Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-20

the bars, but not In paying quantities
and In the following May they re
turned to Sixty Mile.
Ten days later. Harper and Joe La
due arrived at Sixty Mile, and Day
light, strong to obey the bunch that
had come to him, traded a third In
terest in his Stewart town site for a
third interest in theirs on the Klondike.
They had faith In the Upper Country,
and Harper left downstream, with q
, raft-load OF supplies, to start a small
! post at the mouth of the Klondike.
why don't you tackle Indian River.
Daylight7" Harper advised. at part
Ing. There's whole slathers of creeks
and draws draining In up there, and
somewhere gold just crying to be
found. That's my bunch. There's a
big strike coming, and Indian River
amt going to be a million miles
away"
AAnd tho place Is swarming with
moose Joe Ladue added. Bob Hen
derson's up there somewhere, been
there three years now, swearing
something big is going TO happen,
living of'n straight moose and pros
pecting around like a crazy man."
Daylight decided to go Indian River
a ffutter. as~fe~ expressed it; and lin
gered a few days longer arranging his
meager outfit. He planned to go in
light, carrying q pack OF seventy-nvo
pounds and making his five dogs pack
as well, Indian fashion, loading them
with thirty pounds each. Depending
on the report OF Ladue, he intended to
follow Bob Henderson's example and
live practically on straight meat.
When Jack Kearns' ecow, laden with
the sawmill from Lake Linderman,
tied up at Sixty Mile, Daylight bum
died his outfit and dogs on board,
turned his tewn-site application over
to Elijah TO be filed, and the same day
was landed at the mouth of Indian
River. He continued down Hunker
to the Klondike, and on to the sum-
nier fishing camp Of the Indians on
the Yukon.
Here for q day he camped with Car
mack, a squaw-man, and his Indian
brother-in-law, Skookum Jim, bought
q boat, and, with his dogs on board,
drifted down the Yukon to Forty Mile.
Then 1t was that Carmack, his broth
er-in-law. Skookum Jim, and Cultus
Charlie, another Indian, arrived In a
canoe at Forty Mile, went straight to
the gold commissioner, and recorded
three claims and discovery claim on
Bonanza Greek. After that, in the Sour
dough Saloon, that night, they exhibit
ed coarse gold to the skeptic4i crowd.
Daylight, too. was skeptical, and this
despite his faith in the Upper Coun-
try. Had he not, only 9 few days be-
fore. seen Carmack loafng with his
Indians and with eve 3 thought OF
prospecting? But at eleven that night,
sitting on the edge of his bunk and
uniacing nis moccas1ns, q thought
came to him. He put on his coal and
hat and went back to the Sourdough-
Carmack was still there. flashing his
coarse gold IN the eyes of an unbe-
lieving generation. Daylight ranged
alongside OF him and emptied Car
macks sack into a blower. This he
studied for a long time. Then, from
his own sack, into another blower, he
emptied several ounces OF Circle City
and Forty Mile gold. Again, for q long
time, he studied and compared. Final
~, he pocketed his own gold, returned
Carmacks, and held up his hand for
silence.
boys, I want to tell you-all some
thing he said. 'sShe's sure come-the
up-river strike. And / tell you-all,
clear and forcible, this is it. There
amt never been gold Ike that in q
blower in this country before. It's
new gold. It's got more silver In 1t.