The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-03-13

been found In Alaska. 1t Is a vast re-
gion, extremely difficult to explore
proved already to have fabulous wealth
in gold and other minerals, and ricf
strikes are possibility there even
centuries hence. A rich gold strike In
Alaska draws from the whole world
Following are extracts from letter
to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, de.
scriptive of what seems the new FL
dorado, $50 miles east of Atlin:
Long and Difficult Trip.
! "A story of hardship, privation and
daring in the untracked immensities OF
I the north that equals any of the
epic tales Of heroism told OF the mighty
men of the early Yukon is contained
in the account just received Of Perry
Delo's leadership of the stampede to
the new Eldorado, $50 miles east OF
Atlin. which Skookum jim Of Klon-
dixie fame, reported to the world few
weeks ago.
"Delo is a Seattle boy and gradu
ate of the University Of Chicago In
company with his companions he was
resting in Atlin the early part of last
winter after busy season in the
mines.
| "The little town on the shores of
bake Atlin was buried under deep
blanket of snow.
THE men who work her gold-laden
creeks in summer time were 'holed up
in their cabins, YEARLY awaiting the
release Of the silent land from the
grip Of the ice king. when early in De-
cember they were startled by the APP
pearance of band of 40 Tesln In
dian trappers at the recorders office.
Stake Claims and Mush.
THE Indians staked claims on Sill
yer creek, $50 miles to the eastward
and furtively mushed away into the
white silence
THE word that new strike had
been made on the creeks east Of Teslir
ran like fire through the sleeping town
and the alternating inhabitants walked
to the alarm. Away to the eastward
there where the sun rose for but q
few short hours each day, across the
untracked waste Of ice and snow lay
gold, and, fired by the mad lust Of gain
that mocks at love of life itself, the
men Of Atlin made ready to stampede
Laugh at Death.
"The first to get away were pelo and
his two companions, Ernest Ludwick
and William Swanson. There was nc
time for extensive preparation. To go
with meager outfit might mean death
but to wait to provide themselves
suitably or burden themselves with a
heavy load meant delay that might
spell loss of opportunity at ownership
of the golden earth under the muffling
snow away to the eastward.
Pay Toll to God Of Gold.
Somehow, some way, they reached
the eastern shore, but all had paid
their toll to the grim god of gold who
so zealously guards the treasures of
the northland.
Every member Of the party achiev
cd the shelter of the timber with frozen
hands and feet and cheeks and noses
white with the agony of frost bite.
Mine days later, worn and haggard
with the awful agony of the trail, they
drove their Keeling dogs up to the re-
corder's Office in Atlin, three lettering.
frozen wrecks, weakly flashing EDWARDS
worn dog team which could not have
made an additional ten miles. They
were frozen men and marked with
agony, but weakly happy because they
had won. They had dared the grim
threat of the northern winter and won
a golden reward for their daring.
Letter Causes Stampede.
'"They were the first of the STAN
peders, but not the last. A letter sent
from Atlin to Circle City. far down
the Yukon towards the Arctic circle
brought number Of hardy men all
that distance over the snow by dog
team and into the new country.
',rhe same letter forwarded to Fair
banks sent Charley Boyle on a lone
race over the snow. All those who
have seen the new country are confid-
ent that the scene has been set for q
new Eldorado. Old-timers Of the
north, many of them of the Klondike
trail of '9s, and discoveries Of the At
lin creeks, say the new gold streams
are ideal for the containing of great
wealth.
'"rhe ground is shallow, bedrock be-
Ing covered from but three to four
feet. All who have secured claims In
The new district are making prepare
lion to return to them next month be- |
lore the breaking up of the ice on the |
axes. II is estimated that over 500 |
men will spend next summer i'm the |
,ew camp. II Is certain that a large
lew gold-bearing district has been dis
covered. How rich 1t will prove to be
4 as yet a question. /
Successor to kIondike.
"Old-timers have predicted for years
hat the next rich placer strike would
&c somewhere In that country between
he headwaters Of the Yukon and the
lid Cassiar diggings. The country is
,ent'y rolling and sparscly tlmbered
long the new creeks If which there
re many. Skookum Jim told Of sew