Elden, John.

1898-1899

Messer letter: Many prospectors now returning empty-handed from headwaters of the Copper. The experience of John Elden, a 55-year-old Californian, is typical. He arrived in March; packed over the glacier to the Copper River; went up the Christachena, where he made a promising strike that quickly proved disappointing–the deeper he dug, the less the gold. C.J.M. letter in Boston Evening Transcript, 9/17/98;