The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-06
NORTHERN LORE RICH IN TALES OF HIDDEN
 GOLDEN FORTUNES

Searching for ~1oS- mines iI Alaska z.-cs. r.qa.s i- romance t1e hunts sc- -a+ sa1.=5 treasure islands i2 ss Pacific
 so11 ? DsF-se<. who operated pla z-s in 51s Nome district and is iH- =-ss-s4 n mining n Eastern Oregon. s .1= .a.zss ,o join -1e ranks ot the =4-s Wao nave already sought ~.o>r
 AIa~z4- He @aa leave = 4-,= fer zz= north ia the Ia-- sprlas >-o1 = navigation opens. s4Ts tae Seattle Times of las- Sunday
 l=E-t=s 1o4,45 down The Yukon -.vz- t-5- Tzws5a i1 an open boat IL
 He said a= then banned he E1ko1 -5v=- ta-s l. se4=Eal places zr=-r tributary eap-yilE mo the =-=z- E2zoz -iY=- system. he said. car ned z=-e=z-ags e: gold He oelieY- =s 71z- 5r=5Ei1E operations. after sae government railroad is completed. >o -zz- 1zaFy machinery mar b. trans go--=5 z5-= c1=4Ply. along tae Yukon aver mi. produce more wealth than
 1=z- or ~si o= taken from al =z= place z-5-.-z .z Alaska
 Gets T-z1= of Treasgre-
 !. a4z a- -1= Easo1 r5Te- trip that -E-s== E5. --zc= T T1a. 1= believes | ---z car r5 64 rich placer dig -@ H. .s confident 1= hzs -hs 1E1- 5a2= Two men. strangers 70 zc1 c.1z-. c4 says. hare furnished aim -zg= ot -1= location. and one oz =- 4 song along 70 stake his own money
 As ne s-9-r g5=s, + is much ike = 4cco-1, Of o.1=- los. mines. One
 -=- died and The o-a=- finally zd= 5.= -ay o-c c: -1- @..t=-1=ss
 1 poz= os coa-z= gold
 The fac. -1a- rich deposits ot gold have bean --cor=rs5 1T Alaska makes -e zcco1--s 1t -.lo-- mines all t1= =5-= tempting and 10 g,amor or TO- nance adds -o1ch ot possible reality. One ez--=1=ly rich cl4i1- where -h= z5.d seemed practically concentrated rom --= ~Aol= surrounding district z5 -E= stampede 70 la@ Kaatlsa- -a T1= 5z1=-s were f-oc=d 10 guard nc g-5-l5 5o Eez2 s-znp@ders from
 2.1g 1zgg=-s from -1= surface Cold found 5- natural cerch-bzzin z-.=1 -1= stampede 70 rae C1is41a-
 P3ssfaiy n c1isanz
 Scg4 A-zszz-s now believe thar goss.s.y .a= los. o-t~ Q: the upper -41z14 5zs.z 1ag have had i,s or gin la -z@ Ca.sz1a A rhe story ze=s -r9 psosEec-o-s penetrated the
 5s-u=ss before there a4s any white s=-.lens1- One ~zs killed by tls Indians The other. though wounded. c@g-d- He finally turned ia Chica- g5 ~s-h z a,-aage sroIy and pockeE 4ll os nuggets 70 Yerity his story. H@ made rough map from memory and s-o-- taa- the location wss thought 70 = ta -1e vicinity q the confluence .. @ Co1Lpast=r and Tanzna rivers. -z= map made 5y tle prosDec-0r dit- s-.=e from me subsequent goyernmen, maps. since the larEer shozed the Cood2as-er 1ouing into the Tanala from r1e zoa-1- The pEospectoTs map sroT@d corect Many of the early gov@-1nelr maps were in error.
 After Fairbanks had established +; reputation a rhe center Of . oousid e-ab,e placer camp. and ,he couptrl asd been thoroughly s,aked. one c
 oss queer characters peculiar to th. lorralaad used to come to town per- | cd.cally uirh enough gold 70 keep hin .- l.ego. for seTeraI months.
 Cunning About His Finc. 10 matter ho~ drunk he might be l91ae. however. or how much he migh s1Eer f-o1a Lack O stinBlants afte ss money and credit were gone. h co1ld nerer be made 10 talk about ih' crigin os his find He waa almost un ez8nl.Y cunning on thfs point Ere
 ra.Iera sooa g4ve up The idea ina