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Les diagrammas suivants illustrent 1 1 mAthode. rata alure, A a 32X ^^ 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ^^^A r^ nimrpff M »*/ T rr-n^r Mprr» larfH -"T*"*! ■tjfA''- -, ' ' v."!.'-: ;Sr*W ««:■.■■'' "T,^a^5»^ '/ iH^ t^HMjrt;,-^. ,inyg; i » i ..j^j w . . ,. ^..^ , ^il V7i..i« -^.m V .• - ' -^ \ ijaBSMffiSBSSaSm^M^ **. r' The ---« ' ■ ■«„ Trading and nCCOoOOMDObdOCC ^gqaooocoxr-yrrorccjcj Exploring Co., Ltd. General Mercantile Business WHOLESALE AND RETAIL * ' CARRIES EVERYTHING I OR GENERAL OUTFITTING % VXXX i-» ; Groceries, Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Etc. COMPLY r> una or Blacksmiths, Carpenters,' and Machinists' TOOLS .\. vS JiOHISSOS, C.onornl \rnnaac'r. THE CATTLE SYNDICATE, Ltd.... Health and Wealth Depend on Uood Batinc and Savinicin Livlnn rormrtly Galvia SyiditJtr l5 Established Permanently in Dawson Because Its Business MofAods are Square and Its Prices Are Never Underbid. AHENTIONI ATTENTION! FRESHLY SLAUGHTERED BEEF. PORK and MIHON /Void t**it twvn %tir*f«i ('tiff fk^ U**»(/ #'"Ml<.»ti iilmtrW't. M**nt '■*n iwt. T* •»!•.' "iful l'Hli*titt>lf ^__ ALL ORDERS FILLED ON aHORT NOTICE. i.««ro«ar tu^fur or taira inrutiOH rammiromr _^ OrriCC AND %HOP conncn or riMmr avc. and sixth ar.. da«*on. «. t C. W. THERfl. Manarer. fi««M.«0Oi ttsMthap"!" nwvtai ln>"' ''1 hack.orlroni I oitbaiMrM. < darla«ain.>-i prohaMri" " latb*I«di»M •laM,ahr lur U today. A lat-^jf lijf il"' , ths^ :ha poi'iii Aajroa • lo"!" (romtbr n>.il cruwnover . that this i' n « a town «Mil*i Hnodr«da omotd by nun Imtara not '>n th« year, aii'i ■- ceiuos, Ttii- {urtatkm <••'" •lorM^ waivlx" tlisl MW tn.y I ihey haw •>"' now mai«t*>"< n«««oB. lioi erMkt. Dawson, if polat lor ()»■ ila taaako. »' i>f io( i«M■<■ ' tr .111 aitt.^ BMrtyaUtiM laiMMoi gtova ap- •" Maai^r**"'' haUMMU. »< a. Bill ' i.1 iMMwir.. a«iiMi«»i" ■>sil>lt#ty HuMkyywv wasllMd « aaias-wtx' VOfll|»«l,MJ«J«>M>i.MJilX< l,*CMM^MM^MM^.M,M.M.M.MM.M,*t.JH.M.M.*k.MM^M.»CM.M.M.MJt.MJr**Tr>e»ei<'i*'»rT*'iinu time iirinx luit Kiini- luer, tlif |M>|tii|ii> y. ttuii ut hawiHfii jl w » ii ;*iiy tt ti V r »■ frMllMOO (•• 4ft,UUi>. (M oiurw. Ht ll.al UI0TU4^ ffOiii Ix'ie iiiit lr> (lit* cr<*«-kH nixl btiHliOf Irooi li^Tf tit iDOXt •lifftant |>Hrt« 4rflhfttt#rM. hf'iintr hunt*- ahcniri. Vet, dOftegftll !•>-( fall Hii'l x\iiiter ilitTf wti* prolNlMl' in hiiutMiii iin'i'nru)i liHs Ih-*>[| tAkfit UHy Iqr U'*- N ^'> *!• 1' • «ti>* I' kIk'v^h thab 'h9 poi'uUlion uf Uir 1«>hii i" 4.44*>. AajrOA 4 |on h««pMin from ib^ r(Mn ttic tull, *h hi- LKiaWtOrrr unnr tin* KI'imlike.HonM siiv UiAl thil ir it ^•'ry '•tnall |Hiniiliiliitn (t»r A town coitt.iinintf «> iiiHny )>iiil>lini;M. Hoodradi •*' 'Kl'tnii in l>.t«HiMi a.c i>«B«d iDy ni> 1) «lio nit th*t Mittni^y itethtveo o( m^luHtry. i^ii thtj' ImWB not U't-n built Hnil nrt^ not now miUMiAi'tt^l f'>r Uu* |x>tf' t>*r t))**" nitnen on tlit- erwka. DawWH, -tly ■Ofall (Or th*- mini*!!. Itn wart-honaet*. ili' IMMIIo*. tt*' hotclK, ilB thi'uti'rv. it« Wifm y*!''. »H' Mil intrrinir miliar to UM VHNI "t iti** trrrkn than to ilii* unt of ihtf liml itiitii III IUm- pciil * iiotittration to »U it!> tt.at tht- uituat ivv* uf IJO dfC MMrtlfriiK .t'lnt-, •Inly lun) .\iikin*t )t.i\i- lMM9MMittt-wn. J^Miii'i' tiit-|C>(>Ht ininin, •lii»trit-t» ^jtlmWyl'l- >oMiiii vinti A* lKiwM>n \itk\v ^jMtWMp- ^'"i t *'> ll<»* |>ro«|iii-tnr tinU anil tl.fn 'Innl >luwn unit ♦ I AnaiN Htler. '||MM4i|l^tM. Ht>ul>i iontf tn ami rfbutUi IImma* itiitihinic« tiiovf luort' •piukly »«il|»j!i mil the priwitvlor if har llijlllllH (i Koinit to (Iptay. Whitf IfclVMltMi* i'*«t in p(*|iiiUlnni >hirint£ lli#|pjll^)l*-'tr. It haa KainiHl m «t-alth. aa^MNir ihfif ,11 I I'inij tniitl iit< It f^nlM MMNM^alty thai Mill lAat f>»r a ^ri'at IttUkfyMra. A yt>nr hko tin- wnli-r (loni WMliMd *^Hh Immii, (iiiilt at lU>nni>ll, AMl^N^wfeii'h ihoUMnda of i>fo(iIe hail tfaall4itown to liHttMin. .V larjtf (tr^n. pnniflHl lh*'a<- 1 ani|M'HAMtn nrarly MM) RyfVJWarlv oni*.ilfth of tht> iiopn- tailwl* Qtfl* A \m%v |t Hid) who havr toniv kWM HMkv thlK tlii*ir Innnr. A yt'ar «Ko few HoiiM Imvc tlioutflit of Hsklni^ tlict r w ivch to i(iiiit> tu Iht' iiIhi-p, |>flrtly U***HUB«' tlu'v wi're iinrcrtain o( u fulurt? f'»r ihr town lui'l partly Ifi-auN? •'( tin' <)lt)i(-ultH'tt of lift* licr*'. Nou all Ihin Im i'hanK)**). »»'! with thf convpnii'niva wliirh have I ifn hniUK>it in or rntah- liithnl hcic. an'l with our nmrvelouBly plt-APanl I liniatf, ouiriK brtit-ly to ihf 'Iryneim of tin* atinoapliorf, Iht* iivi-ru|;4> tjian ffelHtlial he i-an niuk« a honif a» <-oiiifortat tomntitf hail not at that tiine U'en l fixMJ Mippiii'ii tn'inKvery ineafcter, thert- wa-* a t:r' il l then* re- iniinr to«lay in Pawtun. nioniitnent* iii their honor hiitlt hy the liU-rality uf l!ie niinerf— H larj;e ntmilwr of empty ho«- pitaU. V'e ale f.»»w in teleKfapliir romnmni' ration with the t>nti>i(le world, and I.on- don i-Hp)(«il, iittM H«-ekin^ inventnienl heie, will W ahU* lo keep in tout h with the roniilry, aneen nt-t-iiiniuniratiun haM done mtu li \v retard ita imoiiiintr. One minitih; enttin -vr, in tiMn h Willi l^tndon tapital, tella iii that ia^t Man h he received a feller daie«l in the preiviliti); (>etoN>r, aitkinif him to re- |M)rt u|M>h elaima thai were nl that time iwintc ufTere«l on Uic L t tri'un>f*tanti H, of eonrve, tlietr TetM>ri coDld >iave ti«^n of no ralne. Now there i« uo leai^oii why IVHMmn tihatl n^t U*iar i)m* future, in •icxH' t(.tm-h U iih the (tnamiali enterw i>f the outride. lt( the u inter of '^7 and lawl Mititer m trip front haupttn to the oulmde wu?* nitaided »• an arduouN undrriakintf. Now (he IP Id no ri aron « h>,e\en in win* tei ttnte. thiMrip ohould not )*«• niade hy anyone wnh n wry reanonahle degree of lomforl, and at a eoniparativeU RUintl PKtH-i.ie. *tf vi>urM'. there are nirtiiy thin)i« )ai kintc that »e toud desire to make lUwimii a louifortahle intNtern (own: lof exainph', ne have no pro|>er expn'PM or parrel {*c\^i aerNic^;-. ue have " nu vtrt et t-ar* « aa ntay he found in mtuh laricer • iiiea in other pattt> ol the world, and a?' many ehnrehea na are ne^-e»Mtty lor ihe |N)pnlHtion. h may afem tu the nmn on the outvtde th»l l^auMon has not niueh um> (or tlinr\h«>a; htii it may well W •aid in reptv that whether the ^ooil \*\\>' pie ol hawHin attend ehunh in an larye pro|Ktrlioii nuthey ilo in litieii in I'ivili- vattoii or mil, tliey certHtnly tt>Ne them f.tr Miort' litn-ral nupiwrt. We haM'ttt>«>d ifuvernuieiil i»o far aw the prevention ol ( rime tftx-i* and, pn»iettion of proiwrty. Kor III 10 we oweliiankH to the Norlhwe?*! Mounleil t'olire. There la nnndi to U* deaire^l yet in ie»iMMi to lowii govern- ment hy U»e (H'uple ihemwlvet". Thia wilt all rome aliuut, no ilouht »hortly» iHHaniie the neieaaary niaehiitery haa lieen Bet in motion to give Pausoa »*lf- fciovernmeiil. The hiuldinj; up of luiiiifn-e wiirt- IioimeH hy the tradini; oonipanieH, the eatahltHliment uf liankn with |terinan<'ni hnihlinKH, Ihe building of lar^'t; hotelii, the ^radin^ and nuinUTini; of slreels, Ihe huitdini; of |M'rinanent residt-m-es hy the buFinefH iH'opiL* of I'aw^on whopro- {M>i

aww»n. Hut alnjve all thi;*, and N'yond all thi?*, the laet that a num- l>er of inilttontfol dollar)' have eotn*- in herefrom hondoii un IhepreMMiltinie all our supplier, of every uHture in the way of fo.*!. have oime from Ihe oulnide, with the excep* tion of a little (Eatiie and tltih. Knuiii^h haa ln-eii done durintt 'he past year or more to demonstrate the tad that we I an ifffiw here, wilh'.n u few mile?* of iNiWMin. a lartie ipiantity of vetcelahles, to supply Ihe local market: and there i;- lU" reftwm why. within a vear or two, we •hould not !*»' aH well off a» are the jn-o- ple of the nmre northern couivlrie- of Kufoin' who live iH»leiy Ujion the re- KonneHof il etiown neitililMtrhoo*!. pawmni ia now , and will probably 'e for many year^, thecapilalof the Yukon country. It haa a Iteatitiful t>ile. and it» in whal we, who have Iteen here for any leukClh of time, know lo Ih' a ^fhtriouK cluuHtf. The time ^houlil come Injfore lonjt when ihif will U' a n'w»ri lor tour- iitti* Inith in cuninier and in winter, w)io. tired uf Ihe oldt-r and more U'ali ii lra4'ki>, care to look at new lit-idi-. No more iH'autiful H*enery ran U- offered in Norway or other northern lonnlnesof Kump*' than we ran i*how here on the Yuk<»n. A year ay" »»r more it would fei-m ridirnlouH to make tliece ^tatenlent9 aUuit liawKUi and al-oiil (he Yukon country, hut exi>erieim' and cnterpriee lia\e dtme wi niuih lo dexelop tiie natu- ral reiHiurce!> oi' the eountiy, that the Ifeneral ai'pect bax entirely i handed. A vear ai:o it \tati suppoMed thai peopli wiHild alwayit carry water from the river, in the wliat«- of ire, t(» their cahini^. Now anumU'roi coni|Mintef* are in ihe lield bidilin^ for every lanlyn lUftoin, ami brinitinir water in tbroutih pifn's t» every t-abin d^Rtr. Thia. in itiielt meaiiv the DaviiiK to the inhah lania ot l>aw»oii uf almotd inlinite toil and large tiumit ol niviney* ThiaMuhjtvt might In* puiJ'*.ei|, lo fhow how iinu h more loinlortMhli' life i!t in ItawrHMi than il wan a year ago. ■Vim e of ua. who are old "•♦ourMloughH, ' can apprtviate wbal we wviit through in tin>»e old timea, hiil the wi>rtd » ill never km>w. Since the foregoing watt written, I*aw- iMUi haa U< n conneiled hy wire with the outer wurld, iM^ the pleaaaiil tick ol the telegraph iudtrnmeiil > an now W heard day ami night in the main otlire of the government building back of the tiarracka. bringing t!ie new» troin Skag- way of the iiu»sl im|fH>rtHiit recenl hltt> |Htorld, an4 »4'nding the newM from the Yukon to friendn and tiriii** in all parts of Canada and the I'nited Siatew. l>ttW'Hon liati lieretoi re irt-en i^^olaled from the outer world a,'d dependent iiiMtn uiirertain steamer nervice for mail inatfer and other new H information fr(.m thenutaide worM. In winter, with the Yukon UM-keil in a barrier of iof, our (^-ople have l»een for nionlliH without a woni from home and friend:* and practically i*hut off from civ- ilization. Today the ronditiomi are rhangel, and no matter what delayn may oi cur in the arrival or departure of mail matter over the ice during the wint«'r, the *-ingle w ire. j*tretclied over a distance oi tWO mile-, with itt* initial pi»int in >kagway and its terniiuus m I>awgon, will alwayt^ he in a londjtion to keep Urt in clow touch with the coast, au'l enable our friends* on the outside to know the principal happeninira that may vary the daily events of life on the Yukon. The constru. tion of thie lele- k'raphic line wan an excellent Btroke of enterprise, for w hit !j the < Utawa govern- ment cannot Im' given tiH> piuch crtilit for the goo<| work ncconiplished so huc- cespfully and in 8o short a Hpace of time ; (or the l«elief ha** i>revaii0 generally that Us-anM- thin was » jiovi-rnment under- taking the work would l»e drainred to such a length that the end oi ihf wire would never reach I'awson l»efore next year. The linal result, however, haK lieen a pleasant surpri»-,and. whereasa yearugo then* exiBtiNl a feeling of mistrust of the government'!* intentions toward this MM-iion of the country, to^iay the |»eople of i>awi»on, with a telegraph wire at their door, are ready Ui change their views. They are now willing to l*elieve that the Ikominion government is at last iM'ginninglo apprtviate the value and imiMirtance of iU* [Ktsses^ions here, and about re.-idy to legielate in the interest of the i>eop!e Heeking fortunes here and of capitalist.** i^eeking inveatments. Not only was tlii? government telegraph line put through with as little delay as pos- sible, hu^ it was tinishetl fully a month aiitUa half ahead of the time set by the government for iin •ompletion. All this is due largely to the h'lnesty^nd Scotch {H'rtiiiacity ot the gentleman placttl in « hurgu of th*' construction of the line, Mr. J. U. Charleson. one of (itnl's noble* men. of whom tlo- i'anmliaiis may well be pioud. and who olily considerwl his 'sork aciomplished when he had the \\\rvi in I*aw^«.)n connected with the ceii- T al otiice, and that fact w iretl to his Miniftler in Ottawa. Not only did Mr. t^'harleson accomplish his task within the time allotltHl him by his Minister, b,it. hy his careful and tH-ononiit al nii»n- agenient. succoedeil in buiUling the line at a cost that wi'i save the government somelliing like |:t.).UOJ from the amu^it appropriated f -r that work.^ A l>etler showing couhl not possibly U* made, and it isihtuhiful if it ever has U'cn hy any man connecte*! wi(h«»i govei-nnient ol- tice. The derails ol the construction u{ that hue form an interesting page in the history of the gold tlehU uf the \ukoM, and Mr^Charletton's name will al\««ys l»t» pleasantly reinemlH*red in connection with il. ^\ line to Allin was eompleted simultaneously with the«ine in Dawson. Vi % n • t DAWSON DAILY NEWS MINING IDITION. 13AVVHOX 33AIIA- XlOWM. U. (1. Stkki. l^illlor itii>1 (it-ii Mtrr m^MOtAL, MtNINQ mOITlON PubllHhedevfiy cventuir exut>pt Suiuliiy by the DAWSON NKWS IM'lU.ISHlMi n>. Omce- Cor. Thtnl A\emii* ami Fourth Ntnt'l- mittHl Stiller OBli'i- SnitMi' Wunh Will A Stt!cl. (}fUfrul Muinu')'!'. TKKMS ItK snisntirTION; Dally- SluKlf nipy One month. l>y cutrter Six Months, hy carrier One vt'ur. hy i*orrlfr WMkly SliiKl** ivpy Six months ..... Out-yeur y 1.(11) •iiVim 5.III) Itl.iHi AddreMN all cummunlctttiuuN to the Dawsun DAILY XBWH. OUR SPECIAL EDITION. Hero we iire again— tin- Oawbun IVmi v NKWh—lirst in llie jnuriiHlistic lield of the Yukon to furnish l».iweon willi \m\ up-to-dalo «W8on public tlie tirflt liatili of prefls .lis- patclies from the ontside world over the line just ooinpleleil : and now, in the enterprising lield of trade, industry and comnierre, a>;ain the tirst to jrive to the world t lie first eontplete and elaliorate Special Mining Kdition t'verpuhlisheilun the Yukon, t-very word of which »a» 8p*'cially prepartt! and printed in I>aw- K)n, tliim carryinK out the principle of home industry Ni the letter. The suc- cess! of the 1*aii.y N, nxluriny: till- two monttis of itH lusty i-xistonct has Xndvw almo!t<8il'lt'. a Iiis- toiyof mining in the Yukon Territory from tlie first (Lscovery of >iold, when only a few hitrm* white men were in the country, tlow n tu the pre! and other induftries de- velifped and in workiuK "t>^ration to au extent that involves millions oi dolUri*. As everylhitig in thin wonderful i-ouniry of yold centers around its more wonder- ful mineral deix^»*it:«, rotit>ideral'ie sjtace in this edition ha(i U-en devoted to the more im|K>rtant ireekH in the Kloii>like an'l IniJian Kiver FMslrict!-. sluivving their peculiar forniHlionp, their diiHrov- ery, their outputs and ttie great future still in in store for them and the country ingenere.l. The In-ncueh an! fide hilt claims, the great imiKirtance and value of hicJi are now ko fully apprenated. have also Ijet-n yiven tite nece9(*ary space to intelligently enlighten thixH* on the out»'ide not convercant with this. practically, new faerof siMJcial articles on special mining "uhjects, written or ilictatJ in- ha:>itants, who«e p«'ri.ianency is no longer a <|Ueslion of doubt, and which, owing to geographical position and capi- tal already inve*HMl, will always l»e the nietro)Ktli.'' of the Yukon country. It ha>l U'en the aim of the manager of the I'Mi V Nku> to illni»trate this etiili"n with half-t.iWM>n over the tee early this winter, after whic h we will \n- in a iHjsilion to picture the current eveniK of this country with the daily and weekly i*<»uef* of the '>aii.v Nkwh. That the puhli<- at Utge has already fully appreciated the enterprising s]>int that underlie?^ tin- lUiit Nk"^ ib Ih'i'I evidenceil hy the large and rapitlly uicreaxing circulation of the daily in the city and the weekly on the cieeks. The prerent Sjie- cial .Mining Kdition has also lieen »o extensively .idverlit>ed that orders for many thousands of copies have alread) Inm'Ii hooked, and ate loming in daily to an extent that has necessitated Increas- ing the original edition of 10,1)00 to l&,OnO copies. As a IcK'al, public-Hpiriteucb an extensive advertisenienl to hawson and the min- ing uitereftf of the Klondike willliettt M- appreciated by those who know the »\\\\\ value of printers' ink. DISCOVERY OF KLONDIKE GOLD. Totieorge Carmack antl bis Imlian wife and Indian brotbers-in*taw is due the eeii unearthed than to Car- mack's Indian relatives. .Ml this happeneil in the summer of IM'HI. At that time, while Carmack was returning from (io!d Hottom with his family and relatives, the party (?*.kum Jim pt*nmHl gravel from a bar showing UmI- riM'k, and secured a few cents in colors to the pan. Carmack, who hail no faith in the creek, called to bin. to stop wast- ing lime and come to his meal. The In- dian, however, conlinue«l panning, and k'ot as tiigh Hi* 15 cents to the pan. This arouseery, Ijtdue sent Carmack to Forlymile to spread the news. Carmack went ihiwn. and s«i nisgnitied the actual re- I>ort of his find that the miners of the Forty mile district, which latter was then a lively camp, started a stam|H'ably the ^lche^t mining creeks in th^* worhl. This IS said to be the true account of the liist discovery of gold on the Klon- dike and the tirst time it has ever a[»- |M'are«i in public print. Tiu HH IS ttMlHV a decide^tly tntier fi-el- iiig on the part of the residents of haw- S4in towani the I>omiuiun government, brought alsHii, no doubt, oy the many Uir promiS4-s of relief in tlie wav of nd- ilitional letiislalion to l»e pHSM'd next winter for the betterment of afTaIrs In the Yukon district. It is evident from all re|H>rts reaching Ihiwson from l iuUlIi to do Htth the side-lnu-king of not less Ihan $.'0,0)0,000 in the sha|N- ol tapital whlih was seeking investment on the \ariouH cre4-k» of lite district. It H well that the home government rIiouM understand and fuily appreciate the urgent nee^l existing here for an early reform in the pri>M>nt iuetticieut and misfit mining rules .ind regula- tions, which n>'itber rule nttr regulate, h.:t. which njnttniie to keep the miners and the district in general in a constant slate of umertainty and apprehension. The great danger ties in the fai t that iheM* rules and reKulatlons are constantly subject to changes and mo«lificjilions. and miners and capital- ists cHii 1ni given no guarantn find its wav here ami gn-atly increase the proBjH'rity ol the country anil the probable output of the coming season. Am»ther BHbje<^». that promises to arouse much discussion in Ottawa next winter, is the ever-re- curringoneof the 10 jH'r cent royalty .(uestion. Ten jwr cent is tl the liut*" ! States. TuK 10 pir cent r«yrtltv i-o||ecte*| on the season's output this last summer amounted to ♦TftO.U 0. Last year tiie total collected was $400,000. The output of gold this year is generally estiinaloil and now accepteout $b'),rO'),000. I.:ist year It was less than ♦ 12,000,001. This year the $A,00) ex- emption wa;> put in fone on all the claims, and, ded the royalty tax. (»f course, the gold necessary for curr<'nt ex)>enaes on the creeks and In hawson should pr«)|M>rly be del from the ({,1K)0,(K)) referreil to, on which no royalty was collected. A WHOM, impression prevails tlin>ugli- out Canaila and the Stalei as to the ai - tual climatic conditions existing in the Yukon Terr tor V, the general opiniHSibly U* niaile, and no greater uijuslK. done to n ctnin- try where the summers ar<> much more l>eautiful and delightful than on the I'a- cilic coast, and where the high, dry alti- tude makes the clear, sttU cold ul the » inter davH much more U-arable than the •lan)[). piercing wind ) of the .Maska const, where the lem|M ;ature remains at and aU)%e xero. This is now rec(^niie4l us ttu' paradise fur any and all people suffering from pulniiuiiiry troublea or throat aitmenti^ of any and every kind. t^Hiimencing with the middle of May. and on through to the lirst eiluplical«-«t ii;any part of the Cntl*Ml Mates. Tlu* rainfalls are citmparslively light; daylight \*uef vails throMghoiit the twenty-four hours, the heal of midday Is never oppreaaive, and the ciHding bn-etes of midnight always make a blanket stveptable for sli*eptng under. This is not a laiKl of eternal Ice and snows, lait, on the con- trary. Ihe natun* of the loamy aoil it so rich antl kepi damp by an everlasting tror-en lulHwtrata, that vegetation of all kinds grttwM s|MuitHneously sitd luxuri- antly, so that cultivatevi ground r««|HiniJs readily ami yields Uiunliful cnips n( small fruits, vi*getables and cereals of all kiitds. while the foreets aUiutid in wild U*rries, tt*rns sntl flowers in pnilu- sion, the tatter embracing many lieaati- fiil varieiieM not seen In the States, Tlir aliiKHit constant davlight and sunlight during the summer Toontbs causes all V(*geUlii»n to grow twice as rapidly as where the growth is ()ux-k«'rience in tulti- vating the ground, it will not U> many yrars until the Yukon Territory will In* able to siipply the Dawstui markets with everything in the wav of meals, veye- tables, Moiir. etc.. neeileil for home c<»n- sumption. Tiu: lawt evidence which I»awson can pMMluce to prove her present stability ami future |(eniukneiicy in the large nuinU'r of prominent mercantile firms, whose investments in stocks and build- ings range it- the millions id dollars, and brick will 1 in an adjo bility, •>r shrink lastly, ei> tarrying fir • an.l Mr. T brickyard, tion of the sions of Hhi This yard on •onie eve have Its ha ne»-essity hi ing many structure. of brick-iiiiil ttie •lemand It is pafe t • town Ihe rl Dominion to ro,idlK*(| It I t*' I*» feel »»wn lately const ruciiuu Htmanxacri Tills will b. ywr. ConsI has (>eiHt wliolfHatr lioDNii of the tiirger tltieit of tlii> toiiBt, Amung till' iituHt priitninnit of tlicHc um* the North Ariu'rit-iiii Tnulini^ ami Truiin- portatiun (yOiDpnny, tht* AlttKku Kx> plorationCoinpAiiy hi)aw»>n nloiu'. Nexl rouit* tli)> ArncH Mt^rrantile Company, the ParninH I'n*- iliU'H ('ompHliy, Ihf S«'uttle-Viiknn rrHnM)K)rliitiun (' , Mi l^*nnan, MrF*H>ly A <'<>., tliv l.ailuv ruiopaiiy ami otherti, at! "f which, U'Mules dointf a larffH retail Inininfr-N oratioiiM wtTi* fully iit4H*kfil ilnrinu the iti>nimt*r juat <'I(>h4><1, anil will U' in a iNjttition to mnct any aixl all iltMnaniU that may U' mH

  • on them •lurint; the rfimintr ^^ int>'r. Thk <'iti/(M)K of Ihiuift.in ATv Ht prrttcnt wati'hin^ w ith a threat t the oinntriK'tioit of the lirHt hrit'k hnij'l- inir. whith iR Itein^ tTiN-ittl nn Third Mlrtfet lH*t«een Thinl un I Kourth nvc- nue». Aiiile from the novtity <*i thiM twin^ the timt hrirk hiiiUlin^ in lU*- i*(»n, the iffealer intf rest lien ill till' f Ml I that the hritk um-d itre all of "liome prtNliu'lioii. " U'intE turnetl out in n hrtck yard aUmt live iiiIIm up the river, near Swetat.-i> are cittsl hy thone « ho l>elieve thnt hrirk ii the ri^ht material to u*e in thin r<>un> try, for M'veral >ti*0(l and plauHihle rea- non* : Firtt, safely from lire, hh the brick will pnitect iU) wkHii front a lire in an adjoinint; htiildintf. next, ilura- htlity, me the hrick will nut warp or flhrink like luniU-r and Io^h; and, la«tly, ei'onnniy and the |Mk«iiihility ol currying fire iti»uranct>. Mr. *t,\V. Mohl-it and Mr. T. McMullen the owners* uf the brickyard, are inlvreptinl in theconctruc- tion of the hrick buihhn^. the dimen- •urn* of which will Ih- about .tL'xH'J fe«>i. Thii yard on the Ydkon ia lurntntc out iKmie evceltent hrick, and promise* i<> have ita handa full in lillintc orderx. The neceaiiity f»»r tire-pfi«>f huildintifi* i» Ion- inrf many |.> report lo brick in their atruclure, and while attimt the hnainevit o( hriek-makinK wkh n toauit; pru|>o9tUttii, the deiimnd hua iteadily increaani, luid It ia PHie to preir ihm pur* |h w |i:5.t>>a>. The riMd btnit byi-ui- iratt. heaulphMr (livide and down C'^rilaKi cr^-^-k to No. 27 lielow upfwr Dominion. The other branch «-r(iaf*eii the iKune anl wide. A coiuracl bait aUi l-w-n lately lei to I». A. Malbeaon h»r the cunMlructtun of Aroa4l frmn the mouth, up Honaniaen^'k to No.fl) Udow di»c»>vi'ry. Thia will Ite extended to the Korka next ye»r. t'onaiderahle improvement work haa l)ei*n (^Jrle on ibt* atrei'taof iUw!«on in the building of ertiaainga and i>idf- walka, and a bridge waa conxtriicted acri>aa the Mlough. AImmiI |l'>,000 him l>een eX|M>n le»tui,is rerciptw in the port 'H Diiuaon hiiv)' reucbrd the large Htim ot $'.'31,182.0^1 fiitin Jiinuary 1 to Seiitt-m- bcr :i(). |M(«i. Cdlfctor It. \V. Davi" eHlinnitcH additionul recfipln of f 100,000 Udore navigntion chmeM on tin* Yukon river. aH the uinouni ol freight en route i!t pnxliL'ii'UM. I awi*r i»ointH wua 7:!; nutnU-r of Imrgea, 10: amount ol tonnage fmm ateamerf*. I5,'J2f>. The limt ateamer from lower river jMiinti* ar* rived on May 2y. The tonnage and ar- rivii! of U.HI-. fpun White Ilorj'e wi-n- not available. TuK Yiik'in i'.mmil, which f>upplieK tiie jdace nf a municipality for hawprtn, regutatea the r*H-eipta and exiH'ndiluref ol all lixal revenm-H, whdf the l>tinnni'-a and li<'enfen, fnr the year ending r»eptemlK'r 3'), \bW, which coveri* Mr. Ogilvie'a administra- tion aa cummiftninner, aniounte*) to ♦20S.500. The exia-nditurea for the Name (leriot^l were a» foltuwa I>onatinn ti> bnapitiil and care nf Mck 100,000 Ihir.al of indigeiitB 3.00 ► hauHon tir»* department 10,000 l>awiM>n bridged ti.O'Kl I)a»fon atrteta .... 1.000 PrHina and ditcliM I.>,alanee of ♦4.5(H) mi liand SfpJemU'r ;tO. A " 'i\«.i it\ ATi\ t eotmotle ol iliepren- ent valuf ot real entalc in |)awtK)n placi'« the loUl amount ul 120,000.000. and fully 1*1, riOO.ttOO min ex)HMidet year on new hiuUIinga and iniprove- mcntii. f«niiie n| w hich will i nmpiire faxoral'ly with aimila ' whitleialr htiuae» in the larger ciliea of the Statea. Among tliea*' are the new department store building and large warebouat-a of the Alaik-4 Kxploration i-nnipuny. the Alex. McDiuiubi hotel, I)r. Itourke'^ ho!*pitat building and i>thera atn'ady built and in coiirar of conairuction. Thf present tone of the real eatate market in Ih(W'!M>n i!i fxceriliiigly linn and licitltby. anti prirec ha\i.' a hli-ndy upward tendency in iill I Ud!"!'!! ol pro|H-rly, Uiih resirlence luhl hutiinefH. A large nuinU-r of indua- triea alrt'a. Hf thcMe, 3,«r>0 are nialea and 7Hfl fennilec fm bided in the total also are, 103 (hil- dren nrnler the age of 14. The majority of the population ia made up oi Ameri- cans, their number laing :t,'JM5. There are HI5 ('Jinidians, 200 Kiigliahmen, Oi) S'otchmeii, is Iriahmen. and thu reat, ranging in numia*ra from 40 down to 1, [epreaent all rial' malitiep*. haw>on bat* only I t'liiiiaman anHrioa»Hnii ban made Imnking a f rnlituble i>usinea^, and the Hank oi Itritinh Nnrth America and the Canadian iWi ik of Commerce, twit aafe and heavily capitali/.e«l inatilu- lionc, have all Ihey can do to meet ex- channel and the tinancial demand.^ of the diatrtct. They iiian handle a very large pcrcent'ige of the gold ta'ien fmm the creekfi. I Miring the preaenl yciir they hhipited in buUion over ♦5,000,000, moat nf which wa'*aent to the Cnited ■•^tatea ataav othce in Seattle. and teHtei], wbile a diHcovery of con- glomerate ia reported from a bill within a few milea from I'awHon. The fact re- niuiiiH that old iimirl/ proHpectora have been in the field all Hummer an|Uart/ in puyiiig ipiantitieH will yet la* (•truck in thJH country, and will eventu- ally Huppbint ill importance the placer ■ tigging^-. TuK revenues of the Yukon Territory which are appropriated by the Ihp- minion government at nttawa, excbi- li-ive of the 111 pt-r cent royally, amount in round ligurei* to ll.OOO a day. This revenue pawsef* largely through the gold commiaaioiitT i> otlice, ami in ib*riveil from the iniiMmerable fees exacted, principally recording and renewal fee)- and miners' licetifies. .\t pre^ient iMw- aonderit'en im local benelit from thiH large daily revenue, though it ia expected thai an(»tber year will see this money divertc'l into more liK-al chai.nelr^. 