Year: 1877

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Last spring three men represented
to gentleman in Tacoma that they
had discovered rich diggings in the
Cascade range, and upon their asser-
tions the gentleman furnished them
supplies. including $50 feet of hy.
draulic hose, for which they were to
pay at the close of the mining sea-
son this fall. The three men set out
for their diggiugs last June. and
nothing further was heard from them
until last month, when one of their
number came to this city, bringing
a,number of fine nuggets, and some
fine gold in q bottle. The man was
given position on the Zepher, and
remained on that steamer until last
Saturday, when he disappeared.


The new diggings are described as
being half a days travel south of
the summit of the Snoqualmie Pass,
probably about fifteen miles, on the
north side of canyon, in bank
fourteen feet high, in which the
gold is said to exist in paying guam
titles from the grass roots to bedrock.
The man did not seem to avoid con-
versation on the subject, but he did
say no one could track him to the
spot. A number of men were trying
to find the exact location and were
watching him closely, which proba-
bly, accounts for his sudden disap-
pearance, to avoid being followed.
Although the man did not attempt
to create the impression that an un-
usually rich discovery had been
made, those who saw the gold he
brought with him are satisfied that
one of the richest deposits of gold
yet discovered on the coast awaits
development at our very doors. A
number of men are already prepar-
ing to search for this hidden wealth
so soon as they can travel in the
mountains next spring.


The writer of this saw a nugget
weighing about $95 which was
brought from near this locality in
the year 1875. If one-fourth the
prospectors who are now wearing
outtheir lives in the Black Hills and
in other almost inaccessible localities,
would turn their attention to our
rich gold deposits only a few miles
from tide-water atSeattle, they would
be far better rewarded for their la
bors, and the mineral wealth of the
country would be vastly increased.
Rich stores of gold are treasured up
on the Cascades, just back of the
Sound, and only little labor, COM
paratively, is required to bring them
forth. The sands of the rivers emp
tying into the Sound are all rich in
gold brought from the mountains,
and on some of the river bottoms as
high as one dollar per day can be
made washing out the flake gold.
This is an indisputable evidence that
the water of these streams flow
through golden channels.


The miner tells an interesting
story of his journey from the mines
to this city. For twenty miles of the
trail followed the snow was four feet
deep, and all along the route were
tie remains of Indian ponies, which
had become exhausted, and been left
to die. Large packs of grey wolves
we're feeding on these carcasses, and
as he passed they would follow and
snap at him. Many times the wolves
came so uncomfortably near that he
expected to be devoured by them /;
but by striking whenever they came
too near they were kept in check.
The man says he was very much
frightened.


Mrs. DUNFIELD.--The condition of
Mrs. Dunfield is much the same as yes
terday. and some of her friends enter