The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-28
GREAT FUTURE FOR DlGGlNGS
 UP LYNN CANAL

UP LYNN LANAI
 Fred Fonzo. a pioneer Alaskan, and formerly United States deputy mar shai for skagway arrived in th.a city Q few days ago, and expressed his op- inion in the most enthusiastic manner over the future Of the district along the shores of the inland waters be- tween this port and Juneau, says the Alaskan.
 He believes that prospectors who are looking for new mining district -one which has hardly yet been touched, and which will eventually become a producer of enormous wealth would do well to keep an eye on the mountains and creeks along Lynn canal between Douglas Island and Skagway.
 Tt is a well known fact" said Mr. Fonzo to representative of this pa- per, "that prospectors for many years past have occasionally spent Q little time along the shores of the Inland Passage. and O few have even yentur- ed some distance back into the h.lls, but all have eventually beon drawn further north and finally lately into the interior by the lure of gold that had already been found. in the hopes of findfno no,v fioldq
 coloro Are Found
 While prospecting last summer, we were forced to seek safety in Q sheltered cove Q few miles north of William Henry Bay. and here we d's- covered small creek which looked good. We immediately started pros pecting. and found colors whenever we washed pan of gravel. We named the stream Gold creek" Geograph- lcally this creek is in line with the Porcupine di,trict and undoubtedly at one time was glacier bed. How much gold Is there can only be deter mined by actual work. My son, Fred junior. together with the two Loren. sen boys. Peter and Harry, are still at the camp and will make an open cut to the rim rock thil winter"
 Mr. Fonzo stated that the location is a most ideal one. with plenty Of drop, plenty of water and plenty of timber. Bedrock has not yet been en- countered, owing to the fact that the handmade pump which the party used in keeping the water down gave out and they had no means of securing a new one this fall They were forced to whipsaw their lumber for their sluices which they have made, and it was while seeking timber suitable for lumber that their attention was drawn to the bench towards which they are now digging. In felling a large tree. two smaller trees were up rooted. and the roots were found to be imbedded in wash gravel. When pans of this dirt was washed, color was found, some specks of gold with a value as high as 10 cents being re- covered.
 Camp To Installed
 When the party left here last sum. mer they had a fairly good boat, but the engine gave out, and they have been forced to rely on sail and oars for a means of transportation. Cab ins and tool houses have been con structed and a permanent camp has been installed.
 In studying the formation of the country Mir. Fonzo has reached the conclusion that this section is geolo- gically related to the mines surround- ing Porcupine and lies in a mineraliz. ed belt which trends southward from that po'nt. and that the placer gold which he is finding Is milled from the ores and deposited there by the same enormous glacier which in the long ago swept southward to the Lynn Canal. the course of which was later obstructed and changed by the erup- ton of the rugged mountain ranges lying west of the canal. which ,s now known to be of recent geological for maticn, until now what is left of 1t is divided Into the Muir and Dayison glaciers and a number Of smaller one7.