek
 Finding nothing on Bun to eucouragc tH.m thsy took lftecu days provisions and wont Into the country lt Che hcad- NIfer. uf Bear creek prospecting Che soc. .rI hIr bl-Iu above Clear crock Bear er..k carries Its slty formation to us very saurce lt runs through 70 very
 Ious. b,J and c1rries 1s much water ur- i,ru.1th the bed os is visible in the stream. For great distance from thc stream th.re .s euhterr1ucan water to considerable depth running over Che bed- rH.k For thHt reason !, win cost vast .ume of money t1 1clu.ro the gold that |. certainly iirIsej throughout Che dls- t-.et As showing of how much cone ..HI.l wHter runs In thc true bed of Bear .r.,k thr vI.hlr stream ten miles 1hove Clear cre.k s much hrger than at the mouth of that stream The bir upper basin .s vast deposit of loose wnsh
 Th.y wer. unable to fnd any quick pay and eo prosueetrl Bouder creek which runs Into the CbIk1t four miles above Clear creek with uo better Jcsults An thr country over which Ihey had wan Isr.u up to that time was of the same slate formation. c1rrvinc Che fossil im- print of leaves. Their next prospecting Wte ou nameless creek cmbouchlng four miles ahove Boulder Here Che country formation changed Co a volcanic courIomeratc Good colors were found iu this creek and ln another stream heading on ittle plateau. within hfty feet of the source or this crock on thc upper bench of one of these creeks Che party found a striugor of brilliant peacock cope per- From th.s country the party went down Into thc lower basin of Rear creek. above the mouth of Clear and then went up thc stream to Che highest basin at Che very hcodwutcrs of thr stream. a dis- tance of thirteen miles Hcre the coun- try becomes ns level as a Dakota prairie and is 1n extensive plateau of mooroland. covered with gorse and heather This great Gat ls probably i0o0 feet above timber line The country rock is fossil slate and large outcropp.ngs of coal are very plentiful an over thc fat The party were four days crossing this moorelaud
 They then entered granite country and crossed a large nlmeless river and mush- cd untu they struck thc Dalton trail Their shoes were completely worn out. They had lived for three days on -four and water sInkers and goat meat. an other supplies being exhausted. They were glad enough Co return Co their camp at the mouth of Clear creek. Before reaching it they were obliged Co trudge