The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-28

trict. and they are sufficient 10 main
tain the best of order. The people are
law abiding where there are really no
hard and fast laws. and nobody inter
feres with his fellowman's property. My
claims yield was such as tn enable
me TO extend my operations, and sradl-
ally ] bought other claims and am
now interested in thirteen of the prtn-
cipal claims. There are districts about
in my opinion as yet untouched which
may prove equally valuable, and from
my own personal experience i am con-
WINGED that there is more gold in The
Yukon than was found in any gold dis
covery of the past. or in several OF N m
put together To give an ldea-Whiie
the gold is being brought up those VINO
work at 1t find it adheres to thei. hands,
boots and clothing generally.
Mr.. Bratnober. who is Rotnchiid
great expert in the mining way, vent
up and stayed with Mr.. Calvin Tor TWO
days. He saw for himself what the
wealth of the place was like. In COM
paratiyely short space OF time i've or
six hundred tons of gold dust was litted
from bedrock. most of which has
found its way to the minis of the states.
At present about % miles of the river
bank is being actively worked, ana the
yield of gold up to the time of Mr.. 1at-
wins departure was beyond the most
sanguine expectations that coulu De
possibly entertained. Now thcl. Is
population of $4,000 persons, and ny the
time the ice has left the Yukon next
year. and the river is nayigdble, at
least a quarter of million of people
will have domiciled there. and the
wealth of the districts about still UNI
touched is bound to manifest itself. re
Irish, Scotch and Scandinavians have
established a firm footing in the rich
est portion of the district, and no peo-
pie could live more happily or more
unitedly, while the native Indians Ale
a particularly inoffensive class Of PEG.
pie. The Jesuits, too. have made q
home there Mr.. Calvin paid warm
tribute to the work done by the MEM
bers of the distinguished order, who
have already under Father Judge raised
noble church and hospital in the dis
trict. A fiourishing convent too. under
the care of the Sisters of Saint Anne
has been established, and Episcopalian.
/ Greek and other churches are also
erected in the city. but 50 far the vast
majority of the people are Catholic. The
! Indians of the place are descendants of
| seven different tribes, and all cremate
! their dead with great ceremony
/ You ask me how the gold is sought
for and how long II takes to reach it
/ from the surface. Well on an average
ii takes from II to 20 days from the
time the surface of the ground is tapped
until bedrock is reached. and the exca-
walton is all accomplished by the fire
! process. When the rock is reached the
surface of the rock appears uneven
and the crevices Of the rock, which is OF
the slate description. are filed with the
gold, which invariably have to lac re-
moved with the pick MIR. Calvin
4 showed a nugget valued at CO. and
pointed to a hole in 1t where il was
| struck by the miners PICK. The mug
get is about seven or eight inches II
! circumference. and is a very beautiful
specimen. with just the merest strata
Of quartz running through it.
Continuing, MIR. Calvin remarked
EtWhen ] tell you that there are mor'
| millionaires in Dawson City at present
than there are in Canada and al
America combined. you will understand
words, out Of the population OF 12,b0
in Dawson CITY at least 200 are mil
lionaires. Asked would he advis,
Irishmen TO emigrate to there, Mr.. Gal
vim said he never cared to advise of
such matters. He thus avoided respon
siblity hereafter. ON coming out witt
his gold to bring it to the United State
minis for sale. Mr.. Calvin. With hi
wife and II horses, came the Juneau
route and al that time a judge de
puted by the Canadian governmen
with other officials were going in to adj
trict Mr.. Calvin left 700 men at wori
on his claims. and those Of his parr
ners. He wished lie could get loo men
as there was work for them, and plen
! ty, where 300 pounds weight Of gol
dust or 600 worth Of gold nigh
be shoyeled out by one man in n singl
day. For six inches over bed-roc
there is more gold than dirt. wherever
saw it, said Mr.. Calvin. In the tW
shovels' full that came out with tn
nugget | showed YOU there was gold I
the value of 5000
Mr. Galvin's journey out by Daito
trail route was most exacting. and tn
five horses laden with The gold dus
died 1t took 81 days to accomplish
and at it's completion their food wa
run out save a little flour.
"A man named Harry Ashe. VIII
started a gaming house in Dawson Cit
with saloon took in S42 900 In a night
Any saloon that does not take fror
$4,000 to $4,000 a night is considere
to be doing badly, which, Of course.
due to the enormous prices charged fe
everything. An apple is sold at a do
lar. and an egg at l.50.
MIR. Calvin will return to his claim
, early next year. and come out with h
gold for sale in the season. He viii z
the same route to and fro. That he
q man of immense wealth goes withoi
, saying Mr. Calvin naturally decline
To disclose information as 10 the amour
he accumulated. but it is no harm I
mention that American papers give
as two million pounds of our none.
! What a lucky Kerryman. most peofH
) will say.
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