1 1 \w>nN j-i prninim-i| an excellent weekly mail service over the ice during the coining winter. The Canadian \>v velnpnient company haa been given a year's (ontracl to carry the Canadian and American mail iN'tween b'awaonand Kennelt and lieniiett and hawaon. He- tween I'auBon and >elkirk the aervice will la- by dog teaniH, and between Sel- kirk and bennelt with horaea and aleds acronf* country by the new cut-otT. Ki* peril-need drivers will Ik* in charge of this mail matter, whofie inHtrnctions will l>e Vt push the matter through without any delay and through every kind of weather. A weekly mail aervice, leaving I)awann every \V*ilnesday morning, will prove u great IxKjn to everylKxly here, and will U' greatlv appreciated by those who were in I)awHon laat winter, and left for months without mail matter ol ativ kin>l. TM\rt|iiarl/ ledges in p,iying uwaon is* now gen- erally accepte.1 by practical 'luart/ miners and mining engineers to 1m> a selthti fact, but whi'ther they will ever Ite develo(»eil to a commercial value i!< still an open queation. The noteeen found A i;i.\siK at any map of the Yukon will ahovv that an area of territory, em- bracing at leHst b>0 tniles, ia directly tributary to D.iu>on as a base of sup- plies anth the Canadian and Alaaaa territory, prin- cipally the Indian Uiver, Sixtymile and K'>rtyinile districts, Jack Wade creek. Kagle City, ami even dowii to Circle City. I'aw'flon ii the supply point for hII theae, and the immense warehousea here tilled with gooila and provisions, wi 1! ins-.ire for Hawson all the trade of tbow districts for manv vears to come • • • » FACTS ABOIT DAWSON • * * ♦ * » * • llank^. •-'. Ika'tors. 2o. IVntists, 10. Churihef, 4. Skating rink. l.ainxIrieM, 12. "^'"■lal dulm, 4, .\at*ny odict-s, ">. lU^ittlinkE works, I. IN»pulation, 5,0 »0. I'nblic hoapitals. 2. I'riv.i'e hospital.'*. 3. |■'lr^t-. hlSM Imtela, 12. Kralernal w«m ielies, 4. shipyard and ways, 1. Kxpre»y ctmipaniee, 3. Niiml>erof aaw mills, 0. Number of brick yards, 3. Manufacturing jewelers, 7. Numlar of N. \V. M. P., U8. Athletic and sporting cluba, 2. I>og teano* cticd in freighting, 75. Tonnage from St. .Michael, 15,000. Indiana in and a1>out I'awmui, l&O. Cold and warm storage warehouses, S, Numlwr of soMiers, Yukon Kiehl Korce. .s.>. I liatance U*t ween l>awHon ami Skag- way, «2S milen. Amount invested in realty and int- provementa. $20,000,000. I^val reveuuea from liijuor and trade licenses and court Dnex, $3t)8.00J. Custonis receipta. jwrt of J>aw8(.)n, .lanuarv lat to tVtoU'r 1st, 1899, $231,- 1H.>.0»».' Wi^'kly mails in antl out of Dawson by di>g and horxe teams during the win- ter and aflei ckuie of navigation* I'airicH, .'i. Theatreti, 3. Lawyers, 25. Hreweries, 2. Public hall, 1. Pack tr.dns, 8. Ciymnasium. 1. r.aning mills, 2. Machine shops, 3. Private schools, 3. Sul'urban towns, 2. SteamUial dix'ks, 12. t«u8pt^nsion bridge, 1, r|>-river steamers, 2.3. Vegetable ganlens. 12. Kopalty paid, |700,000. lN>wn-river steamers, 41. Kestaurants and cafes, 40. Miles of improved streets, '». Coal ininea in the vicinity, 5. Salvation Army with Imrrack^ Turkish and plain bath houses. 9. NumU'r of children of school age, lOo. Kh'ctric light plant, supplying the eitv^^ Water systems, supplying the city, 2. tiovernmentand commercial telegraph Hi'v. Output of mines for las*, year, $15-, \ iIhiIv, I ; i«'ini-wt*!,ly, 1 ; ttoM i-onmiisaioner'e IKKI.OOO. Nf«»pam>r« wi**'kly, :i. llt'Vt'iUK' frmn ortii-c, |i36(t,0t)0. Ti'li-plioiii' srsteiii in niicrstioii , covoi- i'l^ ttif whole iniuiuf: ditttriut. Triinmiortation ooiiifHiiies on tlje uy per rivor, :i ; on the lower river, X. Kin> ilepiirtnient, with 2 engine*, 2 liiwo I'artH, 2 elieniioals, iintl a hook and Uililer truck. DAWSON DAILY NEWS HINING EDITION. Mii::M iii ^:;>M4*^|- juf AiASKAfXFtORATION COMPANY '"' ' ' ' ■■■'' w' ''" iHit \^ ilt \^ Vl/ ill! + * • « •• « ■! A «4v ♦3*1* 4 4 * Tiir ii|icnitii>iiM lit' till- AliiHkii Kx|il(irntii>ii Co. iiu'lml)* im-r- I'liiiiKlisi'i^r III „|| itH liniiii'lh-^. cuiil iiiiiiin^. ^nlil iiiiiiiiif; hikI tlir tniii»|«ii'tatiiiii iif frcifi'lif aiic?fiMt in i-vcry di'tail as to |ia\<' Ix'coiiif iMijiularly known ax S DAWSON'S GREAT EMPORIUM \k ilt \^ 11/ \^ f \l/ \l/ i^ \l/ wmwrn-. .Minns of till- ^■||ko|| n-jrion. fioni tlir Lakt-s to Korty-.Milc find it to tln'ir advantaj^'f to traih- with tin- A. Iv Co. Oiir (Ifft of riviT sti'ani.-is iiK-lud.'s tli.- Kinda. L.-on. Arnold. Ilfinian. I". K. (Justin. .Mary F. (Jralf. Clara H.-llf and Ciih. and the liargcs Hi-ar. Ko\. Lynx. Seal and (Mtcr. All New Goods i»iirK'"Hls aiv all ii.-w. ficsh and sca.soiiaiili': llir U'sl that in.Mi.'y ran proniiv, and ♦! • i.ri.fs ,,iiot.'d to niiiH'i-Har.- low.Tthan fviT lii-fon- known mi the ^'nkon. A. E. CO. Front St., bet. 4th and 5th, I. R. flilDA. Grn. Mgr. t. W. BROWN. MOW. Moa* omfT. ' DAWSON, V. T. '"^f THE ALASKA 'tMAIION" COMPANY llliffl ^x,r,x, ..■.,-) in fay m m m m m te Ab .lt«'llllM-|H tllall null WBll'il ill I'Mryi-n foi (rriKliI Ir (lilt mill 11 stnniiiiT II nnvitciitioj llrnt III .III at till' nil' of till* ri-^ I'lirrrnln, Mow III till St. Mi.liii, of .llllll*. TliH ni;.t tlikf'N rirli tlir Plll|ilil l>ortiitioii c i*oiiipHiiy V tin* vit'W tt Huz of \n^ Till' .KiiiiTi liirnci till Yukon, aiii n'inil»T o( i^liarl liarlx il, rontaihn rxpiriiiK il llllvilM'il I'OI t'o., .\. V. Kriliili-Am t'o., the Co mill Kxplur. i(rtnitiT pi tratlii'. plyinn on I A.T. AT,, ami. in tl the jiervii* are iU|H*riii T. Co., I.inr ol Yukon m liiit Ihi' inn "Iriii'iiiin 1 ■uitah: rvnt III III! The Hill varioiiii nil- rivt'r iiipp* init ihi' SI. .Mi. In •inn ol tl t-M*en liiiiiit are eimrtn atfi'iiient oi to nieil I III prortta on I The Ik StMttle, virt eidlit ilay» SeatlU', via •uninier in tion at Iniililiiiit iif railroad In «ilh the I inieniion ' kirk next ] inakinn tin Seattle nil| oni-lial( ih The paiml from the i|J via I he la J •inettion ol the np-rivil meet tlie ■■oniing in i Thalollol aliDK helwJ alao irU- linn tci aii'l from httW^in llHH IIHMIIIIIfll ^r^i^tki I - iiniiifiitti' |irti|mr- ^^ar 'V'/*'^ tioim. I'll until Um yfiir till' A. ('. aiiil N. A T. \ T. loiii- imnivn wiTc Hlonii ill till' |Mllllli'l>|i|nTI iif ^ti'iuiii'ia |ilyiiiK iijion tin' Ynknii. Hiiiri' tlitn iiiilliiiiii* "' iliillurp linvi' licrn in- vi'iiti'd in (iiilnllal iilciinnTii iiml frfinlil luryi'i for tin* li»iifiiini< aloul thr lirnt 111 .lunr. Till- in' jitiii i» lii'lil luiiKcr 111 till' I iilKidlii' Yuliiiii "U nil cunt • Ilm m imi nirrintii, hliiVniK »nrl nluriiiiiK iIh- How I'l tl 1'. NnviuHliim o(Kii» Iron. St. Mirliai'l til I'Huxin nlmiit lli. luiililli- iilJiim'. Till- iiiKKiii'li'' inllui'mi' nl lIn' Klmi- iliks'ii riili |iliii-«'r» iri'Htiil « iin »t «lir iii till- KliililiinK 'inli-" "f S^iitlli'. TrKim- imrlalioii ioiiiii«iiy altir trBiiii|«irtnlii'ii ooiiiliany »«« "ruanijiil Unl vi'iir »itli tin- vii'W tn liamlliiiK tlii" imnn-niMi iii- Hux "( iHiiJili' inl" iIk' Viiliiin vuili'v. Till' Aiiirnr»ii-Sl>«niiili war atoiiinil ami tiirni-l tlie tulf ol travi'l Ifin tin' Yiikcin, anil wan tlu' 'li-atli knoll "i ■> n'lnilaT ii( innipaniri". Tolav >t. Mi- i-liacl liarlKir, tlii' Imm yanl, aa tlifv rail it, lonlaina many a iitJ'Biiii'r, I hi- laal r»pir;nn iRorl nl rupil.iliF.aium V T., A. K. anil A. «'. ininpuiiiii', ami. in till' i-xlent nl niniii-y invi'^ti"!, the MTviic anil tht' valuv nl tin' •ti-ainiTii are «uiH.'rior tn the niliiT lim-f I'ln- I'. T. Co., H hrnnih nl tin' Intiriiatmnal l.inc nl ,Ni'«- York, enti-rtil iiiln llie Ynknn ai-rvici' with wrll-Miatnri'.l plana: liul the innovaliona ailnplcl in llii' mil- .tniilionol till' prniieller t«in wi're imi auilalili' lor naviipitinn nn llie «« ill lur- rent nl the Y'ukon. The aninuni nl i-a|iil«l invealeil in Ihe variuiiaiteaniliiat line* plyinu nn Ihi' rivi'r (upper ami lower Yukon , nn lu'l- iny the iKi'an ateainira innni'i'liiii! at SI. .Mii'liacl, "ill ri-arli tin- I'nnrinouii aiiin nl flCOOinOOO. Thi' prnlit« liaM lieen iiiinieniie. Tin- ruiiiunf rxiH'nw!. are eiiorninui'. anil rciuirpa ilnn- inaii- aK«'inviit nn the part nl tin' itinipanie* to mwl the innuH'litmn ami n'aliri' (air prnllta nn tin" iinratnu'nl ■■( i apilal. Till' lieot time niailf Inmi I>a«i>im In Seattle, via Skagnay, tliia nuiiimer. «ai eiiiht ilayt. The trip Iroiii Iiawwui In Seatlli'. via St. Muluvl, «a» inaili' la^l mini r in thirteen ilaya. i Inw lonnei- tion at >t. Miihael lieinn niaile. Tin' Imililinnnl the White I'aaa ami Yuknii railroail haa lonnwteil liawniu iloaeK with the nnlniih' snrhl. Sinn' it i» the intentiun 'il thia railrnail In liuil'l to .Sel- kirk next>i'»r, the tim;- I'l.naume.l in inakiuK the "■'!' Ih'!""" I>a«iion anl Seattle Kill not Ih' loniier than aix aii'i nm-hall ilaya. The paaavniier travel haa Uiii turni'l (roni the ihiwn-river route to >kai{«in, via the laaea, lor ipiick paaaage. It m n i|uvati<>n o( (ulure aettleinent wlielln'r llie ui>-iiver route will ever !»• ahle to meet the Ireijlit ratea nl mi'irhamliae I'UininK in hy way nl St. Miihael. The lollow inif are tin' lompaiiiea o|«'r- aliog lietwi»en Ptiwaon anil Hi. Mirhael, alaoeonneitini! the latter jKirl iM'tween llawaon, Siiattli ml San rrnnaiiito N. A. T. \ T. Co. : liiver uteainera .1. .1. Ilialy, .Inhn Cinhiliy. T. C. I'owir, I'nrlua II. Weari', Churlea II. Ilainiltnn. .Inhn ('. Ilarr. < oiiinian*ii|i'-w heeler. Sailie, niniiiii^ hetween St. ^lil'llael allil Cape Nnnii-. Iiieaii utiaiin'ri— "t. Paul, I'nrtluml ami lU'rlha, I MHi'eri* n( the nimpany — Ixiiiia I iiTnlel, preBiilunt ; Uiuia SloMi, geir ral rnanatfi'r; Lotiialin-enelMiuni, ferrelary ; .lanieR M, V-'ilwin, au;H'riiitentli'nt Y'li- knn 'livipinn : Capi. .1. K. Hanxen. af- "iatant HU{M'rinten|>ori« hy the [' , S. gov- iriinieiil. (Mhiem - C. A.iiriwnni. preai- 'hiit. I'hilailelpliia, IVnii ; lieorge II. ItigU-e, geni'THl manager, iiiiil O. !>. Kahnentoi-k . gt-neral agent, Si-attle. Uunh.. ^'enlaml .V Clii-iholiii, agentn, I'awHiti. ^^ T Trinripal oHiee. I'll" Kirit ilMIllie, Si-atlle. Wach. The Itrilifih-Anierirun line' Kiver vteaiiii'r"- KnlHTt Ki-rr ami Milwaukee, m-ean Biiiinieri — liarnnne ami Kliliu ThonipHoii. (ilhiem— Trank Water- liniim'. preanleni : C. II. Nnrrii». auper- inleiHleiit, Yukon river; W, II. rriteh- anl. aii'lilnr: .1. C. Ilayleii aanistant Ullilltnr. Stumhifl I'll inmpany Steamer Oil City, for the truniii>i>rtati''n of eoal oil ami niai'hinenil M. |i. Kaiiiliow, agent, I law lion. .•health -Yukon Trnnnporiation lom- panv ^'uknn Heel— Seattle Noa. 1 anil :{. anil harge Seattle No. •_'. liire**li'atlle: K. 1 1. slinrriH-k, auilitnr ; anil K. I.. Woinl; II. Ti'linller, reciilent man- ager, Imwann, Y. T. llen.lnlliiea. 90-K Coliimliia BlriHil, .^eallU'. Wai-h. Cohimhia Navigation eompany : Y'a- kon »le»nier»— Monarih ami Sovereign. ■ •lean aieaiiier — I.aiiraila. Fran^ .1. Kingh'irn ill agent at IHivvi'nii, with ol- tiri- on the Yukon tloik. for the ItritiBli- Aniernaii aii'l Colunihia Navijialion rniiipany line*, uiliiir .1. I'.. Chillierg, ninnagiT. Seattle. nine Star line ■ steamer I'ilgrim. .Manka Meationipany ■ Steamer— I.ol- ta Tall 111. The thn'e prinripal trana|H>rtati«n nimpaniea n|n'rating nn the up-river (Miinta are the Caiian lake— Clifford Sifton. W. II, S^M'nier, trallli' manager: (-*. J. Ueilty, general patisenger and freight agent ; K. Thnmpiion, auditor. The Ifenni'tt Lake and Klondike Navi- gation t'onipany, Llil. : Steainera— I *ra and KInra. laptains Waud ami Marli- neau. l-ake titeamera- Nora and uljve May. I •lli.eri'— II. C. Kloiktnn, gen- eral manager; K, K. Sanipaon, agent, l.tawHon. The Trading and Kxpioring i*ompaiiy, I.Ul. : Steaniei — Y'liknner, inrnierly on dnwn-river rnute ; Clara, ttiglHiat, Itaw- ann : ow nern. A'lvoi-ate K. d" .lournel .^ Cn. Ltrgc Investors In Properties, (.^lueeiitratinn nl capital in nnw rec- ogniKeit an the nnly practical methnil lor the la-lter and more rapid develop- ment ol the many mineral interei«iay owns snmeof the richest mining pni|K'rties in ttte Y'ukon district. Mr. Joel has made placer mining a sluity and hy practical exia'rience has mas- tereil the p«'culiar conditions that prevail in the mineral l>elt of this section of the country. After marly two yeaiMif the hardeat kind ol work, such as a proaiHC- , tor and miner alnne can appreciate, and alter aei'unng control of a nuiuher oi very valuahle mines and concessions. Mr. .Uh'1 realined the lad that it would take capital In develnp the many inter- eslM he liiid in hand. Accordingly he left Ihtwaon last .lannary. traveling over the ice to Skagway I'u route lo Umdon, anil ill ttve weeks from the date he Ianileevelopnient Syn- diiwte, Ltd. This work he accompliaheil laat May ami immtHliately returneil to l>awaon to secure a- many more iniiiini: prn[i«rtiea as, in liia judgnienl, wniilil prove prolilahle to the syndicate, lie has heeii indefatigahle in his rr* searches, traveling up and down the various creeks, in all kind* uf wea' ler, 'lay and nigh', in narch ol fioil cUiins, until tislay. il is safe to -..y. tin- l/jn- doii Klondike [levelopmeiit Syndicate, Ltd.. is the owner of a lot „l tin. liest claims on the richcat cieeks ol this dia- trill, all of which have niaterially in- creased the assets 111 the syndicate, and lo which Ml. .hnl is continually ad'ling. The many pr i|a'riei so far aeciired hy .Mr. Iisl imliidi' not only placer clainia, hut hydraulic and dredging pro|io«i- lions, conglomerate .|uarlz lleids an'l coal lands. Aiming the well known creeks on which he has secured cluinis are Bonanza. KIdorado, Skookuni, liold hill, Iluiiiinion and others. Mr. .loi'l expi'ciB to again go out over the ice early this coming winter, when he will Iiuy the nei'i'ssary machinery Inr wnrking the several hnldings ol the syndicate this winter and next spring, and from all Indicalinns he ex|,00.>. This atirred up the men on the claim and from that time on the pay gravel was hoisted rapidly to the surface and conveyeil by cars to the sluii e boxes locateil on the creek Ix d. On the right limit the iiay gravel waa not aa exten- sive, the run ol gold lieiiiff much finer than that found in the leu limit. The development work on the left limit con- sists of n piei'e of ground workeil out 48 feet across the creek lieil and 19 feet w ide. The paystreak is two feet deep containing coarse gold and good-sited nuggets. Mr. Hunter was outside dur- ing the fall of last year, and upon his return sank the sliafi on the left limit and uncovereil a paystreak they bad not bargained upon. Beilrixk was reaelieil at a depth ot 4U feet. The value of the claim has lieen more than ipiadrupleil hv this new diseoverv. DAWSON DAILY NEWS MllflRG miTION. Aiivaiiced Methods in Mniiiig Operations. >! ,1 'r^ I IIKX III.- N.irtl. A r- ii'Hii Tr*nii|H>rtiitluii iinM TruiHiiK loiii- , (taitv, one of tito liir- Ui'nt roiii|M lii'M \\\ AIhkIiii mill Yukon Tfrrilor\', cnKii^fil iti tin* iiu'rirtiitiU*, lraiiK|MirtAI|iiii mill ininiiiK liimiiu-im, Hun (irKiiniii'l. .Inlni .1. IIphIv UMK i'U*t'U>il ttii- xciu'riit iiiniiiigiT, wliti'lt l>OHili(in III* (-oniinticn III liolil. TIum I'oiiijmny liim invrKtcil In iiti*iiiiii'rH aiiittiati' I at the ttatt* t) ruti^li wliii'h tlit> itiieiiin^ aiiariii>( till' Viikun vri-aiilile ami iiiiiiuiK I'onipuny. HiMirom' to tlif im-- i-aaioii anil wfiit to Ctiiratco in tlu' (all nf 18»1 for tliat pnrponr. Tlu'ri' lie pre- Hentfil tiiii riinvii'liiini* jiiiI plaiiif to liiii preHeni amiiM'iattif. anil t'let'uinpany nan organiKeil that winter. In ilii' Htininii'r III 1892 111' Hteanii'il up tin' Yukon river in the conipany'ii timt Hteaiiier, the Tor- tiiM It. Weare, anil eiitalilitilii'il tlie limt |iost at Fort Cinlaliy, at the inoutli of Kortyniile river. At that time it look pluck, iiemeveranie anil rtayinu ipiali- lieH to efltahlish a ikihi, hut Captain llealy was nut wanting in theiw Hterlinti • lualitiea uliioli iiniki- utirri-eHpful pio- neers un the liontier. .\t that time till A. (J. company hail no roiii|ictitor in the transiMirtAtioii and trailing liimiiu'iiii thniugliuut the inteiior of the Yukon valley, ami «ere the ilictalors in tin' rilling prii-cD for the entire outfitting of a hand of pioneer niiin-rd. MinasAociatef were .Messru. Miihiii'l iiml .lohnC'uilahy, Charles A. ami I'urtiH II. Wean, the wealthy p.ickers of Ohioago. The coii.- paiiy was organized in 1Sf>> under it i present tlrni name. Cajitain llealy wan formerly heavily interested in the ratt'e and mining in- teresta in the vicinity of Denton, .Mon- tana, lie founded and inanagiHl the Benton Keioril, a progres-ive and enter- prising daily pafier, employing the lient journalists that could tie secured in Chi- cago to eilit the difTerent departments of the paper, descriptive of the mining, cat- tle and agricultural inlerestsof Montana. The first (joft was estahlislied at Kort t'udaliy at the mouth of Koityniile river. Vuki.n Territory, in 1892. From this initial station the rmiipany has la'cn l>r; out, growing gradually hut steadily, umil it in one of the luont im- port -nt lompaiiies in the Yukon valley and upon the Western i-oa»t of .\laska. Following sre the trading \nw\n and ini- nielisc esti\hliHliiiielit8 of thin linn : llealy, St. Miclmel inland, Alanka ; Ca[ie .Nome, on Western coast of Alaska, 120 miles northwest of St. .Michael ; Kaio- part City, Weare, Kurt Yukon, Circle City and Kagle City— all in .\Uaka. In tile Y'ukoii Territory lort Cudaliy, Fortyniileand l>awstin. The otiicers are ; Michael Cudahy, preoident ; John .1. Healy, general manager; Charles A. Wea.-e, treasurer- I'lrii-h King, Secre- tary; A. N. (iray, lialhc manager l(. s. I'lichanan, auditor. The I'acitic coHSt olllces are at H California street, San KraIlci^co Cal. ; Yenler Way and Dcci- ilental avenue, Seattle, Wash. ; the main ollice la'ini! T21t [lookery hiiilding, Clii- cauu, lllinoin. llesiilen the coiiij.aiiy'n rajiiil mlvanre- nieiit in the mercaiilile and ttaiis|M)rtn- tion fields, the man.igeiiieiit has not lost High' of the rich plaivr resources of the Y'ukon valley. The coni|Hiiiy has in- vented over ♦l,.'i 0,111111 III iiiliiinK proia-r- ties nitiiated in the Yukon Territory and Alaska, It holds the largest mining in- terests on the Yukon river and Its trihutaries, no other company appriiaih- ing near it in the aiiioiint and value of its various mining interests. Capl. .lohii ,1. llealy ilellghla in great mining un- dertakings. It was due to his fertile hraiii that the pun ps and gravel ele- vators are now used in this ilintrict. In IMIH, realizing that the various creeks had not suflicient fall and volume o| water for snccennfiil plai-er and hydraulic mining without the aid of machinery, III' net ulioiit, while in I hicago, t'l pur- chase large Iniilers, enginea and )iuiiips to handle the drain water for sluicing pur|Minen, and also niH-urisi gravel elt- vatorn, raising gravel and water to lh>' nliiice Inixi's set at the reipiiriNl height and grade to successfully sluice and handle the gold hearing gravel. The machinery wan set up thin spring ii|ion his rich iirofH'rtiei located on I p|H'r llonanzs and U|Min 21, and 21 Klilorado. The^e pumps were successful in the extensive development of the pro|>erly, no far an the volume of water was aide to handle the gravel extracle. pcriem-e in order to clearly study mil the hest nynteni iiit'deil for the cheap haiiilling of placer claims in the Yukon. It is hi" intention to take iipan adv.incid nystem now proven in other mining cen- ters, and the most improveil and siic- cennful methisl for plaier and hydraulic mining, lie in now thoroughly satistieil that the une of steam shovels, o|ierateany'B group of iiiiiien will lie found in the adaptation of electric {Hiwer generateil at a central siation upon the Yukon. At thin cen- Iral or motor jniwer station, coal for fuel will he found to lie clieaiicr than woisl at the present anil future pri es. Wire* will Iriinsmit the jxiwer to the several nleani shovel stations ii|iun the creeks. Thin central idea he has advia-atiHl mihI ri'[Kirti-d to his i-ompany in Chicago, and alter its feasihilitv has lieen carefully lookeil into amldeinonntratiil hy exjterts in the electrical line, it is more than likely that this advanceil system will lie adopted in the future hy the company. Captain llealy has piirchaseil for the company some of the Ixist paying ii tnes in the di»lrict, and it is now hi- one aiii- Intion t'l work tlcise proja'rticn hy the iiM' of machinery U'si ailiipted to cut down the excessive ex|M.'liditiires now ohtuiiiing in the system of working the [ilacers. 1 he j-i'sent nysieiii, intrixliKiHl hy hiiii, in ca|Kihleiif draining all water tlowing on the lieilrock, and if the vol- iiiiieol water hud la-en nulliciently large, his plant MOuld have handlcnl the gravel at the reipiired standard of extensive ilevelopiiien: work, thi No. I" the sur- face muck was ground-shiiied last year fur the shiii-iiig of the pay gravel the past neanun. I hi No, J7 ciinnideralih' drifting was done last winter to exploit and determine the value of the pay- ntreak. A large ntrip of ground was aino grounil-shiicud laat summer and fall. This year, hy the aid ol the pumps and elevators, a ntrip of griiiind Ulx.'asi feet wan wurked to lieilriK k. The < reek Ind was loiilid to In' nhallow next In the left limit, so that the o|n'ralions .Inl not rei|uire the removal of so mil h lop dirt as was found in other parts of the creek 1 I'd. The centrifugal pumps useil tliruw u nix-inch Btre nil into the sluice Imxes, raisiil from the sump at the Isrminiis of the dram ditch. A tunnel on No. 27 has Is'en extended from the o|H'n cut |;I7 (eel in width actiias the creek Is-d to the right limit the entire length ol the drift, I'H-aUil in rich pay dirt. The end of the drift is still :^it feet distant from the right limit, and thin drift cuts through the center of virgin or un- wor^e.! ground. The pav gravel runs wer Isiilern. exia^litetl the iliiii- iiier work, i in Nos, 2i* and 29 the work iiiiilertaken has Us-n in the nature of development wiirk and ground Bluicing, preparatory lor next season's extensive o|s'rations, .\ strip of ground ttJi.WO feet has had the surface muck reniove«l to the pay gravel, no that this claim will Is.' ready for tiie slio\eliiig of gravel into sluice Imxes next season. tln:iO.\ anen cut 210x22) feet has lieen run, ex|nising the pay gravel the entire extent, the greater part of the paystrenk ex|MMHnl having Is'i-n extracted oil the lanlrock. T'> give winie idea of the out- put of these daiinn, the cleanups on N". :I6 lor the lA>.t inonih ran from $7,' 00 to «I9,IXI0 for ihe 2't-hours' run of the sluice Imxes. .Si'veral 'lays the cleanups am itiil to fmni $|.'i.0JO hi |:0,00U la'r day. The output of the Ihrei- i-lainis ii|H)n rp|ier Itonanza, eiiihraci 'g a coiii- parslively sniall itriti of the claims pay- streak, amounteil to an output of $:tOO,- OO'J. Next year the claims in this sec- tion will have reached that stage of de- velopment work lltat, with the improved iiietlKsls supplieil, the output will reach a conaorvative estimate of »I,lK)0.000. I In No. 39 the i'oming winti'r the atesiiii tliawerK will thaw the payalresk. and immeiim' dumps will U' extracteil foi- tiext spring's cleanup. On Nos. 2'), 20.\ and 21 ainive, extensive development work will lie carried on. For the past two years Nihi. 20 and 21 Kldiirsdo have IsH'n aorked Isitli suiiinier and winter. This year, with the aid of pumping ina- chinerv-, a large cut has \w\^\\ extenki**l during the coming winter, as the Intention of theciuiip.iny is to follow up the active work now under way aiel c.irrietl oil hy ,\lex. .Mclhinahl and the klondiki' DeveloiHiient Company. William |{ii»-ell Ims had the active inanageiiiiiit of the claims on I'pper lloiianza. Capt. T. W. .M. Drajsr hold- ing the p Hiiioii of general niiia-rintend- eiit and manager of the company's variors mining interests. The latter re- turned tlili (all to (Uilragii to make his annual re|nirt lo the coiii|iany. Mr. ItiiSBi'll will remain here and carry on the development Work the coming year. Capl. hihii , I. llealy has no intention of leaving Iiawson this winter. He will IM'rsonally siiiM-rintend and hnik alter the company's mercantile and mining iiiteresta and place tlieiii in such Blia|H' that li« can leave them w itli safely and go to Ca|ie Nome nest spring. Hia visit 111 Ihe l^|a' Nome mining district the pant siininier has convinceil him that its fiilure can hardly Is* overestinialrd. He saw enough develupment woik to con- vince him that the Ca|N' Nome country will develop into a gr^at mining camp. IlediM's not regard this new camp as a rival which will mata-nally affect the advaiici-meiit of Iiawaoiiaii'l itsoullying mining districts. He has as great a faith III this country as he ever had, and U" lievea that tin- uttawa governmenl in time will see the fallacy of their present mining lawn and will make a change. Iiaikiiig lo the eiuiiuragement of foreign and .American iiivestinents of large cap- ital. He has a!oi great faith in the Fortyniile mining district. and has nia«le several large invealnieiit' on Na|aileun creek, which development work has shown this I reek to .|a>sae)iB a heavy run of ciiars)' nuggets and gold dust. In other words, he lielievea that there will In' several . I ai-k Waile creeks disi'overeil this winter, which will materially artatioii cen- ter of I tie territory, BO she will continue to ailvaiice and reach out for all the oiil- liliiiig husiness of It.e several growing canipn situatcil at the further Isiuiida- ri4s. Capl. J. .1. llealy is no plunger in Ihe aansi' of a Wall-nlri*«t o|ierator. He can'fully haiks over the tiwlil, takes lime 111 maliiring his well-laid claims, and then gis's ahead in the carrying out of hisadvaniiil ideaa in the derelopment ol the undertaking taken in hand in the mining and merchandiaing lines. Follow iiig is the coiii|ilete list of liie coinfiaiiy's claims in Yukon Territory : Nu ClataL I reek SBtwIow dU lloasnia N" I Inlm <-n •> » .«IA »\ m .HA » il tiel l«i til- Uanltilun 111 SA si» Isr ilvbiipll IX I hel u it I I aA liel ilUiHa.vkn ai ■ - ■ III « iHilow din Kalpher ».A " *• \m I tmrboii It, ■h« n Rmlnston llenaB/« rertyiDlle Luckr Waans. Nu (lalm. llwli. I hrliio dU Mlllei Na.C!lalBl Cmk. I UlhOC .lU .N'MPUl'a U. Ilifklasa . tiualsdiBie . NslsooU. a V <'>ml Mlnp« (inirieeU. l-oslrrerk Twelve. Milecn-ea gunrlA Kllbel Lotle lluulirr Piiteiil Klun- iltki- Timurl, AluleriMm ri>ur-l.esr riover. llrr- riisalM llnnii->' t.4Hle. Kloiiiimeilraiit. l-omtou 1,1-ail A DAWSUN DAILY NEWS NININO I^DIMON. Tunher Resources. II K Uihia uml liriiU'r m( Viikim I'lrrilnrv Hre umltT tin' prott'c- liiiti i>raii|N'rviti. Tlir VAllvva Hn>l low l»iiiliol tliii tiTfilory arc uciiPMlly wkII »iii>lriiriH| lo ilnwi I tin' S|«t<' of WmliiriKloii. lint, ^'alll•r•■.l • >vi*r M vmit iirfii, tluo" \* ptfiity of tiiu- lp«r, mnl of n .|ii«lily to inwt nil r<-ii«oii- itlile .Ipinnn.U. The nitlliiK of tin' liiiilM-r la rrilulatiMl liy ii li.i'iia«' ayaliMii tlint lorliiila any oiio Imt tliow liol nittinii lor iuili< \ Urti* »nil iwrliajia llir U'at |iHrl of tin tinilxT lon'mnitl in I)n«a<'n la lloat'il IhnniKli l-oiinia a •■uniliiiifil iM|>»y till' aninily ol tiniUr. Tliin output liar Iwrn, anil ia alill Ix-iiitt turiml into lioii»M, aluiii-l«'Xu», ami auili iiai- lul tliinica Jiial »• rapidly aa it ioiiii-k away Iroin tlie aa*. In larl no alifk ol «oo>l in tlie country Ima ever ln-vn nivi n a cliani'c 1" almw Ilii" U-»t it »«• rapaMe ol. Tlinri" ia no aucli tiling aa ^'aaoiicl liimlwr. It la analrlii-)! Hwiiy from tin' mill ami put inUi n'rvii-i- ainioat «a »i'l. inoatol it, aa it rami' out ol tliv riviT. < k'laiionally tlm Iwat i-iita from pickisl lo|Ca arc alloaisl |o lie out intlie wivitlirr for a l»» ilava. Tliey «"■ tlieii Ul»'li' tlicy go. Out ol tliia material aomr very ei<- liant artii If in wo<>il, aa, lor inataiin', laiicy coiinlfm ami rollrr-top 'Iraki' art- nianuliU'turiHl, audi aa houI'I |iaaa mua- ti'r In loiiipany •itii the Imt n( tlirir kind anyalii-ri'. Th' araaon for tlir iiiilla nti'mla Ironi till Brat ol June lo the la»t ol >«'pti'ni- bcr— loor montlia. .