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elure, I A □ 32X 1 [ ; 1 1 3 ( 1 I i 3 1 « ; f : 1 ® i/ mTfS. OHERT^ KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS An Exhaustive Description and Full Information for Prospectors, and ^ .^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ,^ ^ ^ UP-TO-DATE MAP ,^ OF .^ ALASKA. J- -^mr -5i»^ I'l'DI.lSHKD HY The Alaska Transportation, Trafllng ana Mining C- • • • NEW YOIRK OFFICE V t J2^^^ \m ^X^-sl* •0 !l V V 'a ,*,;. ,^^,'^1... T L. > ' 1 1 1 i ■ 1 ■ i 4- 1 ■ t . • * - ilka \ BEST ROUTES TO GOhD FIEhDS. HOW TO GET THERE. Distance by trail from Juneau to Yukon (lOld I'icUls, . . 650 miles. Distance by Yukon River from its mouth to Gold Fields, . 1,850 miles. Cliilk(x)l I'iiss — I'.lcvalioii, 3,S itlitting should l)e done at Seattle, where aiu|)lo supplies and implements for miners are kept in stock. The steamer Excelsior will sail from San Franeis'-o for Davvson 1 'ity and Yukon Point about August 1, and the Portland will sail al> "Ui: .Viigust 15. Xo l;iter s ding:^ have been announced. This route is advised by the returned miners for those who want to reach the ground in time to ac(iuire claims and get to work before winter seis in. TIME AND MO.NKY RF.ijUIRED. The trip by steamer takes fmm I'our fo six weeks, and the fare for tlireo thousand miles of river travel is ^\W first il is-i. and '$\l~t sei-ond class. .\.< nearly all the work of thawing out the fro/.en gravel beds and of pdiug U|) tho 'lirt f )r s])riiig i-, do:ie during the winter, those who are in a hurry to join the golil seekers wdl doubtless try to go by tlie river route, but jiractic illy all the passengers on the two boats advertised have been taken, and the rest of the rush must go in by Juneau. Ice begins to block the mouth of the Yukon in October, and closes the river route until Jime. The journey by (Mdlkoot Pas-! may b? begun as late as S-'ptember 15, while spring travel by the other route begins February 15. One of the pis-en^ers nn tlie Excelsior said ilia'' boats are built at the saw mill on Lake Bennett, and for land or ic • portages are mounted on s!ed'.;ts carried in from Ju.ieau and titled with sails. As to provisions necessiry for the trip to Klondike, he said : " Bear fat is the staple article of food in the winter in that region." said Mr. Harden- bergh. "The Iii'lians will eat tallow candles iind aiij' i-oit of f ft or giciise tliey can get. The black bears are very numerous, but it takes experienced hunters to g.^t them. They are not much more dangerous than Newfoundland dogs unles- they are wounded and driven to bay. Carihou are plentiful above snow line in the mountains, and there are lots of geese on the mountain plaitis, hut they are not e sy to 1 ag. " A man in that cold climate shou'd have at least three piun Is of food a day. If he is an old hand he will lay in a stock of fa' bacon, beans, fl')ur and te '. Everything else isa luxury. Canne I stuflf, witli the exception of condersed .soup, is of stuall use. it weiglis a lot and doesn't last long. Sugar weighs a sood d-'al and doesn't last long. It's not wortn pack- ing. Everyone drinks tea up there, and hardly any c )tfee is used. " A man going into that country to pass the winter needs a pair of the heaviest Hudson Bay socks, the heaviest Hudson Bay woolen imderwear, heavy II u .son Ray blanket breeches. s°alskin boots, a thick Norfolk jncket reaching to the knees, t'le heavies-t woolen outer cloth- ng, all the blankets he cm pay for packing, aid a ::leeping big. The bag has' a drawing ■j^-- r T ihtci il lit nij^lit Ml 1 pii'l the string Jint tif;lit (iiough to allow litt!( siring, iini ymi liri'iitliiut' lioh'. '• Yo'i (inri'i carry two s;iits (if uiidiMcIothing. It is U><) v )U\ to rlia' gc. When a man on 'e puts o I liin hi' ivy V oo I'll until iclniliing it stays on all tiio winter. Of coiiise he vmii- iiot lia'lie "'I'lic prospi ctor must c irry in a i iek, i-hovel, axe goM pan, \Vii;eh st^■r ritle ami iiiii luunit'i*'', aiiil a gnod Ijiil'lit-r knle. '•Till' liicliaiiH clmrt;!' In cents a ) oiind a st igc for pnckint;. A singe is aliout n (l«>'s journey. Say a man taUe-i in oOO iiomihIs — he will neeil it all— it will (osi liiiii ;j!50 a day lo:' packing. A day's trip is usual. y a'.ioiit lifteeii miles. '• It is iitteily impos-ihle "to m:ike the jouniey in th'> w iriter after the snow falls. I •' I slionM say tliat after a man reaclie-i ilie digging-, the chances are aliouc three to one agiiiist his making anything luit a 'lare living." AI.l. CLAIMS I'AY HANDSOMK.I.Y. " I do not know in the whole Klon like region a claim that has not paid handsomely, and there are still hundreds of claims ilial h:ive not heen worked. "In testing a claim, the prosp^'ctnr sinks ti h ile. say lifioen feet, and then trys a jian of dirt. If a jiay streak has heen readied, he Imilds a lire around the entire circle, allowing it to iourn througli the night. Next morn'iig tliere is enough loose dirl to keep a Kjuad of men busy all (lay. This dirt is not washeil out until spring. '• Dawson City is one of tin' mo-t moral towns of its kind in the world. There is little or no quarreling, and no brawl-; (,f anj- kind, tlMii;.;h there i < c insid-rable drinking and gam- bling. Miners gatht rafter nightfall, fillaii'l play until late in the nioriiing. They have some big gaims sometimes, costing as mtich as ^."iO to draw. A game with sfU'.OOO as stakes is an ordinary event. " Circle City, only few mile-s away, has m lil once ea'-h mon h, and there we have mail address! (1. By next season wo will have a clinrch, a music hali. a schoidhoutie. iind a hospital. The last-mentioned institution will he under conirol of the Sisters of Mercy, who have already heen stationed for a long time in Circle Ciiy." As many as !I00 jieople applied to the Alaskn" Commercial Company uji to July 19 for information in regard to the jiassage by way of S>. Michael and Yukon river, hut only fifty tickets have been sold. The North Anicriciin Comjiany have not soli any tickets yetT Ex- perts who have traveled over the Juneau r()ute declare that it is a sl'.ame to induce Ea-n the snow is off t'le ground no one can carry more than seventy-five pounds, and it is uttprly iniiio8?ible to carry food enough to maintain a m;in for more than two or thrte months. The Indians are also few in luunber, and not tol e dejiended upon in any emergency, for after they have made a little money they will r.ot do any additional work. For the last three Vfars several local and Eng isii comiianies have l.ee'i studying the l;iy of the land between Chilkat and Cic'eCity with a view to est iblishing a (luick-r .-in.! more practicable way of transportaiion to the gold liells along the Yukon. Cooilall, Perkms <& Co. have made a thorough investigation of the m itter. Capt. Ciiarles M. (joodall said to-day : " The rich find in the Klonlike district will probably r-^sult in some better means of transportation, though the roughness of the country and the liinit-'d open season will n it jus ify anybody in building a railroad for any distance. Kecently we sent several hindred Bheep'aiid'cattfe to June;iu, and fr mi there to the h"ad of navigation by the ste.imer Alki. Mr. Dalton, who discovered the tr.til across the country from the Chilkat river to Fort Sel- kirk. i^ taking live stock to the mine ■. His route lies fro ii the head of navigati'm through Chilkat Pass and along the trail, which is over pr ilrie several luindre;! milej, to the Yukon river, near Fort Selkirk. At this time of year the prairie is clear and bunch grass grows on it in abundance. "I believe this will u'timately be the popilar route. People could C;o o'.-er in in wig- ons, as the prairie is level. Stations could be established, ai was done on our plains in "49. It S( a ti tl o iigl) to allow a litt!t< flui' K*'- When II run 11 -. ()I couisc lie vMii- I'.rli stT ritle anil jiiii ^tngf is about n dajV OS!- |iim 150 a day !(>:• till* siu(\v falls. Vi mv uliuiu iliree to not paitl liandsoniely, and tlit>n trys a pan of re cir(!le, allowing it to keep a s(|uad of men world. There is little )le drinking and gam- iiiiiK. 'I'liej- have Honio !?U',000 as stakes is an nd liiere we have mail Ihoutie. and a lirv-pital. of Slercy, wlio havt )any uj) to July 19 fur >n river, liut only fifty 1 any tickets yetT E.\- ime to induce Eastern at this season, .•enty-five pounds, and ore than two or tlirte p.jn in any emergency. 1 work. lave l.e(>'i studying the ilishing a (piick^r .(ri.l Lon. tjooilall, Perkins arles M. (ioodall said some bett'i^r means of open season will n it ■ sent sevdral h itidred hy the ste.imer A!ki. Ikiit river to Fort 8el- )f iiavigati'in through 1 milej, to the Yukiin inch grass grows on it uld go over in in wig- • on our plains in "49. Mi^-. ,, ....„a 1 :.y to go down the Vu.on in h 1 f.om wU.re Dalton's trail .Hkes it. to D.w- --=^J^rh^'plato=^trih;nroadoverC.u^a.i;.sn^^ after leaviu 5 n-au, to Lake r,i-.derm:iu. h ";',, '^, «;"',, ';;y^,,,/l,tke l.i-.de.tiv.u thn.ugh ?i kid Tand the rest of the plan is ^^ ^^ ^Z'>^-^:'Z!^A have to he made ou aivount rt^!'r:.ls'i:;\i:e';iv.:^:'Srt^;::i^o;:;.n:o "- -UK eM ,., ..,..,,ructi,.u of . r Lilroid from the held of nivigilio . o i l-i^i"/" ' '; , , . „j,,j^.,. Kveu hy Hws route tli-ie a I t e uce -v,i H.,uie s,ua I rivers t . the \" ^;' .^," , ' ...'