The San Francisco call., 1897-07-15

as it is valued at S17 so an ounce the owner
can be considered well-to-do man.
The Excelsior brought down forty pas.
sengers, and not one of them had less than
$4,000 worth of gold dust with him. All
expressed :heir determination of return.
ing to Alaska in the spring, and gave as
their only excuse the desire to see Califor
MIA and civilization again.
Amoug the passengers were I. s. Llppy
and wife. Mr.. Lippy is the owner of The
200 pound sack, and his wife has the
honor of being one of the first women
who ever crossed the divide into Forty.
mile Camp.
"It was hard work and rough travelling
but with the assistance of nv hus band
got along fairly well" she said yesterday.
The climate Is very severe, and Forty
mlle-well Fortv-mile is not place YOU
would choose for a summer residence. We
left Seattle on April Is. 1885, So we have
been gone little over year. My hus-
band was very lucky, as you can see" and
she pointed to that 200-pound sack with O
smile. At this point Mr.. Lippy took hold
of his $4,000 worth of gold dust and.
dragging it across the deck and down the
gangway as though it were so much lead,
and then getting a man to assist him.
placed i. i'll the waiting bus.
Resumlng her story, Mrs. L;ppy said
1.-The stories told about destirution on
the 4ukon and elsewhere during the gold
fever are not founded on fact During
the winter months steamers could NOT
reach Forty mile, and some of us ran
short of food. but those who were out OF
flour generally had plenty of bacon and
potatoes. while those who had plenty OF
-four were short on the other articles, and
we traded provisions. We did not have
injuries, but we had enough to keep n.
alive until the supply steamer arrived.
When my husband goes back to Forty
with him; so you see that life in an
Alaska mining camp has no terrors for
me-"
Mrs. Lippy is slight won an of medium
size, and 10 one would think she would be
able to stand the hardships of a trip from
st. MichaePs over the divide into the val.
ley OF the Yukon. She has a winning
lace, Is bright and vivacious, and her
laugh would put heart into anv downca,,
man. The sun burnt appearance adds to
her attraceiveness more than it detract.
from 1t, and ybody seeing her on the
deck OIL the steamer would never think
she came from the wilds OF Alaska.
Another passenger was f. G. II. Bow.
ker, who has been in Alaska for ten wears
this being his first visit to the Civ in
that time. The other passengers say that
y q
quarter of million. There is little ro.
nance connected with his visit to your
City. On his last visit to UnaIaska he
met young lady from Oakland who was
| visiting her aunt. His return to the min.
Ing camp was considerably delayed. and
when he made start it was with the un-
derstanding that on his return tho youn o
lady would become his bride. Mr. Bowker
at once got his many mining interests
INTO shape, married the young lady from
Oakland and is now on his honeymoon.
Speak. .ng OF the mining prospects OF
Alaska, Mr.. Bowker asserted thati. would
finally become the greatest goId-producine .
country the world ever saw. There is
hardly river or stream in the whole
country in whose beds gold cannot he
found for the looking. OF course in some
spots it is very rich, but there is no place
in which man cannot make good wages.
After tour OF California Mr.. Bowker
will return to Forty-miie Camp.
T. Mrs. J. M. Wilson. wife of the general