The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29
Direct From Klondike.

points obtained from a letter received
yesterday by Gid R. Proper from
/ Frank &. Howard of the Juneau Min
J ing News, and also who came over from
/ the klondike country to Juneau on the
+ 18th of this month:
II left Dawson City two weeks ago,
( coming over the Chilcoot pass. There
were seven of US in the party, and l
can truthfully say there could not have
I been less than 100000 in the party. All
are going out to the states to winter
One man by the name of Burns is
! Butte miner, and has $4,000 with him
in gold, taken out of a claim he To-
Gated last June.
AT present Chilcoot is the only pass
that can be crossed with any safety.
While at Dyea l saw a pile of gold be-
! ing made ready for shipment on the
Portland that was valued at S2700,Q00
in gold dust. This gold has not all
been taken out this season, and 1 think
one-half of it came from F'orty-mile
creek, and not the Klondike district
Before leaving Dawson City there was
great excitement at Sixty-nile creek,
where some rich finds have been made
in both placer ground and quartz
leads.
You would be surprised now to see
the amount of people that are-strung.
dlOIiS lLS LTdll from LlHU6Tnldn TO the
river. | should judge there were over
1000 on the trail. Men, women and in
many instances children. No matter
how well fixed they are with money and
provisions the sight is amusing as well
as fearful. The people seem almost
craZed with excitement, and think of
nothing else but to get to Klondike,
no matter how hard and tiresome the
journey. Two more boats are expected
~ rN-C,0 hi fol III xtril1
be fortunate If they get back to St.
Miehaels before the river freezes. No
provisions for stores are going over
the passes-only that which parties are
/ trying to get through for their ,owns
use. I cannot see how the people of
Dawson are going to live this winter
through. There is scarcely enough on
hand to feed one-half of the people.
There is going to be great suffering
here this winter, unless the Indians
and the experienced packers resort to
dog trains TO gst the supply over. There
! is in The neigh5c.hoed of 400 tons of
grub at Dys1 for Dawson, but the per-
picking question is, how are they going
/ 30 get it over fast enough to feed the
people?
Money is no object in Dawson now.
Everybody is heeled with gold, but
what is gold good for when cne is on
(
humming town. Ten dance house. girls
came in on a boat two weeks before
1 left, and the town has been wild with
rough enjoyment since then. This class
of people have genuine bonanza Of
their own, and will have small fortunes
in a. short time at the rate they have
started in. In spite of the stringent
Canadian laws, it is a typical American
mining camp in every respect There
sal tn no.
thing goes for four-bits. Hotels and
lodging houses do not come anywhere
near accommodating the people-and
people who have plerty of money to
pay their way. BY the 1s.t of next
July there win be so, 900 people in Daw-
son, and if arran gements are carried
out as now proposed by several com
panies, it will be a live, ffouriSffng city
I can tell you the gold is here in abund-
ance and greater mines and more dis
tricts viii be opened next year to swell
the output of this country into the bill
lions next year Leadville. Colo. never
was a patching to the scenes at Daw
son. Those who have not the money
to pay their way nave geld dust by the
sackfull, that is always taken in ex-
change for SIT per ounce.
"a great deal of work is now being
done on the trails over the passes, and
soon lay a good substantial corduroy
road. reminding one of war times. Small
boats are being made at the lakes olr-
of whipsawed lumber, that will carry a
ton Of provisions and ten men easily.
Even the men Who own the boats viii
have veritable placer mines themselves.
About 10 per cent of the men who have
come here with just enough money TO
land at Dyea are ali employed in some
way or another at present. but this
prosperity for them cannot continue in
winter.
AT st. Michaels a fine large hotel is
being built there by San Francisco men.
and this will be made favorable port
in the future for those who desire to
get into the country by the long route,
and have every convenience. <. Circle
City and Fort Cuddahy are both des-
tined to be good towns, simply because
they are tributary to good mines 1t
is said that the Stewart~riyer country
is going to prove a richer section than
the Klondike, and great preparations
are being made for q rush into that dis
trict as early as possible in the spring.
Those coming into this country in
the spring will do web to start from
the states about March 1. and during
this month they will find it the easiest
season of the year to get into the cpun
try. The ground is thoroughly frozen
and the lakes are solid ice up to the
middle of May. Trails are then made
and pack animals and footInen have no
trouble in travelling and making good
time. Then is the time to get provisions
over, and as there VIII be a number
of packing outfits in The country. the