The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-11
Personals,

W. H Remington, the well known
business man and mining operator, who
arrived in the city yesterday from Sc
attic, Wash, informs The Herald that
the Klondyke fever has fairly captured
the people of that section which is one
| of the QUILTING points on the coast for
the new gold diggings, while the bus
mess men and merchants there are do
ing tremendous amount of business.
The city is enjoying a veritable boom,
and the town never before saw such
a season of activity and prosperity.
The arrival in Seattle of 1850 pounds
of Klondyke gold caused the greatest
excitement imaginable and Klondyl1e
! adventures are pouring into the city
at such rate for the purpose of Sc
curing outfits and supplies and pas
sage to Alaska points that the streets
and wharves are crowded day AMI
night. The thoroughfares are lined with
goods purchased by prospective mil
lionaires, which are watched over by
armed guards, while the stores are
wide open and are doing a tremendous
business, and instead of the usual SUM-
mer display of goods, heavy winter
wear of every description is given all
the prominence.
Mr.. Remington corroborates the re-
ports regarding the wonderful wealth
Of the Klondyke country, as he has
talked with reliable parties direc. from
there who will return in the spring,
and all of these gentlemen, who have
made cleanups during the past year OF
from $4,000 to $4,000 and more il the
yellow metal, have announced their in
tention of returning in the spring.
Besides it's deposits of placer gold,
it is rumored that large and rich l0Ge
properties have been discovered IL the
Klondyke country, and Mr. Remington
states that the last vessel from the
scene of excitement brought down re-
ports of this character. This. in it
self, will add to the value and perma-
nency of the district, while from all
accounts the gold bearing belt is a
very large one, and future prospecting
will doubtless lead to the extension of
the auriferous zone.
The two known routes into the Klon-
dyke country are via Juneau and Chill
koot pass, and up the Yukon river to
Dawson City, but it is more than likely
that new and shorter road will soon
be opened, as it is reported that from
500 to ], 900 Klondykers have assembled
at White pass, on the American side
of the line. At this point there is
marsh InaI is 10 miles WlQe ana rather
than turn back the miners have organ
lied with the intention of building a
log road over the marsh. This will be
completed within 80 days, when the
goldseekers will have an easy route to
the diggings, and will get in there
much sooner than those who have al
ready gone by the way of Chilkoot
pass.
Thousands of people are now going
into the land of promise. but in the
spring a rush is anticipated that will
be unequaled in the annals of mining
history. In fact, an army will crowd
into the diggings and the whole of
Alaska, as we'll as a portion of Brit
ish Columbia, Will be settled up, and
it is believed that the Klondyke dis
coveries will comprise but small por-
ton of the gold fields that will event
ually be found in this great northern
country.
Mr. Remington was enthusiastic over
the condition of affairs in the north
and he is satisfied that the excitement
attendant upon these marvellous gold
finds will create a, mining boom that
will have a beneficial effect upon the
interests of the entire Pacific slope