The evening times., 1897-07-21
QUAKER CITY HAS THE CRAZE.
Scheme Under Way i'm Philadelphia
10, Reach the DigginCs.

Philadelphia, July 21.-"On to the gold
diggings" seems to be the cry among many
| Philadelphians, Just as in the days of the
Forty miners. Already an expedition is
| being arranged for among some OF the
most active yCung men in Germantown.
and they are seeking companions in other
sections of the city. As yet there are ouIy
dozen or 80 in the scheme, but they have
set TO work to swell the ranks, and are
confident that within the next week they
will have the contingent they want -forty
all told.
The leader of The organization said YES
terday; People may laugh at US for
starting tins expedition because so many
In yea have fallen by the wa ayside. Those
who are with me recognize the fact that
some ocus viii fail and Others will succeed.
But In this instance We are not depending
on the new spaper reports. have brother
who has already reached the Klondike re-
gion. and he tells me that it is a boom
which has never been surpassed.
I'VE Gaye calculated what il Will cost
pretty closely. ] think it will take $3.50
man when we are Jumped .togetbe
There is no danger OF lacking for foo a and
water, as wa the case with the California
pioneers. 1t may be to some extent a
matter OF endurance, but those who are
already in the arrangement are hardy
enough to do the necessary tramping after
we leave the railroad. Some of Us havs
been camping out already, and we know
what il is to he caught in storms. or
course, II We get away before the / st of
August we viii strike the Alaskan district
before the snow is on the ground, and we
have little TO fear in the way OF suffer-
ing from cold.''
Aside from this Germantown movement
there are other Sche mes to get to the new
Ell Dorado. but they appear TO be echime rical.
There is no substantial backing. The one
described. however, will, If IL gee sthrough
have sort of a syndicate supporting it.
This syndicate viii not place nun-y for
travelling expenses of the expedition, but
IL VIII send an agent along, and If his re-
ports are satisfactory, funds VIII be sup
piled 10 conduct the prospecting and what
may follow.
1t has been reported that some of the
newly found gold has reached PhiladelphIa
for coinage Major Kretz, superintendent
of the Mint, however, said yesterday:
None Of the klon dixie metal has reached
us. We get most of our gold from Denver
and the assay office in New York or from
Helena, Mont. and Boise City. Idaho. NY
idea is that this new gold will mostly 20
To San Franc In fact. / have been re-
liahly info Ormed that they have already re-
ceived some OF it. We may eventually get
some of it, but that depends altogether
upon those who control the output III some
big broker buys IL he might sendit here
but 1 believe it Will generally 60 to San
Francisco.
Yes. it Is true that all the gold that
comes here for coinage is at the expense OF
the Government If the Alaska miners OF
brokers will sell at Denver and son me of II
should be sent here the Government would
pay for it They buy as much in the Colo
rado city as they do in Philadelphia Just
at present we are in good condition here
We have about ten millions TO coin and We,
begin on ii In a few days Everything is
in readiness for the work I may say at
this point that it would not pay anyone to
ship gold TO this city from Alaska. because
of the amount of expressage 1t can be ham
died az San Francisco as well as here"