\ ai-aaon of live iiiontlia plai-i'a llie I'ltrrnie limit. Mxtt that the lo)pi an- Ircien. the 'ity of tlie mill ia. in iiinaeiiueniie. rut to oiii'- liall, and tin- eiiM'nae la aiirli aa to make tlie liuaini-aa unprolilalile. Several ul- lempta have lieen made lo run niilla in the ninti-r, liut they have riiiuItiHl al- waya in failure. The lueiiM' lee 'or emtiiin limU'r over 11 pipiare mile of lami la l.'M). It la a r.'irily where a mile of land will i>up|ily H mill of a . aiMKity of 'i'vOCO liit for the aeaton. The eipi'rieni'i- ol am h mill ownera la that an average of tliree iiiilei ia neceaaary. The really limtarr alnnn tin liaiika ol the river la alreaily enl away, and the cniiaer and lumU'rinan ii* eompelied to 'Irag hia pnxlmia for ever-in^reaainu diataniea. It ia eatimalnllhal then- are alaiut 120 men engaKeil in the limili'r hualneaa, euuntinn tlioae envageil in the whole huaineaa frjm thetinn the tiniUr ia lix-atiil in the woor 1,0011 iHirintt the paat aiimmir the priie dropiHsl to fiW) for rontili, nml f90 lor aurfaied. Mill ownera are conli- dent Uml that waa the luwett ataife the liimlH-r market will ever reaih in |i«w- i-on. The iiipilal iuveaii'd m ll.e imhm- try will f.iol up hIkhiI u '|iii\rter ol a iiillUun. The hillnidea alony the iril'ka, where miniiiK liiia Iwen larrled on for any eon- ahleriilile time, lire well ntrip|K'i| of everything in the lorm of wo«nI, iiii'I iiiineraare foried hi go lonx 'liatiimea for fuel f'tr the "' iirniriK" proreaa, lu the IhllWIIlil of the grolin'! ia iillled. riie intriHliirlion of hteaiii tluiwera ami other improved iiietlio reet. I.ondon. and \i- .n Midth aii'l v.. 1. Iloii'l, of M'liiireal: alao Mr. '«e«lH irk. of the l.loyila nlii - pliitf tirin. Ml. llayin Ima alliik several rhalta 40 feet in ilepth, HU'I ai''|lliri'il pro|M-rty riiualeil on the ri'Iite hetwi-en liay Kulrh aii'l Kld"rado, uKnii :l,iiOO feet from the ereek Uti at N'l. '>> Mldo- rado. The I'ompany owiia hnir elaiiiia nml two Iraiiiona. eaih claim la'ini; l,.'iOi>il.''ipiiit,'a are hull '|iiart>. ..f the '|iiart/ite variety, hrittle ami llinlv. The h'li:e four feet in width, the nature ol the .(iiarlr ilninxiuK into aul- phureta ronlainii>if iiaUna anil iron py- iitea. The aaaaya ahow a fair |H'rieiita(p' (d K»ld aii'l tilver. Mr. Ilayne will rei'ommeml that the rompany extend a tunnel I, '.110 feel in lenuili Irom tiay liuh'h. lap|>inK the le00 feet in depth. Thia will l»' ihe .heapeat way to work the pro|H'rty. and iilao exploit the len- du'i and make hi« annual rei»irt during the loie part of the winter. I SPiiAK BUt FOR MYSkLF. in r\l'r. I ll'K f'H vw^oHIl, I canrot H|H'iik I'lr other men. I only know what lime hap taught: I'or tlilrly yeura in hill aiel glen I've loiighl and toiled, I've toiled aiel fought. I've lieen a \\ ihl ita inlander, tiai; .Vii hull Iri'd timea I've walked awa\ l-'roin what iiiv ta'iter judgment kni'M Wnnlil la' n fortune did I aUy. And after hrjiviiig ten timea iiioi-e riiaii eM'r war* my lot to ahare, Than ever er'.aae'l mv trail la-fore In civil war or Indian lair . 1 aav. and aa> it ao aim ere, Tiiat none will dare expreaa a doiiht I'm here to alay. and I am here Tu get the atufi ami take it out. ^^ ill I au.ceea«>on and on the erei'ka. hut throughout the uni- verse. That la why it ia a valnahle ad- verliaing n.eilium. A. F.. Compai'r'i ninlnr Interests. Thia conipain' haa no. ' u aa promi- nently be:i re the puhlic ai a inining company, hy reaaon ol the fact that it haa not lai-n their jailicy to laanii. They have many ciaima au'l inlereata, lailli in the Yukon Territory and .Maaka. The •-oiiipany have a numliei of men o|ien- ing up and proa|H'cting many of their ciaima— placer, .piart/ and coal. Their Ofierationa are not contineil to any particular district, though they have many intereala in the Klondike and im- niel and .)|K'rate.l hy some one of the group ol companies of which the .Maaka Kxploraiion Company in only one, for the immense inlereata of the (airent companies render it iiet'es- sary to aegregale their interests into di- visions. They were among Ihe very liist in the ('ajie Nome .liaVrict, where they have many inlereata and employ a large force of men on their mining claims. They had several exploring imrtiea prosiact- ing in that and the liolovin luiy diatrict for two yearn, and it was from the favor- able rejwrta of one or moio of these |iar- ties that the A. K. C*impany e8ta!,'..ahe.iwson I>aii.v Nkws oHicc> is pre- par>y| to print anything from a visiting eanl to a tliree-aheet fios'et. A Mich Townilii: anJ ninlnr romrmy. The .lose ph Lai I'l Mill'llg^llid I'evelopmciit I'oiiipany of ^'uk'iin Kraiiclaco lo Manila. Thia laiat was )nirchasert to .lanuary I, I hUl), states the eariiinga at lijwson amounted to tlMt.lINI.ii)): on trana|airlalion, f)4,224.9'J: making a to- i.il ol »24o,'iO«.il8. The exiH'mllturea amuunti'd to $7'.I,07I).HI, leaving a net prollt lor till' year amounting to (1)11 - 400.17. On AiigUBl L'O, 1MII7, llariK'r A Ladiie tranalerred to .loseph Ladiie Min- ing aii'l lievelopmenl company on the ^'llkl adili- ttoiial pro{ierty from the Uiwnsite and huill the store and lwi»-atory warehonai' nOxim), now ix'cnpied by the mer^ .intlle department of the company, and have erecte'l lor rental atwo-story slorebuild iiig, corner of Secon'l avenue and Sixth str<'et; also a two-story biiihling on .Sec- ond avenue, la'lween Fourlli and Fifth streela, known aa the Ihiwaon I'rivate Hospital. On Hecond avenue they own the liol I Cuy hotel building ami a two- atory log building. Their two IK-horse |iowi'r laiiler and eiigineaforthe Ill-stamp i|Uartz mill have arrived, and will lie m-i up this winter, as well aa seve-al thawing machines wid.'h will lie useilou their placeri lainis originally aoiuire'l. The sawmill is e-'uipiHtl with a full lino of planers, edger, eutofl. matcher and circular saw s. W. II. 11. Lyons is in charge of the saw- mill. The store is under the manage- ment <>l |ir. T. B. Cook and carries a full line of clothing, provisions and hard- ware. The warehouse is packeil to the roof with grticeries, strictly fresh and lirst-cl.isa. Outfits cacliiil free of charge until calleil lor. K. F. Kotalord is man- aging director and treasurer and sponda hia summer months in Dawson and the winter at bis home oHice, 71 Broadway. New York City, supervising the purchaoe of goods from all parts of the atates. It is the intention ol the company to con- tinue building on their improved prop- erty and aciiuire all the good mining in- terests possible. The steamer Morgan City, capacity S.OtK) tons, which was in- lemleil to run lajtween Seattle and St. Michael, was eoartereuiv Nkvvs publishes exclusively the tirat telegraphic press dispatches from the outside. So great was the de- mand for papers that several editions iiad to l»' printeil in order to supply those desirous of learning, at the earliest (luBsible moment, the happenings of the world, and at the same time showing their appreciation o, tlio News' latest stroke of enterpris*-. 1 ■' DAWSON DAttY NEWS MINING EDITION. \r 4i «.■».*,"• »«:;•• M* • t«*« m-^'fi t**-» ►■«*'«'t«i-« t<(i-» ».«.»•♦. Mi*«Mii«'t<»i«««*ft't4!i-« t4* « M** t«.'i-« ♦*iS t^i* «'«•» S.TM •»*•• »«,v .• ♦*»•« Wi*: The p. p. Co. 0' Three Merchandise Estahlishments in the Vykon District at D4WS0N ATLIN and BCNNETI •4* Our riotto l« Quick Sales and '^W Small MarKinal }>rofitsi 'H^ i4t The Parsons Produce Company ^ The Only Canadian Firm Tradinjir jn the Yukon VKCPOIKO TO %\)PPI.1 THI TNUDI *N0 HINin* WITH fresh and a Supei ior Grade ofifbK.»k»fc.*b.*fc.«b.M. F^KOVISIONS^ Palatable, Nourishinj? and Wholesome ti To the Packers and Teamsters: liTll^fTir'^'Tp", .25 -================= lor IK'tiveryat Reasonable Prices. ()RDBK5 OKLIVERBD IN ALL PARTS Or DAWSON THE PARSONS PRODUCE COMPANY WAHCMOUSC AND OfFICt: SECOND ST. AND 5TH AVE. G. McTAaiSIi, AnHiH.ant. N.l\ IlAMSJiN,\tntjiiucu: I* jfr^^irr^riiriTiriiT^^'ijtf*^^ a lijr.mi It uill Ih' till' Iwlit'f Irrrilili- ittAt'kiii) i)t th« ia tlif vi-i litit it fi, aKio-ralv •lllllllllT I' Kini', liriK (riini Mn iirarlv Ihi aliiioiit tilt' tffwt Ol'- (HTIIH llllfi Hlhl iiiK irti-tiir riMiiarkctl lh yeuri' mmiTiiiiiu tlif iiiBr- vi'louB wialtli 111 llie ii.iiiitrv iiiul tlif liarilHliiin ••iiiliirpil !■>• tlionf »lio ««• •IruKgliiiK to (ititaiii « »liur« of il, one m i|iiitc jiieliliwl in uMsniniii/ timl tiiniif wild arc not iii-rioimlly m.|iiHintiil with the niliml idii.lition uf »fTiiiri< iiiuni liavH (oiiml it viry ilillii nil to nrrivr at any lU'linitc iDncliiniunii. ("t-nsatioiial Hlorii'H lArll,lTII-> OK M1EHH. Willi tlje conipli'lion of llie White I'aiiH and Vulioii railway from (Skaiiway to Ijiki' llinni'tl, and tlic intro' journty from I.onilon rail lie iK'rfurim'd with lomfort in -4 ilavB (lurinif the neason of open iiavina- tion. 11A«»()\ A^ 1 iilBTlillll TIM. I'OIST. I Ian Will i« I'll xituated that it is tin- ilueRtionahly ilistineil to remain the terihiiiUB anil .It-iKit for the Klomlike. iltlier lenliTB may Bprinn up at different pnintH U|ion the creekB, an, for iiiBlam'e, the vilhiKe of Draiid Korks, at the ji:ni'- lion of Kldorado and l!onaii/.a, hut the of (nliuliiUBly ru'h disroveries, reHullinii |KiFitioii of liawtion hh a renter to which in enorinoiiB lortiiiieB lor the lucky inili- vidiials who iiiadi' them, have lre.|iieiilly lieen pnlilinhed niiiiultaneoiii'ly witli ac- ciinnlB of iiemDiial BUfferiiiiiK Biilhciently harrow intt t" deter any hut the mon venturesome or fiiollmrdy Iroiii rinkinn their liven in purnuit of nohl, whirh eonid only he aecm d at cuch a mcnlice. IWarinu all thin in mind, it in hardly reaBonnl.h- to expect that the Klondike hai yet rr pliawB of UBomewhal complicated mih- jevt. It will U' U'lter to ileal with the I>oinl«iiiV"lvc.l under a-erii-Bof w-p.irale lieadiiiKi', iltviiii: the concliiBKinn arrivcil at after dii.poi'iiiif "f the detailt. I 1 lM\Tr. The Klondike winter liHB panwd into a hy-word. Il i», therdore, iloiihifiil if It will Ih- cany, at Ihi" Btaite, to induce the Iwliel lUa! it i« not, in reality, mi terrihle »•• it I IK Uen painieil. U-npi'.e ilBacknowleil^ •ort from liawwn to the vaiu ii- outlvliin • T,.ekii. Till- hanl, frv.ren traiia dumm winter allord lacililin which have hitherto ta-en lackinii d irinu Ihe miinmer montln. and every »d\»iilage i« taken of tliii-. WhilBl the winter han la-en maile to ap- |iear much oorae than the facta will )iii>- ti(y, the mininier hai nreivKl no niore than a pawiinit mention. V'.«agt!er»lioii 1b the very hrealh of life in the Yukon, hut It woul.l la. almo»l imi">ii»ihle h- ex- aKiterale or overpraii*t. tht. charniB of the piim r chiiKlr in lhi» far north n-iiion. him, hriKhi weather may lie ex|».cl<.il from May until ^rptemlwr. and for nearly two and one-half montln tlure i» almoBt cDiiliniioun daylitfhl. Tlii» has the .fieri of cnmderahly lenKlheninn the la.riial availahle hir aitnimer bIuii- inn, and i< therefore an iiinmitant work- iiiK factor. Inder thin head it may In- remarked that the lahB of clouda of moa.piiioeB, which renderiil life a hur- den diirinK lummer. 111111-1 Ik- rele«Blii'. 10 the ai really lonn lirl "I unveraciliii.. If tliev did eiiBl, only a l-w flraitvlera now reniiiin within llie workinn area, and in I'awwm il«ell they are aliuoal unknown. ,> all BupplicK niual come, and whence they will la- diatrihuted, i» not likely to he .;ii-puleeen ami ,s leing dom- are K.ldora.lo, Ilonanra, Hunker. Ik.miiiii'U. Sulphur anil (iold Kun. Thew agaiii have their trilm- iiiriea, many i-f which are eteailily in- crcaaliig in inii»irt«nie. The K'nclies which arc iiiosl extensively worked are siiuat>.|| ii|H'ii (iold \iill and .\ilaina hill, on li-mania creek. Kreiich hill, on Kl- lorado.and the hillson parlaof Hunker, liominiiin and ijiiaru cri.«'ks. Trihn- taries of Ihe rreeks miiition'-l are als.i In-ciiming pihl-prisliuvrs from their Isni lies, hut II i" not ixwsihle within the limilBoi the present arliile to do more tirui indicate wem-rnlly the (Hiints of the gnatisl activity. Neilhvr is il i«i*>ili|e here In distuBa any of the Ihe- .iri.B advanced f-ir the .vcurrence of Ihe gidd in the creeks and la-ncheB. Inler- cBtiug asBuch a study may la-, il niusl siiltice to say that the gold ia there, how- ever and whenever it may have la-cn placisl there, and all pri-aenl evidences lend lo show that the extent o( the de- IKaiits IS far greater than waa originally imagine.l. hVBTEMS OF WOHK'INO, The present year may lie regarded as marking an e|)och in mining here. I'rior lo this year no syslem, worthy of the name, hud heen piirflued in working the gravis. The oiilpulwas 1 onlined almost entirely to what was sluiced in the spring fioni dumps taken jut during the winter, when the individual miner or the layman (a trihutor of a section of a claim from the owner for a percentage of the gold won) would he free from the inroad of water, wilh which he was un- ahle to cope. He would sink his shalta down til la-ilroek hy Uie lalsirious and costly pviH-esH of huilding fires in the holes to thaw out the fro/.en ground. The past summer feiifon has seen sluic- ing carried on almost continuously, and the addition to the annual output from this source must U' ciinsiderahle. The character of the work now king done on this field depends ujion the nature oi the grnund under treatment. In all the creek valleys the pay gravel is overlaid hy a stratum of lop soil, which is ap- propriately termed "muck" hy the miners. This muck is conii«).-ed almost entirely of decaye.l moss and vegetahle matter, which forms 'when the frost has la-en thawed out a soft, hiack mud. It varies in depth, on different creeks, from :( or A feel up to IVi or M feel. Where il is suihcieiilly shallow, ami theneceBsarv facilities of water and grade are avail- ahle, summer sluicili',; is resorted to. Water is led onto the muck, which rap- idly thaws, disintegrates and passes sway undt-r it.-* influence, leaving the gravel hare and ex(K)aee shoveleil int^i cars, which are dunnK-d into the sluice Ixix, and the i;old i» recovered hy washing in llie ordinary manner. Wliere the muck is too deep for this metlnsl la-ing protit- ahly eiiiploye.t, shafts are sunk lo lie^l- riK'k, the pay run is nis-ned up hy drifts and cros8-*'iita undergn>iinil, hreasted out and hoisted lo the surface, where the pris ess of sluicing linishes the work. I'nlil this year it was not [sjssihle to mine the gravel profltahly unless it hajv pened lo la- excee«iingly ri-. Ii. The ili- IrtKluction of steam tliawers has revohi- ti»ni/>-eiit so larg<-ly owin-d hy individual ininerB, who art working iheiii singly ami dti not possess the iiecei.»ary facilities ol water and dumping ground, whii h can only la- oh- laincd where li-'lsides and henches are wurki-tl in conjunction with cn-t-k claims, work is sel.loni laid nut ujaui any Bysti-u. Ijuk u| a point of entrance tor tunneling, due lo the ground re- • luired for lluit jmrpose l.-elonginj; ti. an- other claim owner, makes sliaft siiikiiiK imiierative, and the miner is thu-. very froi|iiently 'ouiid tedimisly hurning his way down lo l>eilrock hy means of woisl tires hiiilt in the shaft after each muck- ing out. On some of the upper hench tiers hedrock is only found at a great depth— Bomelinies over 100 feet — and gravel has to he hoisted that distance hy hand, and 8iilisei|uently treated in a roeker, the water for wliich has previ- oiLsly heen carried up Ihe hill in huckets from the creek helow. This is one illus- tration of the disahililiea of the indi- vidual miner, who does not jsiSsesH the necessary capital to work lo heller ad- vantage. Instances of the disadvantages under wliii.-h he laliors could he multi- plied inilefiiiitely did space permit. lIVDItM'MC MIMNO. So much has hi-en said alioul liy- draulicing, as applied to the gravel benches in the Klondike, it is to he feared the imiirecsioii may he gaining ground that this country is sp»-ciHlly adapted for the introiluctinn cii this jiro- cess, which is undoiihtedly the motjt comprehensive and economical melhoil oi treating bench gravels where the necessary facilitie.i exist for carrying it out successfully. In the opinion of the writer there ia no present iHissihility of bringing; this idea within the scope 01 practical mining, in the great majority of cases which have been disciissetl as "hydraulic prop-isitions." This opinion is based on the following objections. 10 which, in most ca-ies, there appears lo Im- no satisfactory answer, under condi- tions as tlu-y iinw exist ; Kiitire iibsenie of the rciiiiireil volume and pressure of water; lack of facilities for dis[>osing of waste gravel; the manner of the de- position of the gold, which i?- almost in- variably contained in a channel not more than a few feet thick, overlaid by many ft-et of wash ct>iitaining no value. The fe«sibilily ot hydrauliciug frozen ground successfully may wed lie open to iiueslion ; this is further ohje.tion which must lie met. Il is almost superfluous to add, therefore, that the greatest care should Ik- exercised in dealing wilh so- called hydraulic enterprises, it iiiiist not, however, beimagim-«t for a inonient that these objections attach to the work- ing of such projierlies with coniniercial success: it is only tiie suggcste-1 system under ixinsideration which appears im- practicable. If the gold ia known to he there it is beyond doubt that il can lie extracted by means suited to the cast- — pri.ihahly in the manner dcscrilied in referring to liilisides and l-enches. WilHKINii OISTS. I'his most ini(Hirtant i|uestiiin i one upon which, unfortunately, no reliable data is at present ubtaiiiabh-. In a country like the Klondike, v here gravel mining is in the ex{>erimental stage, such a condtliou of affairs could only lie exjM-i-te-l. Kverything here is in a slat,- of transition from the old haplnntard metlusis, when energies were dirof-ted solely towards the prisliu-tion of gold withoul counting its cost. Order is slowly, but surely, emerging fioni reck- lessness and disorder ; the work of Ihe paat I'i months gives the most striking evidence of that which could well he found. All that can la- said at this juiicturt- is th;tt hy no {Htssihle system of generaiieatiiui can working costs he averaged ovi-r the whole field. Kach undertaking iiiusl la- iiieiisiiii-d by its own merits or demerits, and the varia- liiin between the clieap*-st and the dear- est ground to work will probably U- very w ide indeed. Whilat the preeenl cost o( J 10 DAWSON DAILY NEWS MINING EDITION. 1 mining stipplies hiiiI proviaioni are far tou liigli. nnil tlio rates of tran8|)ort lioth from till' oiitaiili' to Daweon anil from I>uwff some attempt heing iiiaile by tlie jjowrninent to huihl roaiU capa- ble of hein>! utilineil for wheel trallie, to eu|>erse''" the ilisgraieful "trails" over wMoh everything hiis, u)! to the present, been carried by trains of heavily laileit puck-mules, may he expecteil to bring about this niuch-neecleil change. Capi- tal, when employitl in luining here, can always protect itself aizainst the abaurd prires and commen-ial "corners" which have prestiil bo heavily on the single- hundi'il miner, by purchasing supplies and provisions in the cheapest market and imiHirting them into l>awaon. \Vrt>:e rates have come down nearly 50 jH>r t-eiit during ihe siuiMiier season just closing. .\t the oiH'uing the ruling wages were ♦! per hour, i, e. $10 per wi^rkiiig day. The prevailing rale now is 40 cents per hour umi tward, w hich is eipial to al>i.>ut ♦■'i-oO per day. .\ most serious feature in connection with work- ing costs is the govemnient royalty of 10 per cent on the gioss output of all claims, with an exemption where the annual output does not exceeil |o,tX)0. The un- fairness of thia system of calculation upon the gross returns is manifest to all those on whom the burden falls, but the government, apparently, fails In realize that this tax is not only ognrating op- pressively and ineipiitahly, but that it is restrictim; enterprise in a very niarki**! degree, ft was originally iniposeil— so far as it is jMissible to ascertain — under the iitipressiitn that all the claims in the Klondike were immensely rijh and pro- ductive of enormous profits to their for- tunate owners, .\lthough it is now clear toany unprejudice-l olwerver that this is not the case, ami that the present high prices of all mining necessaries an> BUliicif>iit in themselves to ..cep prtitits within very mislest linii's, where the ground is not exceptionally rich, this exorbit;int and uiicpiil tax is still con- tinued. Fuel is likely to U'come an itiMo for serious ct>nsideraticn in the near future, i.'oal has U-en discovered with- in a comjiaratividy shitrt dlstam-e of the mining camps, but it has not yet U*en BUlliciently tested for steam puritojes to permit of a serious opinion InMiig offereil as to its economic value in that direc- tion. In any case mittl roads have lieen conslructiHl which woiiWl allow of its conveyaiiie to the creeks at reasonable rates of transfiort, it cannot lie regardetl as a faei,,r in the '>alciiIation. The pres- ent fuel fupply is entirely worti<»ns of the creeks, and it ■ill !»• Well f.i reniemU'r this in view (ft framing estimates of the ci^t of working gronnii where a staam thawing plant IS |>ro|x>sed to Ix'inttalle'l H|H'ak ing generally it may !«• said that the cosi of handling the '.Tavels will depend largely n\\'m the manner in wliicli the ground can Iw worked, the width and deplhof the channel, and the rlistribu- ti'in of values in the pHV dirt. Kulllcient has . It is not within the province of this article to disHi-et the laws which gitvern iiiiiiiiig in the Klondike »::'! discuss in detail their many objectionable Vatiires; this will ilolthtlens lie done by others, who wilt make thetn the subject o' S|ie- cial artii'leh. It would Ih' wrong, tiow- ever, not to allude ,o il> -ir imjiorlant liearing u|Min o|H'ratioii ,iere, aa ignor- ance of their provisions, especially tliute relating to the definition of boundaries of claims, might easily lead to vexatious litigation and iiossible loss. VAt-CK OK CLAIMS. In referring to the inequitable applica- tion of the royalty tax allusion has al- ready iM'en made to the wide disfiarities in values. Local prices will illustrate this forcibly enoug-li. While some claims can Iw bought for a few hundreds of ilollars, others are held for sums run- ning into six figures. Results of work- ing have amply proved that this strongly marked distinction is jnstiliable, and prices are regnlateil largely by the known value and extent of the pay- streak on different creeks and on dif- ferent portions of the same creek. The opportunity is thus given lor the man of smaller means to iHM-ome possesseil of mliitng ground as well as the capitalist. In all ca8<'8, however, the greatest care stiGuKl be exerci8«»d in negotiating the purchase of grouml. The terms ar,' generally cash, or a large jirofiortion in cash and the balance from the first cleanup. No effort should therefore lai spared to ascertain, as far aa circum- stances will iKTiiiit, the nature and value of the claim or i-laiins projsised to he piircoaaed. Tisi much emphasis can not be placed u|Min this, for while there are unrloubtedly a great number of genu- ine mining proia'rties to In; secunil, at prices which should leave ample mar- gins for profit if properly worked, the chancesof lossthrougb ignoianc -of min- ing conditions, or a careless disregard of business precairioiis, are Innnmerable. The most imiMirtanl features connect- ed with mining enterprises hiive liet-n dealt with here as fii !y as space would allow. The writer has, as far *is |«i«- sihie. confined himself to easily veriliahle facts, leaving concltisioiis to 1«? drawn from them hy thos*' who are interested in aci|uiring information of the ctuintry and its conditions. In conclusion, some opinions may Ih> offereil regarding the general outlook, after a brief description of the gold- li-aring area an,l its extent. The a<-ea within which active mining is lieing car- ried on will cover, roughly, alsiiit l,!HI0 si|Uare miles. In this region, which lies iinnieilialely K., K. N. V.. and K. S. K. of Iiawson. all ih ' firiiK-ifial rrei'ks have their se ,irce in what is Known as the I>ome mountains. This is a nigh ridge or watershed, with sevi-ral prominent elevations. The mean height of this di. vide is probably over^i.-'iOO feet alxjve sea level. The total length of the creeks and their tiibiitaries taking their ris*' in the IKinie, which are now in pnicess of iH'ing workct more or less continuously, cannot Iw less than from 101 to lli.'i miles. In most of these creeks gold is found III the Isituuii of the v.iileys, and on one or the other ^so-MCtillies iHilhjol the hillsides hy which they are conhned. The result of most reient developuieiits tends to prove a more general distribu- tion of guld within t.ie already known or workisl area lli^in was previously Ih*- lleved. That the lield has a length of lifi- much beyond what it is generally crediti'd with, iha's not seem o|s'n to doubt on the purl of Ihosi- wtio have traveleii over it and seen the develoji- ments which have taken place during the pai|uite justifi- able to |iresiinie that gravel mining in the Klniidike is yet almost in its In- iM\f\ . I'erhaps the greatest miwonce}*- tion whii-h exists among those who are |»-isonally aci|uainte consiilerahly dimin- ished. Thesi' opinions are the result of a careful study of the mining ami eco- nomic conditions governing 'iiosl of the work here, and it may lie said finally that not only are there goisl optnirtuni- ties here for the investment of capital— alwwys. Is* it uiidersiiK>l, under pro[H'r sail guards — hut that with more favora- ble mining laws, which the Canailian govetniiient cannot neglect much longer to gram, and fdiiceil cost of living and transiHirtation, which must iiievilalily ccuiie from honest trade i-oiii)a>litioii, and the construction of pro|n*r roads, there is a sound future and a long life for placer mining in the Yukon Terri- tory. Has ,<1any Valuable tUlms. lliinilMilcIt liates is one of the few suc- cessful viiting men in the Klondike. The ghiwing te[sirts of the many rich got,l finds in the Yukon a:tract4-tl his atten- tion, and he -h-citled to enter ttie life of a miner. Young and ambitious, he left bis home in Kiireka, llnmhotdt county, California, at the age of h>, antl t^sik l>aasage to Juneau, .Viaska, where he |Mirchase,l a year's outfit, and in the spring of \%9\ crosK'd over the Chilkoot pans. In coiii)Hiny with several other fortuni' seekers .Mr. i>at M lieing found on Hunker creek altracttsi his attention, and he st< keil a claim on .No. 12 l»'lo« . pn«. -t-cting that sumnor. The same fall L'ormack siruck goM on Itonania. This fad, however, was not known on Hunker I reek until Ihe stamfn-le ,roni Kortymile was well on. Ilumliotdt went up Kl'lorailo, aa all Ihe available ground on IVinaiita and Adams creeks was taken up, and stakiit .So. 'i». Uelurn- inglhenio Hunker, he built a cabin, making |ireparalions Iji reimiin and work that wiiiUr. In .VovemU'r he came, town to what is now known as Klondike city, at the mouth of thn Klon- dike river, lo purcliate s*ane provisions, and, intending to start up Hunker early the following morning, he went to slwp in a i-ahin a'ljoiniiig the store. A>iiiit midnight he was awakeniHl. as a man hat8, lie at once informed I>r, Wills, the iioliee Burgeon, who arriveil in Klondike city just in time to {H>rforni the necessary operation and save the wounded man's life. .\ Iter si'veral 'lays' rest HiinilHildt n'turne-l to his lliinktr cnvk i taiiii. News of got, I having Is-eii diwoveriHl on Kldorado brought him to that creek, and in the spring a small fo.'tuiie was the result of the washiip. HuniUildt sent for his stepfather, ('. W. Hall, and brother, Kdgar listes, who arrived in the summer of 18ti7, anil together they acqiiirtsl many claims and int^-rests. Ani'iiig .Mr. liates' many mining pn»p- erties Ihe folio villi' are v.ortbv of men- tion : Half interest in So. 2S Kldorado; No. 