The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-04-17
ATL|N IS NOT RICH,
SAYS GEO. CARMACK
DiSCovERER OF kLONDikE SAYS
NOTHING GOOD YET BEEN
FOUND IN "ELDoRADo."

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Jim's Atln discovery" George w.
Carmack of Seattle. writes under date
of April 3, at Silver Creek, to r. r.
Nixon, manager Of Hotel Frye, at Sc
attic, says the Post -Intelligencer. Keep
away from the diggings until some-
thing has been really discovered" is
the message that Carmack sends to
"the boys" here at home. Carmack
and his brother law, with Skookum
Jim have been over the trail from
Carcross to Atln to Silver Creek. they
have prospected and panned and put
holes down to bedrock, and there Is Of
gold "just enough to show that there
is gold in the country"
Provision Prices Leap.
Provisions and outfits have gone up
from so to 100 per cent. Carmack paid
impossible to get good dogs at any
price. "All Atlin and all the Indians
came here, stuck their stakes In the
snow and then went and recorded"
writes Carmack, who finds nothing to
Justify the rush. He says that his ar
rival on April Fools day seems quite
appropriate, but he Is determined to
make thorough investigation of the
entire region and wire to Mr.. Nixon
when he finds something good"
Most of the bonanza boomers are
leaving the Atlin and Silver Creek
neighborhood, satisfied that it is a
false alarm, but Mr.. Carmack intends
to prospect and report the exact char
acter and possibilities of the place be-
fore he returns.
Pay Yet to BE Found.
Here Is the letter:
Friend Nixon Arrived here on
April Fool day and from all indica-
lions, 1t is a fool trip as far as Silver
creek Ia concerned. There have been
some holes put down to bedrock, with
poor returns: just enough to show
there is gold in the country. l have
not had time to look around and l am
fixing my snowshoes so ] can take
some trips over the mountains so
can get lay of the country. l be-
lieve the country will be good, but
good pay has got to be found.
Will Stay With the Country.
prospecting is unsatisfactory this
time of the year. A lot of the boys ar"
going to leave in couple of days, but
/ am going to stay and give the coun-
try good test | want the boys t.
get value received for their money
the country looks good, and | think 1t
Is good, but everybody should stay
away until further developments As.
soon as | get anything that l know
is good ! will send you a wire. The
trip has been expensive, as everything
went up 80 to 100 per cent. ! managed
to get four small dogs at Skagway
and one at Carcross; they cost me
about $40 each. l had three sleighs
in my party. with three dogs on each
sleigh. We went from Carcross to
Atlin in three days. and in seven days
from Atlin here (Silver Creek.
Trail Very Crooked.
"rhe trail is not bad only on some
of the portages, but 1t is very crook
ed, you meet yourself half dozen
times coming back. The best way to
come in here in the winter is to go to
Tagish. then east to Lake Teslin, then
up to Teslin. The country from Tag
ish to Tesln is level; there is plenty
of game in the country and we will
not so hungry, even If we run out Of
the Chez Chaco grub.
"The country round here is staked
from Dan to Beersheby all of Atlir
and all of the Indians came here ana
stuck their stakes in the snow ane
then went and recorded. l could Sc.
cure plenty Of claims. but | wont buy
pigs in sack. DO not take any not |
ice of reports from this country un
III you hear from me. We are within
30 miles of telegraph station and |
Us soon as find anything good viii |
wire you.
TLNciN ppuS 10 III HV'u iIS'i'u WIN
good appetite for beans. The snow
s about three feet deep here, 1t IS
having a little every day. ! hope
he next time you hear from me
viii have better news, by all means
ell everybody to stay away until you
rear from me. Give my regards to
I'll the boys. remain, yours truly.
&c. w. CARMACK"