The record-union., 1897-10-10

SEATTLE, Oct. 9.-The steamer Ros-
allie arrived here tonight from Skag-
uay and Dyea. The Resale brought
down nineteen passengers, most OF
them from Skaguay. Among the pas
sengers were six from Dawson City,
who came out over the Dalton trail.
They were Pat Calvin and wife, Charles
Thebo, C. F. Garrich, G. II. Davis and a
man named Bede. They had about
ST., 900 in nuggets between them. They
left Dawson August 10Th, and arrived
at Haines Mission September I'D. They
report that rich strikes have been made
on Hunker Creek, which is as rich as
Bonanza or FL Dorado.
The total output this year will ex-
coed any estimate ever made.
The Rosalie reports everything quiet
at Skaguay Many of the miners have
completed building cabins in which to
winter. and others are caching their
supplies, preparatory to leaving TIL
next spring, when they will again try
the pass.
The Dawson passengers confirm pre-
vious reports as to the limited supply
of provisions at that place, but they do
not think that serious suffering Will
result in consequence of the shortage.
W H. Davis, in an interview with d
CORRESPONDENT of the Associated Press
said: "Only those who had given or
ders for grub, ETC., prior to August
LIST viii succeed in getting them hlled
at the company's store. There has been
considerable sickness at Dawson TINS
summer. eighteen persons having died
from fever and exposure. No boats
had reached Dawson from the mouth
of the Yukon when we left. There has
been no rich discoveries made during
the summer. All prospects, however
are showing up wonderfully well, and
next winter some rich ground will be
taken out. In coming out over the
Dalton trail we experienced rough
weather on the summit, and the damp
ground was knee deep. At Pellee River
we met two or three hundred head Of
cattle and about as many sheep. They
will reach Dawson all right
WILL TRY TO LOCATE A RAILWAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ga party
of twelve engineers and surveyors left
this evening ON the Oregon Express for
Seattle where they will be reinforced
by eight.assistants, besides fifty others,
who will SAN for Chilcoot Inlet in a
steamer especially chartered for the
trip. At Seattle 200 horses, 80 cattle,
feed for six months, and 200 tons of
general stores will be purchased for the
use Of the party during the long drive
from K1ukwarlz, at the head of Chill
coot Inlet, to Fort SellIirf, the head of
steam navigation of the Yukon, a dis
tance of 800 miles over a trail inhos-
pitable and unfrequented during the
winter.
The expedition IFS to determine wheth-
er a railroad can be built over this
300 miles of trail. The engineers will
also try to locate a new pass, believed
to exist north of the Chilcoot.
The organizers of the expedition are
from Boston, San Francisco and Puget
Sound, and have formed a company
with a capital of 100000 to meet nee
essary expenses. The party expects to
arrive in January at Fort Selkirk,
where permanent headquarters for rail-
way construction will be located. All
the members of the party have been
engaged for two years.
AUSTRALIANS GOING TO KLON-
DIXIE.
VICTORIA (B. c., Oct. 9.-The
steamer Miowera, which arrived this
morning from Australia and New Zea-
land. brought 120 miners bound for
the Klondike All obstacles in the way
of a direct steamer service between
Victoria and Dawson have been re-
moved. the c. P. n. Company having
obtained permission from the United
States to build steamer at St MI
chaels of Canadian material, which has
already been sent up, and when COM
pleted she will be placed on the Yukon
River to connect with the steamer from
Victoria. There viii be no difficulty IN
the way of transferring freight from
one steamer to another, there being
a United States officer at st. Michaels.