The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-30

j ono anu ont-ntli miles up from lne
mouth, Ia twenty-five miles long, and
heads at the Dome. a big bold hill, as
do a number Of lesser creeks 1t runs
southweHerly III Dorado comes In
twelve miles un.and ia seven miles lnng,.
running In the same general direction
as does Bonanza, The pay on Bonanza
Is good from the sos below the point OF
discovery where one claim has twenty
and 25 per cent with the pay
one hundred and twenty-five feet wide,
up to forty-three above, claim No. Al
being very rich. Gold on Bonanza Is
finer than that on III Dorado. There
is not blank up 60 No IS, and there
are some good claims above that rum
Der. The richest clalmS are in the mid
die of the guleh, the gold there being
coarse, with lots Of nuggets. This.
with the fractions OF claims. makes
nearly twenty miles Of paving ground,
Prospects Ia the Side Clutches.
Ia addition there are number Of
side gulches in which good prospects
have been discovered. Bonanza district,
1t is estimated, is likely to produce not.
less than s50,0O0,000 In gold, and this Is
believed to be an underestimRte than
otherwise. bunker creek empties into
the Kiondyke twelve miles up ana Is
twenty miles long. In places 81 and So
to the pan on bedrock have been found.
and the Indications are that 1t will
prove q rieh-paying creek. Gold Bot
tom, a fdfk, and Last Chance, side
guloh, show IN equally well for a con-
siderable distance These comprise.
fak IN
Klondyke between Bonanza and Hun
lEeF, the extent OF territory OF which
anything certain Is known. Quartz
creek and Indian creek are reached
from the heads OF Bonanza an I Hun
ker and they have also some prospects
The country rock Is slate and mica
schlst Iron rock Is found With them.
and pieces of stratined rock combining
iron are found, showing plainly on thetr
sides the matrices Of gold nugKets.
Some fair goId-bearing quartz has been
discovered, hus no rich, free gold-bear-'
Ing rock ia place. The mineral belt
seems to run northeast and southwest,
if one may Judge from the creeks, and
to be about ten miles wide. 1t seems
to parallel the main range OF noun
tains about one hundred miles distant
from II.
Wages and Cos, ofLlvlnE.
There are both summer and winter
digglngs on all the creeks as some of
the claims are capable of being both
drifted and sluiced. Some summer
drifting Is also done. Wages, owing TO
the scarcity of men last winter, were
Sl5 a day at the dIggings, but they are
likely to fail very soon The price oe
-four at Dawson City last winter was 81
o pound, and this spring the trading
companies advanced their priceS in
some cases 50 per cent. Canned meats
were sold al seveniy-hve GEMS can.
Meals we've charged for at the rate OF
81 so apiece. Whisky was the same old
prIce-nfty cents a drink. Lumber, when
It can be had. Is $3.50 q thousand feet,
The price for saving at the mills Is 500
thousand feet. the logs being furnish
ed by the purchaser. Beds or lodgings
are not TO be had. II you can't find
place in some tent where yon may sleep
you may try the saloon aoora of which
places there are a number. Good river
front lots In the center OF the town may
be purchased at from $4,000 to 5000
each. These same lots sold last foil at
IS a piece.
The richness and extent Of the dig
glngs are such that II they were in any
place less Inaccessible than this doubl-
less the stampede TO them would be
tremendous, but a great influx OF gold
hunters at this time would be catam-
lily. The Canadian government has
sent In another detachment OF police
ala al . 10
sloner. who. with the customs officer.
constitute the governing force. Owing
to the innpossibility OF escape from the
country such Of the criminal element as
has come In thus far Is very quiet and
peaceable. Outside OF little stealing
OF provisions and similar petty 0HeHses
there is no crime. There are but a few
places where supplies can be had In all
this vast country, and any offender IS
certain therefore OF being caught and
punished. Though gold has been sit
ting around in the cabins for months
In LARD pals. baking powder cans, old
boot legs and buckets, no thefts have
been committed.
Need OF Outside Commentaries.
What the country needs above all
things, is Communication with the out
side world II the government at
Washington would make some arrange
ment whereby the Canadians could get
a port of entry on the disputed part Of
the coast It would be great boon to
Alaska as well as to this part OF the
Northwest territory Most Of the men
who hit IT. are Americans, whose
gold will 60 to San Francisco and the
United States. Because Of the lack OF
adequate communication with the civil
lized world the miners are In constant
fear lest supplies should give out.
Many articles can be had. hut for q
limited time after the arrival of a
steamer. and those who arc not fortu-
nate enough to get supply at that
time must do without 10. weeks ana
months, no matter how much gold they
may have 10 make purchases with. The
scarcity may be one Of provisions. win
dow saBhes or gum boots. but always
there Is O scarcity here OF some import
ant article. Generally there Is never
enough Of anything, and only the open
Ing up Of communication with the coast
by some other route than the mouth OF
the Yukon offers any prospects Of ade-
quate relief. II the Canadians had a
port OF entry they would have COM
merce coming down the river from the |
direction OF Juneau. and the country |
would not be dependent upon the |
scanty supplies coming 1900 miles UP |
the Yukon from Boring sea.
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