-^ih. u.U»s the luirry he ;^reat is r idro id ()\ nrurie. a r uli-oiu over t,.» ...>...-. ..oni >«^ " r; J^,„,^,i from tlu' Uritish (iovcrnmei t H..VKn,.i-hc,un|.mv, CO icessiiins would '"^^' "^ ' ' f..^ .h .\mv on the boundary hetween the A S=ien.U.'s R«po,. about .he Clim.te, FacilWes fo, W, Etc The e not iu AlasKa;i ^'^"' ."'^j;,,,, i^k'e r ver, which lum rthwest Territories. The Kl on 1 kt i ve , provinces, in wlI^uTsku^^n^UieN^thwes^^ fc:;^^^';a;?i^m"he biX ^iw^^ S-^'^^^ -;'\;Si > a very su..ll one. and theg>ia tield. is f om Ohilk<.ot Inlet. S^euners run ' '•;>''^ ^. "^^,,'; ,\k '. is aboat .V)) miles. To read To reach •earns* is The country is a rolling one. "''^'^.'^^^^f ^^.^ .''^^•ouths, with practically no spring or There is a shoit, hot sum'uei, ot a'^^^V n!., t ^Iiv 'ii and navigUiou corumeucea au uinu The i -e begins to break up lu the "^jf '.^.'^^^ ' .J^l^^t ;^,v cool hf the latter part o on the Yukon about the first week lu J^»^ J , ! ^^ ^' l5,t,y,.er. The winter i. very co d September, and is almost ^vrnte^-veat lei by th^ i t o^ _^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ i„„„ „f rainfall Zvi drv with nofi more than three teetot snow. _l ^ ^.^^^. around, du in^ the winter, and not more than a f'?"^'^';'^ L'^f'^od as there in praetically no game ^^"' '^. It is a country in which it •« very bar ij;^ ^^^.-^^/.o";', ,^ tha i M) natives. T.iey ha I Before the whites went into the r,'giou tleie nn ere " « E w n-kto support themselves on account «/ f ^^'i^/^^^^ree^s below zero in January ami H^irS^Sr^r^rsXri^l^^ rpt^ad'blowiu^ae may keep fairly com- ""' -^ iitbeinztakenout in profit- ^"'^'^' • Wh3a I w IS on th3 Yukon I did uot Had gold, but k.e w o r 6 able quantities for fifteen years or more. It was tir.tdiscovend tliere in ISfiO. In 1880 wlien I was up .n tl.at oountry. my la>t triv, Laving l.een m.de two vears ago. the f "st prrtv'of nV I,ecto s wlio made mining prcliiMl,!^ sra.ted out. '^'.'^ -old is found on tlie var ou^, niC . \i:t£r2^:ri^;,!^^:{:'^^^''''^ ^ comparatively «Uo.t distance o^tKo^I^l^tl ^gin;;^l^;:^Sip^^ vJlley ^^^ ^ '■""" "*-' ^''^^ ^'"* '"''' ''^^^ '"■ ^"° '""'^'' '^'"^ ^'^^'^ ^^ t''« main river is 'in the '-The yellow iuetalis not found in paying (juanlities in the niiin river out in H.p small streams vvluch cut througi. the mountain^ on ei, her side. MuirHimlnen Z arecarne-^ -"--^ - ^iiruni^ted " The Pacific Coast Steamship ( 'oinpany runs steamers every four days from Seattle H fp r.""" '" ^^•l'"-'^'^»lH''i*'« '^r, ^*^ '^-^'^^Voned over the moumains is bj mu es tak ng time and ex; cnse. As 1 remarked before it is a country in which there is nracrica'l- i o sustenance, and food must be taken to the gd'' fields." piaciica.l^ no „^i-i P'"" ^'^'^ ^i''*^ ^'"*1 tlie natives are peaceable. He is sanguine as to the outcome of the gold discovery from what he knows about the country, and he does not assert as man v others do, that the reports from Klondike are greatly exaggerated ' ^ Report About Method of Mining. An interesting letter telling of the recent trip of the steamer Excelsior to Alaska has been written by Captain J. F. Higgius, of the steamer, to a friend. He savs : llie word Klondike means Deer River, and the stream is called tlie Reindeer River on the charts, It emnties into the Yukon fifty miles above the Big River. The geogrLldcal nosit.on of the junct.oii is 70 degrees 10 niiuutes north latitude. 138 degrees 5J minmes^wS longitude. Bonanza Creek dumps into the Klondike about two miles above the Yu^on Eldorado is a tributai^ of the Bonanza. There are numerous other creeks and tributaries the mam river being three hundred miles long. "'"umnes, . " The gold so far has been taken from Bonanza and Eldorado, both well named for the richness of the p-lacers i. truly ma, velous. Eldorado, thirty miles long, is staged the whole length, and as far as worked has paid. oi-ctB-^-u me A Af" ?"? ?■ ^'"'' t'^f engers who is taking home $100,000 with him has worked one hun- dred feet of his ground and refused i^iOO, 000 for the remainder, ai; < confidently evneets to c;ean ttp |400.000 or more. He has in a bottle m'i from one pan of diit! His Jay dir" whde being washed averaged §250 an hour to each man shoveling in. Two others of our miners «-ho worked their own claim, cleaned up ;?6,000 from cue day's washing •■ Ihere is about fifteen feet ■ : dirt above bed rock, the pay sireak averaging from t^i^n "t^' ^T' '''^". '' !^*Vr^'^; ^"^ ^^'"'« "'6 ground is frozen. Of course, the grotmd taken out IS thawed by building hres. and when the thaw comes and water rushes in they set heir sluices and wasii the dirt. Two of our fellows thought a small bird in the hand worth a large one in the bush, and sold their claims for |45,000, getting 1^4.500 down ill ISfif). In 1880, when I ), tlie tiist prrty of pro-- I on the various tiibiitii- istance of tlie Klondil.e 1 the gold fields extend- tories and Alaska. Tiie the main river is in the nifiin river, but in tlie lud and mineral matter h buttoms of these side I deposits. The gold is tlie Hiiow ia all melted, • and the springs begin • to get at the gold, the d before, from Chilkoot he Yukon river, which "'lat-bottomed steamers ds is much easier, ami returned to the United our days from Seattle, tins is by mules, taking 1 there is praciica!ly no to the outcome of the es not assert, as many tcelsior to Alaska has ie says : ed tlie Reindeer River ^er. The geographical agrees 5 ) minutes we?t ies above the Yukon, creeks and tributaries, both well named, for s long, is staked the has worked one hun- •ontidently expects to ol dirt. His pay dirt 1. Two others of our 1 washing. reak averaging from Of course, the ground 1 Wiiter rushes in they nail bird In the hand , getting $4,500 down. , \ „f« mono each. The purchasers had -ao «1 000 for the iiistmstahneat. bo tunneuiiB . „f oii ;„ it •M f ^!m^ Klondike The ground located and P^^fP^n^ugring man who can get there of the world.' p * Frederick Wright, of Ob^ri^Tc^, about the Klondike Placers. Professor Fredericlc wrigiut v..vnn Kiver is by no means unex- The di.cove.yof gold ^nl^^^Su:;^-^^^^^^^^ todto»rA5am. county to ».MU..rnOU,o-aadnM^^^ ^j_^ ^ >«;?'; "'SS B'^^^^ «r^ 'lt/«rJl^rd Vl* renon f/^ „„„• l' a short time each ,ear and is a great ^vay aroumi ^^^ '"^ navigation only M,a„ f?"^® general climatic conditiona on the nortii side of the mountains are mi.rl, hotfpr than those on the south side. On the south side the snowfall is enormous. biU oTt ,e norfh side the air is drier. Schwatka and Hayes went in the summeVflnwn t h» v^.i ,, " about to the Klondike region, and from there struck "if west Z"nerthenJfh?f°A?''^^ St. Eli-,3 and down the Onnnpr Riv«r Tha^ l,n.l i.^. .. „ ?^„_ ' R'l^,*''"?. *° '^"^ "0/th of Mount T St. Eli.s and down tlie Cc^jner Si^n" Th;;^'ha;i dl^w-HrkK^^C^n '^S;1S '^^^i^^^T' ^?f^fL:!^.:^"y??J->^..l^y inclemenrliS^tXlf l^coiSsiS Eiia^on ;]h;^^uih sidr fri:t(:e;;^re n^rh^iw^ th^Sm^if "^ '":? west of the present gold fields may be carried on with compamtive ease ffat ZenTthat whole r. gion IS bare of means of subsistence. ""t'li piesent that Taere is imminent danger that many will get in there before winter with in<.,.ffi • * means, and starve. An English missionary and his wife have been in H «f ^2^: nsufficient many years, and report the people as being so nearthe veJge of stkrvatlLfthf.*/.''^*'?" ^^^ dare both to winter in the same village le^t tliey should 3uce If im^^^^^^^ Sn 1^7 v" "°^ separate villages during the winter^ Kventually Z rehXr wlS Sheldl l!L'^^ '•" introducing into the lower Yukon region will be available rthLrtansS^^m^^ being mucli superior to dogs in that they can procure their own t',,.^ 1 Tinf fr>^»i °^' the'iukr^'^^""^* """'■ *" "-'^^'^ -- theChrico"t'prorSgh?Soi''^/::i;«^'f As to the ultimate yield of the mines or the prospect of finding more we have nor! Jn., but conjecture to go upon The geologists who hkvo Visited the rIgTon w^e not the r np? who discovered the gold. What the prospectors have foun I pofnts o mor^ ^1 e nn^f plored region IS immense. The mountains to the south are voun^ havim? f,ko,r ? f*,' very much since the climax of the glacial period. Wi h these EvVresZl the snn^^^^ introducing reindeer, Alaska bids fair to Kipport a population eveXalirofseVitt. Mr ^ '° The United States must hold on to her treaty rights °(UhG°LtSu^Z^1f J oar interests there. If England accomplished hef unreSonablfdSg^^^^^^^^^^ ^t^ld s fut uTo°lf from all communication with the Kl ondine region except by way of the Yukou. ^ ""^ Steamer Portland brings from $1^00,000 to $2,000,000 of Klon-Iike Nuggets to Seattle. The amount of treasure brought down from the famoil TCir.nfi;L-o h,r i-u^ i. i • KoOOOo" T''^''"'^ ^^ «l,500,000.\nd there is I'od'elrn'tTeiretlhe^sv'm^:^^^^^^^^^^ f ^,000,000. Each man was eequired to place liis gold chest in the shin's safe Im, mint ^Ai imners rsecreted their dust in blankets and luggage, which was ti ei^^^^^ °{ *''^ rooms or thrown carelessly about the ship. ^enc^J Berry one of i e Klnn.l . l'*'"''''" recort*'°"° "' ''"'' *'''''" ^" ^^S^'^- "ot a cent'of .SX IrUaS'lS When pressed for an estimate as to the total of the Portland's gold cargo Oanrain TCwi son^saiditwasnodoubt nearer fl,000,oOO than the amount accounted for on the si^pV^t At present only mine-a' laws rule the camp, but next year Dawson City viU be inrnr porated and municipal officers elected. The miners are deirmined thr t orLr will be nre' diggings '^"- ^"^ '"'■' """*-' ^'''''^^^'' ^^'" ^^ permitted in eithe. Dawson Sy or the of Vn-Il) mVio"**}?"