The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-08
NEW GOLD STRIKES
MADE IN ALASKA
Wonderful Northern Region Is
Fast Coming Under the
Control Of Man.

With the opening OF navigation each
year In Alaska there come the reports Of
new gold finds The latest which has
come to our notice IL far into the in
terror. the Chandelar river. some 200
miles to the north OF Fort Yukon. n trad
Ing center on the Yukon river about mid
way between Dawson and St Michaels.
1t is stated that rich placer ground has
been found near the hcadwatcrs and along
the tributaries of tho Chnndelar river
In the region where tho thermometer reg
listers for several months as low as 30
to 60 degrees below zero. During the
past thirty days II is said tina, over 500
points 10 these new fields. says the Min
Ing Reporter,
This is not the first lime that gold
strikes have been reported In this locality.
To the writer's personal knowledge the
Chandear, well as the Quinseg river.
sixty miles up the Yukon toward Daw--
son. was the scene Of a considerable gold
stampede In the summer Of 1901. The
country was well run over by several
hundred prospectors. and while pay gravel
was found in number of places. no ex-
tsnsive fields were discovered. Perhaps
q more systematic search has, as reports
indicate, resulted In the finding of really
important placer deposits This season
will probably prove their merit and ex-
tent The occurrence Of gold along the
noriherly tributaries OF the Yukon, and
even OF the Yukon river itself. is proven
gravel In place fall to give a few colors
at least 1t is, therefore, not unlikely
that pay deposits Of extent Will yet be
discovered along other known and un-
known streams-lke the Chandelar.
This particular stream is rapid and
rather difficult OF boat naVigation-poling
and lning-up being necessary In the max
ing of any hcadway up stream. There
is, however, a good overland route from
Fort Yukon-a route which was followed
In 1898 in going to the koyukuk gold
u.1I uh Ice In
OF the headwaters Of the Chandelar, This
route will. doubtless. be taken by those
journeying from Dawson and other up,
river points. From st. Mlchaels and
other down river settlements the region
may be more accessible from the head OF
navigation on the Koyukuk river Ga
Is navigable for thlrty-ton steamers for
a distance OF 500 miles by the course OF
the river and about half that distance
In straight line). The region Is suf1-
supply of wood for fuel.
Parentheticaly. ii Is of interest to note
that, other than the new Tanana and the
old Birch Creek fields, no really impor
tant placer diggings have up to date
been found along the southern trlbu
taries OF the Yukon. All OF the Nome
region lies TO the north, the klondikc TO
the north and east, the Koyukuk to the
north. etc. Seventy Mile river and others
emptying into the Yukon from the south
have had their gold eXcitements, which
placer finds. SO. too. have the Kusko-
quinn and other streams lying TO the
south of the Yukon and emptylng directly
into the ocean.
In conclusion we jot down a brief
chronology OF gold discoveries and excite
ments In the Alaskan and Yukon coun-
try. Birch Creek in the sixties which
built up settlement of over 1000 souls
at Circle City; diggings along streams
in the vicinity OF Circle City in the sew
entities: Forty Mile and it's tributaries in
the eighties; Klondike I'm Yukon Terri
tory) In 1897; Koyukuk diggings and
Seventy-Mle in 1898: Nome and Cape
York region In 1899; Kuskoquim In 1900;
Chandelar, Fortv-Mtle and Koyukul (the
latter two for a second time) III 1901,
and Tanana in 1903. There were other
excitements. which. however. were OF
local and minor Importance. OF these,
the more important. in order of output.
to date have been klondike, Nome. Ia
mana. Birch Creek and Koyukuk. The
Birch Creek diggngs are still worked TO
a small extent every season The koyu-
kuk region. on account OF It's remoteness
and short season, has. perhaps, not
reached It's zenith. The first three sec
tions, in order OF output, this year will
probably he Nome, klondike and Tanana.