FOR MCKENZIE
Expedition to Investigate Quartz
Proposition Seen by Klondikers
When the Rush Was On.
J. F. O’Brien, formerly of Rampart
but now of Manhattan, Nov., not long
ago wrote to George Shirley that In* will
head an expedition into the Mackenzie
River country the coming spring.
Mr. Shirley was invited to join the
party, hut his affairs call for his pres
ence here and he wrote hack declining
tlie invitation.
Tin* expedition to the Mackenzie has
its inspiration in prospects found by
men who started to the Klondike over
the Edmonton trail in '98.
Messrs. O’Brien and Shirley were
members of a party who paid more at
tention to prospecting by the wayside
than they did to the quickest manner of
reaching the distant Yukon. Thus tin*
summer of ’99 found, them ascending a
tributary of the Mackenzie and panning
the sands, in which light colors of gold
were common
They were all new to the lmsmess <»t
gold hunting. At Kdmonton they had
learned how to manipulate the gold pan
and that was the extent of their knowl
edge. So they continued up the tribu
tary in question until finally pieces of
white rock appeared in their pansand
little flecks of yellow gold were visible
in the rock. At length they came to
where the stream had cut the ledge,
which outcropped on each side of the
eanvon and formed the boundary line of
their hopes, for above that point no
vellow particles won* found in the sand,
and the party returned to their journey
toward the Yukon. The white ledge
was remembered by them only as mark
ing the place where their last hope pe
tered out.
Since then members of that paity have
grown in gold hunter's wisdom, dr.
O'Brien, especially, has supplemented
the knowledge he gained in placering on
the Yukon by a course of practical ex
perience in one of the most interesting
and attractive quartz field- in the world,
Nevada, where for some time he lias
been superintendent for the Manhattan
Mining ('onipanv. I b* evidently believe
tlieie is wealth in the ledge that his
partv saw cropping out in the Mackenzie
river tributary in 'tub and it is probable
that all his companions of that time
How believe likeW ise.
The ledge is in Canada. The O'Brien
party will outfit at I'diuonton. It i- not
Mike Engels \
Sourdough Mike
and PACKING \
To all the Creeks
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known limv long they will go prepared
to remain in the Maekenzie rountrv, lnit
it is probable they will bo outfitted for
at least two years.
SKOOKUM OiRT
IS FABULOUS
liundred-doilar Pans From Frozen
Ground Look Like Simply
Finding the Money.
Max Neville, who arrive**! from across
tlu* divide Sunday night, was asked
about tlu* news from Skookum, where
llehh vX Kaulbat k were reported to have
run into pay going as high as $7o to tin*
pan some three weeks ago.
Mr Neville replied that the pay has
got even better. I lundred-dollar pans
have been washed lately, and they are
.-till in the frost.
travel ]•<.--iv a- rich in goto as tins
was mi mil 1 >y llehh K an I hack last
winter; lait it was taken from wet
ground, w here every inch of drift hail to
he timl creil, ami where heilroek drains
had to he constructed and kept con
stantly open.
I.vi-n with such ex|ieiisive working
the profits are supposed to have hcen
great. With the ordinary methods of
working, taking money from frozen
ground as rich as that would he almost
like finding it.
it only remains to he -aiid that Hehh
ik Kauliiai k have always rather under
stated the ipiality of their dirt than
otherwise. It is a certainty that ntrex
aggerati-1 statements regarding the pa)
has Ih-i-ii made hy them.
Thunur. to Prospect.
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ttT'luy h»r tli** <»tln*r -»«It* »»f t<lis
-ail !»«• tin •roughly |»r«
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k inlUtfk - may «tinitiInti Mr.
TlmtiiMi to hat |*r• >9»»|»t* r a«*ti<»n;
hut it i* IV. I) known th.it tin |»r»*rt|WH4t
iiirf nlhvU-*! !•» «ia :ilrvM«ly in<ltt<h-*l in
kh wtnl.r l» vi l j.im nt
l ost—Do $ Whip.
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!.*•$*%♦* a* Mnwr- *?.*r«* nml r* * « v«* thank*
THANKSGIVING
GREAT GROUND
Chute Pronounces It the Richest
Placer Ground He Has
Ever Seen.
Tht' work done on discovery, Thanks
<rivinfr, this winter Inis revealed a (pian
tity and quality of pay dirt that surprises
even the new owners of the ground, who,
satisfied themse lves of its exceptional ;
value before making the purchase from I
Kfiatt Uros. last summer.
In one hole after another 0 feet of dirt
has been found that nuts from S and 10
cents to the pan at the top, inereas- i
ino in value with depth till at the bot
tom the amount of jrold is almost unbe
lievable. In some of these holes, at
least, it is claimed on yood authority
that the ilirt will average .it) cents a pan.
Jerome t nme, uie i nanKs-iiving i>j>
orator who has lieen prosjiecting the
property this winter, unhesitatingly
pronounced it the richest placer gr ml
he has ever seen. Mr. Chute was for
merly a heavy operator in the Klonuike,
and knows pioil placer < 1 irt when he
sees it. Therefore there is no mistaking
the signilieance of his claims for Thanks
giving.
Indeed, one halt might he allowed for
over confidence in the estimates now be
ing placed upon that vicinity, ami still
its riches could he called nothing less
than marvelous.
G80D SHOWING
ON LITTLE NilNOOK
Reports have come in that T. t» I-ley
and his laymen on l.ittle Mino, k have
heen in exceptionally rich pnv lately
We have it from g*s»l authority that
the* picked up $l.’iii in course e ld in
three days in the ordinary course of
work last week.
To Prospect Squaw.
Milt "f l
mii a inl<ui.»r\ of S.|u.ih
rrvrk.
TO MAKE A START
FOR THE GHANDLAR
After considerable limitation ami wait
ing for news, .lack Itadigan, Louis Sevier
nail Herman Rosburg have decided to
start for the Chamllar. They will prob
ably get off tomorrow and will goby way
of fort Yukon.
•lack Coleman and M. \Y. Sinclair ex
pect to go a day or two later. They may
take a cutoff.
Hr. Carter and Maurice Farrell also
intend leaving the last of the week, with
Chamllar as their ultimate destination.
However, they will go from here to
Baker Hot Springs; thence to Tatiana;
thence to Coldfoot. and thence across to
Chamllar, where they will arrive some
time before the snow melts. The doctor
proposes to practice dentistry and pic
nic at favorable points on the way.
DM RUSHING
ON LITTLE MiNQOK
I hive Rushing is representing Louis
Sevier, of Sevier A Crockett, laymen on
t* and in Little Minook. Mr. Sevier will
go to Chamllar.
Mr. Rushing is putting down a new
shaft on No. lo. lie and Mr. Crockett
may also take ont a small dump on No.
S Itefore the season closes.
Ktigenc Swanson has Keen in town
front Little Minook tins week^nttrsing a
sole knee, lie was making shavings,
when the drawing knife slipped and
severed his knee cap.
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lint* **i
Men’s Furnishing
Goods.
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Overshirts,
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