The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-11


$50, GOO and we're preparing 10 leave the
country Ger the wincer when stricken
down by disease. The former partner
Of ag1e Car7sons is q passenger on ctle
Excelsior. He Is said to be, lying at
the po.rt of death ana may not reach
San Francisco TO enjoy the wealth he
has earned
P. Kelgy. a young man on the Cleve-
land from Bonanza tod The story
briefly: 'Igaa young brc,LietS had c'-ia:l
among the fortunate ones who arrived
On BoranZa il q.rne to secure a good
claim. During last winter they worked
hard TO prepare fer the spring sluic-
ing. Their laboTs were rewarded with
gold dust but the strain on their con-
stitutions proved eco much fer the
young men and physical collapse fol-
( l0w'eG."
Mrs. A. P. Henderson of Chicago. enc
OF the returning pasSen gers, has bieen
in Ylrkoa since early in the spring. Her
trip nor.h was for the purpose Of gath
erfng material for newspaper and mag
aZinla articles Speaking of her expert
enoA. Mrs. Henderson said:
Il would not live in the Klondike
country for al the gold there is in It.
Dawson City is enc of the most
IMMORAL MINING CAMPS
the world has ever seen. Gamblers
and women OF bad repute are rushing
in there; saloons are open day and
night, and While the criminal element
is held in'check fairly well by the au
thorities, debauchery is in evidence on
all sides to an alarming degree. The
country is rich, but it is almost worth
d mans life TO sc into there and dig
out the treasure
s. r. Churchill of the provincial
mounted police, stationed at Dawson
City, says that official information has
been received there that inspectors
had been appointed at each of the
several trails and rivers leading to the
new gold fields, with instructions to let
no one pass who did not have sufficient
food in his possession to keep him for
at least Is months. This VIII work a
hardship on many who have gone to
the north since the excitement began
with money, intending to buy food
when they arrived at their destination
The Cleveland brought Information
that a man named George German of
Detroit, Mich, who was employed
! there as carpenter, died on Aug. Is
from a complication OF lung troubles.
! 1t is not known whether he had any
relatives living or not. Before his de-
mise he was known to have in the
neignborhood OF $4,000 in his posses
/ sion, but this money disappeared at the
time of his death and no one knows
what became Of it.
/ The whisky traffic into the gold re-
gions has assumed enormous proper
| lions. One boat on the river having
more cargo than she could carry up,
! destroyed a portion of the provisions
aboard in order to take ON a larger
shipment of whisky. AS an induce
ment it is said the company was paid
! al enormous rate for the transporta-
! ton of the liquor Several instances
are related of people going up the river
who have sold or left behind them
provisions for the sake of taking on
! liquor, which sells at an exorbitant
price in the mining region.
! Captain c. f. Hall of the Cleveland
is most emphatic in his statement that
/ intense suffering VIII result at Dawson
City and vicinity this winter on ac-
count of the scarcity of provisions. In
! an interview he said:
WINTER SETTING IN.
winter is setting in earlier than
usual and ice is already forming on
the Yukon near shore. The North
American Trading & Transportation
company is preparing to shelter at St
! AfichaelS 800 or 200 miners who intend
20 come down the river and spend thu
| winter The river steamers Bella
Hamilton, Alice and Healy may get al
! the river before the freeze-up, but il
is doubtful. None Of the expeditions
now on their way TO St. Michaels viii
| get up the river and the passengers
Will simply be compelled to stay al
Dawson and consume their supplies. A
few cf the passengers taken up by tbs
steamers National City, South Coasi
and Excelsior secured passage on the
river boats, but the majority are still
at st, Michaeis. Half 6, dozen news
paper men paid $50 extra and went VI
on the Hamilton.
Captain Hall thinks the Portland or
her next trip viii bring down 81, coo 600
The following steamers have gone VI
the Yukon this summer with provisions
and stores: J. j. HeaIey. two trips, 45t
| tons; f. .. Weare, one triu. 250 tong,
Belle, two trips, $50 tons; Marguerite
one trip, $50 tons; barges, $50 tons; G
( n Hamilton, one trip, lao tons. Total
2,340 tons.
AMERICAN SIDE THE BEST.
Among the passengers on the Cleve
land was Charles Ross, whose home /;
in the Northwest territory. Ross &c
companied the first detachment o
mounted police into the Yukon coun
try and has been there ever since. H
vas chief OF scouts during the Rel re
belilon IN the Northwest territory. au{
in that campaign served With CAPTAIN
P. d. Hughes of this city. Mr.. RIOS
during his residence on the Yukon Wis
tied and prospected in ali OF the prom
ising mining sections. He said that al
Of the claims on the tributaries of tn
Klondike which show any sort of prom
Use have been located. During tn
summer he put in his time prospect
ing.
Mr.. Ross believes that the American
side of the line offers the best induce
ments to miners. He visited Forty Mi
creek and the camps on the tributarie
and found them practically deserted
everybody having gone in the rush t,
the klondike, abandoning claims from
which good pay could be realized. Jo
Dyer and his partner, Mathieson. wer
working one claim on Forty Mile, t.on
which they took out during so DAYS O
the summer So, 000
Survey Will Be Thorough.
Washington, Sept. 1O.-The coast am
RoOdptic survey wa notified +-.1-,-- -,