The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-04-19
Alaska WHERE WORK WINS WEALTH ALASKA
the Soil OF This Marvellous Land Has Barely Fet
Short Years Has Yielded Up Millions Cleaning Golden
Strikes and The Swift Accumulation the
PluCky PrOspectr's Rough and Often PeiIOus

,ew a TITLE over thlrty-siN
-s.,A, since the Western world
=. thrown INTO a state Of great
.rsment ~ the reports II the
s.nasery Il r.ch placer sold
.hoat the Kloudiko river, a
'>s,ary q the Yukon. The dis
which Vas made by George
@.A,,x,en Carmaek. a California
-.r,sr. on August i6 iSes. was
"a heralded % the outside
q Ar some months later. new
- y en me richness % BON
- creek was once realised. and
: "a had actually found It's way
= IL shannels q trade. then
-ssea a rush lac thai which
- ne last century made the
-, hand Emelre what II now
u lie that which after the dis
80 q the si4tsering metal az
80 ersek taek tu 40 made cali
- And Incidentally the Is hole
-. eoast tha PROMISED land 81
ss~.s.ssis q gond sturdy pilgrims
=, Aase settled and built up the
800, and Ike that which has
- r..sently brought thousands ~
~s.siarierS e. ire WltW zteHsraud
: safA Area. thus providing the
-..,s 81 one Of the cnstliest ana
ssssssss vars 81 modern times
~ a al the great sold dtacuv-
- 4 IS row evident that the dis
srsry n The klandike region IN 1887
s--asaps them al IN economic sig
,sasne~. Ths travel 90 Alaska tn
- b tnis first great discovery
- q 10 ether discoveries. which
~ tat nearly the whole vast
- : fnl % tremendous mineral
raafh More fortunes have BEEN
- II Alaxka during the last three
rns than tn al the rest ~ the
~ pst toxether-yet the ground
= besn haFeiE scratched - 90
rssk. BY the thousands - Invading
snwpe<tora Besides the klanaike
~xsr. which = mostly IN British
~r-asry. the uaaxt famous Is the
xsns tsstrics. where the discovery
I rult m the beach sand ard al
assE creek IN August. isss. tneFeAs-
I lhe pcpaiar Interest In Alaska 20
{ ssgsE heat
wssls aossca . COLD Field.
seasral nuMsld. superintendent
( - United States coast and geo.
- survey. states that the placer
"a u Al4ska = what has been
rusnd oui n khe quarts D. the
gesMare o. glaciers which lie and
nnFs along the course Of the
r-sAns exersiuE enormous pressure.
~ force. n says. - pres
- . a mere apureeiahIe
SRI, IN Alaska than elssw here.
III I believe that as a uun4e-
sssnes. more placer gold will be
aand % mat region than in any
aaT part o. TIRE world From an
zknr Tire small creeks and head.
szssfs q the larger tributaries o.
= fEkon. aFe nov coming every
xssk rerorfs q ngE Strikes IN fact
zariT al Alaska appears % D. a
"A grid fed. with gold deposits
socially rich along rivers and
rssr and on certain portions II
Asafk
ozsaae q The KIonalke aud Nome
fzT<tz tn most recent sensation
5 PAGER strikes have been IN the
sFfEts u the Cape York. Poker
I'D G0ievin bay and kovokuk.
AakgWirn. PoFeAplne. TauHna and
{
~ = fcll q golden promise Each
- q them. IS The result of the
'szlrx seasons woFk. is likely. BY
ft.e elgEinx. 80 give Up pay dirt
Raeh VII make them rival In
are N EianAsNA and Nome de.
Ira There are also rich quarts
=sEss n Aiaska which viii tn time
: 1ntnseiF productive Already
'ssssierzhss capital has been invest
: = ieem with lucrative results.
= sook Inlet miners get from
.s4a7a 70 fsae 90 per annuFu. on
"a one % the Aisutlnn Islands.
snartr mfns that has yielded
~ MILLION dollars during THE last
~ ytaFs On Douglas island -
= zreai Treaa dwell mine that has
aeeef i3eoe 90 during the Last ar-
- ysars At nerner's bay. sitka.
Azltat Copper river. katchikau.
TE1fs q Wales island and many
saef places are mines from which
= frequently coming reports u n
'sEinK naturt.
innsasily Of The Country.
AzskA. Ia Indian fa~ro~s rnas,y s
lee great country" II IL inn
rs having ~ area % ESQ i17
l1fs niles. This exceeds that ~
! sae Atlantic States from Maine
7 LoalE.ana. with oue-half Of Tex
! &c sded. q all this vast region
- z probably not one square
ae Nan can Be said % be value
- ne coast line - 20 00d miles
~agth and exceeds that n an
: pafu ~ TIE Union combined.
AAlilan Islands reach cat into
= Pacific nearly Loo miles. The