Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-25
News Of Gold, Big Prices, Heavy Toll and
Disaster.
PROVISIONS SCARCE AT DAWSON CITY,


t,,I mi
July Z5ru h"u - ~, -,
tlon August 18TH flsher saSs tH"t .o
&c working in IL store at Dawson CITY
s,o a dov. and that the others are
for VI I, ,,,,,,td ha ot looet
out prospectlns' 40 II "'Ni' ~
six weeks before the mining seasoH
,.o,ld begin. He writes:
-. C,,,. " w n Aug 1s.-My
DAWSON C''S' -,
Dear Barrlngton-i ms ihoii''s '"0'
was many smiling face as boat and
-, into Dawson with Mt least
SEQ" O'''l,s ''s,,,,.,,r. nor tho last fey
400 tons oil proNisio's' v. Wv
days the people that hau no supplles
Sar tho winter began to feel gloomy
a,,or the outlook. but the steamers
sarco cbeered them UP. The trading
"a a,,rood mot 20 soil mora
company "'u "e. ''' ~ ''''
than two sacks OF flour and ten pounds
OF sugar ana other articles In proper
ton to any one person, so as 70 en-
able oil 10 secure soinethins' BUSINESS
is carried on altogether with gold dust
and It makes ones eyes STICK out to
see 1t setting around as most OF the
business houses Keep IL IN glass tuih-
blers, and every evening you VIII see
from three to eight OF these run OF
dust
II any one says TINS is ohly ste1tn-
boat boom, they are MISTAKEN as they
do not estimate IL by the ounce nut
by the hundred weight ana ton-that
It is estimated, clear from their claims
in which they are Interested about
ave tons OF sViu maj VII come from
this district ana the soiu thlt VIII come
from TINS dlstflct' VIII run from "a
TO ntty tons. regret L ala not come
up on my own NOOK, go.
Good dogs are worth from $50 to 500.
We made quich "Trip IN running
White Horse rapids IN two minutes. If
George human had brought his car
penter Tools IN ne couid make az least
sou a day on ms own nook. win wen
Wishes l am as ever, yours.
CHRIS FISHER.
SKAGUAY PASS is AWFUL.
Seattle Wash Sont 94-Rion {
u'.itsco a Nticbi,,,r M, ,,bo ~, In
settle on a Well when tba IlIondilrc
cySitenent broke out and who Vas
ono ~ he first ,,irti,ns ,tritee Tho TnI-
ior,ny Letter IRON, Lake Renrctt 10 bis
sister Mrs Marian Rovmond az thia
Citt,.
T,l,o ro,ratt Can, .
Daar eietnr--This 10 the firet nnnnr-
tunitv I have mad ~ yv,,itinry 10 yo,,
stncc 7 ioft sl,ar,,,v we b9,,n bccn
an tho trnil from tLere 10 i'ol,c Ron
nett aboit n month II 10 fortv-n,;o
miles long and n holy terror 10 ret
80, b,,t NO bn,.o boa, ,,a,-,, fort,,,,s,to
IN gsttinc o,,n,, Win o,,r 1utGt We
nra aI,nost Tho fret IN yat ovar tbe
sis,e,,av traii ,,.itb a 1ar,o a,,tat
There are mite n few ahead Of MS INT
tbey went IL, With U,.bt har,go,a W.
oil sbni,Id hive ,Ione II, L,, ~ u,,ao
trau which nrnvsd to he nuch shorter
and mo- 'wo,se Ia travel nva,
We were lucky in bnvjnp "A mack
train aftsr we md baen nncl,ing For
fonr wocks nm our. hacks We hncome
acnuaintGd win the marty which
arst ontion on tho horses as tbev want
ed ia 20 and Gel n Iarrer outff When
GrifHtb and went tS vol the horses
there were nj lSast n dozen men shak-
inc Nancy In their faces for tho horses
We had bought. only for them we new
or c",,id baya ,otte,, throIigb We mia
sea fn,. tbn ouiat With s,,fticiont f,reiII
and hay to last them.
We are now in camp at Lake Ben
nett with our whole outft, and VIII
leave here In hte morning Tor the 1u-
kon, II the wind Is favorable. We
bought BOAT from the Inlu mere that
WIN carry iour tons paying $40 loI IL:
hoats are marc to get mere, anu lots OF
men cant get them' me boys nave
gone across me lake Tor our boat thls
afternoon ana l am cooking up Iot
ul nieau ana otheI STUN 10 take ABOARD
IN me morning we Went baGk Gown
On lne trall yesterday morning hnu
- '''--. 49, =
We nave peen very fortunate nnanclaI-
~ we expect TO make the run 10 Daw-
son Guy IN ten days, unless we con
uluue TO go up stewart river as iar as
we can ana winter thefe, going IN the
spilhs 10 the heauWhtefs OF the hloh-
Slhe' Where tine rlchest helus nave
peeH reported
O., utl slud we are tnrough WIN
nHasuay truh. When we Went DIX
WIN the horses III was the worst slsht
.ou ever saw IN your me me tra.
Was STACK OF rocks win great ihuu
,tslIs 70 wade through, anu ueau
nolses every rev fous, WINE catlpers
VIE eNtryWhere' iiall oi thei,i can
Nv. Evt through inns WINTER IL ID
''''lule slsht TO witness.
y our Drother'
BlON y WALLASE'
THE CHILKOOT PASS CALAMITY
Port rownsend yVasbn Sent "a
In regard to sundays calamity nv
which eighteen men were killed on
Chllkoot pass, by an avalanche of
stones and mud, Capt. Nelson, master
OF the tug Pioneer, says: "Three men
came TO SkaEuay beach on Monday
hight with story to the erect that at
Hheep Camp, ct 1880 O'Clock sunday
morning peculiar sound from the
southwest side of the mountain was
heard, and before the residents of the
camp could fully dress, they found
themselves being rapidly borne down
The canyon on mass of moving debris
from the maintain sdn A minority