The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-12

TIE Wtxx boys worked only thirty Gays
or th4Er claim last winter Their cleanup
was made May "a Out u the pie Of dir
on TIE dump they took $500 They
employed Ave naen 10 work f0g them. In
clagsnx q Russian Finn and a Sw@de. TO
sfow ROW the Klondsxe usfllionafres con-
fs1c.ed their business during the period
- lser nuggets. Weighing hundreds % dob
lar were az common as feas on dog.
VIZ says be does ncs remember the
1sznss Of tAese nlen who were given Lay
"a rae claim. When they got enough
rronsv and this was not less than SStsS3
49, tb.v QUIT work ard enjoyed life as
s-nsxh rclIs rs" Ia the booming city OF Das-
On wigs damp there was nearly 100.
waFse m, two men who had lay, Sofk-
Ing eour weeks, cleaned up $500.
Hos mach gold H. there yet 70 come out
OF the Rior dixie" was asked ot Wlgg.
az haven't any idea" was the reply.
.f.ogs ts ever vmhere. Men don't take any
ACCOUNT Of WI at they see. the dust Is 50
common Thoa sands Of dollars N sack
ta a. ors.narx at Dawson that people
-,asse- sske re~ke ming OF what there is TO
- seer. There y certainly more than
million uow Ia the camp. How much VIII
h. troasxtts cur THIS fan cannot cay. The
amount have givers Is owned by individ-
uats OF course. IN e trading companies
have lots more stored u their cafes
IS lsrE $40 n A+-e@s@ - - Nf-Nat+s VIZ StA
bonanza and Eidorado creeks. He had
Waited the benah diggiI as several times
before ne LEFT the camp. and knew All OF
the men vrho. owned claim - or the creek.
bgf he could not give their names-
The bench dsEzfngz are fsrning out
well ard al least twenty-five o. them are
hefrAx WORKED this summer and are yield
ing biE Not more thar hasf OF those To-
eatef have turned ont 20 be dividend pay
srs, bst.the rich claims are very rich-they
are better than anything ever found IN
Alaska or the Northwest Territory. except,
OF course the richest % the claims on FL
dorado creek wneTe the pure god was
taken OF OF bedrock BY the painful Had
81 not been for the wonderful finds OF pure
cold al the bottom OF Colorado creek. the
bench claims on BONANZA would be regard
ed as the richest In the history OF tEe
Yukon. As & Is. men are taking out from
so 70 80 peg DAY. Pans rGn from 20 cents
90 81.
Il say there are twenty-five claims that
are being worked on BONANZA creek I
mean that thsse are already yielding rich
81 IL the gold duet. but none Of the has
been more than prpspected. from miner
point OF view"
Wat drove yan out of the county"
Grub" was the lac0ulc. reJoinder.
Along Ia July went 70 the trading COM
pany's stores and put IN an order Tor food.
They turnes ne down. Then went 10 an
other store. with the dqls in sack. 70
order enough 20 last me for the winter
They told me they would give me sack
OF -four, but they would not agree 70 neip
rae out with fun list of supplies. ] knew
what that meant. l have been In the
Yukon when there was shortage. said
to myself Get out OF here quick, and i'm
rnedsateiy set about preparing 10 leave. /
left my brother 10 look out for the claim
and boarded the steamer Bella, leaving
Dawson August IS
Wig is an exceptionally bright young
half brsed-bright In his knowledge OF the
world although. Indlan-lke. he does not
keep track OF dates. and Ike nearly every
other man from the Kiondike knows his
associates only by their first names or by
their faces. He writes English fairly and
must have had some schooling when he
was a lad. wigg intends leaving as soon
as ne can purchase full outfit. lie VIII
winter IN Juneau. and viii go over the
trail early IN the spring.
During the conversation with the re-
porter WIgg reiterated what all Of The pas
sengers on the steamer said as 70 the food
shortage-there was sure 20 be a famine
unless the miners left the dlggings and
went 70 winter az 81. Michael.
wlgg was asked TO estimate the amount
Of gold IN HIS claim Ite said: Il can I
do H." One OF the passengers on the South
Coast who has seen the claim and knows
OF the amount takeR out last winter. says
there Is at least half million In IL
The Biggest saek.
Alfred Larson. native OF Sweden. had
the biggest sack on the South Coast. II
was said 20 contain nearly STs@o. but Lar
son would not admit that ne had that
much. one Of the men. who has known
him for three years told the Post-Inteiii-
gCncer representative that Larson sold a
claim on Eagle creek thirty days ago FOR
$1,000. lie had worked II al winter and
had taken out more than this. Larson
would not talk about his good fortune. He
sala. There has been too much told about
that country already. There are more peo-
pie going In there now than there is WORK
for. 70 say nothing OF food
Larson gold dust was brought down In
box and two bags He intends return
ing 20 his native laud-theTe 20 1--we In ease
the remainder Of his days
Two OF the passengers on the South
Coast whose names could not be learned
left lay" on one OF the Richest Of the
claims ON Renana creek. to- come out fol
food Their work this winter could have
yielded them a. the very least 5000. but
4 Was impossible for thens 90 get food
They employed a man TO lock out for then
interests during the winter. in the hops
that he will be able TO get men with fooe
10 work FOR wages which stil rule II
Dawson City at $i5 a day.
an Iafurinted Crowd.
Only the arrival OF the revenue cuttci
Bear prevented the Infatuated passenger
on the steamer National CITY from mob
hing TIE store of the Alaska Connnercla
Company az St Michael and lynchlug IN.
captain and mate Of the steamer. Thu
story was told the Pcst-fnteihgencer rep
fesertagive by enc Of the officers OF IN,
South Coast last niaht The National Cit,
arrived August 81 With over Ice passen
gers These were 10 lee taken az the Yu
kon with their provisions on \ barge. tow
~ hy q small tug which was carrie,
aboard the National City from SAN Frar.
clsco. The passengers had paid their far
through - Dawson CSty. as weu q
freight on their OUTFITS
When the tag and barge were taken al
the steamer and loaded with supplies
WAS found that the scow would rot h0l
Az the freight. Some 81 he miners ser
teroea 20 get OF the boat ard camp OF
the beach in their tents When all va
ready she tug started with her tow. h,i
could not set up the river past the nN
fats. The barge drew too much waite
ana the tug could net handle her. Tn
miners aboard armed with Winchester
aad reviewers visited ths oalCe OF ~
Alaska Commercial Company and aske
mat tie company furnish thera means "a
getting ur the river. THE cffictaf N chars
II ere pest refused point blank Ther
were UBttegloxs aud threais on thu par
OF the Indignant passengers. who cou}a 81
satisfaction from neither tNe captain a
the National CIV nor ~ the ALASKA Com
nervtai Company cffCfal A meeting " a
hett ar3 e WAS decided 90 proceed % ia
Office 20 the company the f8iisw4ar "a
arid Sii soma ere Z tsaE and barge 81 q