The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05

TreadweII-IInrd-hips OF the Mail Car,
riers-Two Men Probably Lost.
JuSEAu, Alaska, March B.-Seven men from
the far interior got into Juneau on Monday
on the steamer Rustlcr. They were the only
party that has come out from the Yukon
country this winter. and before they were
fairly on the pier they were besicgcd by crowds
or people anxious for tho latest news from the
Interior. The seven men were Albert Baker.
bookkeepcr for the Alaska Commercial Com
pany ut Forty Mile: Joseph Cooper. a business
man of Forty Mile. who brought out the null
from the interior; Joseph Lnduc, who runs n
trading post and also operates u sawmill ut
sixty Mile; Casper Ellingcn. n business man
or Circle City. and l.. r.. Cooper, II. +. AM
bold, and w. G. Brown, miners.
Ellingen and Joe Cooper came out together
to Dyea from Circle City with Bob wicks, n
Wrangel half-brccd. They brought 1000 let.
tiers. One dollar n letter was the price they
got for landing their mail in the Juneau Post
Onlce. They made the trip from Circle City
TO Dyea In thirty. eight days. twenty. nine days
from Forty Mile, beating all previous records.
Last year when Cooper came out he started
a month later and It took him three days
longer. All things considered, this is n re.
markably quick trip. The river was full Of ice
gorGes and many deep crevasses were en-
countered; but in spite of all these difficulties
the party averaged o91l miles IA day from
Forty Mile.
Mr.. Ladue left Sixty Mile on Jan. 2j. The
Thermometer that day registered 63' below
zero, and all the way up the Yukon the
weather was extremely cold. The travelling
was desperately rough, and on several occa.
sions the dogs and sleds went into crcvasses
clear out OF sight, and sometimes the party
had to work an hour or more to get them
started again. The party left Forty Mile
with twenty-four dogs. Three Of tho dogs
gave out on the way, but there were no scri-
Gus accidents. The travelling was done on
snowshoes the whole distance. There is n
greater depth of snow apparently in tho in
terror this year than there has been for many
years. The party was well prepared for bitter
weather. and nobody was frostbitten. although
at one time the thermometer went down to
72e below zero.
At the lower end OF the island, au Lake Le-
barge. the party found the Indian mail carrier,
Jimmie Jackson. and his half. breed assistant.
They had been slightly frozen on the trip from
the Taku Pass. and had gone into camp. They
had killed and eaten all of their sleigh dogs
but one, and had only part of the carcass Of
the last one left. They had only about twenty
pounds of flour and twelve pounds of bacon
and n few beans, but they had all their mail
with them except one sack Of papers, which
they had been compelled to leave or the way.
jackson reporte" that ne had iett Hodge ana
McNelly' TWO miners VINO started Tor the In
terror WIN MINI eNcathpea aI Lake Ah'iih' at
lne iooC VI IAN" russ on me interior sue.
lhey were worn out ana hadly trozen' ana
were utterly uhahio 10 proceed turther. Their
supply OF provisions was Gown 10 half "a sack
OF nour. 'hcksoh tho"sh' that the "hlte men
might poss'oiS IAN III WIN II party OF SUCK
Indians and pull through, but 1t is very doubt
full. The Sticks are always In a starving con-
oit,oh, particularlVa at inns time OF the year;
ana 'hls year 'here nave neen very rev rao'
Jus III incl" t"uh'rS' Mi' i."uue tno"EhC tnaI
'"'hsoh "o"lu get INTO rorty MIG Win MS
" Al Roo" .onu''o"' as aoo"' '"ooaSs
"o"n 'no ii'ef iron "iefe Nv was III c"rhp u
party u miners "cre III winter camp with
plen'S VI pro'is'"hS'
"I' L"t"o orouEnt inflammation that hill
stewart, IL ,a"""iah mai carrier hhd ta'lea
!" he' liz man ""' lroni the interior. Ills
inuiah ocser'e" MN on inc ii'ioe. lie was
nauis iroLe"' "nu hau 20 carhe inc mai near
'.e mn " nv >h'iAoo' russ Oh IN" uhoh
sue 'ome in''ahs went up from l'yca I" Try
unooNer' ""' .hes ro"io no. hho IL ana
came back. A party Will go In about the first
so,a II down tho ri,or n 9 o,r n - nossi,Ia IT,
',"' - w Wv 81. '" !, p"e''''e' III
the canadian mail the Yukon Order of Pho
neers has sixty gold emblem pins. embossed
with an olive branch and a golden rule, the
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emblems of their order.
The party brings great news from the Yukon.
-. - ou,nr, r., a., -
i-aSt year output 'ro" Tie p'acers EFea'LS eN'
cecded all former ones. and much winter work
was done in the shape of drifting and pilinr up
- naoa. Co.. .,,u uashin. D.. "r
graNei rc"'! U spring washing. blrch 'feck
promises to be the banner camp this year; many
claims were opened up last fall, and more d ur.
IT, ,ho ,.i,,o.
ing 'he WINTER
But the greatest discovery of all IL n strike
- ,,,,rty ,roppin,s 7 of, Iost f,u ,o,., $50
y ~ 80 y"
spectors' ciirl"ihg over the mis- paiu some at
entinn to the quartz cropping In the slate for
nation. and several very rich veins carrying
froo cola oro cara discnvorod 70 nil 80 -
Tree soiu orc were "'sc"'ereu' i All inc re-
ports that the Ladue party heard may he re-
lied upon. the Yukon country will dovoIoo
. a., na. np
into n rlcher duart"-"lhihH neld thhh II Is In
placers. The placer gold in the Ratzel Range,
In which hc,d the creeks I'm which Good n,ocor
discoveries nave neeh h'aue so iar' Is now
proven beyond doubt to be the flow from quartz
yeins Tb. gerer,l trcnd or tho Roty.l Rance
GA" 80 H Wv 80 '""e''