? °°'."^' *'\^*- several strikes have recently been made in the neighborhood ot forty Mile. It has been christened Minute Creek, and is now oannine-out *2-> n rln , Jr.?? . man. Another discovery on American Creek, HftvMnileslXvToyMile lamp h'^sSd'^ be paying well, and a great number of men have llock.ni Hiere diirin The country is enormous y r ch. The P^^^'f "iuj^n' ^.i^^vauiiig for miners to come ^^^^r r :;.i^/'fr £ KlSr l^^orr m^SexaggeU for I have talked "''" ^rSMlI^red 11^ fhe^e ^ no tnger of food giving out ; all the reports to the con- trary are not honesr ^^^^^^^^ ^.^^ --^%.'''''^1 ^^"?"' many interesting facts. -Vh"wri't^n Ar.hur P-'T- a wel^knowj^j ^n^Se.U^ ^, ^,^^„,,, ^0«^ ,„ " The lir.t discovery of gold on Vf ^'^'""^;^;, ■:,,. „„ ^le south, called by tne Indians George Cormack, on a croek emptyuig ";*' ' « j"^ •^"^ tf^^Vm^^ the tind known at For- Bonauza. He found *1.60 to llie pan o" ah'f »"- ^"\' 4,0 i.i t r^^ ^v^eks with thiee sluice out, and the miners 1 enamed if El Dorado. PICKINU UP NUGGETS AT THE DDMP. ..Jimmy McL.iu took out f ii-si.:i«r'';^.ri:/^Soi^?iisrTa;r^i;"m:m: S^-^^Xf SZ-^ed ^^'Jo T^nr U^ auuul; "^^y^^l^ «et dii t and carry to the shan.y 16,000 that she has picked up on t''^ jf''''^'^- ■ ^,,3 ^,i,t paid better than was expected. '. When the dumps were ^^^''^d'l the spun t"^^^^^^^^^^^ .nontl.s. Frank Pln>cater, who Four boys on a -lay m El l^^'-'^\« .^^f « f ,te ;*;3 ui ^ U OOi) for the winter. Mr. I^ipi;>%^<> owned the tiran . li^i^l^^^-^V-/ ^ r .mis Rhodes No". 2 I5onanz% ha., clovned up «-tO,000. an 1 all the syrup cans were tilled. Authentic Reports about the Immense Yield of the Fields. Under date July 31 the following -PJjt wa>n.ceived fro.j^ BVa^^ ship Umatilla, whid, arrived to-^'ay -om ^^^^V^^ 'j^^^^i.^.^MU Seattle, consignei to Wells worth of Alaskan ■^old. of winch ^ /^ ''^^l' ^T'J?, " ^^^^^^^^ ,,old in sacks. Some was shipped KSSu^eaJ';:^ X^'^oli tS^plU'^r to th^elfect that at least *T50,000 worth of du.t was waiting shipinent ••^^'J^To^^sr^nctSot'Tjuly 2S. loaded to her utmost capa- city '^TZ.^^^^rT^l a'n'^l al^'eTy' has oft board enough merchandise to bear her well down by the «tein- , • f,.o,„ gt. midiaers Island that there ha» be«sSrp?r3't?irS°Ji^r«l*'«Sh"v%ri-»«„*Co.^ in gold du.t th.t 10 has not been counted in with the fortunes recently brought to the Sound and to San Fran- cisco l>y miners. The Excelsior's and Portland's passengers were the first to arrive from the new •li^'-- Kiuks, anil It 18 said that oth-^rs have arrive i at St. Michael's Island and at Juneau by tliTs tun.' who have secured as much gold per man as did any of those whose stories have been told. Additional facts have been obtained wliich show that a new gold bearing district has been discovered in American territory, 403 miles southeast of Dawson, on the Pelli River. Ine new hnd is sai i to l)e very rioh and t) be known to but few persons. The fact that g ild has been found in larg^ quantities fortv miles northwest of Dawson, as reported byaKlondiker, Bowker. yesterday, would indicate that tlie vallevs of all streams emptying into the Yukon from the Klondike down for a considerable distance are rich placer II elds. ^ St. Michael's advices tell of two very recent disooveries below Forty Mile Post, in Alaska territory Ihey were still too young, it w\a said, to b=«ir co nparison with sever.il months' work in tlie Canadian fields, but enou,'h had bee I uncovered to hold many old and exper- ienced men in spite of all they had s-en on the Kkmdike. But for the start the Klondike had already se-urei, and Che unvvillinijn vss of peoDle to hear of going anywhere else until they had seen ' bod rock" on some part of that field, the rush would have been to American and Minook Creeks as well as to the Klou'like. As it is, many hive gone there, and oth. rs ares^oppingon the way up from St.Michael's. I lie next steamer that comes down will doubtl^^ss have news of rich returns in those (luarters. Minook Creek is not d )wn on the government chart of Alaska, and must be located from reports of those who h ive b^en there. It empties into the Yukon about ten miles in a straight line west of the 150th meridian. Although th^? capacity of the stetniers Portltnl and Excelsior is limited to about 110 pas3enger.s, over 1,000 applications have been made for berths. Most of the disappointed ones are making arrangements to travel from here to Tacoma bv rail and secure passage on the Mexico and Topeka, which sail thence next week, but many must inevitably wait until next spring. • ' Klondike Nuggets Exhibited in San Francisco. The most remarkable exhibit of the wealth of the Klondike placers was made to- "■ » j-""'™ £ V IT \Sl"i^ He cani,',! in t,., .,■ tonr prn-ri'? .'iSa^rd' CS.r.ful-.hlr.J^I.'outi .,>a .i. ro„„a „„. U,„k »ore „ m^ by'nie miners ^'^^^^ ll^f-^'^,^^^^!^^:^.^^ -orking. Forty ^lile was neaily deserted, and at Uircie oii> u > The rest Imd gone to Klondike. ^ ^j^tji ,,e ^.-as well on his way Hayes set out on his return on Waicn -.5. ii "^» All winter the miners back tiiat\e heard details of the r,^«\;:;^ J"";^'^ °^;^aU.ng foTtt^^^ ^un to thaw it and bad been digging out frozen dirt and piling tui^^^^^^ few panfnls of d-rt had been to furnish water for washing it o"t^,„)\H\'"^'^'f the diggings. In March the thei mom- washed, and this had proved the general nchness ot tne aiggi b eter showed from 52 to 71 degrees below zero.^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ the ingoing rush of I men .vashed, and this had proved the general ncnness 01 u.. u.^e-^ going into the country. , .y ^^^^^ m winter were selling out ^ Many of the miners who had >''f"fVrsi\fhtn their dnsi heaps, and were coming out. on the basis of the gold that was «4; >;'\*';« ' ^nde ^^^^ Los Angeles, went into the Charles Clemens and Frank fci iniueiN ^'[^]J?"7" ,,„_:ence. After panning out *.).000 Yukon a year ago, without having had any pre v. u. -Pene"'^^- ^^^^ ^ wo weeks later Sum- worth of gold, Clemens sold Ins ^'l^^^ "l^^^^.'^S this claim was worth $i^2. This is mers sold his share tor !;?50.n00. ^"e n"gfe t V''^^^ said to have been the argest ^^'^f/^ ^ et f .un^^^^^^^ ^^ ^,,3 p^jj R.^er is at ract-ng The Dalton trail through the 9' M^-'H ifenrv Bratnober. the agent of the Exploration much attention, and a P^rty consisting of He rj^^ ^^^^^ ^^^.^^. ^^ ^^ Company of London, John I'-.^'^l'^'^y' f"i^„'t"J Jack Dalton, its discoverer, had already to demonstrate it.Bpract.cabihty for passengei^ Jack u ^^^^^j^ ^,,3 chilkat Pass, the A Lucky Miner's Statement to a Reporter. down my pick and. turning my eyes heaven^^ard, said. 000 > pick you up again.' and I spoke the truth. T 13 "I love gold and I have it. Many times in my life the wolf has been close to the door. Now 1 have riches, and will never work again, but in Manih I will go back and laana -e our properties. " These were the words which William Stanley used to-day in closin,' an interview f^tunley is one of the fortunate ones who returned from the Klondike on the Portland In aaaition to his present fortune he ia interested with his son and two New Yorkers in claims wnich, he says, will yield !{!2,000,000. Stanley is a married man. He lives in a humble little place in the southern i):irt of the city; he lias a wife and several children. During his ab- sence in the far North the family struggled to eke out an exi>tenoe, for evervthing that Stan- ley liad went to pay his expenses to the gold fields. Stiinley is well on in yeais. His hair is gray, and when he left tins city he looked a^ though a few more years would Hnd him sleep- ing t)eneath the sod. He was not accustomed to hardships : for years he conducted a little Doolj Store in an out-of-the-way business corner. M 4. 1 '^^'y^^y V^ople who used to help him out by giving him 10 or l.j cents cannot realize that he is wealthy. Here is his story as he told it to the Journal reporter: HIS LAST CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY. ''I went to the Yukon as a last resort. I was getting old, and I had no money, and [ knew that I would never ^et any unless I took it out of the ground. It was a year ago last JIaich that I left bpattle. I am free to confess that my family was at that time in destitute circumstances. I made for the Yukon. I hi.l never bef jre been there. 1 knew nothing of mining and nothing of the hardships of the country, and, in fact, was as great a " greeny " as ever set foot in the great gold country of the Northwest. Mv son, Samuel Stanley, went with me. He was as ignorant as his father. ' "Whilewe were on the steamship Alki, which took us to Dpea, we met two voung men, Charles and (ieorge Woiden. They were residents of Sacketts Harbor, N. Y.. and had come West in search of gold. Tluir mother lives back in the old home, so they informed me. We becanie very intimat . with the Wordeiis. They knew little, if anything about the country, and one day in conversation one of us suggested that we form a comiKaiiv and do our work on the syndicate plan, each man to share and share alike. We wandered through the \ ukon districts for several months, and wera getting discouraged, because there seemed to be noihing for us. We met other men who were getting rici., but we grew poorer as the diiys came and went. Once we had about concluded to go back. '' If^,^^*'^. 