Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-09-17
Famine on the IXlOndilxe
Is Predicted in Letters from Alaska and
by Men who Have Just Returned---
Stnmpede TO Rich New Fields.


Food is already scarce at Dawson, and men are
waiting for each steamers arrival to buy up
stores, writes the New York Herald's correspond
eut from Yukon Flats, where he met the steamer
Healey with 40 returning miners. The steamer
Weare has been on a sand bank 80 miles from
Circle City since July - and probably will not
make mother trip this season. one Vasseug, r
told q correspondent: Il believe that seventy
tons OF gold could be taken out during the coming
season irom the klondike alone he said, "if la
Dor could be found in plenty, but with little food
men cannot work. But you should let the out
side word know that newcomers cannot expect
to obtain rich mines by lUcatun they must work
for wages or prospect, or they can find no food
hundreds of men are waiting in Dawson for
something to turn up
The steamer Cleveland has arrived at otter
Point, b. c., from st. Mlchaels with Is passengers
from Dawson. The vessel carries 100. OUUto $780,
OO) In old The passengers believe there is great
dangerOt famine in Daw son, and say that hundreds
of unruy persoLs are iocking there. The Yukon
river is beginning to freeze and Will be closed in Il
few weeks. Enormous prices are now being paid
for food in Dawson City, and It impossible that
more than tour vessels with provisions can reach
the place before the river Is Il mass of ice.
The steamer South Coast arrived at Port Towns.
bend, Washington, saturday direct from ST. Mi
chael. bringing from 100000 to SiOJ.OOd in gold
and 70 miners from Dawson City aud the central
valleys Of the Yukon. All the miners confirm
previous reports that there is immense wealth IN
the kloudike region, but all Of them express
fears of a famine durii X the coming winter n
Dawson City because OF the inability to get pro-
visions there.
The CITY Of Topeka Just arrived, brings news
that a party OF miners re driven out OF Copper
River by Indians and are now at Dyea. Ia three
or four days it Is saiu they took ont ) 1900 or
liVuU. Great excitement was created over the
new finds, which rival the kloudike. 1t is said
| that Johu sullivan, who was \ ears ago teamster
of the Union Electric company and VINO went la
| to the klOndike county last spring. came down
/ on the Cleveland with $4,000 in nuggets. His
| name was not on the passenger list. sullivan 5
partner, Higgins, is still up IN the X ondike cUun-
| try, and Hggins's wife was on the Eliza Andt
| son, now supposed to be either lost safe in
| klondike Harbor.
Sulphur Creek a branch of Dominion Greek.
which is a tributary of Indian River, is the scene
| of the latest gold excitement in the klondike.
| From accounts brought down 10y the steamer
| South Coast, the new diggings will rival the IA
| nous Bonanza and FL Dorado. Gold was found
| Just below the surface running S34 to the pan
! Two men got $500 in one day simply prospecting
| their eli ims. \ stampede followed the reports
OF the find, which reached Dawson City Aug. l3
Within week 800 men mad crossed the noun
| tains, travelling day and night Two weeks latei
| the whole stream was taken up. John Bright OF
| Chicago, who owns a claim there, arrived on thu
steamer Bella. lie left Dawson City August Il
| and is the first to confirm the previous stories
| He says; when | first heard of the Sulphu;
| Greek strike went over the mount AIMS to inves
| tigate. spent two days with two brothers nam.
| ed Mckinnon and saw item take out $500 in one
day by sinking two prospect holes The forma
| ton is the same as Ii Dorado. There was grea
stampede when the news reached the KlondiAe Z
| All the ground is now staked OUT