'JO alsive on Sulphur, and interests in Nos. «, IN, :'- erties. K'lgar liate*. his brother, is also outside lor the U-iielll of his health. Miss Mimosa liates, a charming young lady, well known in iMwson society cir- cles, arrivinl here in the soring of IwiN to share her brother's go<>,| fortune. Owner of Ibe Famouv No. I7, ElJorado. .lames ILiJ, knonn iiniong ihe i.l.l- tiioers by the sl pandemnnliim at Kortymile. The miner* were notified, and alter dividing the niea;;er suppiy nf Hour ann their lioala ami reache,! M. .Mi, fiaels as the river was fleering over, where tl v s|«-iit the winter. Next spring they all relurne.1 to Kortymile, and great was Ibe joy when Ihe aiiiall band of an < 1,10. and hall-'tarvisl miners sighlnl the coming steamer. In the fall of IHiil Havis crm-k was struck, and Jim Hall went iiji to 'he A RU Till Ltd., anil A. r. .lo- Bi-pli t%)Hli'llo, Ix'ttvr known im "Fri'mdi .Io<>," wlio IiikI Ktiikwl a claiiii on a trili- iilary of llonau/;i, ofTiTi-d to aid! it, and .liiii Hall and N. I'ioolli' piircliuai-.l tin- Baiin' for ♦tWI. It ia tlic now fuiiioua No. 17, Kldora.lo. Tin' foll.iwin){ aprinit, wlo'ii the iii« owntra dimiivcrid how rii;h llnir iiroixTty w a-, they pri-Sintrd "French Jo<'" with 75 li-.l of the rlaiio, whirli hi' sold Hliorlly after for a larije aiiiii. .Iini Hull IK a man highly eittiniid hy hia friinila. Ilia »ord ia iia ie\e|..piiii'iil ( oiiipany, l.ld., T. A. K. I'linliaa. lepiesenlalive, and A. I^akwiaal, rwidenl manajrer, is one of the lno»t important Knulii-li eom- paniea ii|>emtini; on :^ul|vhiir int'k. Thi» lompaiiy, in the (leraon of Mr. I'urrhaa, piirihaae.1 N'W. 10 to '.'», in. hlaixe, alx.ve un ^•ulpllur. for |7A,00l. A lone of "J.) men were ininosliately a"l lo huildiUK meM and |i>l|i,ng ltoua«-F, and ealina to maki' reaiiy lor the winter, Aa ai«>ii «a the anow will allow al•^ldi^,(, a l',i-horae- |H)»er laiiler ami eiiKim and lha»w>ii llilurea will l« traiialerri' riHia the puyalreak. nhehalrea laa lavn eipoae.! hy oM »orkiniia(< viidlh of 301) lift, hhafla will U- aoiik from W) lo UK) leei aiMrt, and i'oiinti«!i«al air. .Aa the Mork of atoiuitti Rilvaiiiea up atreain the wane will U' atowed iH'hind in the old norklnita, wliiih will ohvinli a uK'leae hoiatiUK of waale uravel. A > inular aa» will !«■ uaw! in ihe elltllnn of the wiaal III aiiitahle ieiiKtha for tlia laiiler. Hie ;il).lrord» h«\iiin la'eii nit duri;in the fall, fime llie iK'ninninii of work, in the lure part of AiiKiiai, iiiiiili pronreaa haa Inmmi made in (he aiirfare arrance- inrata lor the winter work, MauaKer Ix)ckwood lookinK after the anperviaion of the work with eloae atteidion. The development work of the laymen hiat winter wiia very unaiitiafactory, aa aonie time waa waated in uaekaa ainkin^ off the p:iyatreak. The imiiii (ftlii'e of the I'onipiiny ia at .No, :i ThroKiiiorton iive- nue. f.ondon, K ('. Anu>n>( the di- rectora are lieorne Keniiie .\irth, repre- aentini; II. II Maraluill. .lumea Mitihell, .1. P., I'hairman ot the Klondike liovern- meiit t'omeaaion, Ltd., T, S. Marshall, of .Mnrriwm >V: .Marahall. I.tl., .lainea Mi'Killi'p, M. P., lion. Arthur Briuid, repreaenliiiK other South Africiin inter- eitta. The aecretariea of the i'omi»any are .-^outh .\friean investment Company, V.ld. I'he i-onipiny'a pai-k train liiia taken out to the lamp from lliiwaon a ye.ir'a proviaioiia, an-l a lull ailpply of hay haa heen rut an-l Htore^l in the r'tahli'-. The KtiH'kliuldera of tliia roni- pany are iiitniu^; tlnaiu-iera, who have heen t'onnei'te^i with the Trana'.'aal tielda milling operations aini'e the liaya of their ini'eption. Mr, T. .\. II. I'un-oaR arrived here on .liiiie i7th, 18fitl, aif the tlnanvial repre- eentative of the eoii.pany. From 18.1*7 to IMBi he waa ilojiely lonili'i'ted with the tiiiaiu'ial affairs of several Trunavaat cotiipaniea. In the la'>tinniin: of 1M17 he ti'.iiiaferre'l hia operations to Canada Iron; South .\frita, eenti'rinir hia atten- tions in the Western nntario jjold lields at iiuari?, reetini:. -Mr. PurfliHa ia an affiihle gentleman, of pleaaing luannera, aii'l. on ai'coiinl of his wide know lei trniiait for flaw- •on at the present writing. .After dia- |siBiiig ol li.eir maeliiuery Mr. li. V. .loiiea wili go out over the lee and lill or.leia for any i onlra -la he may reieive for milling mai lonery, auih as eentriln- gal or foriti pilinpa, whii h will furniah water fir ahihini; on the lainhea, the aame to Is' .leh\,'re>l early in the spring. Ml. K. V. .lonea was one of the few men w ho di'iiioiielratiil tiie praeti.al v. due of steam thawing in I."*'!!*, o|M'riiting hie iiiaihiiie on lioM Hill laat winter. The Ui k of llansporlalloli faiililiea prevente-l thia liri.i iiom aupplying the ready demaii'l f'lr their I'elehrate'l ateam Ihawrra this aiiiniiier, ami la'ttei' ar- raiig«'iiients will Is' made next ae.iaoii. Toe oltiii' ol the eompauy la liHiti"! on Thir.l avenue, »,iuth of See I -treet. |lawa,i|i. Riimural ul a Bli; drav^'l RcJ. .\rotin,i till' point iiiat lei't 111 length along the rim and into the hill lor Sll fii^'t. The faie of theellt la 18 fiet III depth, t'liily nine-tenth;? of the ground remaiiia Kir inttire development, riiey iHiuglitllie i-laima last year fioiii I'aaio and lleyiiolda fur ♦ 1,1(10, a very ■ heap hargaiii, aa th« vlaliiia have la'vn rich proiliii'erB. A tunnel has Ixen ex- tended \bO feel to the baek line, the en- tire length in pay gravel. It i5 the in- tention of the owners to use , 2U-horae lajwer iKiiler thia winter am! ihaw the ground '.vitli 40 [lointK, Bending the jiay gravel, hy means ol ears on a gravity tramway, to .\dama creek to lie Hluit'ed next spring. Fift<'en men have heen employed all auniiiier, and Ihe amount of gravel that haa heen moved and run through ro.kera ia a marvel to figure u|' on. Mr. FoHslieiider went out this Biiiii- nier to the outside to purchase thelioiler and thiiMiiig iippliancea, and will re- turn with the outlil liefore navigation elosea on the upper Yukon river. Next to thia i laim, on the upper end, .1. W. .'^laydeii, Magaw and crew are vMirking the Sarvent heiicli claim hy means ol a tunnel, run from the brow of Ihe hill, sending the gravel down lo Adams creek hy meana of cara on a gravity tram. Nanufactureri of NusTgel Jewelry, J. Sale ,v Co., formerly Pond ,^ Co., the pioneer jewi'lers of liaw'son, are noted for their original anil lieaiitifiil de- signs in the maniifactiire oi nugget and native gold ornainente. I'nlike jewelers of the leading cities, the season of the popular tirm ia never at an end. The Klondike nuggets, iHld-!ihapeil and dii- fering i.i site, ofler a wide field for ar- tistic Work. Ik'lo'v we mention several valuahle articles, which attracteil the at- tention of all lliiwaou. and cannot U' Burpasaed for lieaiity au'l delicate liuisli, gainini: lor this tirm a world-wide repu- tation fur their excellent workmanship. One of the finest nugget helts made hy them was one for Cad Wilson, another for May l.a More, the la'autifiil gold hadge presented to Chief Fletcher, sou- venir pajier weight, a complinient to (iold Coinniiaaioner Fawcett. nugget picture frames, and countless other arti- cles, original in design and elaliorate in linlah. The firm eoiidiuts two well-ap- |M>inted atorea and factories in Hawson, estahlishisl ill the spring of 18U8, jsis- sesaing the only pro,-eas of enamel liadge work and the only coinpleti' stia-k of silverware in the Yukon Territory. Their display windows draw the atten- tion of the t-onstantly passing throng. John P. .Sale and C. H. I.indamiiiin are the miiiiea of theenterpri.-ing gentle- men of the linn. Their coutinueil siic- ceaa and high aiam.'ing in the cuinniii- nity is a guarantee that their motto, "Best work and fair treatment," will lie strictly adhered to. The main atore is on First avenue, next lo "lioniinion." Branch store and factory, Second ave- nue, next lo Palmer hrothers: also hranch at (irand Forks. A Popular Hostelry. f>n Hunker creek, two miles alaivetlie moiitli, on .\iiderson concession, ia the comiortahle hotel and store belonging to I.oiiia Contiire, who is well known and held in high esteem by his large circle of friends. Mr. Couture for a iiiiinher of vears held the resjionsible ollice of Indian agent in the Northwest Territory, lie waa horn in (iiiehec in l.Sli, aiel at an early age griidiiated from the military college. He served ill the Fenian raid of ISiio at Niagara, and the liiel rebellion of 1H70 in the volunteer service. In the spriiii; of 1H97 he arrived at Ihiwsonin company with his aon and located min- ing proiH'rty on So. 8, liold' I'lottoni creek, which is quite promising. Mr. Couture is very proud of his hotel on Hunker cre.k, which he claims is the 1-M'St appointed roadhouse for miles around, and enjoys the patronage of all travelers in that direction, }Ie caters to the wants oi his iiatrons so satisfactorily that unci' a guest insures a return visit. In the Heart uf the Hill. F.xtensive wiiik has IsfU'lone by tun- nels and driflB along the pay channel down stream from Senator Lynch s claim to McMaster's claim, at the |H)iiit aliove Ailatiis creek. Laymen worked the projiertiea l.iat winter, getting the U'st resitlta aa they drove the tunnels into the hill away from the run. The ownera of theae pro|>ertiea hold (aisi- tioita on llii' hill, starting from Miir- dock a claim, in '.he following order: (irant Miirdisk ami .\ngus .Mcl.ellan, Markella, F. C. Wade, P. M. Hartley and J. \. Montgomery, Henry Wagner, .lames Brown, CtK'hran, Nelson and Peterson, 11. B. Kobinaon, Charles Kosi and .lohii ..Marrow, Kneley and A. J, McMaaler, and A. Fosahinder. Along the second tier the promiaing properties are ow ni'vl hy Daniel KihIi. John Z* Z* z* z* '* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* z* Sole Agents for />n/)ce7c's Ciermnn Sliced Rotntoes and the Celebrated i^e.x Jirand of Ham, liacon and Cimned bleats. The ReliabSe and Direct Line \i>Cape Nome lli-aly. St. Mirliafl Islaml (ioloviii Hay. Kuynkiik IJixcr. IJaw'son ami all Yuhon River j)oints. Passenger and freiglit Busin ess ilaiidlcil iiiaiiiipst fatisfactiny iiiaiiiifi'. <>|M'r- ates tin- fiiifst tli't't of ocean and river .-•teanierB on tlie Alaslerates the i.nly Rnilroad in in the ^'llkon 'I'lM'iitory. in connection with its l.'0).'e cnjd mininj.'' imlustry. and i.s also lar>rely inte 'ested in j,'old mininjr on seNcral of tlie famoiis creeks of the Klondike Our Mammoth Stores occnpy an entire Mock and we ;ire the leaijers in General Merchandise Oiir Htoek enihrnees the latest iiii|«»rtation.-< in the Dry Goods and Millinery line to l)e foiiml in any of the h-irtre eitiew of the I'nited States ami <'anada. Special values in furniture of all kind.-, inclnilitiK lira.ss. white ennineled and foldiii>^ heds. drewnerH. china and >rla>«» ware, siherwari' isicil instrunientN. clcwks. wall jiaper, dra|«eries. ;iiid in fact e\erythin>f peitaininjr to this line of l)nHiiit>Mi«. Carpets and Rugs The iwtmX e(>m|.|et<' Ktock in the loiintry and of the very newest deni^iiH . v t . :J Clothing, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Groceries of all kinds Hanhk'dn', Ihn7c/inii Mnlerid/ A/iniH^. Machimiy, Largest Stock ami Choicest I^rands of Wines iiiui l.ii/uors IVc arc also Sole Agents fo^- the famous Anlicuser-luisch Budwciscr Beer at Wholesale Only. g ]N. A.T. ifc 1. ec>., Df I w^ k.' I..r DAWSON DAILY NEWS WINING EDITION. i$ Cojjiparative Cost of Gold Mining, Hy JOHN l> M'aiLLIVKAY. JT in "f llic liiKtiiry nf f\>A'\ iiiihiii); till' worlil ovL-r tlmt tint iiifii ulio iimke till' rirli utrikii) Hi'Mniii iiiaki' furlntuM, mill tliiit ill nil llx' KT''''^ i;n|i| In! In (if I'lc wiirM till' llir)II'Hl prrilill' IMll erf tllillilll.' liiivi' Ih'i'ii iimili' (niiM Iciw-KrinU' proiMTlirii, iiipl in"«l III IIkiii linit; iifliT lilt' llrnl irriMlt ••Xi'iU'lni'lll iillil tlii- iillli'i' of iUiiilH-ili'ii linil |f"ii'' 'ly. ThiK in piir- tlciilarly Iriic of iiml Ih'kI illimtnitfl liv the twii (ililiot »ii'l irreutBUl rtunitii'a for niakiiiK prolits werp far iK-ltcr, owinit to the iKlvaiiUnref of itiniati' uinl otinr comiitiona. Lariipr p«na iinil itn-atir iin)C)fi>ta tlian liavi' cvt>r Ih'cii liiiinil on KMonnlo mri' very coniniiin in California ami Auntialia. Tlipaaniv tliinu niiijlit I"' aai.l of tin' C»ril»>iMli«trict ami of Honif of the .liii- trirta of Montmna, luit it will l* l*ttfr to ronipare tlio Klor;:likf ami aurronnil- inK iliatricta witli Auntralia ainl (\ili- foniia, luTaiiw lliey are niort' l''<"''>'A *■<■' '" ^"1^ tralia llie mining iliatrirtH in to • purl!" of tlie wurlil wi-ri- till" liiKir inan's para- ■ liao. Money waa pl"nly thire, as it liaii iM-tn liere, Imt, in npile of that, tin pf.ilitu »ere«niall,o»iiiK to the ext/.-'iv ejiHMiitpa an.l hiKh io«t of everytliinc re.|uin''l to fj«iiiie the onlpnt of ko1' the w.irkinii of t-ravel with thai of .(Uarlr, lull the principal is the same In lMt7,oii IheKl.in.like.aman .i .iiM pay lor an a»e a half oum e or an ounce in iiolil iliist. ami olUui a ilollar ami a hall ail hour to one of his lahon rs to go to town ami tf'l <>■ I'"' total cost of the aie wouhl ainounl often to some ♦-1) ; yet in that w inter ol |KP7-'1<8 few minra werv prohal.iy workiil o\er more than •-•,1)110 s.|iiare yarils. This wouhl iman that an aae a.lile.l to the cost of nork- lUK, on iit|»r npiure yanl, ami this pr»»-.Uettlly tiieana out cent jwr eiilile yanl. The owner of n chiiiii ihirinn that winter woiiM often have to pay ai much as $H>0 for wiiiilow fruiiie?* ami iclans for his caliiii aiiil an much as $20 in freight All. I i'X)s'iiHe of putting.' it in. This iiuiile an luhlitioiial cost of i;h rates of waives were caiiS4'tl hy excessive charires iiia-ii- for supplies mainly. It woiiM Is* ts'tter to itinsiiJer some of the costs at presi-nt. Vractically s|H'akin);, they are as hi^jli as they were in that year, for it has Ix'en pruvijil that hut a small proiKirtiim of the mines can afforl the costs that are now III voyiie, aiel u iiiajority of the mines which coiihl afhinl thecosts i.f the wintirof 1H".I7 are imw largely workcl ,(X» or ♦7.'>,0JO, ami this woul.l have nsliiceil the tale of fn'iaht lor the year to an avcriiK'e of iiol more than Ihn'e cents [ar IKiiiml, 'Ahile the average cost hai. Is-ell certainly not less than eiiiht cents. I .it us lake a low nstimaleaml say that .'i.OOO Ions of freik'hl was shipisil from 1>bw- son to the Forks to )s< ili>lriliiiteil at that |siiiit or on lihloriiiloot on its way to iip|a-r Itonaii^a, Sulphur, IJiiartr ami Doiiiinion. This iiieaiis that the failure of the Kovern lit to laiihl this very net essari' nuel has cost the niiners on that amount of freiuhl ».VH),(>iKl. Aii\- one can llnure up further in the same ilireclion as to Hunker ami lioiiiinion ami other parts of the two ilislricts. Ol course, It must U' ailniiltiil that all tlie-i- costs will come ilowii, hiil not in time to tlo the honest miner and pros- pector iiiiy irrssl. He will ilo here as he has iloiic the woihl over in all the i;real gohl liel'ls, hia/e the way for capital, anil then Is' compelleil to i;ii to work for waires, or pr.ih aheail o.i new stampeih's, aiiil linally liii'l a lonely irrave in Moiiie new milling country. Capital can coiii|m'1 a reiliidioii of eoBia if it is offen'il opportunities, ami I ilo not hi'lieve tliat there are any la'tter opisirtunilies ill the worM for the in- M'stment of cajiital in miiiini;, if |irop- erly ilirecleil, than may he foiiiiil aloni! till' Viikoii, With a reiliiction in the cost of lup- piiea aiiil lietter means of transportation come, of course, iniprovemeiits in methoits. This is already seen in the intriMluction of the ti.ie of the steam tliawer, and in time there will come in here and lie apiilieear now that there is much ifreater op{K0 acres of i:ravel will lie consid- ensl rich enoUKli to work where one is now. 1 see no reason to lielieve that the total output of icohl w ill not increase for a great many years to come, and most of ihe ifoM will come fniin i;rav?la that are now eonsiderisl iirariically value- less. A tiimptitont MInlni; Priimolcr. i'. K. Kitchie, till- n'side.'it iiianai;er of the British Canadian liold Fields of the Klondike, has U'en actively enicaiieil in expertiDK and haiellinic the projH'rties of this company in an intelligent and con- ai'ientioiis manner. Mis varieil ex(ieri- eiice llirouichiiut the principal luinini; districts of British Colunihia and the Northwest Territory, has enabled hini to si-lei t the richest section of the Klondike and Indian river districts for the invest- ment of fiirei|;ii capital. His two years' residence has Is-en replete with pros- IHi'tinjt excursions to the ontlyiiii; creeks at all times of the year, .'•nowstornis or excesaive cold weather not in the least delayinn him from a start. In isi.)2 he was sent out by the Canadian noverii- mi-nl to make an exhaustixe report on the resources of British Columbia (ml the .Siirthwest Terril»iry, in six months IraveMini; over a vast unsettltil ter- ritory, for an extent of 2.'),OiiO miles. I'tsin his n'turn to ifttawa he fiirniahed the nianusi'ript for the re|»irl. which was distributed thniU|:hoiit dreal Britain for the Keiienil infiirmation of the masses. The impression he u'ainiil of the vast niineral n'soiireea of British t\ilumbia and the Northwest Territories made such a favorable impression upon his mind that ii|Hin the comiiletion of lii^ govern- mental duties he reluriled to the coail and selectiil Vancouver as Ins place of residence, later on I \|M-rti'd pnip- erties in Uoishind, Kaniplisips and t.ari- IsHi inininK districts, British Columbia. and with his niinini; inforiiiation iiueh' a re|Hirt to several Uindoii capitalists. II is expertinu of these properties hronglit alsiiit the forination of several London companies, who availed themselves of his services in the ninnaifement of the propelties. The oltire of the British Canadian I ii^... Fields of the Klondike is located at Nos. IJaiid 11, Austin Friars, l.onport and membership fnuii the organization. He takes inter- est in all movements for the district's and l>»wson's improvement, and is never backward in making tinatictal con- tributions for all worthy objecti*. Dr. nacfarlane's ilialn; Operations. lir. K. H Macfarlane, who is well known in Hawsou nieilical circles for the gissl work that he has pi^rformeil at St. Mary's hospital, has been called Fast by the directors of the Brit sli Oolunibia- Colorailo (iol. I and Silver Mining Com- pany to eiinsult with them concerning the line of is)licy to Ix' piirsucil in the ii{H'iiing up of their claims next year. This company owns Nos. 1 and 3 on Ueaily Bullion and other proiH^rty on l>oiiiinion and Hunker, including a liill- shle adjoining the upiier half of No. 1 aliove lower, l^oniinion; alao one ad- joining No. 1 lielow lower. The diH'tor's |Nisition at the hospital has lieen held in aU'yaiii'e until his return over the ice in the spring. He n'i;retteil leaving his extensive iiractice, but the iniliicenients offered him by the company were too pressing and reniiinerative to Ih> refuseil. The directors are laige mining oper- ators of British t'oliinibia and Ciilorado, and, aa the company has lieon heavily eapitalixeo, the coinniunity may Itsik for their advent in l>awson, prepart*il to take a priunifieiit (sisition among the several large mining companies. 14 DAWSON DAILY NEWi MINING KDITION. r u 1 Eldorado and Ifs Tnbit fanes. L1H)KA1M> ireek i'iiiitiniie» to liold the rtrit place in (lie annual nolil output of the ^^ Klondike iliitrict. Helore |^^.^.^^t the iliacovery ami ex en«ive development work on the long itrin^ of liillaide and liencli rhiinis Kldorado easily proiliu'ed over half the gold output of the Klondike ill llie two •pring cleanups of 18(17 and IHtW. Con- •ervativ." estimate* made liy well in- formed mine owners iilnce the Hold oul- putof the Klondike mid Inilian river districts at $8,00OOUO and $12 000.000 in 1897 and 1898, riHipectively. In the cleanup of luet spring, or of 180t>, the estimate places the amount at ll'i.OilO,- QOO. Eldorailo creek proihictnl iiiorc gold than the two preceiling years on account of the service of the ftenm tliawers and the better handling of the mines in the process ol wixxl hurninn. Successful thawing of the ground by means of tired is an exact science, and time and luitience have shown the way fortheliest results. Thin past sninnier has witnessed a very nuccessful ground sluicing and cleanup of the l>ee rough and ir ridg4>s, a condition very favorable for the hulu- mentof gold. The daily cleanups for several weets rangek has its source from the old river channel or mantle deposit along the hillside or left limit. The rang'- of hills on the right limit, dividing l^manza from Kldoratio, is unpnxluctive as far as profitable min- ing goes. The hillside < laims alKive the low rim next to the creek and the tiers of iK'Uches have produced very little gold Iwtween (johl hill and French hill's wonderfully rich gold ile|>OHits. The surface ertjsions from giai-ial and wati-r action have cnrried the ^\M down the slojie into the creek li4-d, which accounts for the proiluctiveness of this section of the cr«'k, lielow French giih li to near the mouth. .AU^ve Chief gulch, at a prjint where Kldorailo forks, mining has not lH*en very Huccessful, and mining exfierts have Is-en secretly purchasing the hillside ami liench claims along the right limit, lielieving that tlu' paystreak leaves the creek near Mjd-fliKeaft two years, and the manner in which he handled the properly in summer sluic- ing and winter burning shows plainly that he is thoroughly conversant with all the requirements of placer mining. lie iutroiluoHl giant jiowder in the breaking up ol the Ironen muck to ex- IHilile grounil sluicing, but foumi that the giant's explosive )>oweri were ti"i great for its successful and economical use, and later on us»h1 black [Xiwder in its stead. With a lorcc of '27 men he slripi*-! the muck and top gravel off of a space of ground on "M, aUiut WO fct wide ami 400 feet long, using a head of water to the best advantage in ground sluicing. This winter he will do some drifting to local*' and uncover the paystreak on each side of the strip|iee8, llieac- • luaintanceship ripi-neil into a ■h.<'|H'r affection, which culininateil in their marriage vows for lielti'r and for worse during their future liletiine, John H. I^'e was ' .rii near Fergus Falls, Minnesota, in IHHfi, and upon leaving hill parents' home on a farm iulopted the trade ol Uiijer making. In the latter part of the liKhties he mo>eil toTacoma, Washington, and was in the city during the Ikmuii days, renli/ing giMsl wages from his trade and making money from several siiccehsfiil realty ventures. In Ihi' spring of IHRI, via .lii- neau, he joined the small band of ad- venturers Innnd for theplarersol Forty- mile and Hirch creek districts. He stopiK'd al Fortymile andidilaineil claim No. It) almve on Ulacier cieek in the summer of IHMl He worked the claim until he abandomil it in the late (all of ISIW to come to the Klondike, employing eight men in the summer sluicing. The for>' part of Septeiiilier, IWHI, helnard ol the strike on Itonaii/a creek, but dul not put much faith in what was told. Alxnit the nii'ldle ol SepteiiiN'r, with a pack and camp oiitlit, he tram|iebI to purchase the winter's supply of proviHions. He returntil to (ilacier creek, but hearing additional ami more reliable news of the Klondike strike, he lelt for Dawson in NovemU'r, traveling on t.'ie lie. He f.mnd all tl^c creek claims slakeil ou llonania, KIdor- ado and Hunker, ami hence lioiight claim No. fi Ivlow on Iloiian/a for »7.'iO. In a contest case the claim was taken Irom bim. the seller liaving no reliable title. The loss ol the claim was a s«'t- liack, but losing no time he went over to Hunker .luring the Christmas holidays, an.l lor a hall interest starleil to repre- sent No. M lielow. lb- sunk a boh 18 li-et deep next to the creek Uil but misseil the pavhtreak. Ilethrew up the interest an.l imiviil over to Fl.lorado, securing a 50 i«r cent, lay Irom Charley Amlcrwiii on S.i. 21> Kl.lor^do. He airnck jiay with the first hole, an.l the spring cleanup bsik out enough to start hini .in the way to make a slake l.ir life. Ilisw.irk was so satislacl.iry that Mr. .Miderson eiigagi^il him to manage the summer sluicing of l8t),H, and until last August he continueil his iswition until his .iwn mining iiiteri'ets coni|M-lle,l him to liaml in his resignation to .levole all his lime to .No. :l'J. Mr. U-c is stalwart in frame, with llie hearty and hrusi|Ue manner of an a.lven- tiirous frontiersman, an.l if he .Im's not make his mark among the most succesa- lul mine owners ..f the Klomlike the writer will Is' wide from a prophetic iiucss into the liilnre. A Quarter .million Clean-up. Mr. an.l Mrs. A. F. .*-taii.ler have Is- coiiie prominently i lenlilieil in the hi.tel cin'lm ol the lirand hotel at San Fran- cisco. California, where they t|*ent the greaU'r iw.l of last win'er, ami are Iwck again at the same .piarters for this win- ter. During the summer months they Sfs'ti'l the tune locking aft*.r the man- ag^'iiient and cleauu^M on the very rich claims Nos. I ati.l 't, Kl.l..ra.l.>, an.l No. to aVsive .in I'Minania. Mr. Slander v.as asMsialiil the lirst seam.n with Clarence lli-rry in the own- (•rship of the aforesai.l clainiH. but in the fall of IKI)8 the partnership was dis- solveil Staii'ler taking No 4 and the lower part of No. 5 and |,'iO,0Oi) for com- ))ensation. .No. 40 aUive on Honansa was divi.led also, so that h.r the jiast year they have workeil their pr.i|M'rties se|>arately. In IHHH they lisik out in four strong Isixes $'.>00,000 in gold dust, the r4'BuU of the s^'ason's cleanup, ami Ibis year (140, UUO was stowinl away in their ^laler•slm U)sfii ..ne ,if the Cana- ilian Development company's steaniera. on their nul-lsiuml trip for Sun 1 ran- ciaco. A. F. Slander is a .|uipt and unassum- ing miner, who is frugal in his habits, devote. 1 in his atU'ntioiis to his wile, and has niaile up his iiiin.l t.i en|oy the coin- fiirls of civilisation, which a well-lllleil |N)ke i.-an supply al n niomeiil's notice. Mrs. Violet Slandet is a |ire|KHise«sing III. III. le, jovtsl in nature, uf a gra.'eful and wellilevelofMil llgiire, who seconds her hiisbitii.rs plans lor a life <■( eaa*. an.l luxury. They inlen.l Msiti.ig the I'aris uxiHwItlon u|Hm the completion ol next year's cleanup, and will make a tour ol all the principal cities u|ion the continent with a party ol Iriends. Mrs. Stan.ler has Is'en pri'Senleil by her lins- lianil with a laige colleclion ol la-autilul jewelry, sliidde-river steamers the lore part ol this monlli. Clar>'nn' Kerry is a gen- eral lavurile among the miners on Fl- .hirailo and I'smanta on ait'ount ol Ids gooil ireatment and kindly relations with Ids employees, ami alio lor his gen- erous iialiin', which responds cheerlully to all calls 111 deaerviil charily. In the nianagenient and development ol No. H and 111*, iipfier JMirlion of No. A, KIdo- rado, he has inlrisluceil a steam hoist an.l 'levice lor the ipiick handling and .buiiping ol the pay gravel into the siring of sluice Uixes. For night work be intrisluced the us** of electric lights, which was an iniiovalion in the Yukon, sidely utilised by liiinsell. Ibsides the alreaily menlionetl claims on KIdora.lo he owns the hall ol No. 40 alH.ve and tliree-.(uarlers ol No. ■'"i lielow on llo- nania, a hall m 18 lielow lower. Domin- ion, Iwiethir^ts in Nos. 'Jl and 42 U'low, llurker, and Nos. ,'> and A. hillsi.le claims on Khlonulo. The i>ayslreak on Noa. 5 and il, Khioraihi, is not only fal>- uluutly rich but extends from rim t» rim a ilistance of 300 feel. This summer a block of crwk Isil next lo the right liuiit, HOx:iOU left, was slrip|>eay dirt was haiidlc'l with I'elerily and cheapness, a great improvement over the ol.l metbiMl of han.lling Irom a plathirni .