Show Many Lured to New Eldorado by bySong bySong Song of Nuggets Mining Milling Man Who Joined in inRush inRush inRush Rush to Alaska Line Tells Interesting Tale of Experience e The age old story of ot tl the e lure luro of or gold old is again again- told by B E. E C. C Rowdon a 0 Western est n mining man who halls hails from rom New York He e Is In n. n Salt Lake e after having made a trip into southwestern southwest rn Arizona where he hetlE tlE tied up up- some silver-lead silver mining claims Mr lr Rowdon last summer joined the hardy band oC hO trekked their way over glacial mount mountains ins and through h unexplored wilderness of the the North Korth to the Gold God Pan In the Cassler Cassier mountains of northern British Brit Brit- ish Columbia near the Alaskan border bor bor- der Gold God Pan Is the scene of the tle newest newest newest new new- est free tree gold rush that made the Yukon famous years back It is here hue that gold nuggets are dug out of the the bedrock of ot a small stream that is open only a few months In Inthe Inthe inthe the dead of ot summer To OgEt get to Gold Pan last summer Mr 11 Rowdon walked ninety miles carrying a pound 65 pack on b bis s bac back He had an Airedale dog that carried thirty pounds pound on its back He made the ninety miles by traveling trav tray cling eling eight miles a day through thickly Wooded canyons over icy glacial passes and finally st staked ked out his claims and dug to to bedrock He was rewarded by a good supply of gold nuggets before the early eary march of winter in the Far worth North orth chased him out Many Interesting stories of the hardihood of these seekers gold of the Far Par North are related by Mr 11 Rowdon On One One- he tells is of or a prospector prospector prospector pros pros- who left Juneau Alaska with pounds of or supplies and mining tools on a sleigh He necked it miles on foot toot to Gold Pan SPan or in iii other words dragged the sleigh by b putting a barness harness harness har bar ness around his neck all of that distance When hen the Juneau man reached Gold Pan he laid out his bs bis' bis claims and started to dig He lIe did not get even so much as any any gold colorIngs color- color Ings in the san sand He left a note in a a. a broken stick Ill sell these claims for fOl a 1 pound of ot tea Mr Rowdon 1 met this disappoint disappoint- disappointed ed cd prospector on his way back back just justas as he was entering Gold Pan His story was little encouragement utter after li his ils s ninety thil hll hige e at the rate of or eight miles niile a d day lI rd Ilow v. v ever Mr 11 Rowdon went vent In and planted his stake and went went wentlo to lo work After a short shor while an old Indian and his squaw arrived Mr Ir Rowdon says sa The JUneau mans man's claims were Vere all that was left left eft so the Indian started to work o on them He lie dug flown down to bedrock bedlock a and d his first shovel brought out ut utan an 85 gold nugget He thereafter dug them out often otten and regularly The gold commissioner of ot Canada fixes the season when the district is open Men l holding claims must be there when the season opens and be on their claims until the day da daIt it closes They are permitted to be off ou them only seventy two hours tOurs during the entire open season If they are off any longer their claims claim can b be jumped It costs 5 to get a agold gold sold pros pros- pc J tors tor's license from the Canadian government This also permits the holders to kill lc the game needed for tor food Mr 11 Rowdon says he stepped from his cabin door one morning morningan an and shot a moose moose weighing pounds j The Gold Pan Pal season will Probably al aMy ably ly open In n June and close In the early ear fall I |