The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-16

San Francisco, July 15.-The Asso-
ciated Press has received a letter from
II. A Stanley, president OF the Bng-
haIaton (N. " Evening Herald COM
Dany telling OF the wonderful gold dis
coveries of Alaska. Mr.. Stanley wrote
from st. Michel's Island, where he
stopped on his way TO the Yukon min
ing region. Writing under the date of
June 30 he says:
The steamer Excelsior of San Fran
cisco was the first vessel to push her
way through the ice to this station
The Portland, from Seattle. arrived
four hours later. From these vessels
We learn for the first time of McKin-
ley's election. the results of the Cor
bett-Fitzsimmons prize fight and other
news of the fall and winter The ice
went on to Yukon about June Is. and
the river steamer, Portus B. Weare
which wintered at Dawson, :, $50 miles
up. reached ST. Michels June p. The
Weare brought authentic news of some
OF the most wonderful gold strikes in
al the worlds history, and brought
also some As miners. every man bring
ing in from $1,000 to S100, 600 of dust and
$1,000, 900. Just how much the Weare
brought in on its own account, as the
exchange of provisions and supplies
furnished miners by the North Amer
lean Trading & TRANSFORMATION COM
pany, could not be ascertained, but il
was very large.
The steamer Alice arrived at St
GIichels On June %. bringing % miners
and half a million in gold for them,
and much on its own account. The
passengers of the Alice confirmed the
news reported by the passengers of the
Weare, which is as follows:
The richest gold strike the world
has ever known was made in the KlOn-
dyke region last August and Septem-
Der. but the news did not get even to
Circle City until Dee. 10, when there
was a great stampede over the 500
miles intervening between there and
the newer fields On Aug. u George
COrmack made the first great strike
on Bonanza creek, and on Aug. 10 seven
claims were fled in that region. Word
Cot to Forty Mile and Circle City but
the news was looked upon as a grub
stake rumor. On Dec. 10. however. au-
thentic news was carried 10 Circle City
by J. NJ Wilson of the Alaska Com
mercial company and Thomas O'Brien,
a trader. They carried not only news.
but prospects. and the greatest STAN
pede ever known in this part of the
world commenced Those who made the
SOC miles first struck il richest. OF
all the geo claims staked out on the
Bonanza and FL Dorado creeks, not one
has proven a blank Equally rich finds
were made June s and 10 on Dominion
creek. Not less than 300 claims have
been staked out on Indian creek. and
the surface indications are that these
are as rich as any of the others. The
11s
by Bert Hudson on claim No. 6, or the
Bonanza. and was worth s257. Next in
size was one found by J. Clements. on
Indian creek, worth 1921. The last
four pans Clements took out were
worth $4,000. and one went SIS. Big
ger pockets have been struck in other
regions but nowhere on earth has so
rich a general find been made as in
this section. IN all about 10 lucky
miners have reached st. Michels- Some
brought but a portion of their cleanup, !
preferring TO invest other portions in
mines they know to be rich. Among
the most lucky are J. J. Clements of |
Los Angeles. who has cleaned up about |
$175 600 he brought out 500. 900 and in
vested the rest; Professor T. Q. Lippy /
Of Seattle. who brought out about $50 /
600 and has $4,000 in sight and who /
claims his mine is worth $500, 600 or |
more: William Stanley of Seattle. who !!
cleaned up SIP 600: Clarence Berry, !
$4,000: Henry Anderson. $4,000: |
Frank Keller. $50, 0O0; T. J. Kelly. $780,,
coo: William Sloane of Nanaimo. b. c.. /
$50 600 and at least 80 more who viii |
not talk. but stand guard over the /
treasure in their state room. Then /
there are at ! asst % more men bring |
ing from 5000 10 $4,000. All this gold /
and more 40 come is the cleanup of /
last winters work. Il must all come I
out via St AHchels. and the bulk of !
supplies must go III that way. The !
two great transports ton companies 4
pushing in supplies are the North
American Trading 4 Transportation I
company and The Alaska Commercial /
company
Further particulars Will follow in
a.hout 50 DAYS on arrival Of the next
steamer as Mr.. Stanley viii remain
q ALASKA and gather all the informa- i
ZION he cao.