-onne. tiil by a string ol shov- elers. \ UiVborse power Uiiler an.l engine liirniihes the motive (a^wer lor the ele*'- trie liKhts and hol^llnggcar, and also the sti'am lor thawing the Iroxen gravel. Ill the alieence of (Man'ni.e llorry an.l briitliers, J. II. Haniil has charge of the winter work on the Kl.lorado ilaiins, Ii4>- sides taking the active management as 'orenian the past summer an.l winter. Mr. Ilamil is a very capable iiianagi^r, who will hsik after Mr. Ilerry's interests with the eame attention and Inli'real as he wiiidil any mining iiiler^'ata d bis own. .Alsiul 15 men will have rmpluy- nienl in winter development work. Ihv force the past summer numlH'ring alsiiil bO men. The Istlance ol the claims will Is* given out ii!i lays, except No. A Ih'Iow on Itonanxa, which has Isien reserved for next summer's sluic- ing. Frank Ilerry owns two hillside claims ailjoining Nik. 10 and II la-hiw uplM'ron iKiminion, lelt limit, which h«vo proven thema4'lve« ricli (iTisliuvrs. Clari'nce Ilerry will return here next year in time lor the spring cleanup, but this lime his devoted wife will not re- turn to the i;ioii.lilie, as hirmerly, n» her health has Is'vn very issir the past Biiminer. Her life was in danger lor a lime Inst Augusti and the salubriuua climate of California, i' is hoind, will n'tiirn to her cheekati e bliHun of health ami gfsid cheer. i: lafti ^. DAWSON DAILY NEWS MINmC EDITION. IS Bouajiza and Its Tribnfcwics. OWKU lloiiH>i/.a eri-pli, (roiii till? hioiitli nf llouldt'r At No. :r> Ik'Iiiw Ui tlic KlKixliki', ilid nut (irmliirc viry Miiirh K'lIM iHcit wiiitiT Hri'l thin Hiiriiiiier. The iiiwriiMiriol tlii' M) |*r ceot laymen in tin' •t'ui'oii ■■( IMi7 uikI 18»H wiM not I'ncoiirnKinti, mh Hint (f« laymen wtirke'l on tlu* diffiTcni i-laimx thii lut M*as<'n, taking iURtfitil luy!* on the lienclioM alon^ the left liniil. The only sei-tiun in tin' creek U-tl which haa given encoiiraKcincnt lor BUniiner ■Inii'inK )« nt No. Hi Ih'Iow, tiie ixiint where the olil Kravel rhiinnil rvi- ■lendy •wnnx more to tlii' eaat ami croaM'il from the lelt to thi' right limit and winding aruunil the ])Oint Im'Iom the mouth of l^ovett gnlcli emptic'l into the Klomlike river. I>uring the winteri« o( 1897 anil IHUHalmoiit every foot of gruuml on lower Ikinanza waff worked hy lay* men, who iniaginetl that they wotil.t make a fortune off gravel thul |iriMliii'eit about 'JO lenta ami iimler I" the can taken ofluf Uotro k. The cleanup hrought (hctie «angniiiu anil harl-working Uynien to a hitler rt-alizalioii of the fad tliiit the groiin.l would not iidmit of a lommeniiuriUe protit and that the exaction of ."<() (kt i-ent n»yalty on the groie* output whk lo«i high hy hilly 2il to M pi'r cent. From Iloulder creek up to ilixoviry and iM'yond along up|>er llunania to Victi>ria gulch the pay dirt is mure nat- ••factory, lieing the richeal at -liai-ovcr} and the three claima alwve and from No. IS aliove t»i No. 40, indunive. The three richott dainif on llonanr.H are iin<|Ui'>- tionahly No. - aNtve, l>ick l.^iwe'* Iraf- lion and No. 'Jfi alune. mvil'ipmciit.' thia winter on .No». L'5, 27 and 2« al"ive on Hoiiania may hring tliiiH> Haimiion a |>ar with the three inenliomil an piK! dual pnwlucern. To illUHtmte. No. 2 aUivtf ha« hail »;tO,000 cleinu|w (or ii three dajra' run, and the [.owe Iraition haa'lone iiiually aa well. On No. 2il alove, in the tumuier of 1M(7, (on I'lihl ia authority for the itateiiieiit that Ihc cleanup repreiwnlel an iipial amount. Nine-liiindre.1- dollar p«n« on No 2 bI"ivc aiel on lin' UiWe fractior have Uiconic an item "I liialory in the mining annalii, and no longer createa any comment when the amount i» repri"luceil. It go»'i> without aaying that the (ravel waa lelivtiHl ami pickeil to proiluce any tuch enoriooinly rich pani. Uiwer Itonan/n i> ihc pn'ixr liehl for large i-umiianieii to o|H'ratr, uii'l the owneranhould encournge i'«|iilal hi not holding the claimf at eiorhitant pricra. Hy aei-uring a i ham of from tlvc tij ten dainm capital can th-Mlop thcni [iiotluhly hy the intMi and steam •hoveir for an e»len»ive handling of the gravel ile|>oaita. The claim owner ia liar.'licap|ie'n of all thin pail of ItuiiaiKa, Hoiuinza Henchca. The hialory of the iaiit year's deveio|>. mentof Ixnch clainm and lollride* along the left and right limila of Itonanaa la n rtM'onl of liiut »l.'i,000 each in their pokes. This year .\iidy lleiisley has ri'tiimeil to pursue the lih' of an ol.l and cmliinied |iroH|iector after investing the hulk of his diiBt in a well sto. ked farm hack in one of the middle slates of the I iiiied >.in the right limit. Then hillowed the discoveries of lien llowaid and .1. Chase opiMwili' an.l ujBjn the left limit of llig Skisikiim. Ii. K. Lancaster, on the side of I mid iiill, opiMMile .No. 2 Kldor»'lo, was not idle He staked his U'nch, 100 feet B-iuare, on .Inly i\, 1HH7, and found gold in hig imying ipianlities a few days later. When the winter of 1W)7 ami IWix came on, ant Ihc niiniiii.- world to thinking that the N'nch territory offereil great iii'liice- ineiits for proH|H'Clors. The eight lielich claims iiniiiiiil and near diacuvcry on French hill have not lieen tijualleit for the yield of g'd'l. i>ne hurniiig of a tire witutd thaw enough gravel fmni a face to hoist fully )200l) in a si ift. The famous claims since (lartially and com- pleli 1> workct! out an- discovery, owmsl hy Joe r^taley and William Ih'iltering and the I'laiiiis of l>an Staley, Hurke, .Armstrong, F Iward Mct'onnell and H, u'iKjnnrll. .\lex Mel aid and Dan .^auii'lers. Then follower! the strike id Hopkins on the U'ach Is'tween Hig Hn>i l.itlle Skookuin. Tlii're were only two claims that licl,i the gold there, that is 'hscovcry and the one just Is'low it owiieil hy Mark Kiisselt and liiis Hiiivin. 1 loee on to the heels o( this strike uas (I. H. Millett, »h'i iim-overiKl gold aiel the pay channel on the {loint t.ip|iosile ilisctivery i;laiiii on llonaiii'.a. This sec* tion has since Is en iiametl Chcchaco or Ailsms hili, a section which tanks next tot olid hill in the gold pnsluct. Piiring the Slimmer of 181*8 the iiew comers llockeil to the hillsides Is'low Adams cr<><'k and Ix-gan pinking holes in the gravel litsis from Adams hill to Itoiililer cre<'k. J. Hen Lewis and Henry Hrown wen* 'he til St laite No. ;iii Is'Iow on Itonansa. Hut HI Fox gulch, along the left limit, the greatest widlli ha* Is-eii uncovered. showint; a continuoni pnyatrenk across the lienrh channel of 1100 f.ei. This last spring the U-nchea and hillsides of I/ovett gulch and Trail creek have heen exploited to a iKjint fully a mile up the left limit of the Klondike river. The IMjint at 111 U-low and at Poverty har on the right limit adjoining Nos. 12 and LI lielow on l',onan/a were lirat worked in the summer and fall of IH!)7orsooii after the Hkookuiii claim discoveries. Fully ».'>,0luct will not iipial either (jold or .\dams hill this year. The lirat men to sink holes on Houlder hill were Lee and Baldwin, partners of lA)niirillin uihiu a lay at .'f i Ix'low on Honan/a. They pro.-ipecteil early in March, w hen the snow w as .lecp and the wintry an'l col.l weather was far from propiti'iua for extensive ilevelopment Work. Not meeting with any success, as the holes were sunk lielow the rim and too far .lown the hillside, they piilleilup their stakes an'l never recordeil the ground. Tcslay they regret the fact that they threw up the chance for a gooil- ai/.ed fortune. Later on. in the fore part of May, J. Hen l.ew is, though an invalid from rheumatism and heart trouble, (M'rsistetl in his faiih that the gold in the creek Ujttoni came from the sti'ep hill adjoining No, :tO below, and hirt^l a man to sink a few holes. His partner, I'. F. KrickeidxTger. at the time was conlinevi at the hospital with an attack of s<-urvy. In the meantime Isaac tiail- liraith and James Brown arriveil one evening tired anil exhausteunds each of grub and camping outlil from IMwson. They wen' new arrivals, eager to make their lortiines, and were willing to dig any- where. Mr. Lewis gave them shelter for the night at his cahin, as a snow- slorm waa in progress. Finding that his guests were out ^M\ a prosjKH'ting trip be told them alxiut the hill hack of the cabin and his faith in ita ricline^'S. They tiMii- his advice, stakeil two hillsi'les ad- joining the up)H'r half of 111 and the lower half of .'tO ta'low Honansa. In a short lime they struck pay gravel and rtislit^ to l>aws<>n to reeonl the claims. They ran tunnels ami took out big |ia\' • lumps last winter aiel tiefore the clean- u|is mild the claims to Harry .Vsh lor IIO.OJO and fl2,000. reserving the dumps fmnt the sale. They owetl their stake in life Ia) Hen I.«^w is, although after the .«ate neither bail the generoeily and fore- tlic'ighl to make their U'ltefactor a hand- some present. Henry W. Brown, an old friend of Lewis, lelt the right limit and liegan prosiiectiiig aluitit this time in the cllmw adjoining No. .SO In-low, where a slide had looseiuHl the gravel on tht^ stc-ep hillside. His first |>an showed colors from gravel taken to his cahin in a handkerchief. The lirst hole of 18 inches yield*"*! .^ cents to the pan, till seciui'l hole, about .W feet farther up the lull, caught the rim showing 10 and IM cents ill the lirst and secoiel pans. He iliifted 10 or I.') feel and found gravel going 50 cents to the pan. From that time on the news npreoil quickly und the slanipeders soon hail the hillside plastered several rows deep with stakes. Ben l.ew i?* also was the cause of II. K. I ioheen, Bradley and Boli Boynton get- ting rich hillside claims on this hilt. The next winter will witness extensive development worit under progress, the steam thawers taking the place of the crule metboil of slow wooil burning to thaw the gravel. A Claim Wltb Two Paystteaks. Henry W. I'.rown, an old Montana and ('■olorodo prospector, and a writer of verse of no mean ability, owns the hillside claim adjoining lower half of -No. :il below, Bonanza, and the bench ulxjve it on the second tier. This claim has two paystreaka, one on the point just alsne the creek's aide line and the other and main one along the brow of the bill, following the course ol the old river lieil or gravel reef formed by an inland sea. The development work con- sists of three tunnels, each aliout 300 feet in length, starting and ending in pay gravel. There are alx)ut oOJ feet of side or cross drifts run to block the ground out for future sloping. One shaft, 6'' leet in depth, is used for hoist- ing gra el at the hack end of the bench, and also gives ventilation to the under- ground '.orkings. The pay dirt varies in depth from 15 inches to 3 leet, and extends from the rim to the back and side line.^* of the claim. The lieneh alsjve is also in the pay channei, !;:•-' .ig richer gravel and coarser dust. tieorge C'allagban owns a tjencli on the tbinl tier, joining Brown's liench on the uph'll side, which is yielding very line pay gravel. Hence the pay gravel has lieen uncovereil from the rim up hill for a distance of over 70«) feet, a fact which will not escajie the attention of the wise mining promoter and .apitalist. Al«iuf2i) laymen are at work on the pro|KTty, all making money, and using six nickers to wash out the line, abot .ael coarse dust. .Mr. Brown is generous to a fault, a tine specimen of the chari- table pros^iector and frontiersman, who has his latohslring out to bis friends anil ai^<|uaintunces at his comfortable cahin uiKin ;I0 Honania. Amon; the Rlcbcsi Claims, .ill as«o*^iate with Henry Brown at one of tbt^ s-uccessfiil pioneers of Houlder hill, J. Hen Ia^wIs, is known far and wi'le as a kimlly pntsjiector and miner, who alKiws no fiien'l to pass hia cabin w ithout a greeting and a cheery invita- tion to ytoj^ an.l rest and join his part- ner at the table. His partner, C. F". Knickenls'rger, ia also from l>enver t'olorado, a younger man, who liatena to the counsels of his gray-haired partner with protit and kiiowhilge to hinisetf. Like Brown's claim, they have two pay- streaks on their hillside, and also own the bench above on the second tier. The daiina luljoin the upper half of No. 32 liel'iw. There is one main tunnel connect.111 n itli two aliafta, each alsiut K)~ feet deep. The two other shafts are 'I'l feet and 7H feet, respectively, the lat- ter sunk near the Imckground and the furlberest up the bill. This winter the ground will 1m' develojieil and the pay gravel extractiil hy means of a steam tliawer and hoisting engine. They have orilereil fr*ini the outside two 30-liorBe- jHiwcr Ixiilers and a large plunger piinip to hoist the water on the hill Iron? BiK iiaiixa creek for sluicing the large duinp«< next spring- The largcsl nugget weighiil \ • u DAWSON DAILY NEWS MININf, FMTION. f- \U l.r % $10.78. Their dBimi! arc »iiion« the riclu'Stoii tlu' liill, with pay i|r»vi'l from tlio rim to tin" liai'k liiu' i)( tlu' IhiicIi. Back o( tlieir ln'iii-ii, on llif tliiril liiT, Uan \V. Murriwy Imn mini! ii sliad unil uncovrreil a iiaynlri'alc of lonrse ilimt anil nug)iet8. Ttiey are »l»o interi'Sleil In a bench claim nn Magnet liill, npon tlie tliird tier opiKnile Niw. U an.l !.'> below, Bonanja. A tunnel 110 feet in length has tiipiM'il Ihi' piiyDtreiik, an.l i> Hhafl 61) feet ileep nnciiverisl llie Ik'iI- rock. J. O. llolen in iilno inlereate.l in the claim. They alio) "«n a l(X)-f<"it iK'nch upon the Uftli tier opiKwite No. 2 niKJve llonaiiia nml ahinir the left limit of IIIr .■ay gravel has U-en hlinikeil out by numerous cross ilrifts, an.l sack line ami >lowing th<' waste U'himI as the men ailvance towanl the rim. Tiie Uobeeii" are old miners from western stales, ami the gait they have niaintaineil in umlergrounil ihvel- opment work will enable them to take most of the pay gravel out by the time the weather will a>lmit of sluicing. The pans from the paystreak range from 25 cents to as high as (7, taking the gravel without any selei'tion. They also own No. ftaystreak runs fpjm one to three ieet in depth, and ex- tends over the entire liencb, 2.V»x2'iO feet. .\ little over half of the ground is unloucheil. ' in the hillside there is a 125x.'2o feet piece of ground at theupjjer end, which is shallow %nit will adapteil for summer diggings. This winter it is the intention of the management to run two tunnels into the embanktnent and connect with tlu' shafts on the Kckel- man claim, aliove their liiic. on tli<' hill, fur ventilation. A doubli-track tram- way will lie built to Uoulder creek to lower all the pay gravel to the creek lor the waahup. A steam tliawer will N* used this winter to hurry along the ilriftingand sloping. One of the active partners is \. .1. Kroenert, who is part owner of six of the best-prolucing In'mli claims on (iold hill. II. K. Smith owns a hillsiile ailjoining 100 U'low lower on dominion. All the owners arc hard-working men, and with the three rockers have doni* wrmders, when one considers the num- ber 25,000, ami has about paid lor them out of the 'proceeds of the claims. \V. 11. Ash, bin brother, has the active iiianagenient, ami the evidences of his miner-like appliances indicate that bis training in the I'lack hills of Ninth Ha- kota was not waUiil. I'ive tunnels have Is'e.i driven from the stripi«'d face, one as far as the back line, a distance of -t.l) feet. The other tunnels v.iry in length from l.')Olu;i00 feel. There are cross- drifts every 25 leet, and the main cniss- drift along the back line will Is' the starting isiint frerty. Traraway In Operatlun. On the thir.l tier an.l back .4 the hill- si. le claims and first tier of U'liches is Sanitiel C.siie|iapl, who Uxiglit a U'licli from .John M tioheen l.ir a valuable consideration. He is n.iw engagi.l in sinking a shaft to UsIrMk, a .listame of alout 105 fwt. He is nexi to the Mor- risey claim on the third tier, wlii.li yiel.ls alsiiil HO to every twenty-four buckets of gravel, Hriice Wearing has a I illside claim next to tiolieen's, which he i'X|iecta will meet bis anlicipati. ins. lie has built u il..iilili-lru. k lr.»iiiway to H.iulder crifk and l.iwers all the gravel by means of care. Sttcccssrul Politician anJ Miner. Hn til.' ll|eStreani sl. I»uii- bam. Mr. Ilra.lley, the loi'alor, is an ol.l-time iiiiner, f.irmerly of Treasure t.;ily, lilack Hills, rviutii Dakota. II. has tilled the [sisition of county auditor there for several terms, and was so iio)>- ular that he could command any otti. e in the gift of the i-ounty, an.l the vobrs wonl.l elect l.ini. Two tunnels have lieen driven into the hillside from the face, 21) I and 2:10 l>'et, leaving a bbs'k of gravel untoiiches|iect.irs, and in sever.il cases driitiil over flic paysireak, thinking they ba.l sunk t.l U-.lriH'k when tliey bad stopiKil at sli'le or faUe U-.|nH-k. Amither gissl ii'as- nienlworkon H.Kern's two hillsides, starting fn*m the rim ; the next tw.i I laims uphill, owni-'l by UoUtI llighel and Captain II. II. Sleilman, making a 10 inity. Promlsinc Property. Opiwsile Higliet an.l Stcliiian's cl'iiii across K.i\ gulch is the hillsi.le daiii of A. H. I>.'ver, .1. I.. Hubbanl, 1'. KiUivr- al.l ami .I.Sbeehan, adjoining lower I alf of No 1 aUive. This hillsi.le, 2.'iOx7W, is a lery promising projierly, lb.' pay- streak containing coars«' c 1.1 ami gol.l- U'aring gravel the eiitir. area of the claim three fi'Bt .lerp. Nuggela as high an tlH.;5 have U'eii taken out, rough in apisarniice, imlicating that they liavi' not ttaveleil far from watei a.tion. The .levelopmenl work consists of four tun- nels tun in from the right bank of Kox gulch, lapping till payrbannel from ICO III l.'W feet along its general ciuirse. which is a great advantage in area of pay gravel over the claims running across the (layslrcak from lb.* ftonaiira biiiit. There is one sbaft to Uilnsk sunk for ventilation. Steam Ihaweni will be useil in an extensive winter's de- velopment work, an.l the large spring paydiim|Ni will U' sliiiceil mi Kox gulch, a great r-aving .d time over th.* sl.'w meth.sl ol risking. A. II. IN-ver, one of the lortunati' owners, is an employe of the IlMMMl> l>»ll 1 NlWH. The iitlicr promising claiiiis along Kox gulch hillsi.lesare tlios*-o(lx>iiis l*.itnau.l Stanley Kusek and K. K>l'' 'inds A li, l>. Ileydlauff. Klch Booanzt BeoclKs. Between Kox unit .\m.-rii-an gulchi'S is Ora Kino lull, ih'Velo|M'.| by dwp sink- ing. Among the .'laiiii owners who liaxe sunk to lieilr^K-k are C. M, Crawf.ird, l»r. .Vuatin. with a shaft dow n WH feet, an-l K.. II. Northrup ami li. K. Sparks. On Ainerican'gulco there are sexersl prom- ising hillsid'-s an.l U'nchcs. Toe cri*«'k claims are rich, the I.aiighlin hrothers taking out big cleanii|ai last winter and this summer o'd Nos. I. 2 an.l 3. The shafts are scattering U'twifti .American an.l Magnet gulches, but on Hie latter gulch the paystreak haa pruduciil a hirtune to Krank .\lcttregor an.l partner. .Mong the brow of the lull to .\.lams the U'st hillsides are op|Kisite from Nos. 10 to 14, iiiclusive, U'low, Bonanaa. Rlcm I Imll Bench Ualms. Mr. Clark's .liiH'uvery laat fall on the hillsiile just U'low the mouth of Uiveil gulch at So. M U'low, Ibmania. crealiil • ,nite a stir this spring when bis proa- jiecls U-came generally known t" the public. Vlic hillside was siKin plasteriil will' stake* and all the available ground re- cofileil. It is a low gra.|e grnvel de|iosit, which will have to U- han.lleil exten- sively to put the pniperty on a iiaying laisis. Clark sold out to the New York company's represenutives. who built a flume and slarUil aluicing, only to U' slopfieil by an injunction, as li.e side lines, oiricially surveyisl, threw the claim into the hands ol the next claim owners, .1. W. Wilb«in .t '"'•. Trail crei'k, op(H>sili' No. TW Is-low, Bonan/a, has also a siring of Ivncbe* an.l hill- sides, which haM' Uvn develo|«'il par- tially this •Uliimer, hut the pay is not very extensive and is tiai low ii: grade l« ailmit of profitable rorking. Bl|oining No 01 U'l.iw, lti>- naiita. on the leftliiiitt, was tlrstworked in the suniiiier ol IH(t7 by a laind of Ar- menians. Not tiiuch attention wna |miIiI to the lien, his iinlil last siinimer, when W, II Baril Uiuglit in an.l iincovenil the imyntn-ak further Iwck fnmi the rim. During the laat aunimer Ibe ground bus U'Pii slrip|H-.l al.uig I he rim aUiiit 2,000 i conHnmt 1 gravel inci lance (roni the iNh'k liii i; dft AA ^k DAWSON DAILY NEWS MINimi EDITION. ir feet down Ikiimnea lifluw thc^ p<«itit und up PtrcHHi the tiiifiii' iliftani**' liy vHrinuii I'laini nwneri). Intely Mr. Hurl M)l>t out all his intvreota to an Kiiglicli mm- P*ny. Summer Watblnf Bjr Plunfcr Pump. Anionic 111*- iprutiiint'nt mine iiwixTh on till' t*nil of till- |H>int in John I'MU'cr, who hoiiKht thi< )iropi>rt>, 2W ivvt m)iian-, fnmi MrMithin thiN paiil aiimi- nmr. Mr. rulvt-r lattlv tuhl out hif tiohl Mill ilalti) to hr. Kaiitknir ami A. .1. KroontTt for tl2,hovilint( into the ttltih-f Imiii'm |hi> paNt fiuiiuM'r, 114* puiiip«'y a dnph-x pluntftT pnnip, tno UiihTa fiirniilniiK the hiutlvi* fHiwer, TiieU'dnjck conniitii i>f ahde and broken up niica rhi*** hard- ened hy volcanic action, (he ttohl lllliiiK lh« crevicoa for » depth of fully aix (cet. The tailintt* were iin|Mtundei) at the fr diif>*iit|fi Wf>rk, not corninem-inhf Airain untd next «prin)f. Me nnniiiilso M'veral tw>nch clatnir< on Hunker, and waa one of the tiri*t to priwiM** t for )t«nrh<*« in company with .loltn til> win on ISttiiintou in the early uprinti <>f IH9H. i ADAMS HILL. | Adarno, of t'he-chtt-<tt*'r>'U »ndd diml. nu anount of Itie paytttreak U-iiiif fully double the width of the channel foun>l on OoM hill, ahrend mining tuen have couitf to the concluiiun that thia hill ^%ilt eicel (toM liill in the agtirettatt' t(oUI output. The Yukon (i
    <-oiid tieri*. uhuh for >(oM pnMlucem have not Ut-n e%celletl thiRveartui any o( the Itencd cUimii. On the Mclh>nall*- of Tuolumne cttunty. ('aht'irnia. in whi<-h the**' dyk»'» are « ailed cnmniUK*- At every cn»»»in|j in that county the ipjld in the kidney f»rnialiona a«'«'nied lo liave cenlen-*! their wealth in verv rich liTH'keta for tlie enrichment of tfie quarti: pn>ii)M(K-ttir and miner. Tht>n* hard riMita or rai»ea In the level uf the ItNlnak act her\' •• croanhitr** for the coltection of the cfwrw |£old and nuiftfeta. Knrther along l.lie rim. down wtream, the U^l- nx'k d<«*a notointnin thi« htack, rtaty formation and heut-e the gold defKiait iilonv the U^lri>'k is not an thi< k and plentiful. In April, imm. O. It. Milh-tt tlrat nnci>vere«i l>eilrtick at n deptli oi 20 feet nnd mad*- knovtn that another hill, nilh the |KMUiih)litieaof a French or 4 M>tt| hill had iNfUt found. Th*- payilreak han U*vn uncoven>>l ati fnr l«ck an Ihi- third tier. Ao that pro|iert!**« that could not )m< •old at any price oit the taick tier* latt fall and winter are now in hritk demand in the nulling market. In a day and a night the htll war ntakc*! hy A, tl. Clark. lUfii Atkin»H>n. J. Mi Uuiald. K. W. Ward, J. l'lemen»..n. A. I.. Uritt. I". M. Ilartle, Henry Wagnerf Jaiiun Hrown, Hilly Mertaugh, known dh "Hum h iiraii* Bill. ' \V. Sar\eut and a hitat of other*. The timt NeaMUi wa« conttnoil to ilt>vch>pnient work, the irravel increafiing in VHlue a^ the dia- tance from the rtui \\a« increaie. H. Milletl for IIO.OOl) helit-vea in large iiielho«li> to hring ulti- mately the uorkinir exiM-nfcH ^ to -I h-i-t in thick- ne^ft. A croNHM-ut haa been run along the buck line to ciuini-ct the two tun- ndfi, and from thin level the pay gravel will be e\lra*ie>l, ntoping out towur*! the open face and Ptowing the wai^te U> hind to aave extra handling and liniU'r* ing. Two gravel biuN, holding -VO cubic fi-et of pHy gravel, are locnteil at the brow and boitoin of ihe hill, connected by H .'>00-foot gravity ■ ar tramway. Tin- pay gravel areH it 2'A) by XiO feet, ho that th<- aenator will l>e kept bury for noiiie time taking out the gold dunt. S-nator I.vnch did very well UHt year • peiulatnig tn tiierchandi»e. Hud in kni>un in the worl I of literature aK the avithor of "Ketlectiona r|>on Kgypt/' which had a wide Hale. He it now, at hilt IiMRure, engaged in writing a humor- out Uxtk i>n hi!i ex|ieneiK'eM in the Yukon, which will lotnnmnd attt-ntion from the n'ading public l. J. (^h-iiHMicon Hnd A. 1.. I'ritt c|Him(>, lomteii on Adam« hill in two tiers, U'- twecii Little SktMikum and the KIliM antt Millett claithN. They are each *J.'>0x2.'U I«*et Itenchea cimtaining Ihi- jiay gravel oi till go|th on top aiul undur- ground wan a (tea Ming <-)k:hi uiierwil- ii'-fting f** maitv blunder^ (M'r|N'trate*l by rUitn owner* Ignorant of tirft prin- ciple* ot i>Uccf»vfnt pUcer mining. Along the rim the lie^lnxk has •een atripp**ii I r a length ••! ^OJ fret and a depth of UK1 teet, atlordin^ iiinple room for the )«uildingof vtceping<|uarler!t meriiirtHini, htttckpintth ffhop Hiid I'Uilding at the himd oi the gntvity car tramway, 4oU fret in lengld.coniuM ting the two gravel biiii*. Four tutitifU crofr* ih*- pay gravel tor athftaiKcof 40 > h-et. or within aNiut '^ feet of the hftt k line through which the aix > Haea convey the gra\e| to the witr«te dump nnd bin at the head of the trHinwiiy. Thew h>ur lunneli* an' cun- nectttl with cnwtt drifts aUmt every -.'» f -'*'t . «> that Ihegrtuind 19 hltHk***! out for Htoping and afionU gmitl ventilation. There are al>out bVO feet in|varately hy nieann of tun net H. The [my i;r.ivi'l of lhe^e twoclaima id wanheil hy water le^l from Little Sk»H»kum. The Kravel ironi the tt rat four in wanhedon lUtnanxa hy water let! from the creek in a tiuuie holding five HluiceheHdH. I'nder the guidHUCt'of Koreinan K. H. Wood the writer waa nhown through the tunneltt and drifta. The tfiuare tlndipr Mtt Indicated in a moment that the hnndhraft of a Com- Ntove, and No. M) Kldorado. Dii No. 4 below the claim hiiH Iteen Wf)rkfd hy Hix laymen. It. H. \Vl. He tlnalty win" nent hy the preaent company lo SVeft K(K)tenay, near Netnon, B. i\, and given charge of the famoiiH Yinir group of hilvi r and gold minett. From there In- wan oerit here in i8ti7, hrnt iMirchmiiii^ No. 4 Va-- low on Bonanza, which he w'prked in 97 and '9h. Hi* returne«l to Kngland in Augutt \Ant year and arrivcl back in lHlwt»fm over the ice last March. Hiii attention wax calle«l to Adania hill on his return by a friend, and he iinniedi- at4'ly U>ught the »ix Im'IicIi clainiit U»t April in MutiiA ranging from tlO.tfOO to $15,00 1 •a.h. STAMPLDL GlLCn. Statni»eile gulch i« a tributary of Adaint« creek at No. Ih, right limit. (.Maim No. ! waa liH'att'ti by Uobert d. Walker in PecemU'r, lHt*7. Mr. Walker anil \nn pitrtm-r, William I*. Vt»*e, ImiIIi Tacoma men, pro«i»'cted the i-lairu the following March, ami the lirHt four pans on lH-dri>ck yieldeil $4. hi in toar^e K^ld. A few of tlu'ir friend* were told of the diwovery, and in a few hourt* the entire gulch wan staketl and re-taked l)y ntam- pedern. Tlie (lulch head" in tlie vicinity of French hilt Rud the Skut one mile in length. Kight »>hafl(i have Imhui HUnk lo he^j»tH'ting the up{H*r cUimo on the guldi. The dirt tttuicetl tiiHt ?er cent of the gold runs in nuggets Iroin $1 toflS each, and the finest of the gold is like buck- shiitwith rough coincn*. The value oi the gold ha» not Int'ii deter in im.^!, but Mr. Walker is taking to Taconui a sack {>f dn)>l and nuggets whuli he will ha\e aaaayeo. Miwl oi the pro«|H'ct shAtt- on the iipjM'r claims have prfMlucoiI coante gold, and on No. 8 50 cents to the pan has iHtui found. The dititance \o bed- roi k rangt^A from 10 to .0 feet. Measrs. Walker \ Voseown inlerestw in eight claimti on the gulch and have rtHHjntly hondetl several of the claims to Kngtiah capitalists. S*ime of the U'nt lieHaml hillhitles have Ihhui 8twke<), hut aa yet no pr(>s|Hi'iing has la'«n dt>ne. With comj>eti*ig water comiiames in operation, i>awaunites should ta' abund- ant:,' supplied with agua, and at a rea- sonable coit. GOLD niLL BENCHES. I <>old Hill ia the richest gem in the I luster of the Klondike's goId-<«eaiue<| hills. The output for the yeiir i- viiri- ously eMtimati-d at Iroiu fl T,{)0.ti*\i) to to |:i,f)(Kl,fX)0. TIm- pjivHtreak in the fttl of '97 and curly wititi-rof *UH was ttioin St by ex|>erienceokuni, I'nder thia false iinpresef a lifetime, as thin ^.on . h^ shaftK sunk ■ •ver BX) feet ill depth, ban r,Iiown the U-d- rec»ors wlio staked from Lancaster's proia-rty to the north and around the brow of the hill lo Big >kookuni, were ttie fortunate locators, .