The record-union., 1897-10-03

ing at a Dollar and a Ealf Per
Pound.
SEATTLE. Oct. 2-The steamer Far
alone arrived here this morning from
Skaguay, Alaska. The Farallone had
on board 40 returning prospectors,
among the number being Louis Lang.
direct from Dawson City, which place
he left on August Z6th, coming out on
the Dalton trail He stopped at Ju-
neau.
In an interview with an Associated
Press correspondent, Lang said:
When left Dawson the stores had
stopped selling supplies, and restau-
rants had closed because they could get
nothing to cook. l believe that proVls-
ions will be scarce, although many OF
the miners are leaving. In my opinion
there will be 200 or 800 come out on the
Dalton trail within the next few weeks,
While a great many others are gong
down by St. Michaels.
1T was a great mistake in the trad
ing companies to bring so much WHISKY
up the river instead Of supplies. Be
fore we left Dawson nine beef cattle
had been driven in, and four OF them
butchered. Choice cuts brought 81 %
per pound, while a soup bone was worth
80 cents. I paid 81 and 81 20 per
pound for elk meat.
AS we wanted to get out as quickly
as possible, I brought but very Il"
nrovisYons. the entire pack OF each
man. blankets and all, weighing ABOUT
sixtv mounds. We came up the river
to Five Fingers. and then out over the
Dawson trail. We crossed the summit
on Saptember DIST in snow storm, ana
had indian guides to show US the way.
We had to wade knee-deep in the snow.
We met the Sharp party twenty miles
this side of the summit with their cat
tie. and it semed TO be doubtful wheth-
er they would get in. 1t took US just
twenty-seven days to get down to tide
water"
Another passenger on the Farallone
was Henry Bratnober, the mining eX-
pert who is confidential man of the
London Exploration Company, which
is controlled by the Rothschilds. He
has been over the Yukon diggings, go
ing in and returning over the Dalton
trail He undoubtedly thinks well of
the country, but is close-mouthed.
Others on board We're Lieutenant S.
l. Adair, Fifth United States Cavalry;
Colonel G. G. Darrow, formerly a prom
lent capitalist of Denver, Col, but now
living at Montpelier. Ind; A L. Lam
beth. a wealthy mining man of Hele-
ma, Mont. o. D. Colvin and T. A. Gar
rett of this city Mr. Garrett reached
the summit of White Pass with his
partner, a man named Macarthur.
There they decided that they could get
in provisions only for one man, and
tossed up to decide who should push
ahead. Garrett lost, and came back to
Seattle. He expects to try it again next
spring.
DAWSON CITY'S FOUNDER.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-Jos Ladue. found
er of Dawson City. Alaska. and owner
Of large part of the city, is in Chicago
on his way to San FRANCISCO.
The stories of suffering this winter in
Alaska and that many people viii be
starved in and around Dawson are de-
MED by AIr. Ladue He says they are
greatly exaggerated, and that supplies
are not short, nor Will they be before
spring.
I don't believe any one will perish
said he for at the mouth of the Yu-
kon there are all the supplies necessary.
Dawson City is /. 700 miles from there.
but the distances do not count so much
in Alaska. 1t takes only twenty days
to make the distance with the small
boats, and they viii be kept busy trans
porting food. There are not more than
,. 600 or possibly $500 people in Daw-
son, and many of them will be en-
ployed in going back and forth from
ST. AIichaels and Dawson. If it were
not for the fact that getting supplies
will occupy so large a part of the time
of many of the 5000 people in Alaska.
I believe $40, 100000 in gold would be
taken out before next spring. AS it is
I believe at least $4,000 600 worth of
the precious metal viii be taken out" "
Mr.. Ladue has made arrangements
10 ship to the Alaska gold fields ma
cbinery for hydraulic mining, which
viii be used next season. This, he
says, Will reduce the cost of mining TO
about . per cent.
THE HUENEME CARRIED NO PAS
SENGERS.
WASHINGTON, oct. 2.-In order to
relieve the apprehension caused by the
notice of the loss of one of their ships
bound for the Klondize. the North
Transportation Company has tele-
graphed to the War Department that
the lost vessel, the schooner Hueneme,
did not carry any passengers. The
company has notice of the safe arrival
of the steamer Portland at Dutch Har-
bor, where she will unload.
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