Show I GOOD I AS < KLONDIKE Wild Stampede tIre New Placer Discoveries ON THE CANADIAN SIDE II I I I TWELVE MEN TAG OUT 60 PEE DAY EACH h fi EC Pour ItollarsiIerPan On Bedrock Discovery3 Was Hade Two Years Ago On HPin < jr Creek But Was Kept Quiet Until Recently A the Ground Located Juneau Alaska Aug 10ia Seat I tle Wash Aug HWhat is regarded I as a most important discovery of rich placer diggings is reported to have been I diggngs made on Pine Creek a small stream J emptying into Atlin lake a feeder fLake f-Lake Tagish The discovery is located in the northwest territory Canada The news of the discovery has caused a great stampede from Juneau and other southeastern Alaska points and it is estimated that at least 1000 prospectors have started for the location AS reported here the find was made two years ago by George Miller of this city about the time the Klondike strike was made Miller allowed his discovery to lie dormant and went to the Klondike Klon-dike Last June he returned and taking tak-ing a few friends into his confidence visited the place and staked out claims Walker Carter who has just returned here from the diggings says I saw four men shovel in 26 ounces in two days one pan from bedrock containing U This was on Discovery claim Pine creek is about 15 miles long and will average 75 feet in width The current is very rapid The diggings are what is known as bar diggings or summer placers Discovery Claim is about eight miles from the mouth of the creek Bedrock is only five miles from the surface and is of a slate formation Miller has five men at work shoveling into sluice boxes and he pays them 12 a day each settling set-tling every night with dust token from the boxes The men are taking out 560 a day to the man The gravel shows from 20 to 150 colors Captain Strickland of the Canadian mounted police and several men are already on the ground and have staked claims for themselves and reserved the government govern-ment claims When I left 33 claims I had been located and the balance of the creek reserved by the Canadian government When I was coming out to Juneau I met a large number of I prospector going in to every bay along Tagish lake trying to find the spot I which they had heard bf but whose location lo-cation they did not know The news has caused great excitement excite-ment In Juneau and every boat leaving her Is crowded with prospectors The gold brought in from the new diggings is like that from the Klondike very coarse but It is said to be worth 2 an ounce more |