The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-31

Seattle. Wash, Aug 3D-Thc steamer
Portland arrived at Seattle Sunday morn
ing with thirteen gold miners and other
passengers on board The miners, all of
whom came from the Klondike; bring
back several hundred thousand dollars
worth of goli.
y reliable man who made the voyage to
st. Michaels and back on the Portland
said:
Warn everybody to stay out of the
Yukon country this year. Tell them it
means starvation. The miners will starve
If more people go in.
II have heard these warnings repeated
time and again by every one of the yukon
miners who returned on the Portland.
More than this, several OF these men have
frankly stated that had they not realized
that there would he a shortage of sup
plies in the country the coming winter
they would not have come out. They
know what they are talking about.
"a serious mistake was made by one
company III carrying up too much liq,or
on the last trip or two of the boats The
miners W ant food, not liquor Last year.
with l,5O0 persons on the river and facil,
tiles for transportation little less than
those of this season, there was serious
shortage. This year these same 900
settlers must have supplies, and with
those who went last spring they make n
total Of D ,000--not counting persons who
went in the last rush.
~ doubt if 5000 pounds of supplies
will no taken up the river this season.
Perhaps the larger half will be food, but
hardware, stores, liquor, clothing and
blankets will figure up nearly one half.
Regarding the situation over the va
rious passes, these miners say it is an
ute" i'm possibility to transport enough
supplies over those routes au this season
of the year.
''In warning the people to wait until
spring simply act for the miners, who
speak in the name of humanity. There
is gold in the Yukon country-plcnty of
it-hut to seek it this season under the
circumstances is no less than madness.
1t is even more, it is criminal to those
who are already in the country"
There are only thirteen miners among
the passengers, not one of whom brings
out his entire stake They own claims,
which will be worked this winter, and for
this purpose they have lett large amounts
of dust. Others have lent money at
enormous rates of interest At the dig.
eings money now commands from to )
per cent. month on yearly leans.
Fully bali of the dust taken out is re-
quired for working the mines this win
ter Next spring, the miners say, from
$4,000, % to SIS, coo, 900 in ..Vold will he
taken out
These are the returning miners and the
amounts in gold they bring as the result
of last winters work: Timothy Bell, $40
900; Joseph Goldsmith, $50. 900; NJ. w.
Powers, $50, 900 NJ. H. Caldwell, $50, 600;
Winfield Oler. $50, 900; G. X. lilly, $685.
600; +. w. Cobb, $25,00 w. Zahn, Sl5,-
600: :. Lansign, $4,000; Is. Farnham,
$4,000; NJ. b. Gowler, $1,000; j. Rowan,
$4,000; a. Buckley, $1,000.
The hillside claims along Eidorado and
Bonanza creeks are being worked for the
first time this, summer. They are sluic-
ing up rich. On some of them as high rs
so day has been made with the rock
ers Nearly all the hill claims were To-
Gated by men who went there last spring.
This ground is entirely taken up. The
claims require more work than those
along the creek. the dirt having to he car
ried to the creek for washing They will
undoubtedly add materially to the
amount Of dust taken ont of Bear Creek.
bunker and Gold Bottom. Dominion
creek will be worked for the first time
this winter. There is every reason to he
lieve that these creeks will rank with 30.
nanza and Eldorado in richness.
On account OF pay dirt being found on
bonanza and Eldorado creeks every body
rushed there to get u stake sufficient to