The Chitina leader., 1913-07-29
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lFrom Cordova Daily Alaskan. Jul

trail with pack horses expecting go Chtina via the Tonsna and Willow Creek route
 In with the strike old timer familiar with almost section of the country expresses his belief in the richness of the strike and tells the following story, which in
 his mind proves concusvey that there abundance of gold in the section about the Sushanna river According to his tale Russia long before that country sold Alaska to the United States confident of her inability to hold her possession in northwestern America offered to sell the country to Denmark following which proposal the Danish government sent party of scientists explore the north country and to make report the of the country After covering large part of the territory the party returned and and made report which Is file in the archives of the Danish government
 The unfavorabe the purchase by Denmark and whole is of but little interest this time One feature of the report however which have decided bearing on the strike that the party reported that their travels they large channel running between the head of the Copper and the head of the White which appeared have been at time the bed of the Copper River and that the time north and empted into
 the White instead of into the Gulf of Alaska This old river bed which cut by streams said to contain gold in considerable quantities. and believed by the party be extremely rc although their facilities for prospecting such that they could not determine had their duties permitted
 the stampede of '9s Alaska there three Germans who had all the from the old country with copies this report attempted find the old channel which undoubtedly through the section covered by the strike That they did not succeed evidenced by the fact that until the present time of gold being taken out in quantities has come from that section.
 It further pointed by the narrator that there to believe that the Copper river did at time north empty into the White river few years there legend handed down from generation generation among the ndans that in the early history of the natives the north and that much of the present Copper valley huge lake but that the liver finally broke through to the south at its present outlet through the
 4 special train left Cordova this morning bearing 20 passengers and horses for Mccarthy together with number of outfits belonging to the stampedes for the dggngs the Sushanna The train is being put through quick tme reaching Ctina 130 this afternoon where it remained to permit stampeders to purchase for the trip and leave papers for recording with the commissioner The train reached Mccarthy the beginning of the trail to the strike about clock
 The reports which continue in from the dggngs adding fuel to the flame and it is certain that by the time the train for the interior leaves here there will be siderable party ready to leave Reports from reliable to the effect that the richness of the ground has not been exaggerated by the reports heretofore received er Seven hundred dollars per day the output of creek working with crude appliances. Eight creeks reported have been prospeced sufficiently show that they contain good pay streak and that two of these Edorado and Bonanza extremely rich There twenysx creeks in the district all of which have indications of bearing gold possibly of them being richer than those already known to have but the extent and richness of the cannot be stated until they have been prospected.
 Claude Stewart, who wired to C. L. Hoyt to Corova that Carl Witam had struck it rich the Sushanna and that he would meet Hoy in Chtna yesterday arrived that place yesterday did Mr. Hoyt who left here yesterday morning motor All efforts to Stewart tell what he knows of the strike have been ues He absolutely refuses make statement regarding the country and he is have been in almost constant communication with "Bud Sergeant who of the first in the camp is certain that he is we'll informed conditions there His recence therefore taken that the he has favorable to the and refusal to dvuge 1t to the public caused by the fact that he does desire the rush to the interior until he has accomplished his purposes it known he will go the Sushanna himself possible and undoubtedly has interests there now
 Every report coming Cordova but corrobotes reports previously received that the bound to be big producer and there longer remains the slightest doubt but that the tales of the richness of the strike which first received exaggerated but little if at all
 Notwithstanding the favorable reports coming here it is umOred that there has been the outside that there is absolutely nothing the strike These reports however said to have been by parties operating the interior whose men have deserted to go to the strike and this being taken stop the stampede Such reports however it is believed will have little effect upon the thrush of prospector the contrary reports whemng and from such reliable