Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-26
.BACK FROM THE MOND|KE.
Two Vessels Came Down With About
100 Passengers.
Food Shortage at Dawson : The
Companies Refusing to Take
Orders for PrOvisions-The River
Already Frozen Hard and Boats
Are Laid Up for the Winter.


Are Laid Up for the Winter.
Seattle, Wash. October 25.-1ne
steamer Farrallon arrived from Dyea
and Skaguay yesterday afternoon
bringing 125 passengers. II of whom
are from Dawson City. The party
brought gold not exceeding 100000
worth. According to the stories, nearly
all the restaurants are closed at Daw-
son on account of "a food STORAGE.
Prices of provisions are not advanced
over regular prices. but the companies
are refusing to. take orders. More than
half of the food in the warehouses has
been sold. but the company refuses to
distribute it, although it is paid for.
until it is learned whether more provis-
ions will be brought up the river. In
case no more arrives the entire stock
will be rationed among the residents
Ito prevent starvation.
The steamer Humboldt arrived Sat
urday night with five men from Daw-
son City, leaving there September ),
and three men from Minook and other
points on the Yukon. The river is al
ready frozen hard, and boats are laid
mn for the winter. The Humboldt left
ST. Michaels October 8. The five men
from Dawson City are John F. Miller
and Frank E. Sims, of this city; L. A.
Harrison. of Atchison, Kan; William
Dubell. of New Jersey, and William
Braund. of Black Diamond, Wash.
They were passengers on the river
steamer Margaret.
When they found the mouth Of the
river blocked with ice they resolved
to come overland. For seven days they
crept forward through terrible wind
and snow storms Some of them fell
In their tracks and had to be helped
by their stronger companions. They
crossed the river, covered thin with ice,
by lying down and pushing their packs
before them, and at night they sought
shelter from the storms by budding IN
Eskimo tents or lying unprotected from
th- bisine wind save by blankets ..... !.
tne Hve or six tb4ss=ar ooo
IN dawson and vicinity, at d;ne
will be obliged to Zee from impenains
starvation. Up to September o "ne
the Miller party leffDawson. new ar
rivals numbered fz IN three to twenty
neople daily. ana there is no doubt
,+bat the ratio will be continued all
winter Three hundred men were
working in the gulches, and in the
hills were several prospectors, all OF
whom knew nothing of the shortage,
and were depending on the company
stores for provisions. One way of re-
lief is open to the miners. Five hum
dred or 1000 could winter at Circle
CITY. 100 miles below Dawson, and
draw their supplies by dog train from
Fort Yukon Circle City mas ooo
houses. and it is said to be the largest
,og cabin town in the world.
John F. Miller says there Will not
be starvation, but GER
tainly miners will suffer extreme pri-
vations. Five hundred men came
down the river. but that is closed, ana
they cannot get out. There is no
doubt that the people Of Dawson nave
heen alive to the situation Tor SIX
veaks. >"Our leaving" says SIMS
"was the beginning of stampede for
grub
There is any amount of gold at
p.usop IT is not unusual to see
horses loaded with dust But the
mines are owned by men who KNOW
their value. Zone sees 1t on every
hand the returning miners say. 1T
seems plentiful. but you must remem-
her that it is more plentiful in the
United States treasury, and is just as
hard TO get. People who ficck to the
mines and expect TO pick up gold in
the grass roots soon find out their
There is no doubt that a large
Amount of treasure will come from
the Yukon basin next year. If the min
ers can get enough to eat to continue
mining during the winter. Gold sent
out early this year will not be a cir
cumstance to next springs output of
the sluice boxes Mr.. Miller says
there is not an inch of ground I'M
staked on the Klondike. Several new
creeks have been located.
Victoria, B. c., October 25.-Miners
who came down on the steamer Far
allon from Dyea, and who left Dawson
City about forty days ago, says five
days before they left, Hansen, one Of
the passengers of the Alaska CONNER
cial Company. arrived in canoe and
told of the abandonment of efforts TO
get food up the river Fully 400 min
ers at once made preparations to start
out over the trails, but the citizens
committee refused to allow them suffi-
cient provisions for the journey, so TO
save those who have already started
all will have to remain and share in the
privafions at Dawson.