The Chitina leader., 1913-07-29


 the field that of the greatest finds of recent in Alaska They that everything has been staked Edorado and Bonanza creeks but that there plenty of ground on the other creeks.
 Yesterday train brought letters from parties in the interior Corova people, One of these from Mccarthy sav t is sure enough stampede At least 150 men have left the last AS hours It George Wolf made the strike and 1t Is said that he grubsaked by Brady Howard Howard got Wolf and started for the Sushanna the line sealing timber when the letter given him and he borrowed the boots and shirt Jesse Forester wearing and started without returning camp It is claimed that Wolf is taking out $2500 per day It is sight sampeders starting out Seventy five in this train and going out fast they get with packs their backs.''
 letter Paul Range that the best claims opened Edorado where with short string of boxes with three working there being taken $20 $00 Good has been struck creeks but reliable data has been received vaues but reports to the effect that the ground high cents to the pan of the claims being prospeced The creeks which has been found Bonanza Eorado Ready Money Cend Shamrock and Beaver and prospecting indicates that five other creeks have good pay ground All of the ground
 shallow and unfrozen. Such ground has been opened is sufficiently rich to warrant the belief that big camp like Dawson probable The total of the gold bearing gravel is varying and probably in not reliable but it is believed to be large
 It is necessary to do work the trail glacier to make possible freight in winter The distance from McCarthy to Bonanza creek which will probably be the permanent camp about no miles With 900 worth of work on the trail the freight will come via Cordova
 1 B. w. Elliott writing from Blackburn, says: ''It is the greatest strike made in Alaska to richness and extent
 friend of mne who has been and saked claims that he banned number of pans of gravel of which below $00 The dggngs shallow, being from feet bedrock The wash porphyysae with boulders The creeks head red porphyry mountain Pay has been found Bonanza Eorado Coarse Gold and Johnson creeks The country Is rong with small hls just like the Dawson country The country large and would not be surprised to hear of a number of other good strikes the prospectors get to work the gold and it looks good to me- 1t IS pretty we'll worn and smoth Wages $1O day and board The distance from White Horse to the Susanna is 400 miles, but the Canadians have built trail for good part of the distance. Uncle Sam should get busy.''
 fboc olof+ the Nizina river until this morning. owing to the extremely high Of the first bunch which went out Henneke Sullivan and Johnson the river Sullivan it reported nearly losing his life in the attempt having carried off his feet the swift current and but for the efforts his companions would probably have been drowned Of those who started later only Deputy Marshal Brown Chtna got the He tackled the yeaerday morning and succeeded in swimming after hard battle with the current The remainder of the sampeders remained this side of the river until this morning. when decided fall in the stream allowed them all to and they pushing with all speed to overtake the advance guard
 The trail to the camp, particularly that section between Mccarthy and the Nzna river and the glacier trail is bad shape and if the travel going by way of Corova work should be done it to make easier M Fnkestein who went out to Kenncott last Saturday. the first to call attention to the condition of the " and the necessity for something to be done in improving in telegram to the Chamber of Commerce Sunday to the telegram the chamber took up the with Vice President Baxter of the Copper River Northwestern Railroad, and tacy agreed that work in this direction should be done it ascertained just what was needed though definite plans made they be arranged until reconnaissance of the country has been completed and report made the work This will be done. Is believed within me further steps taken to make good trail from the railroad Scoa The glacier which the trail passes is extremely difficult to this account of the high ridge in the center with steep slope either sde making extremely difficult to take horses when sharp shod The work required at this point would be extensive and would take but few days The glacier has the faculty of changing its shape almost every and at times to
 CFrom Cordova Dai
 News from the strike the Sushanna still continues