\mong tlie first to sink a Hluifl in this section on the iKunt looking down on No. 4 aliove, Bo- nanza, w*'re Boliert Hanna, McCrim- mon» and .Moran. They each fanK to l>edrrado came iruni the hills, and this hill now Gold Hill) in as good a place a» anywhere to sink holes and pro»i)ect." Joined by F.d n'Brien and William Hall, also fr*uu the same lov\n, they a8c*'nde«l the hill and looked aUtut for a time. I.an**a8ler said : "Here goes, lK)yB," and, throwing up his pick, went to the s[*ot where it struck the ground. The second day he reacheelow in a direct hue from Lancaster's prospect hole. Lancaster tk out th^t fall ♦^^,000, from a small space of ground. Hall and O'Brien, in the next claim W- low . rvK'ked out $4,*K). The rush of the few men in the country was eo great to other creeks ih. hey paid no attention to tiohl Hill at that time. The ground rfuialne*! open lor hvation fully two months after thi?* strike. Later on. Sylvester McMahon ami partner, frtuii Juneau. Alaska, opcne*! a cut and pros- IH*cti*eiletl up and down the Yukon on a false scent. The fabulous wealth which they had treasurevl up in their mind'e eye on Baker, Xinemile, Ainsley, MiH»»t*hide, Sweile, Reindeer and R(^e- l>ud creeks, ha'l prove iiioHt viiluiiMit pru|H^rttoi oiHiolil lull iiifnlloiKMl, wliiil) run U' juilly imiiii'il hh Ihc rii'li(-«t, itrv the fol- IijwIiik: (i. a. l.niKAiiti'r, K. AiiilrmH A IV).. I>r. (i. M. I'HUlkiifr. A. .1. Kriwnprt, Jnhii (iiaHlwiii. .lolin I'lilvi'r, Viildr .ervativi eatiniate huuIiI rink the Liincaaler claim ua lirat in the yeur'a linlil output, ami, ill the iipler naiiieil, the following elaiiiia rank next: John GcKxIwin, Trryarr'.'W Kro*. ami Burton properties. U. A. l-anianter o«n» two liencli claiiua f^n the fourth antt tifllt tiera ti{H r :e No. 2 KMorailo. He huilt the t 'akin on ( .ohl hill in the fall of It Durintf that winter he i'artner'a>, ami waalietl with oneriK-ker aa high aa $.'i,lK)U from Ilia pay ilump in one 'lay. The mine liaa a {K-euti.ir fi>riiialton. It roii* aiata of gravel shaken l>y a ati'le, inter- tiiinKletl with iiuantitieaof fiiielyeruaheay- atrrak. often rea<'hi-leat man. anave Maker, hamlleil the property last winter in a miner-like inanuer. liiatea*lof allowing the tiiea to cave the waate gr.ivel fron. the roof. he eailKht lip the uroulltl by the uae of aipiare aela anil latitlinK the ronf and the aiilea. (\Hiaei|Uenlly, he iliil not remove any uaeleaa gravel, aluwintt what he i-otilil in the workerly Ihia » inter to aiiiierinteiiil the • levelopiiient work aiiM leave for liia home ill California after the eleaiiiip. Aniuiul the hill from l.aiiiaater'a pro|M'rty la the famnua Trevarrow Hma.' rlaim. Tliia uaa pun-liaaiil hy K. K. Aiiilrewa. M.A. Ilouanl ami rompany hir ♦L'^,001). on .luly H, IHWt. The j.rop- ert>' waa (laiil for from the yieM in a montira tune. .Mr. .\iiilrewa haa hail ex|M'rlem-e in oil well iiiininx atiiont( the iiiinea of I'eiinai Ivania, liia exienaive work there anil hia ex|M>rieni-e in hamb linn larjie iNaliei of iiieii aueeeaafiilly waa not lo^t in hia ilevelopment work on tiolil hill. He uatnl a ateain thuwer anil hoiatiiiK maeliine to thaw aiel liaiiille the pay Kravel. He put on a lariie forie of imui to exjM-ilite the ilevel- opment vtiirk. The olibtimera ahiaik their heaila ami prislieleil hia failure. The reaiilla allow that the mine laat month iirialui'eii ilaily |l,fXk>, aiiil that hia net returna iiiaile a lieller ahowini; over the alow metlKala of wooil hurniiitt. The ileptli of payatreak i» aii fe<'t. It ia eaay to waah out ifravel Koin^ lllMi to the pan, .\» |SU niiKiiet ia the larneai foiinil. They lioiati'|»'ralion ilay ami night. A cirrular aaw rut all the wi>oil. the mine abutting ilown on .^'^eii- tenilar t*ili to prepare for tiie winter'a ileveiopmeiit work. I>r. It. M. Kaulkner aiel A, .1. Kroe- iiert own the largeat group of niinea on (lolil hill, Kiral piirthaaing the Tink- iiam pro|ierty with ita output, they lK>gan branehing out, ami a«H'iireael" he will have in liia I'ompany aexeral of hia intimale frienila to enjoy the aight-at-eing in I'aria. ,\rounertiea la the pro|M*rly, lOOx'JCX), owiiel ato|H> the gravel to the lN>at ailvanlage, lUtih la*iiig oil-time minera. they iliret'ti'il the o|M*ratiiiiia of the tavnien. anil aaw that there waa no • lelay brought alKillt by uaeleaa work. The lUpth of till* pa;. nk variea from one to four tei>t. The 'liiat .a roara«*, ronlaining nuggela aa high a* laite .So, 'i. .skiaikum, wliii'h he atakial ami reionleil. Later on. from (he output of hia rii-li lieneb. he piireliaaeil the liem-li elaim adjoining lor a valuable iiinaiileration. Then lol- loweil till* itiirrbaae of the Sinelair pri>p> erly In Mav. WH. The Nana repreaenta- tive fiHind him with liia inlenanee wreatheil in am ilea, ami grunting in eon- tenti*il i-hueklea. ifia force of I'.' men hail the day previoua waaheil out, with •even ria-kera, |l,fHM.Hll. The liielt had won the Uit by 5 o'cha-k that day. aathe oiiipiit waa over $1.1100— Mr. Nixon l>el- liiig that they could not ei|iial that aum. They had a margin of II.HO over the wagered amoiini. .\a a giieat of .Mr. Nixon, at the .lack King reataurant that night, the wriier enjoyiil hia laviali Ima- pitality in aparkling wine and turkey* breaati and winga. and gleaneil aome idea of ihe marveloua wealth aprinkleconil tli*ra, making a group of the nioat valuable ground ailjoining llig Skiaikuni. Two daya previoualy he pur- i-baa^-il the famona Nela IVtera«iii la-nch claim for a large aum. which the writ4-r waa unable tii learn. I'reai*nted to view waa the face alw>iit bVffeet in length and u leet in depth, inlera|N*ra4Ml with coarve and fine gold diiat. There la no liench piO|>erty In the Klondike diatrict that w ill vi|ual thia jioiiit lor the w idth ol the payatreak and ila average gold-bearing pnaliict. The |«y will average |l to the pan and ban a fa4'e of Itiin h et in extent by '.•OH fi-ei in depth, Mr. Nixon will g< out on the laat lanti, Inunil (or Ida linnie in C'olorailo, having in hia |a»aeaainn one of the largeat |>.ikea taken out by the In'nch mine kinga. ••• Gmuci Forks luid Riivirouniciits. hi: Uinn oi tiraiid Forka, reating on the right limit of llo- naiixa juat la-low the nioiith of Klilorado and under the brow (i'dil hill, hua a |Mipiitatiiiii of iiliout 1,000. Ttiere are fully l(XI cahina, frame liouaea and large huildinga in the town. It haa 1h*cii growing rapidly aince the beginning of tpring. .-hrewd huaiiieaa men have liegiin to realir.e that it will eventually '-'cunie an imiairtant center for the tra:ia|ajrtHtion of mining auppliea to the varioiia l^eiichea in the vicinity and further a ..ay t ' the outlying creeka. Among the men w Im ha\e aized up the aitiiation, .Max Kndleman, one of the proprietora of the < told hill hotel and atore, ha^ maile the inofil extenaive in- veaiment.i. IWaidea the two alrcady- nientioneil buitdiiiga, he ouna a atrip along F rat Bveniie of l.OOi feet, and extindllig up the hill the length of the > iUaide claiiua. He luircliaaed ail the mineral righta from the government, ao that he hiiH virtually the control and title to thia ground, and will hloaaiim out in the future aa the largeat landtal proprietor of luwaon'a neighlHiring town. .\mong the prominent hotele the (told Hill and licwi y eaaily take Ural place. The HIanchard and (larvey liotela an* amaller, hut have very comfortable quart4*ra for the accoiuLiialation of gueata, .\uioug the prominent aturea are thoae owiie. HIanchard and that of T. II. Hna.ka V Co.. Thoniaa .1. Kearney, T. M. Fletcher and (*. Smith. Ferguai>ii fi. F.akridge, .\very, A. M. Hrilt, and .Mia. .\. rrinnia. Two black- Miiith aliopa. tour butA'her ahopa, two b.'irla-r alio{ia, aeveral aali»na, the Kldo- rado and Hiitler botiae la-cupy the prin- cipal [aaiitiona in the bualeet |Hirtion of the town, John Itonnitield rondncta the lurgeat aaloon, apart from thi>a«- con- tained in the hoiela Fn'«l Kay haa tlic largeat b.itcher ah.'p in town, ha-aleil in the tiold Hill atore in the rear. He dc- livera bia iiieata in tiie vicinity of Kldi^ rado and l^tnan/.a aiel on iiold, .Vdaiiia and skiMikiiiti hilla. The lirat cabina were built in the apriiig and aiimniernf '1i7. .Snioiigthe largeat huildinga tirat conalrmieil were the HIanchard Hoii»<* and the (iraiid Korka holel, laat owned by Miaa H. A, Miilroney. I'lilil Ihe building of the iiold Hill aii , in fiirniah- illg the oiitai'lc and ba-al pa|iera, periiat- icala and tuagarinea lor the |M*niaal of the general public. The Tent rentaiirant ia a novelty in ita way. but winter haa driven it into mole M-cure .|iiarb*ra. The |Milice atatloli ia under tbecthcient management of Sargeant Marahall In hia detJichmenta an loiiatablea K. Can- 'be. J. Aird. T. Hniwning, F. lewia. s. H. liuialall and II. Khoilea. the eineieiit cook. Mnce II ia prolaaieil by Thi;e- aidea » large room for i-ota. The build- ing ia M>70, with tM adililion lor « ball :« lie built en the aaham end. H. \V. I.i-e»ey Hotel, eoinpletwl anl m- cupieil April I, liWt, ii»t. including the furniture. i:.^.0OO. It la two and ime- half aloriea high. 72\34. built of loga. It haa lately lieen upholaten.-l and di^»- rat*ld ap|a*ar- am-t' la not familiar. ¥.. II. Hill brat oniml the iiold Hill atule building, then a hotel, ami later on tol.l it to William F:nieraon and K.I Hartlett. Iha building 0|H-ratlona wen; inalruinental in giving the town ila aulMietiu nt building lio.)m. Itynm Harlow, the contractor in tiie ion'el cattle to the minera laat winter, owiia with Mr. Harlow Xo, :I2 lwh,w np|ivr and Ila Iwlow lower iKmilnion, No. ? Hig skiaikniii U'licb, right limit, and other claima, pn«lueing at the rlesnn|>a Ihia year, aceonling tart rangi*nieiila (erti.lhi nient of hi machinery. "( men w daiiiia. I III aclne lenie dUi'eniciiM capttahat- I atlM'k I nil. [11 prv>vioti and dining worthy of in It ia tlieCaf whit h la III e<|Uip|Mal eal of Seattle, men lianta i reanrt. and i neaih ita n ing partii'a John I.. Till with the UMi|iU'. Til*- iiiiiiitttci-iiiHiil ii ill rliHrtf*' uf Mr«. Wilwiti, H |M>tltn mil witiNniiif liuly, who ii i-viT roaily to hnik uflcr tht* wftnU of her tcupatN Mr. KUix liArd i« M pioiim^r •>( the Vuknii, rt*fli'liii)f hrrc MJni'i* 1HM7, MRil MtiH fnriiit'rly n>niirrt«*it with thf* iiiitiM Hi Korly-Mili* Rtid lliroh (-r*H'k iH\i>M thf tt\t, t(ivin|{ tht* UMH'tit in rfHwiniihltt I hurxi*« to hia kfiX'Mtn. Mit hmi Ihhmi ill the Kltiii'like (or two ye«rM. fiillowiiiK iiiiiiinkt, '^^'^ foniifrly rp*l of tht< Yukon ttmlrirt, ih hii I'nlfrpriiiini/ nuii<- |(roiiir. Slm-t' hi* arrivitl in |HU*m au'l ht-nt'lie< on Ih*niiiiiuti uti'l llnnkpr. r)Htn hifl vitit to MonlffOMl in thf Rtunnicr of IHtttt Uv ham M»ut(ht for «n. oruHni/** A rUm- nUnk •'or)>< hy the Uyni4-n on hit variont prutHTtira, nu*\ »u'nl an an* nual rcjKtrt of lUv i-tainm' workiiti^it. Mix t-onipany ihmm'hm'i 7S antl 7'.ih t-rink rlaiina Im'Iow lowt-r Unninion, antl h-ft limit hilliii'li** aii lltinkiT tiM-y own No. M al)ov«'. kft limit, hiUsKlt*; No. •% U>low, ri||hl limit, hilUi'le; No. 2i) tfliiw. h ft hiiiit, hill- fi'le, honaiiia. AIiki hilUi'lM :^ and :I7, li>(t limit, ImIow lUinanca; No. 4 iM-nth, < lol'l hill, anil two U^nchra on KMorailo : NiMi. 1 ftml ^. Iriah yuh h . 4-r*i'k i-liiiini> No. Ill on All tiol'l, No. '> l.«lo* >»n \m- rt'ka, ami hyilranlic oonctfiaiona on Mayo an*l IniU'|>rnil»m-(* i'riH5ka. Ttii>ai- |ifo|M'rtitff*, th<' Twl htllaidM. |iartit-iilarl> on |l>*nanui ami nonunion, Kivt' promiM- of Iwcouiinu wry valnahh* nunintt pro|M'rtit*a f<>r rx- Irnaivt* fi|itoitint{ hy larirr tompttnii-it. Thf Mlopmtou >»»trk «m a \t*ry i'it#*n- niYi' »t-ali> ; hfnitf it la morf than proh- ahlc that n«'»l MJar mli wttni*»a stfam thawt'n an«l hoimiiiK cntfUM-if in the 4H-arrh for thit' pr^-cioiia ifoM ry Hc*ttv4< t'**nU*r, Iff »a« of!i're>l hi^t in- • luifinfnta hy ntptmMlhlt* Wiwoai«in I'apitMliaf (•• iranffer Ilia pr<>|MTty to a atiM'k (om|>any, t>ut nini-*' ht* had nian*at aamplf ixxmi in thu Yukon, whiTf ran Iw liad the t hoi(t*al Ntandartt hranda of wint*", liituon and iiaam. I'. Hill puy thi- viaihir, tha inin- int( man or non hunt to niimplH any of thf many ^oinI thint(H to U- fnimd at Ihin Nelm-t fntahliNhmf nt. U'.- wioh hi imprfNN thf fafl n|M>n our rfailfr*. (hut a man of .!. I., TimminM fntfrpricf and hn«infMM ut-nmen ih, ittrirtly RpHukintt. fiititlfd lo thf pulron- a»fr of th« piihlir...piritid i-itizfna, and wfrf It not for Uk tlo t ham-f* tiiNiii thf rf<|ueitt of ihf pHHafn. kp'ra. w ho Wf rf anxioun to land in 1>hw- iMfn on thf furlifnt l«ortl. Thia yfur thf ittfariifni hiivf not U-i-n allft, Holluihl und oiif tir t»*< olhera. Thf Itoata warr »on- Htrui'ti*l tpiantity of ^(mnU handlfily df»t'rilon in ron- juntt:*!) with thf Nuru on Ihf uppfr rivf r And lakf, without a hitrh or iu«-i dent, and had to turn away a ^t*'ni ntini- tter of applo'antit for {maaaKf. Thf wind'Up "f u itii<'rettt<(ul atMiMon wa^ hroii|{hl aU>ut hy thf Ora IfaMiiti I*aw- min «>n thf 3Uth oi f KIoUt. t8*iH, an 1 nndfr thf moMt tryinkE •lillii-ultifa rftu-h- iiitf thf Whitf Mornr aflfr tfu davn' prt»<- ftaiff. thf pHaiK'it|[fni ifui-hiiit; SkuhEuay on tin :t.I oi ^^^^fm^lfr. Tin- yrar the vtfaniftti \ui\v l>*-fn improted and mailf more (oinfortiihlf for llu- iMiivfiiieni-f ol p:i<*»f»)£frK, and nothing rould U- morf ^fiirral than thf ^aliafAi tion fKprf«ne. } rom now on tttiN aeMMon, w hoii thf walfr o* low and naviication dithcult, the puhin- ran )**' a»«uri*«l t>iitt on ar- unt of nmnil drauirht >tfamer«. there ;« a nrf.-»t<'r dtyree of aafety and u savintc of tino' noi to )m' p\- |ws-teil frttiii Ixialii of a hftvifr drauL'ht. Mr. If. C l-'lo.-kton, tieiifral manaicer. wliovi9it(Hl h.kwxon Ihii* fummer, w.ia always rfady to )iivf any information or a-xo*tJm'v to intfndintf Nh)p|M'ri« in hin ouiitomary iotirteou"* m:i:infr. (ifornf rarii«»nN, thf lt>fal at;ent, waa iiiduffirioaa in liiit nttfutiuiifi to the \Ariomi dutiff uf hiaorrue tind madr a very favorahle im- preaaiou with the {tatroin* of hia line. It in thf intiMition of thf rompuny t*» l»nild luryer ateiunfr» (or thf upiHT ^'u- kon next vfrtr, er-jH^ially lonftrut'tcl for r-jHisl and lit(ht drauhtht, co thiit thf time will U« fihortfiu'd fully one-third Jietwn'n I'rtwmtn and tlif Whitf IIorHf. I hiring th*' pnut n\x niontliH liuwrMin hat grown from ti tente<) mining fvimj> to a nty of Bo«»tlly projutrtiun!*. The nmny larKe and Huhftlantial huildiiitfi) recentiv ertHtftl have nddt^l greatly to the Bp|H-iiraiU'f of the metropi>li8 of the Khmdikf. ivvvyyyyvyvvvyvvvyvvwv^^ GOLD HILL HOTEL I ^ t X X IMMSON, SMLI.IR A CMDri MAN. Prnprj, "^ > X X ^ " T l'|i-iM.iliiii.«.rvl •imrnrmrili' nnil rnjv nxunw N" I'linij-.' .i.,ii. .1 ^ '" "i»K>'»ii>-.|iii|>PMTii."r » nr>i-iiii.. imii.'| 111.- viTv iif.i ^ 'i ^ 'i .n'^::X^u:!::uMX::r •■""••■■■•"""■"•-""■'n. w. lbo«ahd, l..,riii- liull i'li.'u.iiia i„r iMhllt' iritibrrlwii and rntrrliiliiini-iit*. IMIPSON .SHU m t, IM)II M\>. ORAM) FORkS 5- i I He ' '"^^ ' HOOMY KLmOANT COM^OmTABLM ^ Dewey Hotel ^ I HILL dk LEVENS, Proprietors J^ Ntwly tenovited and fumithed wiih the costliest Kurniturt and Carpets obtainahlc in the Yukon. American and Kutopean plans V ,-.. ^...... . n Our obiect is to please and accomodate, no matter what the coat. K ^ The service >a up-to-date and modern in all it equipments 7^ a BYRON BARLOW. MANAamm GRAND FORKS Y^ G^rvie's Hotel THE FORKS H lylumu - - . . . si,(x> W .VI.*/i/-« --*... I /yi tl 1 , i;V'I"'„' I'l"*;"" ("""'•••■'•'"iM"'''"""'' '" «: "">..l.l Mrvtl.rvi.|>i^l,l.-«„v,-rll..- J{ •'■"'-■ A 1, \u\ IK l>r..|.ri. ■.,, AwrsoN psicca ^ WITH PSICC OF rnciGHT Aooco BROOKS & CO , PnorniCTOii* \ Modern Grocery Store r GRAND FORKS T. H. BRO M »lt>.ill Hi .r.>M- anil .jiilrk ».i]r« u th-- »uv w«- .1.' Iii,v ti.'v^, SrOWe BTOCKMO WITH FHKSH AND FIHST OHMOe QROCERIES AND PROVISIONS 3 N.' »liflf-«.irii fc-i.irU limiiUf.l ii- ili.riiiiitr M III'.- 111.' t>.-t v*,. tutx. n ( ,ui iirM ■.... u- « \ (iroceries Second JenueJroccTy | ^ *"" Flekhcr. Kearney & Smith. Props. «!j N Prnvicinnc .■.««i-,i.-i,...r,-.i..,..ii ■„.,...,,• v, •• !: Provisions «l-.l.-li.iTi-.lt.. ,ill |«i.-i.„tii,H,.r.-,.k, It II.., .„u.ll.-,l «it|, S i.r.l..r II cnii l«T..liirni- «>■ Hff h.n- 1«. plfuM'.tL'r iKftrtiUN. iju.- is u call % I rt«h snit (luarsnlr««l .•>..... ^ S >).i r.N/. >t l:\( , <.K.\.\;) /-OK/CS ^ iGold Mill Butcher Shop Onlfr n jiiU-v sit-ak i|» miililoii I no hiiiUTv ^* rot' xiTUftluiiir k'lioti ifi __^ ' ; 2 LOCATID IN TMC GOLD HILL GROCERY STORE JJ S fresh Pork, Beef, Mutton and Poultry In Season. I • IhlntrrttI !•> UuriM- («• uii iwrU \A )l«iit*iiiM ainl F.ltl»rudi> crvf ks Ut the vUtnilv of ihe ¥ Jf Fork* m * aceFai«uaHTi.icTo>ll liffliti*«nri Mri'nmitrM for St^nti u< "^Alaska Meat Conipany i!L»L_llealthiest Meats in Dawson Nip ilrivMi;/ KVt'i- triiilf. Killi'il vvliilf ill lM'rAW«ON DAILY news niNIKG «DITini«. ai Th IC Knig of the Klouihkc. M'lNlNAl.l) I) ilii' Ittriffil rtdiii* owui*r iji rill. Klnmllkc nn.l In- •tiitn Itivpr iiiinliitr -tiH- trii li. Kcki'liiiiK l>»»- ••III III till' lull of W*\ from lilt rlMiiii 111 lli<> Kurlyiiillit •li«trii'l, In* iiniiii-itiNtrU •Iriiik ii|> IkinaiKH iiikI KMnrHiln In liiuk iivi*r tlif VHrifiiiN primjHS'ti*, l4>iirnin|{ IriMii HivfrAl o( liiM f'if*i)'rly Kiniii Ihr rvliiriii mi Sua, 'J7 dikI it Klilnrmln hr piirrhMrit |ir<>|HTtv i-iirly tii tin* hiii- li'r i'iiiiniliiir, Al llmt tiini' |>ri>|>-rlir' "II thiiiiininn hii'I Hiil|ihiir I'i'iilil U' ImmikIiI (iir aniall ruiiim, Hf [iiiri'haaail i|i*airiililf' t-Uiina (or friim »I.OUOti>n>..^UO i'«rh. rill- iiniiinal lu- i-alura lia'l hxl faith in tlnir omd |iiii|>- rrliva, ami, .i«airinii uriili, »i'rillri-ii tlii-ir iiiininif inti'it-Rla, After inaliiiiK ii luiir i>f lioiiiiniun in th** Intti-r lolil iiioiitlia"! |ii-ri*iiitit'r Hii't till- flirt* |>nrl ol Jaiiiiarv, hi' i-rofai**! nvi-r in Siiljihiir •nil I- III pii'kinn ii|irlaiiiia at ii inai Hgtir' MI thai nt thi* iiri'miil tiiiia hr o<>ii~ t\\ Hul|iliiir ami liaa iiili'mtt in ihr I'lllimiiiK i-laiitia ; Alaim l>ian>v»iv — Noa. 17, 'M\ I"), :.;ti 3V', 11. »'. i'l. W l«, III, II, lU, H, 7 anil ilia -iiverv. li.iii«-»B, .^A, "A, in :'H, ;ie. 4a, k; anil ^<^. of ihrav riainia, l.i, II, 10, M almw, an'l TA, IX, :'H, :». MS, \; iin.l 4N l«*l,,» ttrtM* la*rll only alltflllly wurkfil. Till* iitiMit il«*vi'li)|iiii<>nt work Ima )h'*-ii il"ni* on :tM, Ml anil 11* alxivi'. Tin- layiiirn nn *iU aUivi' airiiik thf iMiyatri-ak on thv Iffi limit in Jannaiy. Thi' |Miyatri'ak Ha» Iniinil III In* hiiI«. "f it«Hi*l 'li'plh an*l tliv ifitlil unifuriiiiy ili»lritiiit*>«l thtotitth th<' iiravvi, Tt-r • l<*anii|i uf lhi» i laiiii laat a|iriiiK waa (i,i«'li|t*'l l,:i:irt oiiiKi'M. Th** it**pth oi tliin pay- •lr**ak la fh>ni tmir lotti. '-•••t, iwn ami oiifliatl lt*vt lietnii iii gravt-i, th** hal- aiici* conaiaiinK ol day aii.l )(roi)n iM-ilria'!!. Th** »iiltii 111 111** (layrtrrak haa iiol fa***!! il*>t**riiiiiii**l. (.In No. .'Ul ilrif*iii)C waa rxl*'iHl**il lor ovi*r ItXi ff**t (ii-rii»M the *-*****k UnI, tin' cihI* of tin' irvaa ilriit U-iiitf in |>ay Kravirl. Th*- norkinita *«i*r** t-vlcn'liil 1:^1 I***! up anil ituHiittia t-rr**k. Thii work Mav iloii** thia atliiini**r. with tin* aiil nf ■il«*ani> thawrra. S. .1. Mili'a, an ohl i'ii Alt*i. MiTkinalit'ii miniiix rlaitn*, Intth on Ihiiiiiiiion an'l Milpliur. liia i*a)MiMi' iiianiM(t*m*>tit of No, :141, KMorailo, in lh«* iiitiinicr hUiuiiik of 'W, Uiriy ilc- iiionitratnl that tic was a tl.oroiiKh pliM**-r miiM*r. aii'l i« coiivrrnant with lalior-aaMnii iii**lho*la hy iihirli niiiiinit haa IxsoiiH* a ai*ii*nir. It **aa it* nrrall\ (* thriUitii ow luTa uf Klilo- railo tlial iita ilrain ilili-li anil ino'li* of ■ iiiiniitf m'r*' fiiip**riiir to any otli**r work iloiir that \t'Hr I'll till* I'rcvk. Hi* xhIiic aa a partner an'l i-xt-cutiM* ahillty in hanilliiiK iiiin**a anil iii*«n U'canii' a fai-t in thhi**l iiiUiiiiK tiiiit'iiiitvnih III* in the riiipluy of Alrx. Mi'lKinaM. Ilia •uiiiniir work on Jft alnivi', sulphur, haa aililiil to Ilia reputation an a lapahlc lonn. III' )'iiiployihalt waa mink I" U'llimk, ,1 'linlam*' i.f no h. I, It wan tiinU'rul iiiii linril with vuiilpa lor th*- ruiii' lli*- auiiii' aa ohtuini 111 '|iiiirt> miniiiK. Wiihiiii improviai'il hoiiitinKKi'iiriiii'l rliiiir Irani*' work for III! ri'iliiiK of thi< mg*', Kra\**l wraa hanilh'il in wl Iharrowa th*- aano' aa lara lllliil with orv on thi* I om>|.i,hift fully 1,21111 whi'«ll'arrona wi'r*' ruiinl ami ilumi'-il iiitii a iiravity tramwiy, loniifi'tilin with th*' •luii*'-l'iill**> mt uloUK tli*< rri'i'k la-il. Th*' ii*«r w«« lapaliln of ImialinK l,f»IO whcriliarrowi* in ID houra, hut thia amount la miiii< than tin- aliiii * hoirtinu ii**ar. Tin* nhalla »i'r*>iii l<*<*t two inrhi'a hy I'lk-lit fi^t two mrhi-a III ihi' rlrar. Th<* rara on Ihr tramway hamllii thn vravi*! ' om th<* plalloriii, whh'h ri*i'i*iv** thv •' :«ntaof III*' wlii'i'lliarrowii. mi that llirr« a no • Irliiy or •'lira i'«;'«*iii'*< iiilailril in lli«* lonM-yam** ol llii' pay uravil from tlii* • halt 111 th*' nliiiM'-laiira. It la thi'intrn- tiouol Mr. Mil**a to iniro'lmi* an inno- vulion 111 till* liiii' of winti'r aluK ing on No :nial«iv**. Toiiv*'ri-iiiii*' till' rolil ami frovt III' will liuii'l H long lou litiililing lo i-OM-r till* aliiii't*-l'ini|>**tl from th« iiiinca anil h*«l iiiio a h'lil tank. A mil of >li'anipi|M* will ri-iliii*' thr lrni|M*ra- till*-* III ihi' WHter and ki'«-p it from frefi- itig. Til** gravt'l will U' IrMiii till- gritxiy. A part of tlii* water will U* •luiii|i**il from th*' a)iii(-<*lMix into liirg*' r(*****iving laiika for tin* rvli'iition of • luinng wal«-r. C'oila oi »t4*Hnipiin* will In* pla(-*'*l 111 thi-ac laiikn almi. Hy ni«*ana ol ttivM* trtiika th** ahiir*' water will b*' iiMi'il oi'T aii'l over again, tli*> F*-'limi'nl •4-tlling in I'Xtra latika. A Ian rt'VenHnl woiilil 'Iraw th** warm iiir aroiiml tht* Uiilt-r to th*' lurlhi-r**iiil ol th<* i*luii***l«ix nIii*)! im, aa to iiiKiiiIain an fvi'ii tcmprrH- turi' 111 tilt* intt'r.or. Th*- prominent iiiin*-r0 liolil lavoriihli* ainl ailvt*riit> opin- ion* to iht* Iraiil'ihty anil atirieffa of uiiiicr Kliiiriiig, hilt Mr. Stil**a in willing to luk** a iliHIni- that lit* will ovt*r> romi' till' kfrcat oliptHtli-, Jai-k Knait, who haa prt'M'iitr'l othiirii fioin tht* mett* thoiighl ol trying iiith an umh'rtaking. It will U' a gi<*at ailvami* in tin* protlta of Klouitik** iiiiniMg if w iiitor uliiii-ing laii U- iniriMliii-i'il with niu*t-pvi* iiiul at a low i-oat ; IwH am**' it will plai** tht* placvr iiiini'B on a paying lianiN iht* yt*ar r'liinil, lining away with tin* wailuig upon apring rli*aiiuptt tor till' paynifiit "I tht* iii*-ii anil li')iiiilation of I'Kpi'iia*')*. I'liiii i-om- iitg wiiitt*r H iiumlt'r of tht* ilaimi* on **ulpliiir. iiirlniliiig ;i*l, will l-t* worktil hy till' iU\ '!i-{i«y aviiU'iii. Tilt' lidlam-t* "i gri'Hti*r niiiiilii'i will h** givt'ii out on dO (itr ii'iil layi*. All Ihn pro|a>rlii ■ of .Mr. Ml iKinalil on Milphur will Ih' workl^l with itfiini thuwi'r*. It ia tin* ^ntt'iilioii of Ih anaginii'iit to piiali tin* work ami I'lult'Hvoi to wuik nut tlii' i lainia aa i|Uli'kh an |>cwailili>, Mr. MclKnahl he- lit'vt'" !ti rt'siilta. ami takt'ii h ililTt*reiil |«ilii*y from other tlaii i nw nt'in who an* 'loing not iiiiu-h niort* than rt'iirrsenta- tinti work, pinning tlu-ir ftiith iiixiii the goMiriiiiii'iit rnvlaing th** mining lawn anil n 'luring Ih** lU |>f r rnni royalty tn>. Thtioiilpul 111 .Noa. Ifll anil IWlalKivi' haa i*nt'oiiiiigi- a *r ii aativ iiiMi-r »i i» u M \m\ luai-r ail l«H mx , IjJD • Bi ;t)liHXtverv., itiiipliur II '311 lieliit MIA .^A ^ i.-ii'w lirar '-JB HA iN-iuw :« :< 4l>iii' III :« 1 alH.ti' (,, • .■A lirliKi « » ■■ ! ■t aintr ' 1 iK'lllW 1 1* lifiutr » - . - n lirluw Iti j - -.'I tirliiW. ,, . 1 .. .*: U'liiw 11 *- 1 > i-i,i« l< ' : Ih'I.KI Ik niiiica. la '• , •1 llt'liiM 1 j» - ' ■• .t>liatil hotel, ami liiB otllct- liuiMiug. Mr. .McDoniiM preet'iitetl to the I'atholic eiiiigreuntii.iii tlu-ir preavnt i-huri-h. a two-slory luiiM- ing htiill 111 logB ami hamlsomely lini^hell HI the interior at a cnst of |:tl.i,OJ(i. Laal v.iiiter Mr. MelK'naUl B^HUit the greater liart of IiiB time in lireat ''ritaiii, meet- ing the laily ol his ehoiee in the jiersoii of MisB i'liinliolm, whom he iiiarri**tl aflt-r a ^hort ai'<|uaintAn>e>ihi| He 16 enencvtie, haa great fiiith in the future ol the mining interrata ol the Yukon, anil IB hv all inMs the heavieBt iuveHtnr in the placer ilalma in iheiliriri' I. Ilia hiialniiaa keepn him liiiBy fiiuu inorning till nighl, ami Ihoiigh In* in lalii'l King of th*' Kliiiiilike he ia apprimt-lialih* in all affaira But iaiiy an iia the hiinihleat miner in tin' Yukon, Sulphur't rtjrtlreak EsUhiishcJ. sulphur creek ia on*- ol the niii>t ini- liortant gol'l-prmluiing i-ri'i-kii of the In- ilian river mining iliatriit, II tiiki*a Iin Bonn-*' Irnm the lioiiie, iiiiil emptiea into Imliaii lluer, mliatam i of ,'10 mili i. |ii'- velopmeiit work haa aliowii tlmt the la'Bt paying Bei-tion Ih'b latweeii No. ii'"> aliuve ami HO U'low, i-overing a 'lintance ol 14 nilh'B. It waa iliie to the iiiili- fallgahle eflortaol.Mi. Hunter ami F. .\, Moore, olil'tiiiieColorinlo proii]iei'torB, who hail U'ln ai*«o -iat*'il together for ."O yeiirn. that Sulphur ereik eventually ut- traeleil the atteiilion of prominent min- ing men, iimong whom waa .\le\..Mi- Donalil anil W. ii. iiatea, the hitter kiiiiMii to fame M "Swiftwater Hill. " Till* lirnt partiei on the i-reek were liimi* ami partnem, who in tin- fore imrt ol '(i7 Bank Beveriil liolea in the ervek In-il anil later on, meeting with (Kmr aui-i o-b, ile- a*'rtu- iiiinion,they joiiieil the riiali in the lat- ter |iart 111 .lime, IMI, . hut were tiai lau* lo ftaki' on a ileairahle lia-ution. Mmire aiiil Whitti more ini|uirt*eur praetieally little ilevelopnient work waBilone on thia t*reek. I.aat ye:T ami winter the laymen ami owners wasteil Ihe greaier part of the working HeaBon trying to ka-ale the paystreak. it waa in the lore pait of I8W. or in .laiin- «ry. that the layiueii on .No. '.li aliove liH-ateil the iiaymreak next to the left limit. Alex. Meliomilil. on No. 211 ami Moore anil lliinu-r, on No. 12 aliove, eaiighl the paystreak along the left hank aUmt the same lime. This eliangetl the aB|H!«.-t of atTaiis on the ereek and en- (Miiragetl all the mine owners ami lay- men. ^ i The litwaoN Dvii.v Nkhs leads: other pajH-rs try to follow , but fail to do so. 33 DAWSON DAILY NEWS MINING EDITION. Slmang on Hunker Creek. w ■y !►- • IIK tir»t stream upon nliicli (leveUipim'iit work oeiiteri'd at'tiT tliL* locations ina lie low on the right and left limits, aloii^- the left limit of the Government concession near the mouth, for several claims atxive Last Chance, opposite 1^3 and 24 l*elow,left limit, and the lienches op|>o8ite from 5 to II lielow on the hrow uf the hill, righ. limit. The tM>ni'heit op[x)flite 7 and 8 lie- low, right limit, and the hillsides adjoin- infi :U and 3.J lietow, left limit, are the richest on the creek. DIscoTcrer uf the Creek. Andrew Hunker, the diKiiverer of Hunker creek, hx'ateil fliscovery and No. 1 alKive on SepleinU'r tl. 18!W. He worker) in and held the pro(>erty until May, ISW, ami sold it for a large suin t'- Tom Kirkpatrii k. lir. lionner an. Seeing the high l)e>lr(K:k in the lieil of the creek just Im-. low the lar.:e heiid, he liegan panning and tiKik out ♦22.7.) in ahoiit two hours. Next day he staked and ri'tiirned hy way Oi llonan/.a en route tr of his old-time partners owe to him a start in the Klon- dike, He sjiends the greater part of the winter in ('alifornia. visiting his home in the Kastern Stales during the spring. I>ame Kunior has it that Andy is Iwoni- ing tired of single hlesst-ilness, and is going to liecome a lieniKlict in Ih.f near future, A Wcaltb; Enclisb SynJIcale. The Klond'ke Bonanza Com{iaiiy, Ltd,, c:ipitaliz. eratiiig exiensiveir on No. h and '>K lie- low Hunker. The populi.. resident manager, 1.. J. Macfarlane, has U'en sii)«.rinteiidini; o|H'rationH on various properties of the company during the past summer, and de,.arted in Septein- lier for l.undon, Kugland, to make his annual rejsirt to the company ami ar- rii..ge fur thesliipm.-nt of machinery for a luoreextensive working of the Hunker claims next year. I'.illowing is a list of the dirw-tors of Ine company Chairman, l.ieut.-C.il. .Macii.-orge: A. Fell. I.. Zimmermani,, C, Kllingworlh, J. Hughes and J. Josi-phs: secretary, I'. S«iii»ou,, olli. CIS Worcester lions.