Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-30

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tered away MIR. Boyle was supcriu-
,endcnt Of his mines.
Joe Boyle was twcuty-cight years
old At this time. He was no, doing as
well as he had hoped at his mining. and
h" conceived the idea that there was "A
fortune TO he made in the Garth after
the miners had left. and also in the
timbcr that then covered a great part
OF the Nlondikc VALLEY. 1t was as far
back As 1899 when he stood on y little
hill above elc Nlondikc River and de-
hat"d as to the size OF tho ,rac, he
would lease. lie determined TO take
all az the land within sight. and then
MAD" out the papers for the gold tor
ri,ory which he now has.
STARTED SAwMILLS
AND MADE MONEY
lie also made ii claim FOR the timber.
Tn" latter vas ten miles in length. eM-
tending through and beyond the terri
Ntory which he is now mining. Every
one laughed at the mining property.
but he had 10 fight for his timber. AS
soon as his application MAS known his
competitors at Dawson saw the author
tiles and had them require him to
stake out the whole ten miles Of his
No.. So, '' GU
g.. 80 "''"s pr
49, ~ announcements was
. 'I'1n III '"e afternoon be-
~ VIZ i"Ht haE required. Boyle
S'"''ed on foot that afternoon and
'''mpeh al! night. blazing his way aud
marking the limits. lie had to wade
'IENlIrl 4 a. lf.za ~ 49,. ..,
drive stakes. Tho work was cxb,uv.-
ing. hui, he k.n, ., u,,i D., ,,
IA. had martial ain, -, -. .r
,on m;Io. IL 80" "
, ,,.loci. ,ha -. W" :" !
a., "''"'"s' oH'S L"
'"' '""i"'' ~ men ready l" jump
49, ''"i"' ! II mao not been s;akcd.
"h'" INC claim Was measured accord
ing TO law, ii was found that his axes
l'!! snort only twenty feet oI the ten
miles allotted !Nftcr tina, lie started
Sawmills. He got 500 u thousand. and
made money out Of his lumber and
wood. He has now from his same
claim the timbers he uses in his drclr-
opcra,ions and b.s ,,,,., -.
o., w,,b -. .In~...
ro,L ,,hora - =" "t '>"r'h
" '"Ne" -! cree
~ ~ ms '"'""er pr"his tina; gave
-. u """tS 'ht' enabled him
80 ~ W see capitalists ana finance his
H'""S. re hrst formed
", "''"'"ec win inc tothschi!ds. by
mn.tn ne Was Il" have one-'htrd and
- '"n,'hlroS OF 'he stock. The un-
80. '"nu'"' was mat they were to fur
r"e MONEY amounting 10 soma
""u t""t MI i'oNie was "a
.,S u property ana s~upcr'ntend
.,op'neh.S
-. 'othScniIas 'fied TO squeeze
,itIa ana ni,nno H"rSs'uHe" ms
Rovle ca,ri.d ~. -. y
ard fought them in the courts. wher.
he finally got a udEmcn, against mem
for more than $500. 900. Tho Hotbe-
childs wanted to get rid of him s,d
offered him Sl.0oo.O 600 for his sbar. or
the stock. He refused. and in rc,ur,
made them an offer az 5000. 600 for the
two-thirds that they held. AZ G-s,
they laughed. but they hnauy recon-
sidercd and accepted his pronosi,iou
Mr.. Boyle then formed another COM
pany known as the Canadian ondik
Mining Company. by which name the
property is known to this DAY.
| have already given YOU the extent
OF the BOYLE concessions. They in
ciudc seven miles OF the miIe-widc
klondike VALLEY. and they run TO the
crest Of the hills on each side. The
whole territory contains more or less
gold. Mr.. Boyle tells me that $50, O0o.-
900 cubic yards of it has already been
prospected and proved. and that there
is probably 100. 000.0 o yards more.
This makes a total OF go. 600, 900 cubic
yards, the most Of which is yet TO go
through the great dredges, and in ad-
h" eIuined dow ,hn njIis ''n. WI!