Show affsa AV 1 a tt t J 44 ia A A tf AA N an fe xa ta A A 0 0 by PROEHL HALLER JAKLON cwi HE gold fever has broken out anew recent strikes in two different parts of north america are drawing adventurous souls from all parts of the country to reenact with modern touches some of the scenes of the klondike sold gold strike in the Ws the red bed lake region of british columbia Is the goal of hundreds of young and old prospectors while in our own country we find the kramer bills on the mojave desert in call fornea the objective of other hordes of adventurers stirred to action by the lure of gold lorne howle howie last summer struck gold in a wide land of quartz at red bed lake now with more than alian 1500 claims already staked calling it canadas greatest strike howie and his big companions reported how bow they bad discovered a vein of gold nearly 1000 feet long running from 10 to 50 feet in width subsequently the vela was observed to run for a distance of more mord than 25 miles red lake Is about miles from tho the nearest railroad but as distance Is nothing when gold Is at stake this district soon found itself possessed of a thriving bustling population of gold seekers lured from all points of the compass in the hope of digging a fortune from the earth despite weather of 20 to 80 30 degrees below zero these prospectors pushed through the miles of snow and descom discomfort ort to the land of prom promised iseI gold unheard In heard of prices were paid for dogs to make the desolate trip and one aviator jack V elleott El llott has established fin an air route between II idson ont oat and the gold fields hudson la Is on the northern transcontinental line of the canadian national rall railways wals about miles iles east of winnipeg 1 nd 12 miles to the west of sioux lookout it Is the nearest railway to the red lake district and a short time ago was nothing more than a name on tho the map what kind of a place Is red lake Is it full of dance halls saloons Fa loons gambling joint and other wild and woolly institutions which spring up like magic in such settlements its hard to get information either into or out of this district of course there are no telegraph lines and all dispatches dl have to be sent by dog team from E paul reading who across the barren area into red lake comes the following information as it appeared in tile the washington star tucked snugly in one corner of fa i bay near tile the outlet of this straggling sheet of frozen water Is a cluster of tents they are pitched on hastily constructed log cribs and roughly ro floored with hewn spruce through the root roof of each a section of rusty ru sty stovepipe thrusts itself at a rakish ongle angle belching upward in the frosty atmosphere one of the tents bears above its flaps the end of a packing case bearing in staggering black letters the portentous legend mining recorders another though it does not yet boast a sign Is a provincial pollee police post a third Is the office and a fourth the cook tent this last perhaps the most important of all r 1 11 ca I 1 evl f 1100 10 p SWA V J so 1 0 1 L CC A for hunger gnaws unceasingly in the cold to the little poplar trees that stud the shore a legion of dogs are chained huskies hu collie curs nondescript mongrels mon grels of intricate ancestry fish caters the uncivilized and unrequited slaves of a harsh regime they fill the air with doleful sound the collies yelping 1139 shrilly the huskies unable to bark rousing the echoes with that walling wailing ululation that resembles the cry of neither dog nor wolf but la Is the song of the wolf dog alone mining history Is being written and these are the characters that record it for the howie claims now the property of the howie gold syndicate are the focus of the greatest gold rush canada has seen in ila a score of years and this desolated community assures itself that it Is to form the nucleus of a great camp what are the chances of striking it rich Is the field already too crowded mr reading Is enthusiastic about the possibilities but it might be well to wait for positive results result I 1 before you take the following too seriously this will be a stampede probably unequaled since the klondike it will not assume its full proportions until the spring breakup break up clears the way for further lier prospecting assays essays on the properties now being tested have shown extraordinary values and surprising consistency on the main vein which strikes roughly northeast and southwest you can pick up samples bearing free gold little glittering specks that per perm meat cat the quartz right across on a width of 20 40 and even CO 00 feet great lakes and rivers make summer travel easy and rapid for ten miles to the east and nearly as far west the country la Is staked solid and the peculiar thing Is that practically nil all ot of the claims have yet to be prospected 1 if I the anticipations of the mining men here are fulfilled there will be fresh discoveries elsewhere in spring and fresh belts to be staked in a zone of sibl gold bearing rock nearly ten miles wide and thirty long at present interest centers in r east ast bay the me northeast arm of the lake which Is 18 16 rolles miles away but in una line with tile the strike of lorne lome howles lead so far the sour dough has had his bis innings A census of red lakes lake a floating population this winter aou would d have read like a map of OIL fhe original porcupine sinking with the name of alex gillies who discovered the hollinger II at the head of the list gillies has has been in charge of devel development work on the howle howie claims he Is qui quite t e un assuming and cautious la in his statements but does not conceal his faith in this new camp john hammell ammell II chairman of the howle howie red lake syndicate also sees a big future ue he Is not lacking in experience peri ence tor for he be has the development of four or five successful mines to lis his credit end and he declares outright that the surface showings at red lake are the most encouraging he has ever seen turning to our own cou country we find the desert wastes of the mojave about miles from bakersfield cal filled with prospectors for the gold discovered in the kramic hills bills here the going Is easier and miners are arriving la in every kind of conveyance from flivvers to air taxis which leave on regular schedule from los angeles san francisco and other coast cities back of this Bc scramble ramble lies iles a real romance nearly kearly thirty years ago one austin burcham a miner drilled powder holes 35 feet into the ground near n ear the SI site te of the present diggings alxa alwa along came news of a new gold strike and burcham deserted his stake before setting off the dynamite he had ready tor for the last step in his long labors recently edward herkelrath found Bur chanis chams uncompleted work and set off the blast when the smoke cleared away he be found gold ore later estimated to be worth 1000 a ton then the rush of the began the extent of the golden spread down through the gulches gul clies and ovel the low brown desert hills Is y yet et undetermined but enough real gold las as been found to attract throngs of treasure seekers to the field the town of 0 kramer a short time ago nothing but a ralli railway aay siding along the santa fe tracks became overnight a gold mad town old time prospectors and greenhorns greenhorne green horns have staked out their claims claim and are working furiously day and night everyone who has staked a claim constantly Is on the lookout tor for claim juni jumpers pers and high graders revolvers and rifles rides put in their appearance soon after the hordes arrived and old tim ers era to la the mining game shook their heads beads dubiously as the jumble of 10 lo cariol notices piled up in the record ers office one tract of land adjoining the inal discovery shaft of E edward dward herkelrath and his cousin john original discoverers discoverer a nealy 00 00 acres in extent which I 1 has ins been thoroughly staked from end to end was found to bo be owned by mrs S S kelly of san sail bernardino ner nardino the land was purchased from the state many years ago |