-, Walhrook, Lon- don, manager, Lewis .1. .Macfarlane ; assisunt manager, H. Temple Fall. The principal pr"iMrtie8 of the com- pany are as follows : Fraction .'lA and .^ Ul.iw on Hunker 24A, 23A, ami Kl alioveon Bonanza, all of nhuh are rated as rich properlii-s on these two cr«*ks. The company has other inleresta on Hunker, .^^ulphnr. Uiwer Bonanza and Frem h Hill, which as yet ha- e not lieen deveio|«.d, althotiiih h>.-at«.l in de«iralile districts. No. .'i lielow on Hunker has U-en de- leloiied more than llie other projierty. work comnieming in tli- month of July, Imw. It paid a dividend of .^ jM-r cent. in 18W. and will yiehl an iiicreasril divi- • lend of 10 |ier .eiit. this year. Five U- I'lw on Hunker during the three weeks of lievelopnient work, paid niyalty on |2:i,970, and on 5A lielow on Hunker lor the short time workinl. paid royalty on ♦af.lllO. Mr. Macfarlane Isiught the«- proiM-rlies on Hunker in I WW, making a very reasonahle haritain. as «i that time the value oi pro|H-rtit.s on Hunker creeL had n.it reach.-d the high ligiire liuring the Biinimers of 18»H and IHIHlou Frai- tion hK lielow on Hunker, a spate ol ground on the ,-riH-k Im-.| 2tX) h^-i m length, with a width of IMI In t at tin- lower eml and 11) feet on the iipjier side. has lieen stripped and «luiii-.l to Iml- ns-k. The output this year i-aa ll.'i.OOO up to cluaing of the seawin. riiis i laim last year in a moiill s run prislucisl iaO,0Oi>, When- the ground w»s«trip|ie.l Ihelieilroik was very favorahle for the hslgmeiit of gold, making it one of the mil spots on Hunker creek. .\o, "i lie- |ow has U-en striptH.l for a distance of 125 feet from the lower end, the width lieing 100 feel down stream side, and .'lO feet at the other end. In running the drain "Ut, high lnHlriH'k or a dyke \ »« encoiintereil along the right limit. Along near its base the gold lodg'vl in large hunches, swelling the clean-up during the time the gravel and gold was cre- viced from the ridges. As high a« $78 to the shovel was found in this |KMket. In the latter piirt of S •p'.einla'r Mr, II. Tiniple Fall, the suiMrintendent, had cIosikI sluicing o|ierations for the year, and had his men engageil in gMund sluicing the lop muck to prepare tin- piece of ground for next season's de- velopiiielit work. He was utili/ing a large head of water which carriiil the lop dirt into a cut and sluice l«ix which handltHl the tailings and carrii-d it off in a large volume of w ater. Mr. Macfarlane arrived here in '98, aihong the lirsl representatives of Kng- lish capital. He very 'luietly visifsl all the different claims along the crn'ksK -I made careful ohservalinns comxrning the i.iilpiit of the several claims, taking notes on all proi>erties that met with his approval. At that time Hunker creek was not hel I to Is- as valuahle as it has proven itKilf to he al present. In the purchase of .'i.V and 5 Im-Iow, Hunker, he wt the price of inining pro|H-rties in that section during the siimiuer of IKiw. At that time the price p.vi«l was a suhject of puhlic iliiM-ii-sion, hut since Ihi-n the vaiues of tliepro|terty have shown i l.-nr- ly that his jiidgiiient was s.iiind, as ppi|e erties are worth thrtH' limes mort- at present than the valuations ohtaintng last year. It is the intention of the company to ojierate very extensively on the various mining inleresls in the Klondike an. I Indian Biver mining dis- tricts, to place the values of tliel steam shovels Hill t.ike the placeof former hand lalsir. Mr. H. Temple Fall, who was the lia-wl agi-nlfor the 11. I,, K. .V N. (,'o., in Iiaw. son, has shown himself to la- a proirtica- hle miner, and is handling the pro(M'rties ov.-r on Hiinki-r in the aame etiicient manner as one s«-es on the Jr of Lxploring l.and and Minerals Oo,, Lt.L. I'. IL lUmillon Carvir. M, I'., St, Krmins .Mansiona, Weatniinster ; Ar. tliur Fell, chairman (iid director uf Atli- nhom-g Gold .Mine, LUL; W. A.Wells, chairman ol Africa Trust Consolidated and General F.xiiloration Co., Ltd, ; Koliert Anderson, Hawson, Y, T. ; Messrs, Morrison and Marshail, of I.,anni-(l out as high as |2U from this hole. This discovery encoiiragu.1 the i^omjiany to hegin development work on an extensive scale. They sliip|n-il in this s'lnimer a hig consignment of Imilers, hoisting iiia- 1 liinery. thaw ing uitaclimenta and piping lor their large hydraulic plant, Mr. .\, F. .Martyn, mining and nie- chanica! enginiM-r, la the resident man- ager who has slartisl development work on the proiH-rtv u|siii a verv extensive scale, A dam was coiistrmled and turnwl the creek into a ditch 450 fwl long, which has ground sliiictMl the muck for a depth of eight iw\ tu the (lay gravel. The excavation ranges from 40 to 80 feet in width. Muring the •uiiim>-r he set up a line of shiici- l»iie« and uncovere-e containing -'i7s<|uart. yards ..f gravel the total yield was lOO "Uiices. sinif then a hoist plant has lieen hiiilt, atwnt 2.VJ feet from the left limit, mntaini.ig a gallows frame 26 feet high. A douhle-i-ompartment shaft li«» l»vn sunk Ui a depth of 20 feet, limsl ami siii.ldi-.l with ti.nliers. The gravel IS a while wash oi crushisl ipiarlz from two to three fwt in depth, which waslie.1 as high at )l to the pan. This gravel has all th<- I hanh'teristics of the wash from the laiiioiis wiiit<. channel extend- ing up and down lower Bonanz-t and KhhiroiUi, up|>er lUinanza an.l l.ast Chance .reeks, and as found on Ihe famous Fn-nch, (.ol.l and Adams hills. The gravel, as shown in the liutloni of the shaft, is a distinct run from the Hunker ci.senel, which conclniively shows that the h, -.i.tykr (lovernment Cre<-k pruia-r. This -.inter the manager an.1 sujierin- te-: lent, Mr. .Martyn, will extend a cro«B ol the stream, continuing the drift courM> the entiee width of the imys'Teak. From this initial cross driit the nndergroiin.l workings (rtim the niimermis shafts will Im' exiendral up airmm for the entire swoonn, uking out all the pav gravel and sUiwIng the waste in the rear This inisle of pna-isture will lewoen the amount of waste gravel to lie lioistp.1 |o the surface. Next year the gravel «le- .~t«r ami sU-a.ii shovel will hoist the |iay gravel i»tn the sluice Isiip* built on a high framework, so that the re.|uire.l fall for sluicing can lie easily regulate-l. TheUHIiigs will I* .Iiimpe Hunker an.l his Well-|«i« no worl year, hii ■ ITorts I suiuiiier "ver an. Iri.-t pare no >>n.iwii I or withi IHMiple \ on the I who ha< lapl.l rii iiiriNl I down I i4A DAWSON DAILY NEWS MINING EDITION. aj exploited (or the width of 15) feet, the fori:« of men employcl will have a liirK<' ar(*H of Kroiiii'l iiuippi'd out for t' em to extriu't during the eontintt neason. At the hoifiting workn tho lliiwthorn ttilm- Ur .'t5|>owfr Ujiler and le- Keured hoiitinx drum, with cable at- tachmrnt, 'ox|HtliteH thi- lowtTinK: and hoi8tin}( of tho biu'kct, whuh U a tfreiit advAiirt' ovor till' old mi'tliod nf liuiid> wimllafiflinK. A Haw-mill iittaohiiK'iit if* »ap»h|c.,f cuttiiiK 1,t iiurjHiscH. Thu company has a niirnlMT of cotnfortahh' loif t-altiiiH ft that th»' m»'n ar** comfortuhyt • [uartfTwI. Tin* fiirn* of int*n nuw oni- plnyeera 20, and will be in- rri'aatMl at* tlit* drvelopmcnt work jiiff- tilien a further outlay, Mr. H, .Ander- son ia now in London amtntiiuK (or tho shipment of mort* machinery snitahle for the extensive workings ttt his vast pro|M'rly hy mt-ans »if the most imprnvcd methorls of hydraulie minniki. This com- pany will rank lirst in it!« extensive o|>- eralions in all the hydraulic mintntt of the ilistrict, and as the pione4-r in the liydranlic cnm^ssions will continue to lend the other companies. Mr. A. F. Martyn, the resident man- ail hint setfctiH) for the manatfentent at Hunker creek. Mr. Martyn is ipiict and conrtervative in hiM ii-Mn'«s, hut wiihal n well-informcil uilninkf enkfineer, who in |M>nMinally ap- plying all hi»t enerifien u* the rianaiie- menl of the properly and has niap|)eil out well-malurwl plans for its evtcumve tleveh>pn'*tit. Tbc Bunker S;ndlc?^c'. Blr Strlnir< S«»mc tinie i-arly in t e- apriui ot IS1*^» two hitstneiiit men oi Mcnirf.Al, T. .1. [>iin:ui|thue and Tlica. AiUir. l>oUithl the clain) No. 3l alH>ve diitcnvcry on llnnkir (Ti'ek.anil out •»( that *f'*u* had devel- o|>e«1 the novN famous Hui.ker synillcate, whieh hid fair to t^gurv lo prv.n inentlr tn the n)inint( hi«;i>ry of |^tw.*o(i. iVtn- autshuean*! An in the fall of '{m They hail hrxiutfht with them larjt*^ sln atii'lyinkt tin situa- tion in minintf. i(iw*-re«t«i) an all men must In< who remain long in P«w>>n in the faacinatinc piirsu:t« whtre shn>wld man Hunker" Icstkisl glut-i and Maid little and hia claim was ppoken of. by even well-|HJsteloubtingly. Almost no work waa done atvive diacovery thai year, but within ttr*- mile Itelow the U'st efforts of the winter were inade. In (he ■uinmer of '1M, whi!i< the wn»hup waw • tver an U- known as "aiMttted' that iN"|M»t kety," or without a regular |>ayiitreak. Some |MH>ple w^re leaily to "gamhle a liltle" on the creek, houeset. aixl Hick I. owe. wh<( had riwii lU irii-n's eNleem with the rapid rise m valms on SbiKtkum, ven- (ur**il ao mill h an a lone thousNiel u^ay ositeeen made. KveryUxly knows the result, for the fame of the riches of Hunker creek has gone round the world. T. .1. I'unaiighue and Thomas Adair were (tn the ground during thi'ne inter- esting •h-veh*piiientH. and did not fail to take aihantage of their opfHjrtunity. Where the left fork joinf the main creek three men were iit work sinking holes on I laim No. 20 iilK>ve disco\ery. The men « ere not minerM. They were meni)>er t of that throng that had rushtnl into the fro'.en north without reckoning what they were 'o encounter. They were nntitte«i for the work and eager to return to the south. Kxperiencel men v\ereset to watch the progress of their laUir, an well known as the "Hunker "syndicate* was* formeil. "Han" S -Wiirl joine«l hitt name to the other** in t'c enterprij-e. and No. Ii1» was next Het ured. KveryUnly knows that while the prid>- leni of mining — how U-st to meet Ihe cou'lilions ill thif> country— is l^eing ra|>- idly worknl i>ui, it has not yet U^en stilve^l, Hiscovery and s«iiii'' dislanc«' ta-low and a long didtance aiMjve were, after a gofkl deal i.f ex|>erinienting, found to tie what is known as "shallow digging!"* " that i*, that the liedrock lay so near the surface tluit a chcaj>er moile of working might t>e adopte*! than that of drifting. The iitobs and then the hiack muck m taken off and the underly- ing tfravi I IS throw n dinn tly into sluiiv Nixeft and there wMshist and carrie^l away hv the current- the w tutle surfu-e, •Ir&ighidown to U*i|rock, If* treat«* at the same time no part of the gold deis>sit can escafK-. as it is fo Hpt to do m drift- ing. The work in done in sntnmer iii- sl4>ad of winter, and the sun ir* de|H*nded • iIMtn to thaw the ^;rou')d. The long daysol the Arctu nummer- -i-overingthe full 24 hours— a'..oni«plen.lid op|M>rtuni- ties f'lr continuous, siM>edy and ciunpre- heiisixe work, and where the sun has a fair chanct tt Irmwiis the giavel rapidly enough to ki^'p a f*utt)cient force of men at work. Mut alt this, worke( their p^o|N'rties JC and 22, as open diuginiTs, I ut lo'iipromisi^l with 2^, uaing a titcam uiawer in t •■ drill ihiring the entire nummer. All tlii*M» o' the claimti have x letded magnittcetill'. . The Strip in U:t uas eouiplel*dy and eiy sue- cessfully worketl out, and preparations made for working next flumrner. A break in the hedrock in 20 waa lieing followed down with gooii proHpects in- creasing at every foot when a fpring of water was released that overmatidied the pumping facilities, compelling a huh- pension of the work. Mr. Honaughue. who left here early in Sejitcmher, is now making arrangements for bringing in the •iioet approve^! machinery for working the Hiring of clainiH next summer. The Hvndicate will MUpplement the work ot the sun with steam thawers, and Mteam piinipH and hoists will keep the way clear. It is also unilerstof a mcniel ot thoroujfhnej-s and economy, made [lossible only hy a perfect know I- tnlge of the ground, tlie location of the paystreak and the londitions to he met. .Some of the ground listeil on the options is now U-ing workeil and known ti> Ih- verv rich. Discovery of Paystreak Under SUdc Rock. The l»*Miie ( Yukon < iold Mining Con. - pany, I. id., organizee**n oiH>rating on f«everal valuable min- ing pro|)ertie!4 the past season. The inanagimf dire<'tor, Koiiis t'oste, has }>er. sfjiially lr. The claims now iH'ing worked hy the comjiany are as follows: Nos. .*! and 6 alwve and No. 2 l»elow on Hunker, No. 22 l»elow, Wo- nanni, and No. ;tH alHJve. Sulphur. lie- sides these valuable proiierties, the company owns a lO-miles' hydraulic comression on Australia creek, \ large fr*;i-e uf men is eniployeects obtAinetl in the gravel and upon l>edroi-k in the creek IkmI. that he intends to pur- chaw a large hydraulic plant this winter in one of the eaoterr cities to o|a>rate U1MU1 the pro|>ertle!< next spring on the same large scale that outside hydraulic comjmnies are accujitometl to carry on. A seven mile trail was cut through the timU'r leading from the ridge U't ween the water shed of the Klomlike and In- dian Kiver districts for the transjtorta- lion by pr.i'k train via the l>ome, from DawKon to his camp lui Australia creek^ the \ork ct>«ting $7,()00. Mr. Coste re- alised the iiu|N>rtance of having a giiod trail u[Hin which to transport his sup- plies, and could not wait for the iMmin- ion government to come to his rescue and build a road to that rich and exten- sive section. .! if* aUiiit time for the government at Ottawa to realize the crying need for roads upon which to traiiiHirt the supplies to outlying camjts. Ill addition to the claims now in op- eration, this enterprising company owns a nmnU'r of other cre^'k and UmicIi claims which will Im* pn>siH»cieil during the winter and put in full operation early next spring. The company has alt<^ secured a nundM-r of options rties, and intend iloing a largi amount of Mork in proeiMvting and developing the same. Six of the best and iiKWt ex|ierienc4Hl miners in the i-ountry are now m the Held in U*- hiilf ot the eontpany exaudning, proper- ties of all kindh, and there is every evi- dence that early next spring the man- aging director will l)e able to declare a largi- dividend for his compiiny, S. D. SoiMT, the foreman, a former Nevada and Califurnia miner, will superintend the mining oiterutions on Hunker dur- ing the absence of Mr. Coste tbii winter, who will make his beadb»n- treal. f'p to going to jtresH a large working force was employed in sbovej- iiig into sluice l>oxes on No. 2 l>elow Hunker, the drain ditch and Ifedrock being carefully creviced au'l cleaned, so that the earance. The bedrock wae taken up in places no the gold had settled down n the cv .-ices and lodged Ijehind the riffles. Curing the fore part of the sea- son the muck had U'en groiiiid-sluieed from the gravel deposits, so that the men had ample room to shovel the gravel into the string of sluice boxes, the Ijoilers furnishing the steam for tlie plunger pumps which lifted the water from the drain ditches into the aluice lioxes, adding to the volume of water furnished from the dam al>ove. The pitch of the iKjxea had a suflicient grade to carry off a hir^'e (juantity of gravel and the larger pieces of l)edrock, which lacilit.iteelow is rated us beini; one of the richest claims on Hunker, a? it is situated in the very center of the best paystreak. When the writer visited No. .') aUjve. the foreman was mure than satistietl with the results of his former day's sluicing, (hi the left limit of No. 5, where the cre*'k at one time had de- ix)sited the paystreak, a t-lide of bedrock had tilled the creek UnI and turned the stream oi wRter towards the right limit. Foreman So|H'r, in sinking a couple of holes thnuuli thif l>edrock, uncovered a very rich paystreak, taking up *hp slide IfetirtK'k for a depth oi six feet. One boulder was cover*Ml with gold to such an extent that the foreman was curio. is to know how much >lu9t was lodgeii on the Umlder. He scrapeil and washevl the dust from the slide rock, and in weighing it found that he had al>out (5i> in his scales. The operations of the original i vners were contineil to the right limit, as they did not meet with such encouraging re- turns, BO that the late discovery under the [K)int shows that the main coarse gravel pay channel follows the left limit in that section of Hunker. No. C has also thawers in o[>eration, and the pay- streak has also t>een locate^l. It is the intentitui of Foreman Soper to follow out the onlers of Manager I'oste and push the ilevelopment work with the aid of steam thawera, so that next spring at the cleanup this company will base the largest dumps of gravel extracteil on the creek. IamiIs Uo«te Y/as counecte^l with the I'ublic Works IVpartment of the IKuniii- ion of Canada for over 15 years, and re- signe*! bi« jx»sition as chief engineer ot the ruhlic Works Dejuirtnient of the l>oniiuiun of t anaiK to accept hia pres- ent pi^tsition with this enterprising com- jMiny. Hunker -rrek RoaJhouses. In going up Hunker creek, the l.ast Chance roadhmise, ownt^I hy Hick Crane, is one of the first met while en route from Hawson. At the mouth of Gold lU>tU)m there are several roadhouse", the SliatWr liotet having new acci mnu>- . dations and a new addition lately huilt. Four miles frtmi the summit the Hunker roadliouae. ownisl by .1. i'. Morheraon* has ample acomiinodationa for a stop during the night, .\moiig the other roadhoust-s an* the Kartlett Urothtrt. Mrs. Moulton. MclKmald, Herlxirt, Mrs. Hoven, Mrs. Ladue and Jewell. tf the Nk«(«** Si An' you a f«l*t'ril,H'r If not, Vou tliouUl l>p. ■^*— SMHI ?4 DAWSON DAILY NEWS NIHING EDITION. « **««tt'Jli>»ni(ortiiliU'. <• St Dininu iiiiit liMli/liii: MTvIri' 111 fhiri/f nf M>fs. WILBON. 2 § ^ a mmoucBo hatks by thm month f, i A. S. BLANCHARO, PROPRICTOR. ;i LAST CHANCE ROAD HOUSE On Hunker, opp. I.9sl Chamie Creek uldpHi roml hdUM- tm llii' i-refk. I.iir*;*' -tur ■ iti Aiiiicx A rifw hum for hiirM-*, biilll ^xl; fr«st-pnH>t aiiil varnicol tii the Klomlik*'. Ht'Utliiuiirtfr^ for L;i^i ihit. i'»' Miim-i- lilCu Ltf.XSIi. /'i.»prU>f..( Canadiaii Dcyelopmcnt Company .^^ .^^ i^^ Ak nth jMi jXi ^ti iMt iBt i^h J^ ^M JMi iM> N. Mallland Kersey, MANAOINO. OlMtCTOR ■\(iB-' GENERAL OFFICES VICTORIA, B C I CH A PPPD HHTFI On 29 Below, Hunker | Operating Ten Steamers Between SHAFFER HOTEL OP*OftlTC GOLD aOTTOM I ./. C . S;/.U'I'|;R. IVo,,rlcI.ir Newly Refitieil and Remodeled. New addition, 20 x 30. for Bar. Office and Dining Room. Accommodation (cr Korty Persons. ■ iiily liiiin f.ii MiilliT lit H.ir~<« r; « :«' A)«'e'fr«'«'e'<^fre' «■«'»«'»<' «-«-&!} e- 3 THROUGH Bills of <* 1) Lading issued from C i» points. JJ Bennett... J ; ft o o o and 4 H«fii(/'/iinrft'rB ffir Truy'oJors on rriiire for .'^iirrifiur. American Goods iaiSS«0eSS9«0QQ«09Q«lSSQ«SBSa«SSSl«QQQ«eQ« UNKER ROAD HOUSE Fnrmerlv the old J<»el House, No. i Above. Hunker. NIWLV nCI»O0(l.C0 aND riNKHIO THROUOHOUT ParKir, liur iiU'l PiniuK Ittmui Kulark'fl liii-l Triiii>rirnil tn .N'tw yiiartiTs. .oiulili. mjd IIoUM' for ^lielltT of Uiii>.«*^an<) lliiii^ hm'tii Inn. four niit.-« from ituiiimll liud Ih-ikI- iiu:irtfr^ Tor trsvi-I fur All lioltl anil Ton Miicb i.iolit rrvck^. ./ f M, fni'.HfioS. /'r.ip. Vi Transported in Bond A 1li»««*««*»>fl*4«**-S*»9C Dominion Hotel ': Accorv)Mo4ktlonf for 40 Gucstf Lkrjc Office knd Oipinf Hoorv) irit-clftst Bftr Tht P)n«Bl Liquors an4 Ci(»r9 At No. I Above Ipper Discovery* Dominion I'lont't-r i{>u'>«' en Donuutnu Wurtii ain) > I'liiritiUihtf I>1(' m ;ti' stn. SiariU' uiiti Mou-i- rl Kxcfiw-ot Tat>i.- ni.t) M(-»i* hi A i ifmir^ E. S. Brown & Mrs. Sihoeraffe. Proprietors Central Dominion Hotel ^ At .36 BCLOW UPPER DOMtNION Two-*iorv t'Hf hiiDtlliui stor*- iiiimv<'ni(-ol nwiDi^ unM biiuk bitii**- fur MxltrlDtc At-runinKHlutinii'' for »ikT> iriif«tK N six-hor-i- vtiiif.' run- r-rntH'ti tlii-. fjnii) uifl l>it«i"fi iiiuktiiir .l«)U trip- 'hi- »niiff Jl S Cof) C.imli.rnbl».njni.iiir.|lkr H.L. BURTAMRS SCOLANO. PROPS N Dawson Carrying Canadian and United States Mails. Passengers and Express ^ .♦. .♦> .♦» «♦« -♦- ■♦» -♦» ■♦- ^♦fc -^ ■♦» -♦» *^ jT* *T» *T» a*. jXa. a^. jtl*. i^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^^ I Canadian Yukon Lumber Co. Holds Large Timber Limits on Yukon and Stewart Rivers Ranks among the largest Lumber Com panies in the Yukon Territory- l:«lakll««r J fiOLD RUN HOTEL X ^-* DOMINION, opp. tn 5 headquarter* toi Mtitcra cfi ro*ilr tor Oold Hun \ X li.-liilU-ril Mi-i,lmnl All //Miirx V Hli,l,l, niKl Ihtu //riiiai. .trr.ir.f f..,.../ .Ml, ../),., P ■*,.r\ /i-.- l'i\-nlU;l Oioi r,i .lli« I li'lm f T H. (iRAHAM. Prop., formerly owner of (t Below. Hunker f li. opp. tie mouth of Caribuo mmsH 'ts OK .\nin 'I i n."r( mi.:' m Future Operations i r: AN DOLFo ^-i^^^--^- -« t * * ■ Pioneer FRIIT MERCHANT of Dawson ! \ l.nrii**mt nuil nutmt ('ofiifi/(>rt« mttK'k tiT I'lit*' i.'rtTitlU^m. .Hfiiil/jriery. i'rtiit, C7|triri« iiitil Tolmcco MM.f l'niiL>\- ^•■riK'f*i7€.• Kf* ili»riiv4*ry, li' llie lull- I'aiis. Ill II lllC ».'! i. « •rUT , IN).) ttiarih-, \t«r in till' irwk "111 tliia (a xii'l lliaKiii IJii' itninii '"IIIIMK »«' lidiilit- llii ''arl AniU-r 'liiriMK III)' »l I'lirlyniil I'awaiin m • nil rrt-i.rli anil in iln 1 1 •'■,001)1.. a •rnl«v II I I . ^. DAWSON DAILY NEWS niNING EDITION. M Dojiniiion and Its Rick Benches. if o 4 ^ *f if if if i'f if *> O ■ i> if 4t i'f *.f i'f VINti tM'tWl'4*ll Irt alMiVC llpIHT mill 10 l)eli)w lnwt>r irt the iM^Ht-payinK i:ronii' hihI finp- ' tic'M into Sulpliiir crt'i-k, n (listanrt' of '.10 niilt'(>. Si'vcral cluinif* arotiiKl tipl»er discovery, in that part nf tht* creek, fxtentlin^ frfiin M l*U>\v to \'£ tilK'VH In^cr, liati proliii't^l tlie mionI IfoM. Tlierr aru iMiintn on iHiniiniou uniltT whk'li tluMTOok's pHytttrvak Iuik run tindt-raml IfUtliM Ixtiindary line of tin- creek cUinix. Tim riclmefi* of ti nutnl)er uf the ItenrlieH r»n thosi; points' indue to tilt' rret'k'ff payslreak coming Mithtn the liniitH of tlie U'ncli rtainiH. H. S. Heniiey and William Myern, wliu have U*en viorkin^ a lay f«)r the )MiBt yrar on a fraction l^^twet'ii Nom, 2 hnd a alM>ve up|»f r, found the payittreak in the creek l»tsi aU>nt a month Hjrr>. Tht-y UHjk out one pan that viitihed M-'" i» Kv>ld. Hcfore that they hnd Itecn iintucieitsfiil for tlu- pant »«-vt'n iiioiiIIin in inakinK enongh U> hiiy a ttrtili niakr. The pay dirt had lold. for tlie amount of work 'lo <«*. No. 6 Udow up|M'r IK vlie pro|Moniinion ir very wide. The payjttreak liaa a line run of jjold. which uill ntH-nHi\i> srah' of niiniu); to wiAke o|riTations Iherv protitahle . Then* ar«* alioul »teven iniU-n of terrttorv on |kni:ininn which lonUln thr W»t payintt projM.rtic*. The hillnid.'s wcrr disoovprwl in the fall of |«9H. No. 4 aiN.ve, locatiil hy H. J. C'oat4-i* and re- corder! in July, wan the lint hillsxle or distoycry claim from which ;p>ld in i»«y- in){ >|uantiti(ft was found. The iMtit t«4-(ions adjom the left limit opiKifiil*- the mouth of (!arilNiu, frf>ni ;U Udow iip)a*r U> 11 Utow lower, and from 4 Udow upt>er tn IH Ih*1ow up|wr. all in thA left hunt. No. -I hillside aliove lo«ri-r yirldeil (UMI with twti nvker^ in one day. dnnnn th*' month of .n Ito. iiiiniim. Tin* Iffm h 4.f Krank and Ar- thur Howarl and liuc 0|M>n. opposite Cariboo, aImo prodiicfxl well. Rich Seciloo Near Dlwovcry. Anions tht' ppimiBintf protM'nics on iHimtnion. No. 1 l^lnw upiM^r rank* aniong the hrst. Carl tt. Antler»on and Henry U'.Mtderhyde an* the o«ii*>rs. It wan dc\ido)ird lust w tiitrr on the rinht liuiit. a spari^ uf ttroumt «0&IL*U feet Ip4*ing worke^l out. Tlie p.-i>ilr«*ak han Ui'n uncovrre th« line, discovery tlaint yietde^t |40 pans. In the middtt* of the claim, where thf u.'iL. waodoiif*. iVle Itaiiman found Be\i-i > (at) |.!ins. Ihv ttold m Ner> e. \erv litth- line tcold IteiuK f>>un'l tn in>mint( "eAson. A sleain hoist »ill handle thr \ui\ ura\il in the shafts. (*arl AnderatMi has Itevn in theiMHintry dunntf the Ust tive yi'srs. \\v residt*«l at lortyniile and t'irele Tity, reachinK hawson in the spring/ of '117. He Imatrd and r^iifile*! No. 7''> Udow on llonanita, and in the winter of 'VH sold it (or IITi.OOO I" nil I ukIinIi s\nlicate, repre* 8«nt«Hl hy Jatnva hatit{herty, famdiarl) known um Niutfer .lim. Diiriiiif the win- ter of 'yH-9 ii(! sank sevdrul IioIim on Little Blanche creek, lindim; some pay gravel on hi^ chum, N<». H. He aU'i ownt< u heiu'h op|«jHite 15 on Canyon. He hah foltowfd mining for the laul ten years, !:* cnertfe* it' and untirin;.' in hiw mining t'ffortM in the Ht'ckinji of a ^'^^lt stake for life. Thi-i winter he will work out the hed of ihc cret-k, takiiiL' up two feel of the l»e.lroeiichenun Dominion. Tlie lattiT part of .May, '9h, he Mink a pro^peot hole on the hillHide < IhIui adjoining No. 4 aUtve lnwer. Mtrik- iiik' U-ilpH-k at the depth of tivi- fi*et. His panH went .V) renin and |l. Con- Klahle \V. U. NewiiMn wan with him at tlie tiiiH*. Till y loeatmi ih»' upper and lower hrtlf adjoiuintf No 4 alM)ve. I,fW-i»* Uanke. a creek owner, had told them tlirtt he thi'Uiiht the i»oint wan a favor- ahle lu-atioii for linitin;: p»y (gravel. The fad of RS In- jfave a *>0 ptr cent lay to N. K. Kmerwm, A. C. Od.urn, W. (i. Urit-n, known on (he turf an (.'ounsellor Kill, and N. \V. Field. This claim has yi«Jde.| H5,0any with A.C. Cohnrn and T. .1. Donaut!hue, he also ownn the up|M>r half hillnide ad- joining No. 2 above lower discovery. Thii cUtiii has iN(ua)iy an ri> h pay tirnvel. He hai tiivcn a two-yearn' leane to \. K. Ivmerson to work out tlie pay- rtreak, which has lieeo prosf»*'rted for 4U0 ft»t in width. Over $100,009 Cl:anur< No. 5 hetow upiM'r is owni-l ny H, \V. K. .Kthnnon and J. A. MacVlpinc, for- merly a consUltle of the N. \V. M, I'. Ill th«* winter of IKttH-M a piec. '.f ^'ronnd lo>s200 fet't wsH workLNl ity iiii>ans oi 12 shafts. Til*' cU*antip rppresent<''l over IHJO.Ot). The mine vniploye-1 iO nn-n. The {Miystreak hHn l>een uncovered for a width of UtO feet, and Bt> iwn a depth of from three to four feel .n uravrl. In plu«-4*s the gold is fouiitl in ]iayinic 'pian- litieson U^lnvk toailepth of six fwt. This summer .Mr, MacAlpine has had char^'i' of the ipinent woik. He has a steam th;iwer aniiit worktntt from two shafts, hointinti a lar^e hmket. hoMitig three ordinary hu< ki tsof i;ravet, nl the rate of trom TtO t<* S() Ixickets an hour. Thi' iirn\»d and wii*ttf an- hointt'tl hy till* hucket tind dumpcer to haiellf it only unci . WitliAm Heffron. (••rmeily (d Colorado, is tlic f^renuili. Ml. MacAlpine is havinti iiin pru|n*rty handlist at less co»t than hss Urn done on any other chiiin on tlo' crit-k. This ( laim ha4 heen done to justify the helie' ihat it in one of »' nix threat and rich i-'wka S" far proved. On tiold Uun pana lave heen washed from w hich over $*)00 have l>eeu taken. Small areas of >;nHtnti im several chiinis have In-en worked and proUu-ed enou^jh ^{old tii show that lhe):ravel In-dn in places are ap rich an j[<»od average Kldorado gravid. The cret'k may Ik* s|K)tled, the pay- -•rti^k may Ik- narrow or liiuite interehte0 days, and he did— or at least very nearly that amount. up to -VO on this creek. Wills and oihern are puttintc on lar^ (orcen of men to work their projx'r- tieh, and in thin way showint; that they have k'reat fiiith in the future of ihe creek. M't((t "'I the work to lie done during theciimiiitf winter on «_iol"I Itnn will he with the use of nteam thawers. The ^reat dis'tamre itf the creek from Pawson niean^i of course, very heavy expense for material and nupplien ; hut the fain that tartfe <|uai)titieH of freitiht is still troin;[ over there is the l»est indication of the faith that the men, whoare iCoinK to lar>fe ex|a'nsi' to oj»en iipclaims, have in the value vd their pr^ipertie^. Luwer Dominion Benches. Ihinng the pant ttummer there has Ufti ciuiciderahle activity on the left limit t iltside claimn. ^>id heiu)f found in paying' tpiantities as far down as 1^40 tadow Uiwer dincovory. It will re»iuire further development work to determine theexttMitoi the ilejto-tit and value of the hi)£h gravel l>e<>. A lal*' din*H>very on I>r. Simps«)n'B hillside, adjoiniutf the lower I'.atf of No, .