The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-13
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GOLD FROM COOK INLET.
Over So5O. DOC In Dust brought Down-Daw'
son Anxious About Food.

son Anxious About Food.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 1.-THE steamship
City of Topeka arrived here last night from
Alaska, having on board eighty-dve miners
from Cook Inlet and over $250,0oo worth Of
gold dust. George Hall. who represents more
mining interests than any other individual pas
senger, says that 100000 came down. No
mar had less than 81 900. The party left Cook
Inlet on Sept. 30 on the steamship Dora, con-
Meeting at Sitka with the Topeka. Hall has
bought and bonded 5000 acres in Sunrise dis.
trict, and expects by hydraulic work to take out
81 900 per day. The miners, he says. are salts
fed with Cook Inlet. Gold Is not found there
in such large quantities as on the Klondikc, but
there is plenty of it and no trouble about food.
Among the miners with money were John
Raymond. $4,000; Robert Michaelson. $780,
900; A. NJ. Brown, $4,000; Z. c. Price, $780,
600, and H.. A. Schmescr. 81 1000, all taken out
In one year. Thomas Williams, Robert Elliott.
Richard Lane. Frank Ducrey, and Fred Smith
at Cook Inlet, which was abandoned, is now
yaluable; Smith took out : 1000 there in two
COOK Inlet miners san and plenty Of gold. Hail
says that there has been no rain all summer,
q and d. the ss creeks "a are rel low w., One Or ,1 man t taia him INN that ss6
a day. Mining is done on the beds of creeks
and high water stops the operations. Three
The Topeka brought down John A. Maloney.
a lawyer OF Juneau, who had reports from Daw-
said: NO Boats had arrived With food, and
the residents were very much excited. Every
bit Of food had been contracted for. but there
was not sufficient there to feed the inhabitants
until spring, and unless boats arrive from s..
Michael there will be actual starvation this
were TO leave there on Sept. 20 and come out
overland to Juneau, Scarcity OF food is drivi
was going to take a party out from Dawson on
Aug. 20 I had 800 applications for passage on
the little, steamboat that took us up Pelly
River. These persons wanted to come ont be.
cause they knew that there would be actual
starvation, and they did not care to be among
the victims, There Is gold at Dawson in plenty.
WAsHlNGToN.. Oct. IA report from tho
United States educational ~agent.at st. Michael,
in the Yukon country with prospects OF star
walton during the winter, was presented to the
net agreed that it would be better to wait for a
report from Capt. T.. II. Ray, who is investigat-
ing the condition on the Yukon, before taking
any, official action to relieve the distress. 1t is
doubtful II any more relief can be sent to st.
Michael this year.
IT. s. X. {. BEAR.
The Hon. ". r ri a MifnA Hcn.m a'aSTa, S q Education
The season is now closed for getting up the
river this year; The most that the miners now
the river to Timber. then go into winter
quarters. erecting log huts for shelter. Those
tlhi touc up lultT ~ DC CoupelIcu 10 Wlntcr
at this place. AS all those people were pledged
to be taken to tho mines this fall, you can imagine
that there Is not only much disappointment
but also much irritation and anger that is liable
at any moment to break out into violence.
Among the hundreds now camped upon the
beach in tents are all classes, from the best to
the lowest-professional men OF ability and
standing. gamblers and desperate roughs, the
wealthy and the poor. and the presence OF the
Bear is the only restraint on lawlessness. We
are hourly expecting the arrival Of another cut
ter, and when she comes tho Bear will ut once
sail for the Reindeer station. siberia, and st.
Lawrence Island.
some OF the tents have been flooded for
three days past and all are uncomfortable
Alaska will have next summer from 10000 TO
100, 600 white population and several new
schools will be called for, and they will be ex'
pcnsive ones. There Is a reasonable eXpecta.
ton that Congress will allow $75, 900 for educa'
ton IN Alaska. SHELDON JACKSON