Show C IOII 1 COPPER RIVER P PARTY Schooner Augusta Is Now Ten Days Overdue Seattle Wash Dec 9Thc schooner Augusta from Copper river Alaska is l ten days overdue and sone anxiety is felt on her account Last Monday the steamer Farallon passed a steam schooner answering the description of the Augusta off Victoria A yassenser spoke the vessel and her master told him that s they were from Copper River to Seattle 1 with five passengers on board The name of the schooner could not be distinguished distinguish-ed Monday night a hay storm prevailed pre-vailed and it is this fact that is causing uneasiness One of the five passengers is George Ronnicks who in a recent I tter to James Wardner i told of a rich < jartE find in the Copper River district It was a ledgp 63 feet wide free mHlin and assayed 20 to the ton The Augusta let Seattle the latter part of October for Corner River |