*> Udow upper, and work'don layn, priHltu'inl cunsiderahle Ktild ditft. while Frank Berry's hillside claimn, adjidiniitf Non. 10 and 11 htlow up|>er, attract**«l e>pially as much atten- tion in Its output. Quart/ Creek Looklnit Up* .V little haiiil oi "nour-iloii)|Ch iiniierr: iH'gan iiperaliiitt and pronpeitinif on ^iuartir » leek an early as IH'U. Anions the early pioneern were William Keail- ford, who liK-ated discovery elaini, IUd» Uvndersuti, Alhert Aiidersun, Tom IMl- ton, Itarton brothers, and ,1. Murk. They ascemled Indian river from the Yukon in injlin^ boats, making Joe Liidue'f post at Sixtymile their base of supplies. After r(M:king on the In"i'r I' k cropiHNi to the surface. Their tirst pans showed from 10 to 15 cents in the >rravel, where a drain ditch was ^tarted and liinil)er whipnawed for a strinK of sluice lioxec. The summer slnicintf turned out well, yielding them I'rom $10 to $IH per shovel during a ten- hour's shift. During this tiinutieorge Carmack heard of the discovery, and made a trip to the diggings from the mouth of Klondike river. He was accompanied hy his brothers-indaw , SkiHikuni Jim and Indian Charley. Bob Henderson would not allow the Indians to locate claims on Gold Bottom as he , had reserve^i the cretfk for his comrades, tieorge Carmack retu. leii to his camp, now the site of Klondike city, by way of Bonanza. < hi that trip he made the discovery of gold, which baa made him famous as the discoverer of the Klon- dike district. By failing to notify the prospectors on tiold Bottom, they did not learn of the strike until all the claims on Kldorado and Bonanza had l»een locate«l by the stauiptHler:^ from Fortymile. I^sl winter and spring several hill- side and l>ench claims on the right limit were discovered, having a wide pay channel, in some places fully tiOO feet aUne the creek IhhJ. The l>est returns have l^een found on hillsides adjoining Non. H. 1 1^ and 23 Udow Mairk's discov- ery. The crwk claims have not l»een protltable, owing to the slow metliotls used. Mlnintr anil Real Estate broker. Jacob Kul, mining and real estate broker at Grand F'i>rks, is one of the pict- iieers in his line of businesn. He estab* lisheil hiniMdf at tirand Forks m 1897, and by dos** attention to business and straightforward manner in all his deal- iiihis, ban built up an excellent business. He protiaoiy has a larger amount of minim: property listetl for "ale than any other dealer in the district, Wdng lo- caleil. an he is, in the heart <>f the min- ing district. He gives sptn iat attention to the lepreseutalion of property for alwentees, or tbot*e who do not have the time to liHtk after nuch business {>ersoM- iilly. He always has a larL'e list of laya to let, many of them Uing gtxnl bar- gains. He also d«'als in lumlter. coa'. lirewiMwl, logn, and bay: m fact, wii buy you anything you want at the loW' ent market prici'S. heveral companies on the outside have suhunttt*il proiH'i ty to him for report as to valuation, lii'n judgment Iteing considereil as goos1ont'r. K. X. (.1 .Hst'lln. Cn)»n Tlml»er uiut l.antl AtflTt. J. E. (ilriiiiartl. Kfui»>tnir IKmifninn Laniln. \V. H, V. nfiiietil Li'Knl AiUImt. J. X. K. Brown, l*rtv«tt* Set-n'tury of Coinnii"- stoiier un«t I'lerk of Yukon I'ouniMI. .1. D. MisJreuor. Chief InsptH'tor Lin'ii-tcH. ROM, (tr urrii RHN n. w. m. iv. v. t. Miijor ElNworth Howt-n IVrry Sinit'rlni»-nit- cut. conitnunillui^ N*. W. M. *' Yukon 'IVrri- tory. H DIvtHion lV"VMin DKlrlct P. (' H I'rlm- n>Hf. *.'. stitrr,"*, \V H Soitrth. Y I., i'urt- wrldht. Insi> I'ton*: \V, K Thonip-wm. A«isist;int SurKtHUl. H Division. Ta«lsb IH-.irin Minor /.. T Wood. Hupt^rtutontlent itininmnttlutr: K. liuriM-r D. A'e Strirkluml. Insitet*ior». Tiwrlth: A M. J«nMs. luspt-fior. DiiltonTniU I*o>l. VI'KON TGKItlToHl Kl. itTKI. Hon. .luitk't- Uutiiis. W. H. ^nell. 1 ItTk of rourt. K. L". Wiulf, friiwn Pn'scrutor J. A. LiinKpr*-, sIhtiIT. < t-*Ti>MH I'KPAHTMKNT. rollwKir I'on of lUtwMiu. l> W I)»\i-' IIGPAHTMENT OF PI Hl.ir WOHKN AMI i.t i\ EH.\- MKNT lEI.R^.HArH"- J. B. CharleM>n. (>ititM:i. VIKKN riKl.li Ki>lb K. Lleut.-Cot. T l» \\ Kvun^. K- C I> com- mamlimr. E>uw>lfH Luthrop, Smttb. micU. Carev, iN-llu Torre. Dick. Dyer. Wheeler C M. WOOOWORTH, n. A . I.. I.. B. Barrister, Solicitor, advocate. NoUry Public. Btc. Offices: Victoria BulMlnx. DAWS I EROV TOZIKR tlifh-Grade ^ifiinj? Properties <'uriT*'|»*'nilcn*-t' -«•] III SccoihI Street. DAWSON. V. T. YyTNITH AHcCAll.. BAKKISTEKS AND SOLICITOK5 DAW50K '. . T. (■ (' M. (M I, g i w w Miir (i < DHLCOIRT A MclHUItM. HarrUtcr^. Solklturi and >iotartrs l.kcnMd Parllamentar) Afetitt ,.« vihi-holm niiK'k. I'ii*soii nmn-. , ontrul ChamiH-rs ou„»rt SiM-i-ial Atlentioii *ri\pn to l>fpnrtiiieiiiitl wmk utOltuwu. SoIU-tlor^ for ThflHunf Yukoudolil MliiiiiK roiniKinv I.lmueil. Kloiike <.i>\eriiin«-hi Contf!.!>fou. ■■'uuadliin iH-wlopiiieni Cn, N. A. Bclcuurt. M.IVQ.f.'. Krunk J. MfDoiu(«! MINES BOUGHT AND SOLO Exi £RT Reports made ON PROPERTIES MONEY TO LOAN WE DEVOTE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE CARE OF Mining Interests Left in Our hands STEVENS & CO. • . Mining Engineers A C CO OFFICE BUILDINC ROOM 6 DAWSON Y T tP <'ijrrvHpoDtlrn.-»r Miiititetl j^ Mlu*'^ iHiuvht and •wiiil "SF BuMiif*" hitinlle«t for utii-'ltlt jmrti*'- SlanGy to I^oiiii M Inf* li.-Ki^'rtfit. Itt\'itrnntttini (tHttuTi^. I itml l-taiHtrtm M nile 1 Hit if ri All Sfinltifr l*rftrnTtt»m o^^icm amcoNo »vm .HfrntmomT. ^' ciwsow, r. r. > • • » • » ♦ » THE NORTHERN TRADING CO. | GROCERIES PRBSHBftT OP THB Pr l£SHI 7*/.nf »; /«m f. m// .i.ir prot-iM/oriM. ■./j//7»<»'(''yMn f »ri in •■Mxr orri $tinrl*i'1m, \in Mifriftr\l «*«'• U'ff corrv GENERAL OlTriTlfRS front Avenue. OrPOSITI VUHON DOCK t^ Elster & Rosenthal. Props. /f vyyyywyywvyvwwwwy\ yvvyvvyvvyvvyvvvvyvvvv*^vvy> ESTABLISHED 1888 H OTEL ^ ■V) ',P AK FAIRVIEW Built by MI55 B. A. nULRONEY Cor. First Ave. and Ist St. American and European Plans Electric Lijrhts and Bells. Accommodations and Cuisine par Excellence The First Large and Modern "otel Built in Dawson 1 III- t- airv ii « (-*-ntrallv |im iit*>«o«4 all thr eoniforu of m<-lrni Ih»««- t.-lrl-r* of lb*- rfrftit <-i>tnBl»T.-liil r^-ntrr^. '■iiiS^fiiS'^^J^^ cox & QAT BS. Proprietors ^MMAAAAAAAAM/^AAAMA^^WAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAAAMAy # *r \ ^ GEO E WILCOX LEW CRAUEN ^. \ # Craden & M^ilcox ^ ' ^. - <^i ^ Mining Brokers and Real Estate Agents %. \ '' """ ~- ' 1*^- ; * i H OTEL m. m. SELKIRK Largest Hotel between Bennett and Dawson i, »...'.,.. ..,,„ rloomy, comforUJbl« •nd eieganl in appoint mentfi Well »a«pr«J in sccommodsUonH f'ir»ummerani wint«r t«v«l. 1 I. ir.« u*-i ir, ,; out Dt.; wiy •ution 'or tr.»i; »:A iiwer-t^r Cfj.O.w S*«t:M \'>t trtrt.* •1.0 w»rn^ hnn»» tot ai<5 i i SWCUI lATIS TO T(H«ISTS i 1 1 i 1 l!i>rr>rMWii> iliMf ,A(rii>i/.-rt(t I'tnn ! ( ! 1 1 WADb BLAkEK, Proprietor. i • <)«r SI:I.KIttK. VIKON TKKKITOKV. ! BraiKii Otikc: l»a«*nn, > . T. :| B il^ ^k ■^ DAWSON DAILY NEWS MINING EI ITION. at A Most Siiccessfttl Lady Miner, ISS n. \, MrMMNKY JM tnii' of tilt- vrry few Hi)4'(Ti>sfiil ladieH who Hrri\vil in l>B»»nn in l8W7,niifl tlirdtigli )ii>r (■lUThcy nnd lniainffH • (ilHllMt-AtiDMM hftN uniASiieil r(iiifti()i*rtitilt> vHlunbte iiiinini; anti rei.l eatHli' prii|»*Tty. Ainoiiy her UrtE« l>otiiK8 nrr tl>4' fulloHii)^: <>nf- lialf rtf No. 40 iilfovf, lUinHiiKti ; a 2.'>0-f(M>t claiiii i>nui:hl from Anlom- StarnliT in 'l*H, i'oniii'ovt4' yi-arN atfo It watt niIhc tin»t' l»rfo*c tlif (Miyttrfak wa^ ItMalt-*! on ttu* left lintit, anoniin- iou. fair prtMiiie^ta havt» ^wn-n foumi on a iiO-ftRtt lay, which waa jriv«*n (or the *U- vrlopint-nt of \\\v claim, Oni' of her iniM*i valualtlt* ))t*ni'h clainiii Mai* loealfl on Ch»rliako hill, iMtunti*^! on one nwU- hy the proj»erty of the ^'ukon (tol. I.ltl., ani at thf other t-n*) h\ that of Senator !-> nth. Miwi Mulroney int4*n<>M to tlrivc t«o f>ar.illel (nnrieU to the rnve lUrnanza rrf4*k. It IB her intention to pump the waU*>k to a heiKhl o. » hnn'ir*"*! fet-t uj-on the hilUt'le. an»nithe tnnnelato the»|iiii-e iM-xe*. lo avoi>l the iiwU>Mi han'lling of the tail- inica. Thin t-laitn i* in the eenler of the rieh imjstretkk nn Cheehako hill, rvif Irally Im'Wtwl U*t»een the l«o richeft tfohl pHMluceri* in Ihdt MTtion. MtM Mulroney ha* ref««il i«e\eral lance ofTern for thir valuable pro|H>rty, htr, knowmir that it haa an rxtenpkNe jMiyatreak. Aw haa rk the extent of iti value U'tore it>n> uhlenng a Hale. On the fouIIi aMle the Yukon tiulii KiehtH, lul,. haa run tunneU ami exten'ti^l rromi tlnftn u^mmi their valuable group of imnej*, enroiin- tvrlng a very rieh run of gra\el. Thia » Mulrone> 'a rlaint, »•• that iihe I* aafe in ktuitig to (iinanlernhle ui nn outlay of vaptlal for the punhai'e of tlt*weraan hinery for the i-arrymk' <>n ot an exten»i\e»i-ale o) oiterationfi. \|iftH Mulroney arrive*! in Pawaon tn the aiihinter of IttVT. at a tinu «hen the niinra hail noiliuter (or ♦IM.W.K). The town t.M.k ita name from the hotel and wan lalled (irand loikt*. In hawfon Md-h Mul- roney ir< inlereMed in the Telephone t-ompuny and in the II\giea Water work*, U'th enterpriwH i ontribuiing toward the citnvenu'Mce and the comfort of the conuiiunity. The Fairview hiHel was erected in the fummer I'l VH, having the dititinction of lieing the larve«t huildiiiif in l^awtton at that tune. It conlainH %^ rtM^mx, dining roftri.. ollice and bar, hghted b\ elei'tric lightHand wired wiih electric Udla. It is a thre«'-»lory building, situated on the corner of First a\enue and Kirfl i^treet, in the center of |iaw»on, etween the govern- ment buildings and the .\lar>ka Omi- niercial and North Anierxan Transpor- tation and Tradintf company storea. It IS only a half block from the jMrntotlice, and l(M-ate'l midway )M-tween the lUnk of Hritish North Antenca and ( anadian Hank of t'ommerce, in liand^ruiiely fur- nished throughout. iti» exftenne having \nH^x\ H|iHre*l |o ^\\v an extellent wrvice and earn the pattona^e and popularity w Inch the hcttel ban had since its o|H.'r- ing. Ii IS a lirst-dass hotel in every s«'fise of the word. It is her intention to enlarge the building with an aditition covering the remainder of the lot extend- ing to >e<'«tnd avenut — is hich is deatined to berou>e one of the nioj-r im|Hirtant cttrneri in iHiwion— the dimensions l»e- ing ;{ttxlti*> fwt. .\t the prer-erit writing the Knirview hotel ia under leaae to Oales and Cox, well-known and jHtpular reaidents of lhiwrH*n, and under their able management it ■» in a very flourish- ing mndition. In the latter |wn of the nuniiner ) drinking water. S«>eing the need ol iit\ water wtirk". Mifcs Mulioney was inflrumental in pnunot- ing A coiii|*any known Ay the Hygiea Water 'ompany. wln^e capHcity in »up- plying the neetlsof Ihiwson residents has U*4>n greatly enlarged thix sea^on. As the main ptonioler of the telephone line, she has Iteen enabltvt to coneentrate the telephv>ne business tnio one coni|tAny. pnrchaHing lie op|N)atiion line frtun Thomas O'ltiien tlufiug the |uisl •iim- mer. This telephone line not oidy c\ui- nfets hawfon with Orund t-orka, but has 1>een extended to I^uiiinion, as tar down as the mouth of CanlMMi crt^k. lU'fore another year rolls ar>uind, Sul- phur an«i Hunker t rt-^kn wilt t»e con- neftid with the Central nttue at Ihiw- son. Miss Mulroney intends (o lea\e on an exlended trip this %tinter, visiting her parents in Pennsylvania, and will con- tinue her journey in a visit lo her grand- l»arents in lireat Itritsiii, later on taking in the l*Bris Fx|w»Fit)on, Ue^i'len the already mentionitl claims, she als«) ow ns No. IflO ta'low lower, munintiui ; one- Ihinl of No. llMt Gold Ititn, lately pur- chased; hillside utijoiuing, Oold Hun; one-half of the Vi? the Lan- caster claim; one-half ir a 'ioid hill bench op|HiHite No..'* Kldorado, Iwunded up stream by Itanchert'a claim and f)site No, *Jfl, right limit, of the hydraulic reserve, Hunker creek : one-fourtli intereet in ImmicIi No. ;il, right limit. KIdora'lo. K num- ber of these hilNidcH and la-nch cliiinifl have Wen partially worked, showing favorable prospertu lor future working. She will irive lay« on mof^t *tf her undc- velo|n'd pro|>erliej*. Misc Mulroney is a woinan of remark- able eiuTgy. She (Kisse»8en a business foresight that wou!*l do credit to any bubinesH man. Coruini: to the Kloneen that she has outstripped thosi- ol the sterner M'X who have l>een connect- ed with large liuj-ine^rs enterprises on the outside. Faith and daring are not wantingin her plaiir. for all futureopera- tions. It IS ilue to (hese 'jualities, and a rapid execution of all plana mapped out, that toilay she stands without a rival us the most suciessful wuman of the Klon- dike in mining, hotel .nanagi inent and other large enterpr-.'s. People passing up and down upi r I'mnan/.a this sum- mer were surprised to lind a woman, in the |MTHon of Mis^ Mulroney, actually engaged in !erintending the uorkingi} of her placir mine. Securing a la.- on \ rich traction Utween *J-i aud 26 aUive, IWinanxa, she had in her employ I:,* men, and was taking out fully f 1,000 a day. As she exi»ressed it, when ^een by a npreaeiilative of the Nkws: '*I like mining, and have only hired a foreman tiecause it l«">k» l«etler to have it said that a uian is running the mine: but the truth IS that I l and pri>- fesnious an' 'luick to catch "n to a gooii place to eat. and till!!' is why liie Koyal basso ijuiikly li'conie the favorite re- sort for the hungry public. The genial proprietor, .lad. King, has e\erythiinr arrnngptl lor '.he tonvenienci and com- fort of bi^. guest>. and Mr*. King has |H'rs4uial suiHUMsion of Ihe iOoking, which aaonnts loreverything H|»iH'aring on the tables at the lloyal. having that palatable homelike tactv. No jMins are spared tt* secure the U-st eitlaliles the market affords. )utt the |>alatable style tn winch the same is serveil to the pub- he, hasdone mole to make the Koyal lite |H>pnlar eating r<-sott that it ia than tinylhing tls»'. Aside from what one eats lure, you can alway^ lind on the side table* all llie tate;*! |ia)Mrs. iiLtga- finea and (H-ri*>tlh aU »d all kinds, so lime never wear^ heavily if you hrtp)>eli to call for lunch when the "rush" is on. The choicest brands of cigars and to- ItaivvHt are kept eouftantly *•!» hami at the Ko>al ind il you eat there om* y*»u will eat there twice, and alter you eat twice, "nuf sed," voull eat there ever afterward when altirand Forkh. ValuaMc ."^Inlnc PropcriUs. Ki son are inter(?3trit. Since the winter of lH1tH-7 these properties have l>een exten- sively developeil during the winter nionlhs, and the past Nitmmer .Skiff Mitchell had a large forie of men en- gaged on No. 1 ill ground sluicing and shoveling into a long strinir of sluice Ixixes. On No. 13 al»ove lower, r>o- niinion creek, summer sluicing was car- ried on extensively, an*! large cleanups were realize*!. The spring cleanup for last winter's work yielded an output of ♦oH.OOO. Mr. Mizner has recylveil a large con- signment of mining miudiinery for the developnient of hi^ variois l>eHt prteam ihuwers and hoistB wil' Ik.* sent out to Nos. a alKive and f> *-elo%v. Sul- phur, when sledding is gooought into the Kldora^lo claims that year. He is also interested in several l»ench claims and creeks, not yet determine*! in value. Following is a list of the valuable claims: Nos, 1 and IS, Kldorado; 8A, 111 and 2o l>elow and U) al>ove, Bonanza ; ;;, 8, 2Hand:n Inflow, and l> above, I)o- minion ; 2, W, :6, 58 and 6:i al)ove, and S^ and 28 Indow. Sulphur ; o!», liold Kun; 4, Gay gulch; 2 alfove. I jist Chance; dis- covery, i^uartz creek. An Up*io-Date Prospector. Few men are l»ettei known along the Yukon river from it^ mouth to its source than William H. M^Phee. known to all theidd-timers as plain "Bill" McPhee, For over 11 years he has la-en identified with everything transpiring along the river which wouM tend to the improve- ment and develojunent of the auriferous valley of the Yukon. He has followesely in the wake of new discoveries, Itcckini! his faith in new diggings by buying and o|>ening up claims almost as «sjn as the discovery was made, and in the embryo cities, the inevitable con- comitant of every im{:>ortant stiike, plain "Bill" McPhee was ever among the first to invest his money in build- ings lor business pur{>oses, and his shinirle was one of the foremost to an- nounce to the miners and i)ros])ector8 that he was there and ready to serve them. It was in the spring ol IS88 that Mr. McPhee tirst crosstnl the Chilkoot Pass, outfitting in .luneau, then but a budding nietrojiolis 4>f the far north. In company with his imrtners, the l>oat was built at Lake I.iudemann, which Ih:)^' them to the camp then just start- ing at the mouth of Fortyniile creek. On the bars of this stream luarse gold had l>een found, w hich yielilen spread to Stewart river, the bars of which hat! I>een the center of attraction for several years pjevious, and, true to the nature of the average prositector, who is ever kMiking lor U'ttor grvuiutl, thitse mining at that point stam|ieded to the new diggings, and Fortyniile City came into exl^tence. Mr. McPhee was among the tirst to enter business, and Imilt a tW(>-Blory log structure of onsiderable size, at that time the largest and most palatial along the river. He retnaiii d in Fortyniile until the lUrdi-ereek excitement of *i»4, moving to that iK)int iuinuNliately after- ward, and locame at ittctors in the building of Cinde City, erecting there the largest log buililingiu that, the biggest log-cabin city in the world. He mined succt'SsfuUy on Mas- * • \ h y 31 DAWSON OAIL NEWS niNING F.DITION. •,* \ JT- •!■. V, 4 (.- I todon mid otlier trl, ii^Min wliiv-ii tlie itid PionttT Ht>K>l. Iiaa tH**'n lt>a^el) to oilifr tt'imnt:^. nlio have ituili liaii(l8ouu> hiisineas houBt'9 tlierron. anl, the six fe*t of iiiui'k anil waste gravel topping it hav- ing l*en sluicisl off early in the aeaton. The payetreak ij* two leet in tlepth, a foot being in gravel and the balance lyin;^ in the lietlrock, which ii a tlecom- t>oae<] diorite t^late formation and easy to handle. This claim has averageti |2'i a day to the man shoveling in, and the beginning has ei-arcely lieen made. Four miles of American creek are known to lie wood, the jtaystreak for that distance having been UH'ated, Among others who have workeil their pniperty this season, and whcae claims have turnee nientione*! .lack Devine, who own* a (liO-foot frac- tion l>elow di(M.'overy, the KoW'rtt* claim, and thatownetl by .\Ir. liarryman. The liest pay is found in the neigh tKtrhooil of No. 7 Indow, owne.1 by W. M. Johns. Between 200 and 300 men have U-en eniployecen asked what was the proudest moment of his life in connection with the Yukon coun- tiy, and he invariably repliei that it was in 1WI3, when he hrought the lirst horse ever in I le''' --ilory over the Chil- te is still alive, and kofit Pass. Till ' is now the pr ' though .Mr. .M inti'htiim to pi. matter wlut the c ace car to ■•^outtioT i'ion him for life. if Miss Mnlioney, iiinounct^s it as his the animal, no .tkv him in a pal- t'alifornia and [.en- Flrst to Lrus<> Itic Ska^way IraU. In the ►hori bin lirilliapt liiolt-eclining the honor on the ground that tlu' pro|Hu)ition was im- I raclicable, Mr.Il.iyle pnx'et.l to iHtawa and, as a result of his visit to the Cana- dian capital, he now owns the most valuable tinilier an.l hydrar'ic proiwrties in the Yukon Territory. His tinilwr berths extend up the Klondike river for ten miles, renresenting niiliiops of feet of nierchantable tiiiilier anil thousand* ol conls of tire wismI right in tlie very heart of the caiiif. In coiinecli'in with iiis timlx'r liorth, Mr. ll.iyle operates the .\rclic saw mill and the James Williams mill, and has cut over a million feel of logs inbi nmiiu- factureil lumU'r this year. He has, this summer, ^recteil a 20)-fiK>t wharf on the waterfront, with a warehouse lOt) fe<'l long and a liinilier dock, and owns sev- eral pieces of v.ibiable t (.'aiilder. on ijuart£ cn-ek, near'y thrw miles of gra\rl hillside, thoroughly proi<[pecte*l and proven rich. He and his aSHK-iat4's have now a complete hy- draulic plant King at the mouth ol In- dian river, which will In* trausiHirteil up on the lirst ice, and set in o|s.rati, 6 and 7 U'low on ({uartx creek, and lower hall of 2;i Iwlow Mack's on ^^uartr. creek, .Mlboiigh Iroin the splendid results accomplisheil it is evident that Mr. I*oyle haa workeil hard and inc(«kanlly, bis work has had no ill iflecta. for there is no liner specimen of physical man- hissl in the worlfl l'>lay— hisii.agnillcent physiipie, great strength, and happy, ►yinpatlietic nature. coiiph«l with a total ubetiiieiu'H from the ,ise of liquor or tolwero make him an ideal character (or this rigorous climate. Mr. Itoyle lias always taken a lively interest In public mattera. Poring the fall of '(W the front strwt ol Ilawson hail la'come almost impassable for teams, iteiting the teamsters together, .Mr. Boyle, ill one day, laid a slab roail from tlicA. C.r • ner tothe Fairview. Muring laii winter he gave a beiiellt for the in- digeot imor fund, ami turned in $1, Til, and he is at jiresent, in connw^tioii with .\lAi. .Mel lonald. setting on f.iot a move- ment amongst business men and mine owners to est.ihlisli a hospital tax for the maiiiteiianci* of St. Mary's 'lospital. .\ mciiilH'rol the l!ci and e8te*>m of all who have come in contact with biiii^ Narrow Payslrcak un Victoria. \'ictona gulch, winch empties into IWiriarua iit 42 alsjve. hasast'ction of the creek UtI from Nos. 7 to Itlaliove, which has paid fairly well during the past two yiiars. The paystreak is narrow ami thin, but at favorable plai-es up>n the b«*o far, nothing en- coiiraging has 1n.<'|i fotin.l on the hillaiile claims an.l l>vnclies. The gulch is nar- row and >|uit4> steep, so that much of the g'lld has b-eri washe>l from the IxnlriM'k and dumped on the lUmaiua vreek claim. French anJ British (.apllal. Count C. F. Carlxmeau, the repri- sentativeof the .\nglo-l reiichSyndcat*', has l>eeii aclivelv engageil in the il -vel- opment of .tA Kldoras« the er.tire width of the cre*'k Ix-,! lor a ilistancw* of fully 400 feet. The old river channel or lake .Icfxisit gravel In.,1 has spiili.,! from riold hili, op^xisite the fraction, which accounts lor the two runs of gold found on the claim. Iti'sidea this fraction, lup, company is in'.erest««l in Nos 14 and 16, FIdorado, in company with James Mc- .Namif, Wilhani Srouse and William Yorig. Those claims have Ur the outlay of money ex|M-ride«l in the punhase price and in defraying the run. ning ex|x-iiM's. lie has clowly appliis! Iiims<'lf 111 the management of the i;idi>- rsdo claims wiili a v • » to handling thi' properties to the lieat advontane, and is always open to cotivicliiui when the a|>. p. ation of an innovation for the im- provement ..I thi development work has Ix-eii proven feasible and eitmoinirsl. This winter lo will use steam ihawers, too|M-n up ami ilrlftoii the paystreak, at the aame iim<. leiiriiiine the H 1,1th aii'l lx»t iKirlion of the cri'ek lasl (or next siimmut'saluicing. The count is a<:tive anniMn •lr<'«««„l lo ilrrams riiere • s hliil «»r h,.i>.. half hlitileii I hf.r*. lire tlrfMno. .if fruU* furliliUlea. There « Ibe i»lni«>int' \«Mhuhn>M VVhi'fe Ihc Isrurlcl lr>.^,f.H f«l| .\n»t In iiwfi Ihrre . titithlaif IVter NiUhltur sweeter t Ibe WMlt. I bsil fsnrlfsl In lhl% heart .if nilrte Ail iNewklotl liina 'W>ea<.«.U 1 ic \wfn vtriueus frnni ihe >iiriBHtinM. to Lbs fstl All ihu >ultt) Niiniiv Hummer 1 bsvs llretl |||«I like » t,rle^t llui v|M'rience of settleil vUxun, as many supixiee. lor we, tia,, hate our cakes and ale. Theatri's, o|ierii lii,u»-s, dances, musical™ and congenial < orn|Kinionship at the clubs serve Ui d, vert ami contole the exile, esixvially if he llmls bis stay IS lo lx> longer than be eX|xN;teil. After the care* that iiifi.*t the day h*Te (olde pnimnnaile. There is a H-iw of par)siMi in the direc- tion of Fortune'* many temples, and the voice ol Ihe crap plavef is hi-apl in the land. The primrose |Hiih is pumtiiaiwl liere and there by llashe* ol criniMin- the 'igne* lalui ' 1.1 the wanderer from lh« straight and narrow — the intermittent glitter ol which is e,'li|Meiiipaiiy I wd« wrtil«n for cv W«rm«ti ibf ih(l*'(in htHlri] tb*> (10 r1T<*r l*>avliktf I lit iln'ttni* ititcll biikliii »-«i>ll mliw •priiiiftlmv to tit* nit-r I ltav«* llrf^l lra« tllr w tni' Irll* lut? DAtVSON It tliH rlierrlen* llirr ifnieiT! i>< I l*i'k llip Imiiiii- I ail «>s|M*rien('4' lifxi*. It m not ifliMiiii. ftH iimny vi> our r«ke« unit |||.UM'«, d«uc«», I < (itn|iAiUiiiithi|i rrt ilhl«^-(iiil. After ■ lUy liivr foklxl ir* litrimlly Ailed l«)cidll» of f'tlli- ifHK »yiiipliuni«'». nilvncy to •oullir long th*» •*liiir"' •, ami iliv >tnwt< iig niftMra of till- [111. Tiirr» i« no rrf>nt Bftji townnl r in fionl of till' •roitvly «nit f*on- lo |>r<>uinn>4lr. oM) in ilif ilir»<'- iir t«-in|il»i, tn'l >yvf in lii-arl in pant lnai«i ln'tr of irlninon —tliv inili'mr from tlit -ilifi inl«rmitt«^nt |iMsi only liy tlo' Tlii-rt' !• no rur- nony Rittflim of nre«l hotttra over rlirn Katlivt Time tnoltii" i)a> , n-iii|tiiiiy, uns?'X£xy»5«ii X'ltlU'y . lUiniii/.t-il \\ :*h nil rim./t-rn iinn.'liltu'r\ . mtth inn tin- filntit nil iip-to-Wiire nrj'f iimm/o/ cue. AH 'irtU^r-* l'rntiif,tly rnU'.t wilh wi'II HLwiMonOf/ ittui Hoffcft'tf lninlirri/ii f/rHf-c'Innit io^M. I'rtttittit *l0U\'t*ry ntnl u'rK»(/ witrU I* fh*' lihu iiittn' Ylrni. I BUILDING MATERIAL 3,000,000 Feet of Lumber in Stock "\ ^ TO BDIlPfPSr-AII Kinds of inside finishings Made to Order Sluice, flume and Mining Lumiier •L-.-t7tr'r' -; y r -'.g;?'y; / ^yyy^r^ ~: a Specialty. Nearest and most convenient mill to the mmes.«*«^i^» MILL AND Of^FICE : DAWSON, Y. T. ca a o a ae tj g x q swa^g cpsa! IN 2-LB. SQUARE, KEY-OPEN"NG CANS A8 FAMOUS AS THE QCLD FIELDS OF ALASKA lytlfCffirciri. J- B. AQEN'S that has stood the test I F. Q. NOYES, ^ General Manger c TELEPHONE No. 25 J. B. AGEN'S Best Creamery Butter 4 i % t I f (S* '1^9€MifSt^&&ii> i^^&Je> ( ■^>'f>' HEAD OFFICE COR MARION AND WESTERN AVE., SEATTLE, WASH. iSiS ^ ¥ S ^ri" I ThUbaUdiH r** .ivUrojrwi bjr ar« in . T«»r, rim* "hich Mnie Mr. iiol \>vKn Hcliv.ly fiiiiairjj oilier tliiin mininll. "f" wliuli llm ul'l I'"*' leanMl to KlI'M' haiKlsonit' In yieUis lo it* » 10,000 (M't^t; •I'lioor , "i o fmportant Annotmcemefii to Mine Owners and Builders o foot lyinttv iKkSeU Ob to li»n.afc. »*»«^ that ilistanct liavmjl liw Among otlnTS »li<- hav jiroprrty llii» wawm, »• have turuwl out wt^ Jack IX'vine, w'u iioii lielow iliBcy" ami tliat nwne liest i)ay is f of No. ' I"''' Between 20 employe"! ent »ea»un, ^ output will Anierioan l.e what »« tlie life in i-oniuv trv, ami lie wki>in l»M;i, lior»?everin» \ o ©S Tlie Dnww.ii Hnw Mill rihI BuiMiiig Co., <>• W. Hoblw. priipriftor. has tmrlflk»*ii n lu'w induH^ry to iiiet't thf (l«'nmii(lH for iiiori' pri-U'ntioiiH ami |i»*nna- iitMit liuililing in Dawwiii ami the Yukon DWrirt, in the i-HtahliHuinent of nn ext«'nniv«' anil toinjilcte brii-k jani and lime kiln on the Imnkx of the Yukon river. The pioneers in thin new enterprine. no jioiim or exjmnse have been H|Mirertant centern of ('anaernteH its own saw mill and in coniKH-tion has a iar^e planing mill and woinI working eMtablisliment. and is in a iMwition to furnish ilresstvl liniil)«>r of all kinds, fliMiriiig. ceiling, rustle ntouldingi*. diHtrs. sash, roller top ilesks and furniture of all kinds at the lowest prices. AI.-»<) a full line of builders hardware, tar pafH-r. and wall pa|MT. The rndertaking hJstablishment is the Iwst in the Yukon, having the only line of burial «-lotht^ and casket trimmings north of Juneau. Kodies em- baliiuxl for outj^ide shipment. The whirl of machinery and the s«uind of th« hammer is heard on all sides in this >H-ehive of industry, and the ab«>ve n> w branches introdueeil are but an earnest of the future activity of this firm. J'*^ ^'"S ^""^ 'S»i -^.r The Dawson Saiv Mtll and Butldmg Co\ Office and Plamng Mtll: 473 First Avmue. i >'■: % #K.tl '.^■:^,-\* St * • >^r ,^1^ I H