'I' tbe latter part of last September that we befriended a man who gave us a tip as to the riches of the Klondike. We were willing to believe anything and made for the Klondike at once. At that time we were en route for Forty Mile Creek, We were then at Sixty Mile. "The first thing we did when we reached the Klondike was to spend a little time at the mouth of the stream. We were there just twenty four hours when the little steamer Whs arrived with one hundred and tifty e.vcited mintrs aboard. They had just heard tbe good news, and on their arrival they made a rush for the riciiest tpots on Bonanza and El Dorado Creeks. EL DORADO, SURE EXOCQH. ,, '' ^® ^^^"* to El Dorado creek and made locations on what were called Claims Twenty- hve. Twenty-six, Fifty-three and Fifty-four. I think it was in October that we made our lo- cations. We worked claims Twenty-five and Twenty-six, and were very soon satisfied that we liad a ine thing, and went to work to make preparations for a long winterof expeiiences and hardshis-s. We got all we wanted before spring. Every man put in his time sinking prospect holes in the gulch, *' "I tell the fimple truth when I say that within three months we took from the two claims the su;a of It 1-2.000. A remarkable thing about our findings is that in taking this enormous suiu we did not drift up and down stream, nor did we cross-cut the pay sire k " Of couise we miy be wrong, but this is the way wo are figuring, and we are so ( tai ha $1 K P' til of hi ai 8( S. cer- been clo.se to the door, bark and iuanii;;e our closin^j an interview, on tlie Portland . In '^ow Yorliera in elainit lives in a humble little Idren. During his ab- everytliing that Stan- in j-ears. His liair is would find him sleep- 's he CQuducted a little 15 cents cannot realize ter: had no money, and [ t was a year ago last that time in destitute e. 1 knew nothing of as great a " greeny '' Samuel Stanley, went , we met two young arbor, N. Y., and had te, so they informeil ', if anything, about form a oompatiy and alike. We wanclered uraged, l)ecause there 1, but we grew poorer man wIkj gave us a ing and made for the i, We were then at lend a little time at en the little steamer ' had just heard the on Bonanza and El ;alled Claims Twenty- that we made our lo- ry soon satisfied that winter of expei iences t in his time sinking > took from the two i that in taking this ut the pay sire ks. , and we are so cer- 'scooped the dirt off the bed rock. Mil I IONS Vro^' MILLIONS IN SK.IIT. ^^^^ BECAME A MONEY LENDER. Bas, but my diim there was not quite t, Creek." and 14 Great Fortunes in Dust and Nuggets on the Steamers "Excelsior" md "Port land." arriv..,l yes.erd av al S eat e N\^ fnm sJ Mi.'' ,..';.";' \ '".' ""i"""*'" r'"'"""^'' """ ..njinn... ,,v their i.avy .ae.'r::]'!;;;^,;^.. pu^ot:: ^p*^ 1 '?:. ^^^ exei^;;,;;:!;/;'^ Kio„.i,k/;.h;i..s com;i;ri;('!ooo.ooo in sighir "''""• "^'^ '"""^••^ ^^^'""'''^' ^^'^^ ^^^^ HEFORT FliO.V SKATTLE JULY 17 fee BnJrJi:.';':ii";;'S',i,'r; Se,'";.",rr t ":,""; "'"■ ■ ■"f""^'' "" *"•« '° ■"- CARRYING THE TREASIKE ASHORE. about IM.OOO. Tbrf°„ will thebL ffi,, J .^^^^^^^^^^^ » f"""*',' l>l»nl>-et, In «l,lcir,va8 ur 18 F( fo h< ri fi oi t« c V Kcelsior" md "Port- ountr/ is nieasmed lior, tliat lu lived in niier Portland, lliiU roiighf a ton and a ihogronrd. Klon- I. It is stilnated on , about foriy mile.s the niiners.'aniply lining exciiement." Is of the Yukon to s estimate that the ne Kold, gold nuggets lay from tlie far north. Portland, that arrived nnds of gold were the )00, sonjQ witli $50,000, gs," the richest in sur- rom Dawson Ciiv, the il at tSt. Jlichael's had intent ujion changing try. 'liie little safe in the e would not hold was n their shoulders and s people assemhled to liner with only Jf.T.OOO bags is a good load falls to sixty degrees blanket, in which was id to lure help to get ground during three from the conifoits ot iiiners. The pioneers leek and all the sur- ler on the Klondike." iiig the fall the news absurd tourists from dike. not to be considered, w zero, the quest for Hunie of these winter United Slates by the 15 A HONEYMOON FORTVXE. ure of Clarence I5err,.« ^^e Yukon country, and for ^^7^^"' > ,,„p, i,e returned to Call- temperature of 110 ahove. ^^^.^^^.^ ^"^'"{^ne of the foolish stran«.vs w,.o^. - consjder^ , ^ KSo He emp.o>.d .une .nen. :,n^ „,,Ue m less than tw.he S£. 1 "aeS Sll'^ntitled to a trip to Michigan. TUP OASH FOB THE QOLU HtLDS. .. • U Of .he gold Ight on the treasure .hip, '^^-^if,:^^:^^^, of employment to stare loi luc the Portland to arrive. _ Good Cder Maintained in .he Camp W Ca-Jia" P"'- lKn.o.t I.o". S»»Fr.nd.c.<., 'I"'"' ^"^ "; ,,„ „,„ ,„ ^m dust ''r,,fj The"e . «"" ''°n> '1" 'f »°r ' "rS^m Ul K«"«i the ...PIJI" '': »'••"? »^'?''"SH»"ir;l'.r rol;;T.'aS?, aS„m.., ..... e.r„™ea .y t„. C.na.„.n mining disputes. n--' 16 SflliHK tow,. I„is at .f-.o")(l .•.pirc"' " l'..,.iiiimivv.^..v I '''''••'•■ ^'"*'*'''''<^^"''.v 'e getting Litlle proKroHs ro,.l.| l.e n i, ,1,,, i ,.r "ff"tii ics ImuKry in those riic.unstances. SKr^ili ;-^s til;;™:''' -'•' "- - -- "n^^-'ss :-; ;;- SOLD OCT FOR ifSO.OOO. clain,, f,v. th.usa < -tV J ,•''./, r^k\ decued to sell. We sold our Belcher. M"«ic, to Jack McC^uestern. L„„8 Elli.s and a man named June 20.'"^^n'thfS'^Z 'l^ m?rih."noar"""' r^' l^'^, '■*'"'^"""*^ *'^-'^"« -> working liftv s.,,.are feet, to ay it a u Ion wn f/-'V"7\/''7 •""' i'""'^' ^'""""•' '""•'^y, ran l.e imaKined therefore hmv .0^^ .^7 ,V •^'."'.''^ '' »'"; <'"'"1'^ l-ad heen worked, li ail as rich an that Cvl'i^M. Iw..; he^^ "r.rUcf "■' " '" '*'" "'''"''^ •^"""'' «-^«""»"fc' ''"'^ it is Mie« and^'fc^s ^1:;^ '\::t^ V: camrT- *?;'"" ^° •^'Y '"^ '""^"•'^ >-''^ -•- rounds, and the c„t of transp, -ta ton Is en cen s'; noun Te c,/,"''T''.'' "•"*^"''^ ''•""* ^'""^ ilierelore about .«!1L'0. """-'"i if" cents a pound, the cost of 8lu|,i)ing one's goods is Cotheswould airord iiuie prSiil," 'l^;;;;'i;.;L^J e^^:^;;^Z Zhin?'"'""'^ ^^°°"^" der« are"almr.;^i;^i:t ""''^^ "^ '"^ ^^"^^ •"-'»^' --P- ^^ is no'tT-'t'S.- town. Mur- A OliE.VT OAMHr.INii TOWN. I did excSd!ngl'\:^n;;p "tho;^" 'l w'n'Cm^'ihe'f • f °'l ''" ''''"T'' «" '"— '' ^reek. but brought onlj' .fo 00 w h , ;e Iwl; the fi • <- / '"."'"^''"''l• ".' ^ '''*"'»'■«' ''''""^ ''^•lO-OOO. cover that it wL I mnl \ i 1 Jold omt nd nnZ'J^ *%f ^ '" t^'^ '■^'■'^' S'''"*^'''- '"'^' '« •"^- shaped str. aks. caused , it Vs p?Sd y el "c 'i aS' t .'f. ''^''^ " ''' "r'V'""''' Z'^^^' *^"^ '" ^^ w.is exceedin.dv ridi Tn fnot m ^ ^ action. In those Sf-anis I founc a c ay which i£H"I^SH'H?iH^'"^^'1-r - ' -« ^ - Flo at' tht Um foi th W til ai cr (A r. ( '-^ ..i'liiMIMflMM lie, fon jrn the luaiti shaft my new diggings and the are both ol 1 men, and to sell. We .>iold our ■s and a man named ifiuaiuing |ls.O()0 on made enoii^'h money, had lieeii worlied. It III, assuming that it is ids entire year's sup- eo weighs a'lxnit 1,'JOO hijiping one's goods is is necespary that one m. Ordinary woolen ilhing. 'tougir town, Mur- le tliere to work, and selves. A great deal As a gambling town is always a test of a llOO and oftentimes y on Uonanza Creek, leared ahout $40,000, ■k gravel, ami to dif- leamed and cut in V- I found a clay which • feet thick upon the eaks. The rock was It was made on Oc- diggings from Circle 1" VOOl. UROt UUT ON SI.EUP. '■•'"•"• '■;'■' ;" ';'"" ri,f S;:,;'? "v- . ;:»S. ' •■ ;,„h,'i;'r , » i!--,. ..i.. .i-- - "-^^ s;:- ,;-^::;K"'r;s..;:~;:^'rv;r i;rs»;.;'V.; : - • •- - f'.,s'. If tU.y iiavtlMt, ili^iiU riK'lit. Comoany, of Binghamton, N. Y., dated ot.i vti (company, s ^^ ^^^^ yukon, June 27. Vxr !. Hprn-stmssen^ersteatiuT t()aiTiv('fioinup tilt mi,^ 1^^^ - ^ ^ ^^ ^^.j^,, ,{3 day.' 'Hurrah for tluMu'wrnoMti, • .("rS f'iu-i ."'•'".'"•"« -''T'''' "" «a'"' 'o- Jack.son, C'oimiii^.s oner of I'ducation for Al.wk.. i .... "' •.. V. couitcsy of IJr. Slieldon for him, nn.l waH.,n the W in' soon aHe^^^^^^^^^^^ !' " ''*"'* Hent out siKhts even more won.lerful Fron^ 11 iVmVu. r., i "'« '"'^t UHlouiidmK news and saw nan/a creeks. l».th hranc es of rkl , ulik ■ t o l^ "",.'1'^ ElSorado and Bo- tory has heen'nmde the past w n .r 'iCnVlia L J -^ Vn ? '"*" ^'"7''^«» ""'""g «'i8- pnly a few white men remaining and wm n tt Hr'iestT. v w.f7.'""''''^^' '" ■^'''^'' ^''^y^ JoineXJe^J^^S^^ril'iH'i^^ «' C'l^^iSof-K not talk, hut wi l^gZs LkV "trS hoJe TX" , ■ '^^'"•"° V"" '^ ^'"'^ """^ °^ »''« >»^" "'i " filled with the glitt^eri-ng Si:S"of. Ijuatti Khefr"l^o"S;rrns"'' ''""^"'^^ ^^'^•^^^'-'-' . Il\^r/'''',?;,;ril'rJ'!.''*:"';?r «l^''? «!""lliH-.holders. an.l from him I ohtained the fol have retfiiiie. all. Konie of the fnllov, in.' «/»»,..,!!!„ .k *'«O.000 tliemseh e,,. others 'MeS^rirr.sr,j-;gi./;™;^« £e^&4K'Ke?- ^ HHlffiir Ti V'»f P - «-'»!^ Emcher. Harrv 01e.on?CharierAnde on Ue rv pSh^^'H^n"-^^"''"^^ ^- ^^'''-'''-' ^^^'^^^ John AVilliamson. -^nauson, Uenry 1 lato, Henry Dorey, Honora Goethier and •' I w^is toff t?^r■f T'^i ^"'^ >>^'' ^^-^-rl'iLvx'':^^^^^^^ '''"■■ be had L^rd ;° ii'i"eV;fe.S tSe' ?eZ;re^.^^S }^'"'"'? «' P'-^-tion, but that P^^Sl^"&S~^^ from !S75 to !?l.