Deseret Evening News | 1896-01-20 | Page 1 | Gold in Alaska Belougs to Us

l.ohl la) Alnaba HuIoukb lo L'o. Wahiiiwoton, 1). C., Jan. LO. That Iho nun gold ditcoverioe In Forty Mile Crook, Alaaka, 141 it meridian ionl-lude, ionl-lude, be.oiig lu Die Uulted Htatei, baa bueu aouuiaiely di-iorrulnoJ by au employe em-ploye of the Hrltlab guverumnnt and the propetty nnrkod In ceruiu place. U intern! JDuiUeld, chief of thu ooat curvuy, aaye ll ahowt that but aixte u wilts of the ureek, at the bird aiet,aod j twi nty-lbrre niH't aa tba Watfr fl wa, In lu Itrittph territ ry, mid In ih-t portion por-tion no gold hae been ulfcovaied. All the rviualnlug lorl'oo la In Alatua an I bePriiKt to the United Htt-. I A bill h-t been Introduced In (!nn-grepa (!nn-grepa providing for the at i(lnlinonl of I cnmmltalouero to fix the b..iiiidery, but I baa not yet been acted upoo.