The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-25
AFTER CLONDYKE NUGGETS.
SACRAMENTANS ARE GETTING
THE FEVER NOW.
Several Have Started Already For
the Mines, and Others In
tend to Go.

About the only thing talked Of in
Sacramento the past week, outside OF
the rise in wheat, has been the CIon-
dyke gold strike. That the fever has
struck the city hard is an established
fact, and while only few have as yet
expressed a determination to seek Tor
gold in a climate where the thermome-
ter is said TO register go to 81 de-
grees below zero, Others are Waverlng
in the balance, and it is quite possible
that next summer will find a colony of
Sacramentans delving for gold in the
Silent country"
Among those who will leave San
Francisco on the steamer next Thurs
day is the well-known mining expert,
Frank Jackson. Jackson, it is under
stood, does not expect to get rich in
day, but believes that a man with
strong constitution and an eye to bus
mess, can make money in the new gold
| fields
| There are those in the railroad shops,
| too, who are grown tired of the usual
routine grind. and propose to tempt
fortune IN the frozen earth. Quite
number of employees have the fever,
!
them, there are others who talk Clon
dyke and read every scrap of news per-
| tanning to the new diggings.
Frank White and Henry Wohlander,
two men who have hitherto been en-
ployed as painters in the Southern Pa
cific Company's shops, will start north
in company with Mr.. Jackson. They
drew their time yesterday morning, and
are ready to undertake the long trip in
search of wealth.
Even among the staid farmers there
are some who are yielding to the craze.
One prominent agriculturist who lives
| between here and Folsom is seriously
considering the advisability Of going
to Juneau early in the spring with a
number of horses and mules. and start
/ ing a pack train over the Chilcoot Pass.
He thinks he can make as much mon
ely at that as others can in digging for
gold.
Among those who expect to leave for
the northern gold fields in the near fu
| ture are D. H. Gullion and wife, who
reside at Twentieth and K streets. Mr..
| Gullion is IS years of age, and came to
| California in 40 His wife is also
quite old, but seems resigned to follow
the fortunes of her husband. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gullion propose to start north as
soon as they can dispose of their prop
erty in this city, and WILL it is under
stood, offer it at auction in a few days.
A bright, vivac1ous little woman left
her residence at Ill H street on Friday
morning with the expressed determi-
nation of visiting the Clondyke if it
is possible to secure passage on the al
ready overcrowded steamer Excelsior,
which leaves Thursday. She made par
| tial arrangement for a berth a week
ago, but at latest accounts her name
| had got lost in the shuttle, and if un-
able to secure passage on Thursday she
will put off her contemplated trip until
next spring. Her name is Mrs. A. T.
Moulton.
Mrs. Moulton has been in Sacrament
to about four months, and came here
from Oakland. Her home is in Battle
Creek, Mich. With three companions
of her own sex she became convinced
that fortunes were to be made on the
Clondyke, and all agreed to go, but
when the propitious moment arrived
the courage of Mrs Moulton's compan-
! ions oozed out of their finger tips and
left her alone with her resolution.
Mrs. Moulton got her idea of fortune
making in the northern country from
| Mrs. Bacher of Fresno, who spent a
year in the mines. She told Mrs Moul-
ton how she had received 81. 80 for sew
! ing up two rents in a miners over
alls, and Mrs. Moulton, who is reputed
to be a good seamstress, at once pur-
chased a sewing machine, lot of
needles and a case of thread for her
sole stock in trade when she shall have
arrived where men take out $500 to
| the pan on the bedrock. She antici-
pates making all the money she wants
in year, but if she can get no berth
| on the steamer she will defer her trip
until next season.
Ben Billiard, who was formerly for
a number of years Superintendent of
the Hill Top mine at Michigan Bar, and
who for the past week has been in the
city, will also visit the Clondyke coun-
try as the representative of a number
of gentlemen who have furnished the
funds for Quitting Mr. Billiard only
recently returned from Oregon, where
he was employed in developing a grav-
ell mine Of some magnitude. He was to
have departed last night on his jour
ney.
George Brock and Henry Klein start
ed for the Alaska gold fields from the
placers in the eastern part of the coun-
ty in March last, and a recent letter
received by friends relates that they
are working with a will and expect
to win out. They state, however, that
rugged constitutions are necessary in
those who undertake the journey. and
advise that either prov or money
! be brought in considerable quantities.
| as practically no mining can be en-
gagged in during the nine months of
winter.
John Spencer and A. J. Splitter have
also started for the new diggings The
former is an old and experienced min
er, and if experience counts for any
thing in the new Ell Dorado he expects
to bring back a fortune.
Among a number of others, John F.
! Cooper is said to anticipate making
the journey in the near future.
T. H. Walker. who keeps a second
hand store on Fifth street, near X.
and also conducts a lodging-ho in
the second story of the Bailey building.
at Fourth and K streets, intends going
! to the new FL Dorado, but not until
spring. To a Record Union" reporter
! he said he believed he would succeed
there in business. He does not rely so
much on mining, but will try and get
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