-,0. He begged of me an oran,rp nlri i^ u ,^ of similar size, ranging worth about .?0, which I rffuaecl I K^our^f 1^ exchange otfered me a nugget of lold and was giveAal the cigars I would t^U^ %h^T -^^^ *"''" P'. ^°', ^'"^ and his comrades, The rawfurnip8,anrefen potatoes, were eag ri/e^u'.ht'°and'^' '^°'^°^'. '^^^"*•^ ^ P'^^«' from the Portland, there wai'almost'a rl^t, sottg^w^aflhe^SesiTe for Sm?^ Several o?th^ aui He m: ag W( th Tl A \v ar U! tl t! IV w si a L li 1 I \ € tk "In. fatliPM and frie„,|„ hK reKjon on oart), to. ,„V'tl,« !''"*' 'r'*^ '"■"•'••e'J I !"«■ prosHure on oapt Kti.oI'ortlan.hverohTv bouilcsy of I)r yi" 11 • (oundinir news ...,,1 '"e h dorado and Bo- ' American mining his- '"•I'ode in Circle Citv ». H new roKion, is l,o„£: one seem.H able to tell i.'antuieK that it Reoms gold, and that moUTt j <'annot J,.arn exactJv ','"'•• freight of g,K many of ti.e me*'n will KJ other odd receptacles, y- *(i.OOO; N. BiurceV' terman, si 0,000. Othe^ Y.UUO tllem8el^•tM, others I'ave treasure with the •ni Stanley, .f 1 10 oco; j. tollowin.' men refige Honora Goethier and dying of teurvv. m ssy eyes and said : liardluck.' of privation, but that : v^ ,• ^^''nients. of ,• tie had .'«!50,000 in I'anhisown. He was "Kl two children, and «nui]ar size, ranging me a nugget of goia '" ^"'' 1"8 comrades, ors oO cents a piece, fKo of onions came them. Several of the in on in'aii-i, b en. iinil intaiLor' Till' litt'f iiKciicy Htoie iit St, ^ii- 19 liickx iiiiiiers went aboard liw I'lrtlai cl and there K'V ''"' «tewaril >!.l(i foi- a ciinnt r nt .seven plates I ate at tlie h inie (able, ihinigli hut as their i;iic-it. as my iliiii er was | aid for, 'rhce men iite hUe fiinislii'd wnlvi s, aliil. as the \ariuiis coiiiscs were bnniLjbl on. laiinbed like plo.ised childri'ii. Mcstof tbeMX v |ia-iHi'ii|^ers nlioard the Wear.', which sljiitt d Iroin winter (juarter^ after the ice f-tai ted in ilie YiiUon, bad lieen liviii; lia 'd tack. I'^r fnmi si.\ nionib-i to a y» ar ; some biiiK*'''- eliael was bt sic^^i d for bol lied cider, canned |iiiii'a|i|>le . npricot -. cli.ri i- s, or aiiyl biiig tart, and at a doUar a bottle cider wt iil bki' ^'iiiiidrn|is at a Siiiiday-s<'bool picnic. "After my dinner o;i buiud tie- I'oi tiaiid I l< bowed the •even ibiifrs to the Wf are, and tiiere mt t a captain of inoiiniril pohci', « Ji 1 r. fu-ii d to albnv nie lie use of liis name. Me was of the (Jobl Co iiniis-ion of the Itritisli (io\criimeiit. iiinl knew to ivi ounce what lach man abo:ird tiie Weaie litid lirou^'lit out or ob'.aineil. I askeiT \\in if w hat liiey bad briuigbt aggregated ■'-|)aper man that has reached the Yukon since our own lull Mull Ihrx'tli' man wc it tbroii^li last summer, The riche-it gild strike tbe woiM has ever l,iiowii was made in tlic Klondike rei;ion last August and .September, but the iiew.^ did not uei even to Circle City iint 1 .September I,"), when t'lere was a stampede. It is true that Circle C^ity is desertid. l>uL three white men and several Indi ms and w )nieii came out to greet us as we came down. ■•George ( 'ormack made the liist great strike on Honaiiza tJreek August 13, and on Aug- ust 10 seven claims wer.' tiled in that region. Word got t > Forty Mile an I ('ircle City, but the new.s was looke 1 on as a urub-stake iiimor. ''Decemtier b"). however, authentic news was carried to Circle City bj- J. JI. Wil.-on, of the Alaska Commercial Company, and Thomas O'Hrii n, a trader. They c nried not only news, but (irospects. and the ureatest slamiied-A evtr heard of ht once commenced. Those who made the ;!(I0 miles" Journey the ((uickest struck it the richest. Of all the L'ttO claims staken to the effect that eipially rich limls had lieen made on .June to 10 on Dominion Creek. The last creek heads at; Hunker Creek a-ul runs int(j In lian Creek, and both run into the Klondike. Three huiulred claims have already been staked out on this Indian Creek, and the surface indications show that they are as rich as any of the others, "The largeit nugget yet found was picked out by Hurt Hudson on Claim Six of the IJonanza. and is worth a little over ■^'i'it). The m-xt largest was found by J, Clements, and was worth |'.'31. The last four pans Clements took out ran iJ'J.OOO, or an average of ^OOO each, and one of them went •tTT,"). liigger tiockels have been struck in the Caiiboo region and in California, but nowhere on earth have men picked up so nuich gold in so short a time. A young man named Meecher. not on your list, camedow n afoot and by dog sledge, starting out early in March. He brought $13,000 to .'Jil.'5,00l) with bim He was purser on the WeHre last summer, and went in after the close of navigation in October or .Septemler, About De- cember l.j ho got a chance to work a shift on share-", and in sixty daj's made his stake, which is rbout !?40,0IJ0. He has purchased a claim or two. You will lind more gold in cir- culation in Dawson than you ever saw in all your life. Saloons take in |:{.0(.0 lo Sl,O0O each per night. Men who have been in all parts of the world where gold is mined say they never saw such (luantities takei in so short a time. "Youmty safely say that .^2. "iO'. 000 has been taken from the ground on the liritish side within the past year, and about $1,000,000 from the ^iiuerican side. The diggirgs around Circle City and in the older places are rich enough to satisf3- any ordinary deaiand, but they have all, or nearly all, been temporarily left for the new fields. There are probably 2,50 men working in the mines outside Circle City, but there would have been L.'jOO bad not the new strike been made. Should the new field play out. which is a thing impo-tsible, the older diggings would be returned to and with protit. Hjwever, the new finds are not going .0 li,H T 20 IS i;() liouses. The gn'cu- fiitiny \vi;ik is at- ])lav (,iU. There i« oiiougli in sight to confirm the belief that tin se new digpinuw cannot he exiiauKled in ten veirs. ()t course. coini(),( (lO. with .^UOO OliO moic in sight. J slundd saj- his i hdni wns worth sJiinO.OOO, lut that would 1)^ a risk, and he may tiever get that nut of it. Hi' mav get so\ cral millions. I am glad to he.ir tliat his father and two l)!'oihers are aboard this boat. '• He will liKik.' them all lich. 1 ciuld sit here all niglit and t( II joii incirlenlsof tin- exeitemeni .iiid finds, but tins.' y(,u can IIikI you?self, if you get there. You will see tin re how we run thin;.;s. I am proud to say tha" our niountid' police have been apprecia.ed by the miners, and we have the most orderly mining community in the world. There thief, no chiim jumping, n > cheating or swindling in the many" gambling liorn gets an hone it gime and o\cry man's hand is aliove board. It any tenijited we run the o(l'« mler out. "Tiie otdy tiling 1 tear i:; a famine U\o c(,ming winter. The united efV..rts of tlie Alaskii Commercial Comjiany an I the North .\n.)"rican Transportation and Tniding Company canm t tran.sport ov< r 4. .■)()() tons ofl'reight up th.^ river this sea-on, and not until lie.xt I'Vbruarv can stuir be freighted over from Dyea. Juneau, and other points down along the (Sou'herii coast. There « as great suirerhig hi.st winter, and. though no one starvei) a hundiedw ei<.]it at one tiu!c. and bef from ij;! to .■:;■,' a jiound. :\loo.so hams sold for about i?:j(), or .S'3 [er pound. Ordinary shovels for digging m ought sir and sjis a]ii. and even now in these long days a man can comm ind sl.oO p 'r hour up there, or from J^b") to .fJO i)er cay. The ri\ er steamers camiot lieep crews tins suniniei-, for all run away to the mines as i they g>-t in that regioa. Indians are all the hel]) that e in be kept. "and even tl something in the )'''ie of locating claims. • Th' man wiio goes in this coming winter over the Odlkat and Chilkoot passes, or the man who goes in this su:nmer by this steand)oat route, should take in two years" grun. I understand that steamb mt comj)anieM will not carry grub or merchandise for any man? ami that they are making a tlat jiassenger rate of sl,-)0 fin. of Naniamo, British Columbia." •' There was much more that I learned of this man and other men direct from the mines. Just when 1 can get to the region, and get out is haid to i-h by any means, nicin \\ajre>. and even now !■ from !^!."i to ^'iO jier ('ay. ay to tin mines as so ii Ts t, and even tlu;,- are doing t and CJiilkoot passe«. or 1 take in two years" gru II. •handise for any man, and from Seattle to Dawson, season, and if they do imt er.scame (ver thisspring. ifldeiue in Ogilvie'8ro%\ .■!• able man that could Imxe ly way we ( ould retalia e le niiiie-i. As it i-*. Amen ?entres. Rig corporations •e a power, and so long a.s lem."' T among them when I !■ ft a." len direct from the mines. only chance at present in [) on her decks in blankets a bar ia the river, as the ren. Reamers by dynamite last ^:;^ oat'md'tlie --uno.-s can iu- lo:ule,L ^ ^^ ''The weallur wcleai. i.i!,i,ni, aii ■ ...boutfertyd.y. ;::^t^nS!''^^rrsh^u'ei5;::fo [ reiiid'er, which The doctor also suctions at the far Xorlb. if ice will permit torcu'b ihe States wiih another mail luck and get up ih^< nvcr an-l ,.,.!, o!^r ,0 Siberia on the rev. nue mmimim^^^=-''^' The AM.-WW mn oi Iun.au Leave ior the Gold Fields. ■ , H A,»*.wi.l>no,— f.;-:.-f'>-^ |R(liort froi T with the inteiKion of remaining and minins? witheut having at least .