Daily Colonist (1897-07-24) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1897-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

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" It is the Klondvke's tributaries not the Klondyke, aa is the general impression, that are yielding up the gold," said Mr. Angus Galbraith speaking of his experiences in the cold country from which he returned to Victoriayeaterday. "The Klondyke ia a large, awift river, ruuning into tho Yukon. Three miles from ita mouth ia thoDonanza, a good sized stream which' empties into it, and a tributary of that water, and about ten miles from where it empties into the Klondyke ia tho E\ Dorado, at present the greatest gold producer in the North. Fifteen miles up from the mouth of the Klondyke is tho Hunker, into wiiich Uowa the Gold Bottom.

" Early thia apring two new gold-yielding creeks were discovered, one being tho Dominion, a stream about fifty miles long and sixteen miles distant from the bead of Bonanza creek, bat on the opposite slope to that creek; and the other being the Indian creek, which empties into the Yukon."

The surface proapectaof these streams, according to what Mr. Galbraith had iieard, are identical with those of the Kl Dorado and Bonanza when first located, botli returning where worked about 25 cents to the pan. Henderson creek, about 2'^ miles below the month of Stewart river, or about sixty miles from the Klondyke, ia Iieing worked aornewhat with similar success. A great many minera struck out for thia locality from Dawson City in early spring. At one time Stewart river waa the greatest gold producing stream of tho North, and aa only surface workings were carried on here, the indications there for those who are now liunting the alluring yellow dnat are good.

Though quite an elderly man, Mr, Galbraith aays he stood the cold well, and worked on his claim (No. 12, on the

Bonanza, above the Discovery), all last winter. When standing outdoors when the thermometer registers 00 or 70 degrees below zero, one haa to be careful that no part of his person ia expoaed to the frosty air. Vet in the winter mining goes on. A shaft is euuk to bed rock throngli the aid of fires, and the diggings ]irocured are washed out when the warm weather conies. The bedrock is found all shattered as if by some volcanic iliaturbance, Mr. Galbraith states, and in the crovicea, intermixed with S:md and clay, is found the gold.

On the Excelsior, the steamer which cDnve3ed Mr. Galbraith from St. Michaels to San Francisco, there were 36 miners, all with fortunes, and making up tlieao it was stimated—including !f250,000 belonging to the Alaska Commercial Company— there was $750,000. livery cent of this, .Mr. (iall)raitli aays, was taken out of tho El Dorado and Boiian/a. It took tho party six daya from the time of leaving DawBon City iinlil they landed at St. Michaels. There are four steamers plying on tho Yukon and all they can niiike is tv.'o trijn a season, 'i'lieae vessels Mr.

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