Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21

reached by those vessels or by small
could almost drive to the gold region in
a wagon. or. at least. a wagon road could
be made to it. He ays that Salmon river
the gold ledge he has discovered. but that
he could find no gold above this point. He
made the discovery about the LIST Of Sep
TENDER. 1t had already begun to snow
there. SO he staked his claims and came
The Munook Country.
You were speaking of the Munook coun-
try senator. Where Is this:"
tiers I have read. There are a number of
Washington people mining there, n
among others Governor McGraw. 1t is
some distance down the Yukon river. below
arrived at Seattle the last Of October.
brought some gold from Munook. All sorts
Of claims are made about this region. one
Dawson in FFichness. There are now, I
believe. $500 people at Rampant City, in
that region. and this city promises to be
City il 1881 winter camp o"'s'oe u DA"son
ece Reports From Dawson.
Have you heard anything new as to
gold discoveries in the klondike?"
- understand that a number of big fnds
about the middle of September on a side
hill In what is known as Skookum Gulch.
This gold was discovered in a district that
had been prospected again and again. Hun
dreds Of miners have walked over it and
passed it by. Now the whole country about
has been staked off. and men are picking
up Jumps of gold worth from So to $40.
A single nugget worth $47 was found and
two men picked up $500 worth of coarse
gold in a day. The gold was almost on the
thing like a foot of moss above it. and for
mer prospectors had failed to discover, it.
This Is a sample of what may happen in
any gold region at any time. Some of the
best mines of the world have lain for vanr
right under the eyes of the prospectors
and escaped notice. This was the case with
are. you know. under the shadow of Pixies
Peak. Thousands of miners walked over
them looking for gold. Then Stratton dis
covered the Independence and the whole
with the precious metal. 1t now turns out
millions a year. The Mercur gold mines,
h 1ate Senator sal a arf Hearst snss, S Marcus esa BANS an nS the the
pest miners of the country and thought to
be worth nothing. They are now turning
out millions. You can't tell anything about
gold, and in many cases the tenderfoot
is cutie as successful as the old pros
pector."
But, senator, there must be an enormous
Alaskan"
Yes. there are" said Senator Wilson.
IT have been told that only about one
claim out of sixteen has so far produced
$500 and Upward. This is the condition
about lawson City: so they say, and it
must NoIse al olHer parts OIL the COun-
try. Still all concede that there are enor-
nous amounts of gold in the Klondike."
Starvation in Alaska.
What can congress do to get food to
Alaska this winter?'
81 don't KNOW replied Senator Wilson.
Il suppose the question will come up Just
as soon as congress meets through a let
ter from the secretary of war. According
to my reports the people at Dawson City
are in a bad way. They have not enough
provisions to last them for more than
tWo-thfrds of the winter and new arriv-
ais are coming in at the rate Of 100 a day
over the trail. Those who come nave in
many cases only enough food to last them
1000 people there now. The trouble has
been In the low waters Of the Yukon. The
summer is very short. and altogether less
than 1000 tons of provisions were brought
in. Toward the last of the season the
Yukon was so low that the ships could
not get over the bars, and there are now
seven vessels scattered along the Yukon
filled with provisions. but so stranded that
the food cannot be utilized. 1 venture that
there is something like 1900 tons of pro-
visions lying along the Yukon. There are
$50 tons at Fort Yukon. 325 miles below
| Dawson City. Much of this will be taken
up on sledges to Circle City, which is only
by means of reindee or by ether kinds of
relief expeditions supplies could be carried
from here to Dawson City. I see that
Sheldon jackson states there are something
like 1.5OO reindeer at the four stations in
Alaska. These are widely scattered, but
enough of them might possibly be gotten
together to be of service. There is no
doubt. however, that something should be
done, and that quickly"
FRANK G.. CARPENTER,