«!1 .',00 or »' 0<10 Tf It^.L^^^'^'T *." '•';*">•*'.»"»">- linds. unifthe expenses of livinra,Venr.,ou!' In ihe liSg "' ^'"'"'" '■'^'"" ''^ ''^' "''^"' *^''''°" ^^'" '»'« Pl^^i^^^st kiml of Young: Man from Indiana Returns Home from the Klondike Gold Fields with $50,000. Nkw Caui.isi.i; Im,.. July 23._F,;ink Physcafor, of (Jalion. MIcl. seven miles no-tl, S!dS'J;;;ti:^f'^"^*„!^;;:?tf *^ ''"^"^^'"^ ^'^^"-'^^ ^^•''" '^ ^-' Vork.ira,^r ^i^lK'^^nli A i=.L-.?^'-;i^'''"r-^"V ^'*'a'V"^ '"' *'"".'"■ ''■•^'■** «"amp?d in the sawmill l.nsinesi. He went to to!^'^u^i^(!i;i^:'fo;?;'^ar"^ ""'^"'"^ *''^'^ ^••"^••^ «"'"• "-' -•" «- ^n^^^^ weeks^on'um: Km/:;!,!:; op^raSn'" "" ''«'"''«'-'^' -^'^ -'" «« ^^^^^^ to Ala.ka in a few Tnf.in'^l'r "'^'''■'' *'■*""■ "'*" l^i<"'<'il^(' re-ion is or a very enconia-ing character. C M,t Fr.meis Tattle the eo.nman.ier of the levenue cutter Hear, has uriuen i,rfrien,ls in New York fiom St. Michael .^. stat.t^g thai in view ,.f the gold fever he I as .real dUlicnltv in relai in^ The members ol h.s crew. Many of tl,en, a.e g.,1,1 m.d. as a derkhan ' h « J dilcira'^ u las September went to the gold lieldsan.l h»s made ffloO.OOO. uisciiaigf.d last More Talcs About the Riches Brougfht to Seattle by the "Gold Ship Portland. f f7'"'v/''Af'' t^'"f'''°'''n Trans,.o,tatioM Company's steamer I'ortland has reai tfiomht. Michael with abont a million and a .pnirter in gold, and ^iM -. .^r "on ; ^•^""••'/'V'"' r'fy^T '?^"'' "'■"' '''^"' '^' '•""'■'■ ••^'"1 "'" ""^' "'■ them has nnn «,...,. ,.,..i.,.. „f „.,„,.„ i,.,.sbepn taken from Kloi ,Ukv within the yeai iii:ers. with acoiiipeteiicy now on iheir iland^. iiave claiti por aboa 130,000. every dollar Jlost of these m. lously rich region which tliey say wiii'lirt\'iiVMM'liund'iVds uf il,,,nsi,ii(1s moix 1 he hi-.-t authentic news of the Portland v\ as obtain, d vessel early th's mo ' " " eadied tliis t miners ess than us in that iabu- ly ])er>oi^ vessel early ths inonnng olf l'o:t Angeles. The Portland i-a.sed , the Sound with , than a ton of gold on boani. ]„ the .aptaiii's cabin svere tlire. chests an.l a I rue a fe with the precious nu.gets. n. .^; of it tt.ken out of the urmind in !es,. than I lee mont last winter. In size the nuggets are the size of a p.a to a guinea c-g who hoarded the more filled IS of feet, IMS STIilKES UY •'TENDIIUFKi;?." •• wbtl'";? n"'r/'^"V'"^ *° •'"' ""/''■"'' '" """ ""• '•'- ^""'■^■^ "*■'•<' «"n.le by the "tender- and th^ N^.K^i'l^r;.;,;:^^"""'^' "'""■" ^■•^' ^•"^^••'"^ '-"'^"^''^ -'" '---" *» Alask^a i.,.o I ^''o't""t' s,;,'""''" t". s'»il«^ on tlif inexjierienc, d n.en who went bito the minin <■ districts ate last year. '1 1,.. stones they tell seem increoihle. I, stance, aie noted wlu, e "iZ. k S v.dualsliHve tiikeii out in two months -•'' " ' - ■- •■'"'■>ii mHoI^ moi ( birence Heiry, of Fiesno, t'i,| e. gol I to the \ali:(> of over stil.^O.dOd. went Id the Yukon in I MM), and jnospected several yva,^withoutsucce.s. (o returned hon.e la.taulunm an I wastuanXuidx-ki la^deu the Klo.ul.ke laK Nuveinb r. lie is now „n the Porilan. '■"^^' "'^'" ""•- ^-^SaL:^^:^ Ti:e PoitluK abiva-t (f Pott An THr: I'OKTI.AM) IIKT AliliEAST OF l'( IHT AXOF.LKS. w;is slopped in the middle (if the straits ;it two oVIock tl I , 1. , i" ■ . . ,. ."'■"",.'■,"; •■■^•^t.i i»>' >' inn IV mis morning, . ,, , . ,..,, ., ''■''• I'i 'he. Sia Lion. As I climbed ever the steamer's side and was me( .y Captain Kuhton a crowd of min.rs gal lured ab.ut.eigvr to hear the lateVt locaVnews En an( ur« m( ler nr $i yo m lit is m th in b S( o tl e ii n s T least .$l,r)00 or f2.0. It g are eiior:;iou8. In llie 10 for the pl;iinest kiiul of like Gold Fields with licli., seven miles novtii irk tlraft for $40,00(1, ami II iMisines-i. He went to I with five Indians ihey > l)ark to Alas^ka in a few liaiacter. C i)t. Fr.mcis icnils i!i New York from linilty in reiaiiiiiig (lie A lio was discharged last he "Gold Ship " tlaiid has readied tliis and ^i.\l.v-^i•;lit mim-rs e ul' tlieni hasle^is than th(^ J ear. avo claims in that iabu- li^i more. ■.-oils who hoanied tlie tlu' Sound with more s and a larj;e Hi.fe filled than three months of ' nmdi' by the " tender- uul iniviiiion in Alaska ito the mining districts •led wheie hinjile indi- 1.1(1. ind jirospecled several 1, and ti)ok iiis hriile lo ,nad^i mou^ P-J^ce^s - route to ^.^^^^^^ business. He said there were only two "\'»'"« ^{3,^: '■. aistricls. He added : secTi^n and they are called the" Hunker and ' Bo"''^^^ f eigl t hundred claims staked .' When I left Dawson fity a 'V?^"ii' Tnns nd wr ons here We can safely say that out, and there were between two and three thoimand P^' «»^ \^^ ^^^.^i^ed out will atford there was about $1,500,000 m gold mined la=t winter. 1 ne employment for aliout 5,000 nien. passengers. He left his son in charge of his $-15,000 spot cash , the proceeds of the sale. ALL uirnuN WITH f'«f^"- „„, Tlie 'on is in charge of T. J. Kelly. ofTacoma, --"* '/V^n'nufl^^S- ^''-'" ^^ the claim, and the father is "'"^.-.V'*^ ' ,^/'{^ iVi^un 1^^- >?52.oo0. - iUib "' Strong, of Port .. Tl,«. men," ,aia 0,«,l'':rS*m/»;.cVl!^^^^^^^^ ,1,0 Vnkoncrs cull .Ol,.cl,ool»,c»- ;•; """"'"S', ;.' ,' ; ,(,..„, ,1,>"' t.i,. Ir.m. Si. Mid.^cl I Si! ami no.bing on ,l,c ta.t was soc.l cnongi, t.. tlun. 34 Report of Mrs. Clarence Boycc, who went to the Klondike Gold Fields on Her Wedding T.-ip and Picked up $10,000 on the Claim of Her Husband. The iollowii!^- advice whs ncoived from San Francisco, dalcl July 21- ihe Klondike mlVclioii U bi-iunin- to inilamc fii nnciers in S,in Francisco. Bankers professional nien hud niorcl.itnts are among the crowds rreparing to oml ark. At the PaciHc "n- t' A *'''' ""^ ^"l""' "' "'"vernation is tlio great Arctic (iolconda. tullOveiton, sonof Judge A. ''. Overton, a (Jalifornia milhonaire, leaves to-morrow niglit in con,p:,ny with his brother-in-law, F.dward J. Livernash, a prominent law 1m and .imunahst. They will proceed hy rail to Seattle, where berths haVo bl en secu cd for them on the Mexico, which leaves that city Sunday, Mr. O.erton is an experiei;ced minin" e ! gineerot Arizona. In this trip to the Klondike he represents mining niaclunery inteiTst" T^l,Jl\ <•""'•«•" l"">s<-;'f "'ul his as^i.tants in a search for the moilur lode from wlierce CO e^., 1 ' '^MM '"•' '^''"-^t ^'t ."»' Klondike. When gold .pnulz formatiors are dis co\en J i!(. uiU begi.i the imixrtation of stamp mills and concentrators Mr. 1 ivernash \vill go to tlie Kloiuiike as a pleaaiie seeker and ol set ver. IIo resi"iis as news editor ol the h.r.u.tuu'r to nuikr the trip. They will outlit at, Seattle, bavin- made special arrangements with Uv Mexico to carry enough provi.-io.is to keep them a year! They wdl go by boat to Dyea, and tlietice Overland. ' ^ MOW CLAIMS ARE SECURED. W lli'im Ledbelter, acanal and lailroail )iromoter, will go on the Excelsior. Leslie •Aic.Murtry. a mmiiig eiigmeer, is organizing a fomiMuy that will ^o into the Yukon for trad- ing purp(ses. Williams liros.. fashionable tailors, are .sending members of their firm to local.' (laims in their nano. Thi.s is being done quitllv by manv iironunent p. rsors. Iv.iry berth on iho Ex( elsior has been eitlur j.aid or spoken for. and still the neonle continue to uuiuue lor a Iditicjiial af cominodation. All day the ctiice of the Alaska Com- mercial Company was croude 1 with adveiiuiiers anxions to make the trij). Those coming distant")''' ',';^^' ''°"''-' '"^'' ' ® 'i'-^^«'iinn..dafed. Numtrous iii(|uiries' also came by"mairfrom y'l'r''''''^^ °^ women are anxious to go. They are excited over the story of the lind o. m-s Cl.Tcce Hoyce. who picked up .-^lO.OOO on the Klondike in grains and nu- gets on her 1 i>b:.nd s claim, and slowed her fortune aw,,y in jam jars and jelly gla.SH-s, aiHl any litlloemi.ty Lotties that came bandy '" '• ' ' •'.■'. J . .> o •< <->, ^nu liad finished with her hou.sehold duties." Sue did her projptcting between times, after she Just a year and four A STIUNlil-: WEDDIXU Tlill'. ■ , months ag ) she left hor mother's home in '' mio a bride. Bv way ot Seattl.' si, e went to Juneau. tnenacro.ss(.'liilcot Pass to Fortv Mile iJitv, and from ' " ' li"-' Klondike. Jt was the li-st long journey she had'ever take aiii n, there to Dawson City and a strange one for ;i wedding tour "What advice would 1 give to a woman about going to Alaska?" she said to-day, WJiy. to stay away, ot cou.-.-o. It's no place for a woman, I mean for a woiiuin al;)ne: one who goes to make a livuig or a fortune. Yes, there are women going into the mines alone; there were wlu . %ye came out;, all with the hope of getting big pay. Its much bener for a man tljough, if he has a wife along. Whatever stories of miserable livin- and c,xcessn\> hardshii)s there are. are about the poor fellows who had not buflicient outti't or sullered by their own poor cooking. -'The men are not much at cooking up there, and that is the reascn. they suffer Willi stoinacb troubles, and, as some say they tlid, with scurvv. Alter a man his '■. orked hard all d y in the diggings, he doesn't; feel much like cooking a nice meal wb.en he inineiU hnvyev and '- fii secured for tiieiu >'H ; lode from ul.er.oe ,',:!, 'o'-''>-it'or,8 are di«. »^t'lit!ieinuyear. They 111-' Excelsior. Leslie 'f;''i'L' Yukon for S! ".'"■'•'^ »f ilK.ir firm o "I'wit pi r.soD.s "•• .'111.1 still ihe neoDle ^' came by mail /rom ' °^,f "^ the story of the '^'' I' plains and lui - twt'en limes, after and slie i'.