The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-01
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ALA SIX A
MINES
MRS. n. II. HENDERSON IN THE
GOLD MINING REGION.
Wife Of Prominent Attorney Relates a
Bear Story Of a Prospector's
Narrow Escape From Death.

Mrs. Fl. H. Henderson has returned
from 4 six months trip during which
she visited a number OF out-of-the-way
points OF interest including Alaska
and Hawaii.
Mrs. Henderson was interviewed by
the Standard this morning and gave
an interesting account OF her VARIOUS
journeys.
Il visited my mining property IN
Alaska" she said. "and found things
to be progressing with satisfactory
speed There has been a SHIFT or
eighteen men at work on tho Lucky
Gulch claim all winter and the men
have taken out an immense quantity
OF material which Is now stacked IN
huge dump awaiting the cleanup.
THE gold Is found at come depth
but iB In tho form OF placer nuggets
and coarse gold. requiring only wash
ing after II Ia once brought to the
surface. The men at the mine esti-
mate that the cleanup Will yield $780,
900 and possibly more. This property
ie on Valdez creek In the Shushitney
district, south Of Fairbanks.
while was there, ON incident hap
pened which will probably be inter
estlng TO you It Is bear story. but
one that can be depended upon. Two
Of the men, one little Scotsman by
name OF Mcdonald, were working a
prospect near Lucky Gulch, and Nc
Donald discovered what he took to be
a caribou in the brush nearby. He
pursued and shot at the animal and
ran I'D to get a closer view, when 1t
proved to be one OF the largest CHINA
mon bears ever seen in that neighbor-
hood
Tho maddened animal leaped up
on Mcdonald before he could retreat
and with one swift blow OF his en-
ormous paw, tore the entire scalp from
the crown of his head. rendering him
unconscious. The bear then picked
the unfortunate man up In his mouth
and started away with him. McDon'
aids partner was helpless with fright
for the time and ran for assistance
and q gun. Meanwhile the bear was
making It's way over the rocks still
holding its helpless victim in its jaws.
"A little mammeluke dog, belonging
to Mcdonald, followed the animal and
attacked it flercely at the heels. caus-
ing the bear to relinquish Its hold on
Mcdonald several times while 1t pur
sued the dog for short distance The
little mammeluke. however, persisted
In its frantic efforts 10 save Its mas
ter and finally succeeded, the bear
dropping the UNCONSCIOUS man from
Its mouth and shuffling on into the
brush.
af1ar
with a weapon and found Mcdonald
half dead With no surgeon within a
radius OF many miles. there was nc
time to think of other methods OF say
ing his life than that OF replacing the
torn scalp and binding It tightly In
place with bandages. Mcdonald soo1
regained consciousness and was able
to walk back to camp, where he was
given such crude medical attention
as the scanty supply OF remedies ln
the camp afforded, and he finally re
covered. A physician who examined
McDonald's head some time after his
return to civilization stated that nc
surgeons treatment could have beer
more successful than that accorded
Mcdonald by his inexperienced part
ner. The little dog is now looked upon
as the districts mascot and all the
wealth of Klondike could not Induce
the owners to part With him
Il visited the Hawaiian Islands ann
found much to interest me there. III
cluding the great volcano OF kiiaoeo
which | ascended to considerable
height We did not reach the top on
account Of the extreme heat or The
rocks. The view was grand. went
over the Canadian Pacific railway &c
New York. where | attended 10 mat
terra of business before returning
home