The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-18
stranger than fiction happen here every
day. Y0lrs truly, ARTHUR PERRY"
A TACOMA POOL

A TACOMA POOL
TACOMA, July 1.-THE effect here Of
the wonderful gold fipds in the Klondyke
region has been to set many people al
work preparing to go north. Mem who
have the means to make the trip and
who cannot get away are stalking
| their less fortunate friends. Efforts are
being made to form a Tacoma pool.
About ten prominent residents have
agreed to stake five parties, which
will get into the Klondyke country al
once. Anything found by one party Is
| to become the property of all.
, A TON OF GOLD
| SEATTLE, July ia special CORE
spondent Of the Post Intelligencer, who
was sent out from Port Townsend on a
special tugboat to meet the incoming
steamer Portland from St. Michaers,
sends the following dispatch:
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, July H.
At oclock the steamship from st. Mich
ael'e for Seattle passed. up the sound
with more than a ton of solid gold on
board and 6S passengers. In the cap
tain's ca bin are three chests and large
safe filled with the precious metal. The
metal is worth nearly 100000 and the
most Of it was taken from the ground
| in less than three months of laet WIN
| ter, and the nuggets range from the size
of pea to guinea egg. OF the 6S min
ers aboard hardly man has less than
| $1,000 and one or two have more than
100000 in yellow nuggets.
| One peculiar feature noticed is that
| the big strikes were made by tender
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ers of many years experience are suf-
fering indescribable hardships and pri-
vations in Alaska and the Northwest
Territory, and have only few thou
sand dollars to show for their labor. For
tune seemed to smile on the inexperienc-
| ed men who went into the mining dis
tricts late last year, as nearly all of them
were fortunate. The stories they tell
seem too incredible and far beyond be-
| lief. Instances are noted where single
individuals have taken out in two and
one-half months gold to the value of over
$150,000
Clarence Berry of Fresno, Cal. went
to the Yukon in 1890 and prospected sew
eral years without success. He returned
home last autumn, was married and took
his bride to Klondyke last November.
He is now on the Portland with $135 900,
the result of a winters work and For
tunes smile.
Frank Physcator of Baetoda, Mich. is
another lucky miner. He went to the
Klondyke last autumn and is now re-
turning with 500, ,027, having worked two
claims with nine men three months, and
he still owns them. He is one of the
original discoverers of the Eldorado dis
trict
Although most of the passengers are
returning home with plenty of gold they
all advise and urge people who contem-
plate going to the Yukon not to take in
less than one ton of grub and plenty of
clothing. While it is poor mans coun-
try, yet the hardships, and priva tions to
be encountered by inexperienced per-
sons unused to frontier life are certain to
result in much suffering during the win
ters. They should go prepared with at
least years supplies.
The rush to the Klondyke region COM
menced late last year and the claims
were stakedl out and worked all winter.
Labor was worth SIS day last winter
and flour sold for $50 a sack ard other
provisions were proportionately high.
Some of the mine owners attempted to
lower the wages to $40 without success.
BY burning the ground to thaw the
gravel, which was hoisted up about IL
feet to the dumps where it was sluiced
and washed in the spring, the miners
were able to work during the entire win
ter. In the early part of last month the
thermometer ran up to S5 in the shade
and in winter it was So below