^iio a bride. By :{''^<^''ty. and from 8l>e had over lakvn, '■?•" *•'»« said to-day, 'or a woimui alone- f.'i'i«: into the mines' ^f pay. Its much ot miserable livin-r I not bufficient outHc I'l-ascn they suffer ■ ^ man hiis i- orked , iiH'al vvlit-nheKoes all the food frozen! every-thing of the Kieat deal, and it is best to lake no more than in actually necessary on account .luneau and come bick from tliere. My fui' coat I took :rom here, because, s-tranjie as it may seem, furs coiit less and are better here than in Alaska. ■'A fur robe is necessary. We got one up there from a man conung out, but it is just aa well for anyone going ui> to take one along. Tlie fur glo\es can be had u|i Iheri' bette' than here, liowever, and cost about S:>. Moc<'asins are worn in-tead of shoes tbroughoiit the winter, anm frc sibite— didn't even get my Angers nii)i)eil or my no.'^e — ami I wore no veil all the time I w.as there. I took a good med- icine chest with me, too. ••We left Juneau last March with several friends, our supplies, and a deg team. I put on my Alaska uniform there, the heavy llannels. waini drei-s v. ith slioit skirt, moccasins, fur coat, cap and gloves, kept my shawl handy to roll tip in case of storms, and was rirlled in a fur robe and butiiiil to the sled, so when it roiled over I rolled with it. and many tumbles in till' snow I got that way. The supplies for Mr. Boyce and myself ineliidi-d his clothes, my small furs, our stove, and all our food, cost about !?^'t)i) ami weighed about :J.Oi)0 pounds. Wo dill notconline ouis>lves t ) a bean and bacon diet. We had jilenty of canned meat", hams, bacon, dried fruit-, and vegetibles, ami all sorts of canntd things besides. We arranged for as wholesome a diet as possible with canned goods. "It took us three months to travel from Juneau to Forty Mile, a distance of about nine hundri'd mill s. I think. We traveled ten or twelve miles and occasionally iifteen miles a day. We couldn't do more becaii'-e the dogs wouldn't si and it. Up to the summit we (at- ried our own stores, and on the other side hired Indians. We had fresh meat on the way — moose and caribou. "At first, when I saw the dirty natives bringing it in their canoe.s I could not bring myself to eat it. but I soon changed my mind and got to like it. We pre[)ari'd our meals by setting up our stove right on the ice. in the open sometimes, and at otiiers pitched a tent and did our cook'iig under cover, then tip stakes and on again. .Vt night we pitched our tents, made a bed of boughs, put blankets on, rolle0"t an inch Of water on the ice. and around oSTeLf?a';XwL^T for me in ^r\T'"''"r ^'^ «°°'-' ""^ ^ l^^^l '<> «tand and after it was (ixed ui it w^s ven comfX l^-f k'V ''''^^^^^^ Z"" ^'""^ " ^^o-rooui house? curtain sent over for nj. We had -.nX™, "'^ Klondike. The boys iiad a carpet and of boughs, and stove, we were ve 1 'Ja SaH« L""'""'"" ''' '''^^^^' ^"^ ''''^^ ^ ^^^ iron affairs, with two hole.s on top an ^a drum to halo in Ti ""'^ ''T^''''' i^fje- 'it"« ''^eet- the meanest, knottiest, scrubbiest wood I exx'r saw tl ; t ?^1 ^♦•"'*'?^ " '° '"" «^ pitch-ifs you turn your back on it for a mil ute T^e wa^erTvi .J^ hre >urns up and goes out if be thawed. If a„y one w,.nted a "ir „k a Hni 1 o i „ i hI '?' ?'^ '""'*'' °'' '"^e- ^"'l h«d to ' ' The stores- tliat were kept in the o che tn inti'^'n ^"' '^« '''''^^^•^d a^^d cooled again, frozen, of course, and Jmd to he tl wed out I efo e beW nnT f"""'?, "'.? ^'^^ ""'"^'^'^ "'^'e keep from freezing we had to kee, wnr „ A^^^ The things we wanted to pagne were sent us for Christn.as. a.'ui l^d toV^'ep'^ ^ ;^Z^^^^,^^ and fI!zT:zi s, ;I^' iJst^te;^: :^£!^t^^:s^- . ^^ ''^V'-^^"^ --* -« We had a nice roast for our Now Ye,r dinne «nd fr.^i- . . * ^'^.f ^^^^ .sent across tlie pass. ins, as well as tne umuiI canned veget Thles ' ^^^' ™'"'='' P'® '*"d nuts and rais- but how I did long for a raw ?ot .t ,e-a "vthin?1r^ »^A '^ "^'^ T'^tf ^^."S'^ *« "^'^ke yeast, at the mines. I had nine to lunc c on w^th me H.p.I If ^t'*"^" ' .^^^ ^''^°'' ^^''^ f""- ^'«i'ors one time it was so that strange s would com" a"<^^'it™ ''''''" '**i.^**'^^'*" ^o eat off, and and holt will) if. We had -some nn^^u^JilZ , eat— oven come and take any food in sight always passing thnn.^lltttd ',^^^71^,' 1^^^' Zlter^' "''''^ ''''' "•^•'^- '«■• P'^opl-Sre sound ^r^^^tl:^:!:\^'^^^':^^J^;ri^^^^^^ one going there wi.h gets very hot. anu the mosquitoes a, e awful. "'^'"^'^thj . It ,s .lamp, the water is bad, it DAWSON NOT (JUIET NOW. one niglSTufli^t^Lf is" Ud thaf^^^,;];^;!:;,;!!^;"!^!:;- between , hem and Dawsm in covered with nnul to the waist. Da«^"on n a v have ^Ln T^^^^^ H'^^ '^'^&'''' ^ ^^''^^ through t it was in such a rowdv state that it was in nn.^^^^ city once, but when I came I had to have them sent to mo.' Men a d womeV t^^^^^^^ ^""'^ T^° ^9 *° '"^ "^^^^^^ ="'d were carousing continually. The peo .le ^Tl o fX^. T m'^T """"'^ ""''' "'O™'-'" t'-i'^'- nig, hard-working minors,' are amingYhe worst m^ll^eie" ""^" ""' "'" ^*'"'^' '''^'^> ■«^- nan.a. illr'i^i^^^rJlli^/rrioS.'Stff;:,' "Z^^^i^''", ?- 'T^^^^'- On the B. I was sorry to leave iier wl>en 1 canie awiy '■'omAn-m^, Galvm, of Helena, Mont., and did. i; ^^^'•;:.^.^; i^:t:^:iz 'S:nc^:z;.^rv^'' ' '^^ , *"^ ^^i-^-- ^ -any when Mr. 15oy^'- '" ^-''^^'o stay down here and spend the mon'ev li.en L U'Lgs it m-t •' '''""^' '" ^^" '''"*''" '^""« ^'^ Excels!.!;^^:^nr^"I,anv wSen "Tlelr f '"^ ^'^ ,-«"'"^ "''o are determined to go. The keeping. They colVd'ev-.^^^^L^i'^gok "wi uS'^'^^ could not if the dirt would go .s;ilO to the i ,n • u?^ delicate hands on a pinch : and who \t water on the ice, and r.and I had to stand iadat«o-roo.iihou8e „te"'"^««=a'l'etand teded, and with a bed fow, long, jittle t-heet- > so full of intch-Tt-s If "P and goes out if how or ice. and had to (eland cooled again. "" ■e things we wanted to ^s and a case of chani- >Pd to save them from ' liad fresh meat now 3 sent acros.s tlie pass >ie and nuts and rais- f them how to make .«"«'' to make veast Kibletoeat oiF, and ke any food in sight, iglit, lor people we/e one going there with |>, the water is bad, it iJiem and Dawsm in K knee length, I was e- but when I came ro to my meals, and 'ty women tli.Tc— liegood, steadv-gi,. tJelena, Mont., and experience I ivallr : uiother in Fresno fall after this ni "Mined to go. T|,e ewntingtobouse- i l»'«Hh ; ami who 'vomen seem to be lown young San 27 Forty Mile City, June 13. Iso;. Tiie trip was an interesting one. but very dangerous. Many men lost their Ixt.its and everything tliey had. and there are rumors of men liaving been drowntil, Shorily after It Hving Lake Liiborge we came upon a party who had just rescin-d two young fellows from rocks in the middle of the rajiids. They could not s:ive their outfit or their demolishei. boat, and all they bad went down the river with the rushing Hood One of the young men had everything" but his shirt stripped from bim by the swirl. We took bun in ( barge uud landed him at Klondike. The big canyon between Mud Lake and Lake Laborge is a grand and impressive place. The river aliove is a quarter of a mile wide, but in the canyon it miriows to tifty feet. The walla rise on either side, sheer and smooth, full seventy-live feel. Itown rushes the water with a frightful roar, rolling the wavtrs at least ten feet bi;^b. Like everybody else, we wont down ahead to take a loak before shooting these rapids. I'rom the dilT view the task seems impo.s?ible, but there is no other way, and shoot you must. So, with Wilson at the oars to bold lier straight, 1 took the steering paddle, and we nnide for the mouth of the gorge. It was all over in al)out thirty f.econds. We were througii in safety. b"t it was the most hair-raising thirty seconds I ever e.\])erienced. There \>as <|iiite eii'iugh thrill in it for a lifetime. Over the terrifying roar of the water we could faintly hear the ciieer put up by the undecided hundred or more men who line! tlie clitTs above us. l p came the icec(da water against us in tubfuls. We were wet through. So was everything else in the boat, and the boat itself half full of water. Hut wo were soon billed and dried— and safe. Then we went on to the White House Ha])i(ls. and here we let our boat through with long ropes. Two daj-s later we shot the Five Finger K .piils and the Hink Rapids without anj- trouble. The last four days of the trip we tixeil up our stove in tiic boat, aid only went ashore twice for wo;jil. The moMiuitoes on the shore are numbered l>y the million, and are fierce as bull terriers, but in the n iddle of tbn river they troubled us but little. The sun sinks oi;t of sight now about 10::j(( I*. M.. iind comes out again about !! A. M. About midnigbt, however, it is almost as light as n(;onday. There is no irght. At Dawson there is a little sawmill and rough linuses going up in all dirertions. but for the nu si j)art it is a city of tents. On the shore of the river are hundreds of buats, and others are getting on every day. The Klondike has not been one particle overrated. I have seen gol 1 measure! by the bucketful. Just think of a man taking ."JbOO out of one pan of dirt. Mrs. Wil>on pi'Mied out ^l.")