ALASKAN GOLDFIELDS
THE PORCUPINE RUSH. Vancouver, March 14. A well-known Alaskan prospector, Horron, who has just returned to Seattle from the Porcupine rush, gives a plowing account of the richness of the'field. lie says that the ore is exposed all over the field, and that it is evident that a glacier out the top oil the mountain and carried it into the valley below. One prospector stripped a vein for oOft, and "polished" it in places, displaying free gold. His trench is ,'!ft deep, ami he asks £40,000 cash for it as it stands. Augustii- Heinze, the erstwhile "Coppny King" in Montana, who came a financial cropper in the monetary crisis in V.)V.~, cNpccts to clean up ' .t'fj.OOO.OO!) from the Porcupine Held. lie is already planning retributive litigation against those financiers who wereresponsible for his downfall. The construction of the railway to the field is being rushed forward. The line hiK been completed for a distance of 100 niile*. the remainder of the journey being negotiated !>y coaches,' of which nearly 00 are running.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 21 March 1911, Page 3
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174ALASKAN GOLDFIELDS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 267, 21 March 1911, Page 3
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