Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-29


after the steamer Portland Irit there
the laet time. One OF her firemen,
Garfield away 10y the stories t,ld by
the returning miners, decided to try
his luck with large marty OF orospec-
tors. He applied 10 tue Alaska Com
mefcial compeny at St. Michatl's for
= ilcket on their steamer 10 Dawson,
but was refused. The prospect rs
pf0iesled against this, and the steamer
wac detained for two Gnys, the pr1s.
poctors relus mr. to leave their recruit
behind. The c3mna 1y's aleu, finally
told them TINT the steam eT muHt SAL
and II they did not want TO 20 without
the fireman they could get their
% 1ney back. a committoe Of twelve
was appointed among the prost ectofR,
and about an hour before the steamer
was TO esil they are said to have
waited on the agent. Each laying
sir.sboptef on the counter before him,
they asked for Ticket Tor the fifemlD.
Yielding to THIS persuasion the agent
coll the TICKET, and the fireman is now
Kloudiker.
YOUNG DfDSEY's STORY.
Charles G. Debney, son of tile
captain above referred TO Left Circle
CITY, Alaska, several mouths ago for
Klondlke. In letter no says that
W ben he went there all Circle City
went with him. Spsskine OF the trip
he eSye there was trsmway over the
divide from Junenu,ove which he had
his things taken for half cent q
pound. At Lake Lindsrmann, al.
though they were getting Is cents n
foot Tor rough lumber, The sawmil
reOple could not begin 10 eDpuly the
demand. His party paid $3.50 for a
boat which answered their purpose.
In Dawson there are thirty ealoOns, he
says, one theater, eight dancehouses,
three general stores, five bakeries, five
restaurants, two barber shops, one
Cardy.makef, one matchmaker and
three lEundfieF.
ON THE STEWART RIVER.
The Iateet fumor from Alsska and
the Ki0ndike IL OF the discovery OF
wonderfully rich quarlz IN large guam.
Titles on the Stewart river. Pafticu.
lars are vague, and beyond the fact
that the ledge Ia a large one and that
the rock assays $500 nothing has yet
been learned. The discovery was
made some time ago, but nothing was
said until the ledge had been prospect
ed aud a n assay made.
THE, II true, Will mean much for
the Klondike district. The Stewar,
river runs into the Yukon not far
above Dawson, and II 10 Reasonable to
SUPPOSE that the placer gold now being
found 10 such quau'ilies below may
have lie origin 10 tue mountains al tho
head OF this Stewart and neiEhbJriug
rivern and cfeeks.
THESE TWO MET HARDsInps.
A story which 10 by M neans
encouraging to those CO iemplating
Zip to klondyke is told by Henry
Dore anu j. h. Boucher VINO have
just returned from the gold fields. For
thirty days they lived on flour anu
water, ana duriag eight moutus' time
they .xtrac ell from the ground but
$50. Now, however, the former Of the
two has returned with SCOOP while
his partner, after great u fiicuitiee,
hae succeeded In cleaning up about
$4,000.
CAPTAIN HEHRtMAE's SCHEME,
There haye been schemes and
schemes to reach the KlonJyke but
tue latest Of them Is being engineered
by Captain Herman OF the firm
Of Herrlman & Mills. He bnr
a party II sixty men, each Of
whom will take one ton OF provisions.
No one will be- perm tied to 70 unless
he takes THE quahtity Each one will
be charged SEES for the trip, anu
Captain HERMAN tn inks that Tor this
sum he can LAM them In Dawson civ
before September 2Olh. The ship will
carry large lighter and a steam
launch, which wall be used to tow the
/ Rhter FROM st. Michael 10 the X on.
Ike. After reaching 81. Michael,
cargo AMI passengers Will be trans.
ferred to the lighter. Captain Henri.
man VIII return to San Franc cisco In
the vessel and the parry will be con-
Quoted to their journeys end by nm
1rent OF the firm who is thorou Shly
acquainted with the river.
FEVER ON THE fNCsEAsE.
The Klsndiks fever 10 said to bs on
his Increase at juneau, nearly every
man there having gone or
is preparing to 90 to the rich gold
nelus. Authentic reports direct from
Dyea are that there Is now as
much freight sileu up ut the
head OF the inlet as the In
ilans can pack over the divide In
Tho next eighteen months. This
amount will be- more tnsn double
" hen the steamers Queen aud MI xico
now en- route arrive. This condition
81 affairs practically pre- uies the
possibility OF hundreds OF the gold
seekers on the way reaching the min
" & region this year. Frank f. Myers,
newspaper man OF Junssu 10 about |
o start for Dawson City. He will 90
~ the route followed by Lieutenant
Sohwatha, who conducted Ru explot- |
ng party into the Yuson valley 10
$50. This route starts from Tskou
met, thirty miles south OF Juneau. |
frOm Takou to Ia Ike Teslin the ola. |
Rnce Ia 1870 miles over level prairies, |
md the country from l. Ike Tselin 10 |
IA oDen valley through 90 the Yukon
liver by way OF the Hoolingua river.
Win the aid OF pack horses the Tnkou
cute 10 by far the besi. Parties who |
ave been over both routes say the |
walk OF 100 miles over tho level couu-
~ is mere eseily accomplished than
bat OF 10 miles ovtr the Chilcool
um nit.
NEW PASS INTO THE YUKON.
A new pass into the Yukon valley
, ihat known as the White pass, which
'es opened for travel July l6Ih. On
sachiDg toe summit the tTaveier