The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-18

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talk Z response L tlze reporters question
r. 70 she sE1zu- 81 gold Ia. ESz o.
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FraEsts aao1s Ea.s Eleo4i6e ard IS Ezzaes.
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est FEAT - Ths f<ass8szs. AEth utae-
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as,5 S.r. ReFr5' vsas r s11r miner AID today
- = sr Eaatt1s On ms way - e5s 1o1za "a
Fresno. s-aE, wi.e 49, 90 IN goa rGsgats.
he sac rather r1c1se-fy.
~ - beer rAtEer fortunate. Last
winter soek osst 500 sa r q Box .eng+as.
box lsrg7h IS fzx1s feet ara II ore
length foasnd 6 8a.s AEetaeT 5sDe- t.e
second largest nugget evs< f1ued r. rise
HiE3n was taken oHs o. ~ claim i
weighed Is ounces ard z4s worth 80
have known rsen 70 take og, 1851
day frorn drtft claim or course. ina
gold was found II reekets. a1d those anGs.
yoG can resi- assured. we're very scarce.
Il woa5a not advise q nan 70 take n AT
outat that would cost less than $50. He
rnEst expect TO % disappointed and the
chances are tia; &c may prospect for
years without an8ing a paying claim. ami
again be may be lucky enough 20 strike Il
rich
The county IS Wild, rough and full ct
hargships for those a1use~ 20 the rigor=
of Arctic winters. II nan makes j for
tune Re IS liable 20 earn Il By severe hard
snip and safyersngs. But. then. grit, per-
severance and iIck viii probably reward
nar6 worker with a comfortable income
FIR life"
Inspector Strickland.
Inspector Strickland. % the Cana5 an
mounted police. Is en route 70 Ottawa on
Official business His statements were
guarded and conservative. He said there
were only two mining districts IN what IS
known as tae Elondke section and they
are called the Hunker and Bonanza dis
trlcts. He added;
When / left Dawson City a month ago
there were about SO claims stAked cut and
there were between z.eF0 and Soae people
in there. We can safely say that there
was about s.. 80. 90 In gold mined las, win
tsr. The wages IN me mines were SIS
day and the saw NH. paid iAborsTs SO
day.
The claims now staked out viii afford
employment for about 500 men. believe.
IL a man Is strong. healthy aad wants 10
work ae can find employment az good
wages. Several men worked on an inter
est or WAT Is termed q lay and during
the winter realized from S5.1s9 10 $1,000
apiece. The mines are from IS 10 100 miles
from the Alaska boundary"
A seattle Man.
William Stanley, OF Seattle Is among
the passengers. He left his son IN charge
OF his interests In q couple OF claims he
went 10 the Klondike last year and is now
returning with nearly $50 90 in gold
Henry Anderson. native OF Sweden ard
well known on the Sound. sold one-half
interest in his claim on FL Dorado creek
and IS coming back 20 Seattle with si5 90
spot cash, the proceeds OF the sale.
T. ]. Kelly and son. OF Tacoma. went In
last year and made SO Go. The son is in
charge of the claim and the father Is
among the Portlands passengers.
sackfuI of Nuggets
Richard Blake, OF Duugeness. has been
successful and IS coming back to the place
where ne was born and raised with d big
sackful OF nuggets.
William Sloan. formerly a dry goods
merchant Of Nanalmo. f.. g.. sold his claim
for s52.0po and with the gold he took from
the mine has come back 70 civilization.
Another man by the name OF Wilkinson.
of the same city. sold his claim for SO ono
and IS back 20 stay.
Bob Strong Port Townsend has good
claim, and Is in a fair way 10 make a
fortune. but his brother, lillian q.
Strong, IS not so fortunate. They are both
working on the FL Dorado river.
A Pussiisf. FORTUNE.
Jack Horne. OF Tacoma, formerly well
known lightweight pugiIist OF Puget
Sound. went 70 the klondike last fan and
worked or a lay" tie Is returning with
something over ,5oe0. which Is probably
more than he could have realized in the
ring
With $4,000.
Frank kellar. az Los Angeles. IS on
board the Portland with 81 coo lie went
Ia last year. mined during the winter and
last month sold the claim for that sum.
Briefly snch ia the story cf nearly every
miner ora board. They all have geld and
i, IS piled about the stAteEeonS like 50
much valaeiess hand baggage They a.
tribuate their success - "iacky strikes
aud aver that thousands q people VII
rash 10 the Yukon valley ia the next year
c. two. and aftag undergoing great hard
sAIps ard privatioRs VIII probably return
broke IN F-tai,h and finances. AL OF the
miners lay great stress on the necessity
~ taking in plenty II supplies and say
CHAR tae proper outfit VIII cost not les
than $50 - each man ard that It IS advis
able 20 purchase provisions and clothing
IN Scsrylc.
The PortlRnd's Passengers
There can bs no t.oub; that the late
strikes IT, the Yukon valley are the rich
est ever kravp. 3usts noes ara common
where pens ~ gravef have yielded over
SEQ. and o-cas.ouaiiy much more / IS
generally conceded. thoGrA. tNet all q
tie territory where ere rich strikes were