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DOUGLAS, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1896.
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FROM THE INTERIOR
A PARTY OP FIVK RETURNS FROM
ATI AN' L.VlvK
Reports Not EncoiiiMKliiS—Names oT
Different Prospectors Met 0:1 the
Trail—A Few Colors
A party of five prospectors arrived at
Juneau on Sunday morning last from the
Atlin lake country. The party consisted
of the following men who left Juneau
early In the year intending to prospect
the country in the vicinity of the Hoota
linqua river—T. R. Brown, F. A. Lim
bocker, P. I. Packard, A. E. Johnson, \V.
H. Griffin.
A representative of THE MINE:? found
Mr. Limbocker last evening who happened
to be in a talkative mood, and considerable
information was gained from him.
“No, our trip has been anything but a
prosperous one,” said Mr. Limbocker.
“We left Juneau on the 6th of April in
tending to go by way of the Takou route
to the Hootalinqua country. We took
with us about 400 pounds of provisions
each and a pendulum amalgamator—an
invention of my own for catching fine
gold. When within about three miles
from the Davis glacier in the Takou dis
trict the amalgamator had to be abandoned
on account of tile breaking up of the ice.
“We prospected a little along the Takou
river and found a few' colors, but nothing
that would pay for the working. We
worked a little upon some of the bars of
tae Tallsaykay river—the first large
stream emptying into the Takou from the
right. We found a few colors there.
We met the Packard party with whom
we afterwards returned to Juneau. They
spent about a month and a half along the
Tallsaykay looking for quartz. Late last
year Packard was in through that part of
the country and picked up a piece of float
quartz very rich in free gold. On the
strength of his find he this year returned
with a party to search for the ledge from
which tho ricli float had been broken. In
the party w'as an assaver named-Ju-uik
Cryderman. The party built a furnace
pretty well up along the stream and tried
every kind of rock they thought there was
any gold in. The best they found during
tneir stay w'as some white quartz that
would run about $i in gold and $12 in
silver to the ton.
“We continued on up the Takou river
until within nine miles from the Silver
Salmon river. There we found it impossi
ble to take our bo it any further up stream
and we were obliged to pack from there
on to the lakes.
“From the Silver Salmon to Lake Atlain
is a distance of about ninety miles. VVe
covered the entire distrnce about four
times; carrying all the way from fifty to
150 pounds.
“On the 6th of June we got into snow
about thirty miles above the Silver
Salmon.
“On the 22d of June we met the Bryant
party of ten people coming out from the
lakes.
“We were two weeks in crossing over
the summit bitween the first and second
river. The distance is only about twelve
miles, but the snow was very soft and in
some places quite deep.
“On the 23d of June we got into a snow
storm at a place called the Blow Hole,
and Brown got one of his hands badly
rozen.
“Oil the other side of the summit we
encountered innumerable difficulties. The
ground for the most put is low and
mirshy and the countless millions of
mosquitos and small black flies made oar
existance a very unpleasant one
“Upon arriving at the top of the last
Tirountain before coming to Atlin lake I
counted thirty-seven different lakes lying
below me.
‘'On the 2Dth of July, when about thirty
five miles from the head of Atlin lake we
met a party of miners from the Cassiar
c run try. There were eleven white men
and two Indians—a guide and a packer, in
the party and they h id thirteen pack horses
with them. They had a supply of grub
sufficient to last them eight months. In
the party were the following men: J. K.
Culbreath, William Chappel, A. D. Gray,
L. Maser,- J. Hurley, A. Wipflis and an
old-time C issiar miner named Cole. The
other four men were old-time Cassiar
miners. The party started from Telegraph
creek in the Cassiar district and were com
peile J to cut a trail for over 175 mile in
coming out. They were thirty-five days
in coming from Telegraph creek to the
lakes. This party had been prospecting in
the neighborhood of Atlin lake for some
time, but they had found nothing that
would in any way pay for the working.
Gray. Chappel and Hurley left the rest of
the party on the day we met them. These
three men started for the Hootalinqua
where they intended speniing the rest of
the summer season and then starting for
Circle City in the fall. The other mem
bers of this party were on their way back
to Telegraph creek. In coming over from
there they had prospected a little, and on
several different streams they had found
numerous colors; they intended examining
those places more closely on their way
back as the prospects looked better there
than anything they had seen in the Atlin
lake country.
“The formation of the country lying be
tween the Sinawayclain river and Atlain
lake consists for the mast part of coarse
grained granite and flint. Along the upper
end of the lake the same formation is
noticeable, but along the lower end there is
lots of white quartz, fine-grained granite,
some iron sulpluets and a little slate.
“On the ist of Aug.ist we met a party
of seven returning from a trip i6d miles
up the Net lessens river. In the party were
F. G. Bruner and a man by the name of
Lockridge. This party had not suc
ceeded in discovering any good placer
ground or seeing any rich.looking quartz.
They reported finding the course of the
river to be altogether different from what
it is generally reported to be. It runs al
most parallel with the Cassiar range. A
very few small streams flow into Netlessene
from the Cassiar range. They reported
having prospected in nearly all the small
streams thev came across, but found noth
ing but a few colors. They also reported
having met Judge States and party from
Juneau who were on their way down
to the Big Salmon river. If they did not
succeed in striking anything along that
stream they intended going on down to the
Hootalinqua.
“On the 19th of June we met a party of
four at a place about thirty miles above
the Silver Salmon. The were, Joe Irwin,
Tom Keif, a man named Scott and a big
Norwegian. They were packing about
eighty pounds each. We met this same
party again on the 20th of July; they
were on their way out. They had met
with a serious mishap. A pack of Si wash
dogs had stolen their bacon and they had
nothing but beans and flour left. They
said that they could not tight the mos
quitos and prospect on that meagre fare.
“VVe had prospected up and down Lake
Atlin for about a month and we could find
nothing more than a few colors. On one
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