Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-07-23

are in the two claims we worked and
claims No, 53 and No. 81, $1,000 to the
lneal foot ! say that in four claims we
have at the very least S20OO,0OO, which
can be taken out without any great work
81 want to say that / believe there is
god in every creek Elm Alaska. Certainly
on the Klondike the claims are not spotted
one seems TO be as good as another It's
gold, gold, gold all over. It's yards wide
and yards deep. ! say so because | have
been there and have the gold to show for
it. All you have to do is to run hole
down and there you find plenty of gold
dust.
81 would say that our pans on the FL
dorado claims will average IS, some 90 as
high as $50, and, believe me when ] say
that in five pans have taken out as high
as $3.50 and sometimes more. / did not
pick the pans, but simply put them against
my breast and scoOped the dirt off the bed
rock.
"Of course the majority of those on the
Klondike have done much figuring as to
the amount of gold the Klondike will yield.
Many times we fellows figured on the pros
poets of the Eldorado. | would not hest
tate much about guaranteeing S2l 100000,
and should not be surprised bit If S25,-
600 0C0 or even $50, 000, 900 was taken out,
"Some people will tell you that the
Klondike is a marvel, and there will never
be discovery in Alaska which will COM
pare with it. I don't believe It, ! think
that there will be a number of new creets
discovered that will have wonderful yields.
A detachment of mounted police of the
| northwestern territory, which passed
through Seattle two years ago, struck it
rich. Five of the 20 guards returned on
the Portland with gold amounting to 5000,
| 600. The other - remained in Alaska to
engage in mining.
Mrs. +. A. Gage, wife Of the son Of the
secretary of the treasury, Lyman j. Gage,
came down on the Portland. She went
north on it, and was at st. Michaes. She
said in an interview: "The country is
enormously rich. The present gold dig
gers are only a very small part of it, and
there is little doubt that there are millions
only waiting for miners to come and dig it
out The men from the klondike are not
| the men to eXaggerate, for have talked
with people whom | know to be truthful
The stories of fabulous richness have
caused feverish excitement along the Pa
cfic coast and thousands of people are
anxious to rush for the Kondike. A
modations for only 200 people, but had APP
plications for passage from 2000. 1t is
generally believed that there will be great
suffering from the cold next winter, and il
is feared that many who rush to the gold
| fields without making suitable preparation
will die of starvation. Another despatch
says that the North American Transporta-
ton company will guarantee to furnish
food for a year for S400 but will not allow
men to take food north from Portland.
A Seattle despatch says; The excite
ment over the gold discoveries in klondike
grows each hour. Men who cannot 60 are
forming pools to grub-stake men who will.
Ex-Governor John II. McGraw leaves on
the next steamer. Gen. f. NJ. Carr of the
state militia, who at one time camped
within seven miles of a faoulously rich
placer. will go. Col. Joe Green and A. j.
Balliett, Yales greatest oarsman, are pack
ing their effects, and attorneys, doctors,
clerks, and laborers, are all scheming to
secure a share of the vast wealth in the
north"