Show Gold Sold Fever Lures Prospectors Over Unknown Trails to New Yukon Strike Dr fly A tied Press SEWARD Alaska June 21 Gold 21 Gold fever ever lured two separate groups of prospectors over unknown Yukon tra trails rails ils today Visions of wealth and affluence were vere revived ed with a reported strike at t Bay 60 00 miles southwest of Seward eward A pound 15 sample of gold quartz estimated to assay between and md a ton was w displayed dis dis- played here by Tom Babcock and andave Dave ave Downey veteran prospectors of f the bay district News of the discovery spread rapidly rap rap- idly Telegraph and telephone communications from rom person seeking seek seek- ing ng information poured into this northern city Prospecting parties es formed overnight A few quick to sense a p potential bonanza left for foric forthe forthe the ic district immediately after the an an- Meanwhile the Mitchell Eastman exploration party in itt southeastern Alaska was believed to have started mining along Scurvy creek The Therace Therace Therace race for lor possession of ot rich claims was won by the Detroit Mich group when Stampede ie John Sten- Sten braten picture picturesque que Yukon character charac charac- ter was unable to arrange tr transportation trans r at It Carcross north of Ju Ju- neau I While miners were already believed be- be to have ha started digging the exploration party led by J. J A. A Eastman East East- Iman man was making arrangements to transport more men and supplies over the tho Yukon trail I Frantic efforts to charter airplanes airplanes air air- airplanes planes were being made by other prospectors but it appeared that practically all of the available planes in this section had been chartered Planes Three o of the five Eastman flying lying arrived at Line lake boats have lakel near the reputed gold old field I t. t |