The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29

would most strongly ADVISE every body 70
wait until spring, and nobody - 20 then
or any Tine without fall ton Of DroTis-
tons, exclusive OF other supplies
A. Buckley.
A. BuckIev. ore o. the Yukon miners
who came down or the Portland. has come
ous for medical treatment. Since isez he
has beer working a clam OK Forty IL
crsek ard The hard life finally broke down
bis health. HIS claim il one Of the Oldest
and best On FsTty-Afiie ard has always
Paid good wages. Re brings out with hiEn
several thousand dollars r. dust. stfIl re-
rainang hss claim on Forty Mile AS soon
as be regaIns his health be intends going
back and viii work out bis claim
For the past twenty-five years he has
been mining on the Pacific coast. ard
there Is hardly a camp Fl the West that
ne has not been IN. AZ last ne struck Il
On the Yukon. He r one o. the very few
On fne Yukon who di6 n0f leave their
claims ard staks In the Kl0adike district
Mr. Baeklev = a arrn believer IA the
American part of the Yukon
1T Ii tsst as good and even better than
The Cauadfan side" be said.
There's lots Of rich ground on our side.
Outside Of the KIondike strike. nearly all
the ether good sIggin4s have been found
r. American territory. There are good
chances there for psospectors and for
cagssaI"
Mr. Buckley cannot understand how
ypeopte have become 80 crszed TO risk
their life b. going Into the Yukon this
year.
no man has any business TO go in
theTe ansH next spring II be has not
got E@nse enRugh 20 kssp out, his friends
Or soss lp9ey else should keep him out
r. q eos 8F 30 BE hard enough for the peo-
ute aires q. there. The hundreds who are
n0g r8is - viii make starr alton almost
q certainty en the rtvef next winter There
f. 70 reason for going in before. next
w ~. GoyvIer.
" r cowier was q member o. the
party af Canadian mounted police wh0
nt into the Ea<9n wiEh Capt coustan-
tlue ia 1875. its term has new expired.
ard - eaf0es back SIS half owner Of No
s. asaVe o5f Rouanza creek has interests
o. GgEso- and y mixer Geek an s iags
witA higa . good STARE OF dust Not
rnh wsa one on DIS claims last winter
nt mara 81 ana au9mKh 20 fud pay. This
wl9tsF tae claim wiH be worked. and Mr.
fiswfsr expects 10 have q general clsan-up
nezf sprlng. lie viii spend the winter at
his haFne II Winnipeg.
"A5l the Mlega&ssEs ~ OUR force have
dome welf" ~ sid &C G. Constantine.
oar captain. Is q mtn who takes an in
feresI n TIRE welfare 81 his men and when
the bie strike was fcslnd be made g pos
gifie fsr 81 81 - 10 HeearA Interests IN
CT interfere wish IL efficiency % the
fierce or or dfties. There Is a warm
piaee in hse heart &c every man Of US
Tor Capt Constantine which ne had won
long before he made Y possible for as 20
secure hcufrGtnhes fIa aud his wife have
the deepest FeEasct Of every man who has
roifshod & with chem the past two
years
sssrne az ;fe force have struck II quite
faeh +. Jenkins took out 81. 900 last
Fafs a q 7. nm
IonaHza and owns a ealf interest in an
other claim below discovery. A. Ward
,TtAned up $3.50 on NO. g above on Boz
ranza and owns an Interest In % above.
Fred Webster stakad 81 above and
bought IN on Ne. = below, and Is all
right for a good pile. A. Pinkerton and
- Sinclair have both got good claims be-
low discovery WHICH they viii prospect
this winter rinker.oa refused $1,000 for
his half interest just before l came out.
~. Brathers located No. 81 above. and
took out SEQ for the tttie work he did
upon Il. and calculated hat he Will take
out at least ss0.eae this winter.
a e. MeKs.ias stakei a good claim on
Bonanza. which he sold last winter. and
afterwards worked on a las on Eli
dorado and made good cleanup.
y Thornton staked a claim on Adams
creek and bought an interest Ia one on
Bonanza creek. lie found s. 10 the pan
on his Adams creek property. and Will
work t. this winter.
n Churchill staked 81 above on Bonsn-
"A. and has every prospect Of having some
thing good.
PROM The time our force vent up there
have been hard at work establishing
pests. 4 meant hard work for all the
claee.s as well the men. IL Is no pic
nc 10 be on the Yukon under any cir
camstancas fellow has 10 be his own
pack horse and every Thing else. Before
2fug ibis year cur endre force was on
uFs ratlous. and when the first boat got
y our atdcr was as bare as old Mother
fs hhAgd's cupboard was said to have
n. Tais winter l SIN sure there Will not
any Improvement In this line. There
li no, lie grub enough Tor half the peo-
e. taat are goiag Ia, 1 suppose the peo-
Fe. having setn the gold. are crazed. and
ulH ne, believe what We say. but Ia Us
Nso 3urt know how serious the situation
81 Ia rush seems 10 be a calamity II
calls for immediate steps BY The authorities
G. Stop it Until next spring when there
m D. q chaEee o &C. IL supplies. Even
With tho proytaons there last spring
when tNafs body Yves dividing up 10 the
lNi That men sickeuea. and al
hast two died from lack cf uroner
fcoa b sides gAls there Is not
saelter toF every body at Dawson
tat San enough buildings be pat up. BE
tween rpsd sad hunger there wffl be lives
lost taege aext winter. People viii urob
ably cali ~ calamity aowlers. and hon
fsiiy Aope fhht next spring vii prove that
we are wrong bar f ] had a friend Who
taossht q going ia there noS 7 would
- Nfea hf- resort 20 actual force ta aaeafr
him- AeN aH{ Snan &ho came down on
the Portland what be- thinks about ID
You WI AMI most OF them are glad they
arc eei and yea eouid nos hire one 10 "a
back there for this wlnter at any price. -
=. .. neu.
r. G. Ben better known as TEN Pm
Ass been aErr tae divide ard snto me yu
"an tafte times. gcirE fn first I'm fNl9
mining on iae HoofahAeua. and going Qua
aFNe the KaN1 pass. This time - foef,d
arlt Sour 9oid on .he hare SIC ~ So
Iftffa in the TeeUn lake country finding
nf Eatd. aut not Tn paving quantities
Use EnrnN or 1 tou1a him again In f1,,
country on FoftE-N IL. Nhsre ~ terat-
81 asa worked e. claim Oh Gattfn ratF
Hfsek- W4tanHt usu-a Success he e-s+t -.lt
tn Sf hs way oE So Mehae}s and was r,,a
e 4tg passengers ou fhe Serbia trhen sfts
-" As terown on her avan enas 3r q Storm
4nd ton hoHrs eas az the mercy az the sas
10" weat ls over Jha D2es pass ga 1853 ana
AFasHacttd again cu Forty Mile ETe vres
among ilsa aFst re reach the klsnafka afr
II the Eret strike. aHG located Ma IS Sc.
low ea Bonanza. Shortly after E38ara.t,
was #ifH-k he Sought Claim q an rha+
TFeek vt.ca ae aoid ou March ~ a vafr
atlffartaft pr.re F}e Said ol5eiBaHr slsa
fot tae tislal. RE1 tHe eafn * price ~,
5000 lH ia tbe skausauIN
otnte theu be BIAS gaasht an interest in.
.E4 81. F.lDars creek walsh .-.-