The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-22
Just the Thing You Need
Seeds Water Filters and Strainers.
T. {. NILES CO. Tar Wy s..,a na n. Hssn ln''s
CIRCLE CITY LIVELY.
Seattle Man Writes About the
Arctic Eldorado.
BUILDING BOOM IN PROGRESS.
Whtaksy II Fifty Cents . Drfnk-A
Good Place To Be Ii Man Has
. Little Money.


Letters from che Upper Yukon are few
ard far between. bot +. p. Mullen. OF this
city. has Just received one from James
Mitchell. Que OF ths crowd which lef, So
attic in the early spring Cor Circle City.
The letter was dated July L. 1855. Il has
travelled extensively since mailed L was
taken hy steamer down the river some
100 niles 10 81. Mlchaeas. there placed on
another vessel bound for san Francisco.
and from san Francisco came north by
rail- The following extracts from tire .es-
ter. wa.Ae containing little about mining
proper. VII give some tdea OK What pros
poets the country contains for energetic
ana Industrious Enen- who have little
capital:
My partner and I Lar juneau March
-. 1885. and arrived az Circle City June =.
an acreage OF eleven miles day. We had
an outfit OF 25a9 pounds between
Us. nlostlv provisions. and the
only beast OF burden We had was one
dog, but he was q good one. We had 10
doaols the trail all tao way with our slesas
until Ae struck open wafer. when We built
boat Our hard work was then over.
but our danger had just commenced
We whlpsawed our lumber and built
our boat IN five DAYS. The boat was TWEEN
ty-elght feet long. seven feet beam. with
mas ard sail. We ran the Grand Canyon.
White horse Rapids and al other danger
Gus places. a thing very few peop.e do
a. that time Of the year. as they nearly
al portage around The boat was hlled
with water in ons % the bad places, but
no damage was done. The trip 10 the Yu-
kon IS long and hard. but In my judgment
IL Is only a pleasure trip.
when we got to Circle City we found
things pretty lively. All the men VINO
had wintered here had gone out 20 the
mines. and al the newcomers were busy
packing out their outfits 10 the mines.
which are sixty niles away. This "a the
hardest part OF the whole trip. getting out
10 the mines. The flies are so bad that
lots OF the newcomers are going out on
the hrst boat THAI comes in.
There was a scarcity OF grub the first
winter and most OF the people Jared poor
~. The first boat OF the season came In
on the 10Th OF July with half a cargo, and
every man was allowed tust so much. But
there are four boats on the river. and
each ons will make at least three trips.
and there viii be lots of grub the coming
winter.
sI am not going out to the mines uutil
fan. Then Is the best time TO prospect
This IL fine mining camp and has a
bright future They pay for labor IN the
diggings from $40 TO 81 per day, and there
In lots OF work 20 be had. In the town
property Is extremely high. and there are
about thirty new buildings going up at
present. My partner and / are building
house 10x49 in exchange for a lot IN the
business portion OF the town. We are
going 60 build for ourselves a house Zsxio
as soon as we have finished the one We are
working on. which viii be In about eight
days We will have our own house I'm
ished about the first OF Septsmber. Tho
upper story we have rented for $50 per
month. The ground floor IS TO be rented
for a gambling room. You see. In this
way VIII make better stake than going
out 20 the mines.
Lumber is $50 per i.ooo: cordwood. 50
per cord: potatoes, Is cents pound bacon.
a cord; potatoes. IS cents a pound; bacon.
100 pounds: board n the restaurant, 81
per week Gu, In the dlggings things are
much higher. Forty cents a pound for
freight is tho regular charge Whisky is
80 cents a drink a. the bar. beer. = cents.
"I Aave been expecting mail from the
outside. but have not received any yet.
although there il a mail service now SIX
times a year. hear that the NAL Is
stuck on the road some place and VIII not
get here for two months yet ! am long
ing for some news from the outside.
There is little more can tel you about
the country at present Tiers
is one thing I VIII say. You can tell all
the boys That q is the only country I
know for a poor man TO make a raise. AMI
for a man with a little money 20 ecub.s
his pile"