The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-08-30
FROM kloN DYKE.
Miners Returning A Montana Man
Brings BACK Gold.

FROM kloNovke.
Miners Retarning A Montana Man
Brings Back Gold.
san Francisco. Aug. es.--W. A. Ryan.
one Of the special correspondents of III.
associated press now en- route to the
Klondyke gold fields. writes from 81.
Michaels island under date Of Aug. H.
as follows; Nearly 800 impatient gold
seekers are fretting here In enforced
idleness awaiting the arrival of Yukon
steamers TO transport them Ia the up
per river. Dawson, and the diggings AT
the klondyke. OF this number 100
came on the steamship Portland, and
ll3 ON the Excelsior There seems tn
be little hope for a speedy transfer as
the u. II. Weare of the North American
Trading a. Transportation company Is
now more than a week overdue and
such wind storms are prevailing that
the company's new steamer. Charles
ii. Hamilton. cannot possibly venture
out. For two days she lay upon the
rocks threatened with destruction, and
was only gotten out OF danger yester-
day. Two days after she was launched
she was blown ashore. The damage to
her hull will postpone her departure for
nearly week.
The high winds will also prevent the
Portland from unloading or transfer
ring her passengers. The passengers
Of the steamship Excelsior are COM
PEELED 10 remain aboard the vessel until
the arrival Of the steamers Alice and
Bella. due about the 18th inst. The
waiting passengers have this thought
to beguile them. that there is grave
danger Of a famine on the klondyke.
According to all reports from the upper
country II will he impossible To land
sufficient food at Dawson 10 support
the population already dependent ON
that base Of supplies.
During the voyages of the steamer
Excelsior 10 this port an association of
mutual benefit was formed among the
passengers. Upon arrival at 81.
Michaels reports were 50 discouraging
concerning the food supply that a spe-
cial meeting OF the association was
held and a committee appointed to wait
upon. the Alaska Commercial company
and demand that each passenger he al
lowed To purchase a years supply Of
food al this place and that transporia-
tion be furnished for the same. The
managers are al present at Dawson
and are not expected back before the
latter part Of this month.
II. T. Ling. local agent for the com-
pany. declares there will b. scarcity
of provisions at Dawson. According TO
his official advices there are from 1000
to 5000 idle men in Dawson and new
parties arriving every day by way of
Chilcoot pass. He says that the total
amount of freight landed In Dawson
this year will not exceed 1000 tons. Of
which amount only $500 will be provi-
| si0ns. Miners returning from the upper
country who left the Klondyke In the
middle of July. say that provender was
already running very low. and that IL
went out OF the warehouse just about
| as fast as u was put In OF the steam
ers. They say that the old timers realize
the situation and that down river boats
will be crowded with men eager to get
to some safe place TO winter. Death and
| distress are predicted as the result of
the klondyke craze.
William Ogilvie. dominion land sur
veyor. who has been making a topo-
graphical survey of the British POSSES
slons along the klondyke IL here ON
his way to Ottawa having been recalled
by the government. He will go home
by way OF San Francisco. He was
| called home for consultation concern
ing the mineral locations and will make
recommendations for new laws govern
ing the sale of liquor. the taking Of
wood for fuel, and many other observ-
ati0ns. He has made a census of the
productions of the new fields and finds
that 23 claims produced ss26.o00 and
| says that sI0.000.000 is no exaggerated
| estimate of the amount that will be
produced by the l30 claims on bonanza
Hunker and III Dorado i'm three years.
| There was 20 persons here when the
Excelsior arrived. who had come down
the river from the diggings. II Of whom
were miners They are said Ia have all
the way from sl0o000 to Sio0. 900 among
them. Few care Ia say exactly how
much they have, preferring 10 remain
silent on that point. giving as their
reasons the fact that they have too
little money compared Ia what those
who went earlier took away with them.
C. u. and u. ". Patrick. father and
son. brought out $4,000. They took
passage on a sailing vessel out of the
port two days after they arrived.
Frederick W. Cobb of Boston is cred
tied with $1,000: Z. X. Zilly II Seattle
with like amount. Thomas Rowan
IL si6.0oo better on. W. W. Caldwell of
Denver has $4,000: Timothy C. Bell of
Nancouysr has s3l .00o In Canadian
money. the result al the sale of his
holdings; -. =. Lansing of Bozeman.
Mont, has $1,000. The others refuse
/ 10 say how much they have. Tn. re-
naming members Of the party are W.
! Oler Of Baltimore. William Iahn of
| Minneapolis. " n. Farman ~ Godell,
Iowa A. Buckley uf 1t. Joseph. Mo
| ". y. Gowler NJ Winnipeg. Thomas X.
Runkerly of Tacoma and W. y. Pow
,cs Of Tucson. Ariz, Each has won
what IL cslled I'm this region n home
| stake. being the amount which he be-
iieyes sufficient to take him home to
remain. Very few intend to come back.
The hardships they haV" endured make
them dread the country IN which they
Won their stalk.
Ofrin Gray Of Grand Rapids. Mich.
went into the country this spring g.
| try and save some remnant ~ the FOR
tune his son, Albert. had Won The
boy had mad. ST .O"0 ana. according q
/ reports that cam To- tn father. was
spending thousands in drink and gam
bling So the old man cam, in over
the pass. hut the boy Was gone. and
he Is coming -gi nov iu hopes that
the boy - not spent b. all nut hn'
tal,>>l some II " home 10 h,s mother
: NJ n. Mclndpo aud = " G'rNai-
went into the country tp prospect but
Ner,. discouraged and did not stop g.
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