! out of one jian in one of the mine- I am to t ike cliarge of. This, without doul)t, is the richest gold strike the world liaf ever known. Of course, all the claims in the Klondike di-ttrict are taken up now, and there are hun- dreds of men who own claims valu"(l from Jj.'iOjOiM) t > f l.OOQ.OOO, Hut with all these iren in the Country many miles of new ground will ])" jirospected, and from the lay of the country I think other gold lields are certain to be located. Eouau Mizser. inFTEEN IIUXDKED EXitAciE I'ASSACiE. As near as can 1)" estiniatel, passa,v,e has been engagetl for about fifteen bundiod p;>r- sons on sle." -leis ile]iaiting for Alaskan jioiiiis b iweeii now and Aii>;iisl T. This is nearly as many as can be carried, and at tie' rate gold seekeis biive lieen coining since Jloliday tbero will be many v.lio cannot secure pasSige in time to reach l\londil;e before Alaska is frozen, unless an additional numb 'r of big m s.sels are jilaced on that route. S. a'tle is hiving all shf c. 11 mo threat iioiiuay \\as at iiiinil, hut in ihe ni.dst el the ex< ''ement there was ^oiiielhiiig of sulne.-n. Tlie steaner wjissehi ihileil to sail at noon, I ut il was 1.5,") before the hist li le v as axst olV. and the iii^ black hulk, with its load of !-"< I'Ji.-.seiigers ancl l.OCU ton.s of ;,eueial nier- chai.diso backetl s'owly out into the smootii \i ater td ilio biiy, ai.d linuid In '• iicse to the far north. There was liardiy a cheer from the bij^crowilon the whaif. Molliers, wives and sii-ters turnfd silently away, and in m my instiUKe-, tears trickk'd ilown ilieir ihetks. Ou the steanier itself there w. is more life, ai.d one s:iiall crowd i f hardy young fellows, who ^tO(xl near the sfalV, from which floated the Stars ;ind Striies, commenced singing '•Got)d-Bye, My Love, ( io(id-Uye." The most conspicuous figure on the ileck was that of .John JlctJriiw, former tiovernor of Washington. He stood six f'-et, towering like a gant above his little son Tom, a meie lad, who ai <'ouiii:inies him to lie fai'-olf laml of promi.-e, h^'pirg to assi.-l in rebuilding .-i lo.-,t foitunc. The Governor's wife — brave woman that she is — stood id her hu-band's side. Hardly less conspicuous was (ieti. I] .M. C'.irr, ( f the National trUiUils of Washingt n. Tall, ma-sive of foimnnd haiulsomi- of IVatiire, ho l'ors;ikes ilii' life of the citj^ and buries himself in the land that will sc on Ic locked in ihe arms of i -e and sr.ow. Captain A. J. H illitt, Inother of l'riiic(.4on's most famous fcolball pluytr, stood on the lee side of tha sieamer. He was i nee : s dear to the hearts of Yale's oarsmen us his brother was to the football mm of I'riiueton. George l-'olsom, well-knou n in Ho-i!on society, stai s. is near at hand. Mail I'arrier Jack t'air and .John Scoir, a piaciical printer, are taking a comphte outfit for punting a nowspaixr. It will be calkd the Ytiknn yinjij' t, and will sell for filiy cents a copy. (.'hief t f Police Reed has told Mayor Wood that unless su ps are taken to kei p police- men from gomg to Alaska the foice \w)u!d lio coniik'iely wreckid. He advised a special meeii.ig of the City Council foe the purpose of )ia.-sing an oidinanco increasing all salaiics. Chief Kced says that even if the salarii s are raise, 1 he will not he able to hold all the men, but he lakis this step to [iievent the entire wuck of the force. Among the brave Argi)uauls are si.\ wouu 11 and one little girl. They are cheerful and eager to bo going. Will they come back ( r will that little girl be lai.l to rest in a grave of snow !;nd u e'; The thought brought to mii.d how I'rof. T. S. Li|)py, who came back from tin' Klon- dike with §(>.'), UUO, left his baby's grave us a monument to the fortune he look fioiii tlie shifting sands. Suddiiily a man clad In blue mounts the bridge and cries out '• Cast ( If!'' There is a rush on board, n surging of the crowd on the deck, the black smoke yours •'«co an.l lHMvi/i,s.,„, fc .'":.;;'!' -^''- and ■"'^■"'■anc|,u..vtui,„er I IKI.I). 'Ill' JilHt ij 'P".1» (•a^t •"""•"'-• ".:.se to ,1,'; •j"-,f<.nr,.rCioverno,- 'I'^Uand s side '"nlsorWa,,,; f tl.e cuy a,ul buried j'l;iy.r. stood on the t'll'^iny a com,,], te '^^"1 «c.|J iorii/,y '■:;'! ^.'-"kp'l' poiiee. '*' '"'■^"•'' a ■•i.tri,,) r"""K all .s;du,i 's ''-J'l .-'ii tlK. ,uen: "ley aio (he,, fill •- t(;.,k tn,||, tiie ({'!•' "-■'' "^"loke .pours d' tliom." and the river steam- aloii);si(li' anil com- 29 from till? Htack. ami then the f.teamer.whieli lunulrojR hone ^^ill lany u'uhlt ii tieatiiire cii her retur.i, was nmler way. As tlie steamer turns a flock of iloves eiri'led near, hidding her (lod.-|i''eil. The crowd went slowlj* from tiie dock, iind many said: " I hope they will succeed, hut I I'e.ir it will he a failure for most When the I'orlhind reaches St. Mich.'iel's she will anchor outside, ersowned iiy tlie Nurih American Transportalion ('ompany will come inence laUinL; on ]):issen};ers atiil pruvis'ous. This iratisporlation company will land seven thuiisand tons of food at the Klondike this year. To-iiiKht the tenni-s ball, tlie K^eat nnnuai society event of the Northwest, take.s place, hut the c numittee has been cniisiderinj; tl.e ad .isability ftf uhandonin;; it. At least leii society 1) adeis left to-d ly, and fifteen iitheri are so busy prcparimr to take the next boat lliat Ihi'v icfine to attend T.U'iMA. Wash.. July 22 — Warren Shei, of New Wliatcnm. mie of the low«r I'lijiet Souf.il I'lwn-i. send> I hi' m s' in irv. lulls news yet rt'ciivcd from the Klondike. She i « rites to his brothel . S S. .Slea. of Xiw Whati i. that the new lio.it lli:il conns lack from the Klon'like cdiiniiy will briii}:; >;old out in (ish i):irrels. holding,' alxjiit twcnty-lwo g dlons each. " Two days afti'v till" ia>i b.nt left.*' miner Shea writes, "mie nf the stores was e!o;iel about and specu- lated oa llie actual value of their jars, car a ;md sacks ol' j.;o!.l. and told what, ihey would do with their moiu'V when tlicy got bick to ci\ ilization. I\[any gambled and spent tiieir money lavishly fir trinkets :ind triiles. paying i?I(i for a pipe thiU coulil be purchased in any tobacco store in this c aiiiiry for less th m 'S> < eais. She. I Ti'port-i increisiag fiictiori b -iween the Americans ard Hritishers because of the custom dutirs. which are to be stricily imposed hereafter, and becaus-' ll:e Britishers took adv.inlage of desirable claims when the Americ;ins Muhed iiitn the Klondike country. As the jiopulation iie-rea-es. Shea fears nlood will he spilled, S.\S FiJANCisi. II. July •.''2.— Th" .Alaska Commeical Cjmpaiiy's steaiiuM- Iti-rtha !irrivassengi rs cante down from the north coast, aiitl none was from the Klo-niike, L'naiask i had the gold fever when tliey 1 ft jn^t sis bidly as the other places along the Alaskan shia'c. (Jimlaska is almo-t deserted, except by Indians, The Mertha brings advices that will not encourage the miner-of-the-moment. thougli tliey will not discourage eld-time pan and pick handlers. Every claim within milts of the Klondike is taken up, and nearly live thousand people are at the new diggings. Those who got in late have gone furthei to the northeast of the Klondike, looking for new loca'iotis. and the matter of hunting gold in Alaska h-as resolved itself into a hunt for the mother lole and newp)cket8. The Daw.son region was still paying big, according to the latest news from tliat district, but mining jiarties have struck out northwest and southwest. "People who go north should be pr .'pared to camp there a year or more." said the mate of tlie Bertha. "They cannot expect to strike it rich the first day after landing, though there are many who niay prove lucky in this respect. •There lire a great many penniless miners in Alaska to-day. They would make any sacrifice, and promise anything to get out of the country." The F^xcelsior will take 200 people northward July 28. Of course eight are women, including four Sisters of Merc.v. TUENTOS, July 22. — George Shick. a well-known stock broker of this city, has received a letter from the Klondike p'acer gold fields of Alaska, dated June 7, from Circle City. The letter tells of new regions which have been discovered, and says that not less than f4 worth of gold dust is scoopad up with every sliovelful of dirt. Wages of miners are not less than $12 a day. and a man can get his provisions and sustenance, says t!ie letter, for !ji2. "There is no doubt," it concludes, "that the veins of gold are only partly uncovered." 80 T We will receive fwll and exact reports from our correspondents now well on their way to the mines, which will be published from time to time, and added to future editions of the book. our les, led I iTHF. GREATEST COLD DISTRICT ON EARTH I" THE YUKON^RIBOO BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLD MINING DEVELOPMENT^OMPANY. Capital S5,(X)0,()00, Shares »1 eacli PULL PAID. NON-ASSESSABLE. J. EDWARfJ AI3DICKS. I-re«icieru, Clayriionf, Delaware. E. P. J. GAYNOR, Treasurer. CHARLES H KITTINOER Auditor, Manhattan Uy Co., «r «;... i x^ .- . ' ^"-l 66 Broadway, New York City, New York C.ty. pia,ri.on Building. Pl.iladelpUia J. EDWARD ADDICKS, HARRISON BUILDIMO, ok MANHATTAN BUILDING, iSOfl Market Street, PBILADELPflli 66Broadwjy, SEW YORK CITY ON EARTH!" 10 ^PAIHY. res Jjjil eachi E. ■esiderit, r. KITTINGER, Iway, New York City, •n Riiilding, Pliiladelpliia Gold Fields of British : District at the head- i offered to the public ng parties in the Gold or successful discovery irnished, and subscrip- )KS, TAN BUILDING, F, SEW YORK CITY.