Show T N lh g t m 5 u t A A LV v 0 31 c 4 Y P amb J 7 by PROEHL HALLER JAKLON HE gold eold fever lias has brokon broken out anew recent strikes in two different parts of north america ore are drawing adventurous souls front from nil all parts of the country to reenact with modern touches some of tile scenes of the klondike gold strike in tile the Ws the lied lake region of british co lambla Is the goal of hundreds of young loung and ol of prospectors while in our own cot coi we find the kramer krainer hills on th desert in california the objective of other hordes of adventurers stirred to action by the lure of gold lorne lome howie last summer struck az gold in a wide land of quartz it at red lake now with more than 1500 claims already staked slaked calling it canadas adlis greatest strike howle howie and ills his companions reported how they had discovered a vein of gold nearly 1000 feet long running from 10 to 60 50 feet in ili width subsequently the vein was observed to run tor for a distance of more than 25 miles red lake la Is about miles from 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 r seekers ec kers lured from all points of the compass in the hope of digging a fortune from tile the earth despite weather of 20 to 30 degrees below zero these prospectors pushed through the miles of snow and discomfort to the land of promised gold unheard of prices were paid tor for dogs to make the desolate trip and one enterprising aviator jack V elliott ni llott has established an air route beaw il hudson ont and the gold fields hudson Is on the northern transcontinental line of the canadian national railways about miles east of winnipeg and 12 miles to the west of f sioux lookout it Is the nearest ballway point to tile the red lake district and a short time ago was nothing more than a name on the map what kind of a place Is red fled lake la Is it full i f dunce dance halls saloons gambling joints and other wild and woolly institutions which spring up like magic lu III such settlements its hard to get information either into or out of this district of course there are arc no telegraph griph lines and all dispatches have to be sent by dog team from E B reading heading who across the barren area into cited lake comes the following as it tipp eared in the lie washington star tucked snugly in one corner of a bay lay near the outlet of tills this straggling shoot sheet of frozen water Is a of cluster uster of tents they are arc pitched on hastily constructed log cribs and roughly floored with hewn spruce through the root of each a section of rusty stovepipe thrusts itself at a rakish angle belching upward ward in the floity atmosphere one of the tents bears above its flaps the end of a packing case age bearlie be arlig in staggering black letters tile the portentous legend All mining ning Ite recorders corders office another though it does not yet boast a sign Is a provincial police post a th third ard Is the of lice alce and a fourth the cook tent ahli last s the most important of oll all 4 00 va re wig WA 0 P L r for hunger gnaws unceasingly in the lie cold to the little poplar trees treca that stud the shore a legion ot of dogs are chained hus huskies lites collie curs nondescript mongrels mon grels of intricate ancestry fish eaters the uncivilized and unrequited slaves of a harsh regime they fill the air with doleful sound tile the collies yelping shrilly alie lie hu huckles hush les unable to bark rousing the echoes with that walling ululation that resembles the tha cry of neither dog nor wolf but Is in the song of the wolf dog alone mining alining history la Is being written and these are the characters that record it for the howle howie claims now the property of the howie gold syndicate are the focus of the greatest gold rush canada has bas seen in 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 crowd ed mr reading Is enthusiastic about the possibilities but it might be well to wait jor tor positive results before you take the following too seriously riou sly this will be a stampede probably unequaled since the klondike it will not assume its full proportions until the spring breakup break up tip clears tile the way for further prospecting assays essays on the properties now being tested have shown extraordinary values and surprising consistency on oil the mata main vein which strikes roughly northeast and southwest you can pick up samples bearing free rold little glittering specks that permeate the quartz right across on a width of 20 40 and even lo CO 10 feet great lakes and rivers make summer travel easy and rapid for ten miles to the east end and nearly ns as far west the he country Is staked solid and the peculiar tiling thing la Is that practically nil of the claims have yet to be prospected it 1 the anticipations of tile lie mining men here fire are fulfilled there will be fr frech it discover discoveries leq elsewhere in spring all ana fresh trash belts to be staked in a conj zone of possible gold bearing rock nearly ten miles wide and thirty long at present interest centers in kast east bay the northeast arm of the nice which ls Is 10 16 miles away but in line with the strike of lorne lome II lead so far the sour dougli dough has had his innings A census of red lakes floating population this winter would have read like a map of the original porcupine staking with the name of alex Gl gillies Illes who discovered the hollinger ll at the head of the list gillies has been in charge of work OU on tile the howie claims ile he Is quite un assuming and cautious in tits his statements but does nut not conceal lila ills faith falth in this new camp julin john Ilam Hain niell ch chairman nIrman of the red lake syndicate also sues sees a big future ile he la Is not lacking inching in ili ex per fence for lie he hits has tile development of four or live five successful mines to mi ills credit and lie he declares outright that the lie surface showings tit at red lied luke lake tire are tile the most encouraging lie lias has ever seen turning to our own country we find tile the desert wastes of tile the mojave about miles from bakersfield cill cal filled with prospectors for tile the gold discovered in the alie krainer hills here the going Is easier tit and are arriving in every kind of convey ance from flivvers to air taxis which leave on regular schedule from loa angeles san francisco and other coast cities back of this scramble lies iles a real romance nearly thirty years ago 1190 one austin burcham Dur cham a miner dr drilled lied powder holes 85 35 feet into tile the ground near tile the site of tile present digging t aleo along came news of a new gold Bt rilie and Bur chain deserted his 41 stake before setting ot the lie had ready for tile last hist step in III long labors recently ediva adward rd ile herkelrath r found Bur chams unco uncompleted work and set off the blast when the smoke cleared away ile he found gold ore or later estimated to be worth 1000 a ton then the rush of the lie began the extent of the golden spread down through the lie gulches and am over lie low lom brown desert hills Is yet mined but enough real gold has been found to attract throngs of treasure t seekers to the lold field the town own of kramer krainer a short time thue ngo nothing but bul a ri lowny siding biding along the santa allta S 1 ft trucks tracks became oNer overnight nIght a gold nine t own old time prospectors anc green greenhorne greenhorns ii horns 0 ans have staked out theli claims and are working furiously daa da mid and night everyone who lias fins staked a n cons antly Is on the he lookout for claim i jumpers liml high graders revolver Rev olven und and filles put in ili their appearance SOOL after tile the hordes arrived and old Irn ors in the mining game shook theli heads dubiously as the jumble of to io cation notices plied piled up lu in ti the je record ers office one cue tract of land adjoining the trial inal discovery disco ery shaft of edward her kairath and his big cousin john brigina discoverers nealy acres in extent which has flat been thoroughly stake from end to end was found to b bt owned by mrs 8 8 kelly of sat sai bernardino the land was pure purchase pur thase basel from tile the state many ferrs ago jack bentley the former oriole and giant pitcher nw now twirling rind and maybe fiert basing baing for philadelphia considers himself a I 1 alist clarq real estate promoter jack recently extruded extracted 1200 1 profit from a real estate deal negotiated during odd moments frank lefty odoul Is no longer with tile chicago cubs the reformed pitcher who was personally purchased by owner wrigley of the cubs cub lust last summer bummer from salt lake has been turned back to bill lane who now 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