The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-06
LUCK WILL ALWAYS TURN
Helena's Ex-City Marshals Rich
Strike in Alaska.
ON HIS WAY TO IRELAND
Pat Calvin Shows the Second Largest
Nugget Ever Taken Out on the
Klondyke-Came Out Over
the Dalton Trail.

Great Falls, Dec 5-The latest story
of the untold wealth of Patrick Calvin,
ex-city marshal of Helena, but for the
past three and one-half years a resi-
dent of the gold fields of Alaska, comes
from the New York World. While in
many particulars differing from the en-
tertaining narrative sent out from Phil
adelphia, it is nevertheless interesting
and a good romantic tale. The World
says:
There is a corner of the Hoffman
house which may be called the head
quarters of the Klondyke club. There,
at any hour of the afternoon or even
ing, you may find two or more of
half-dozen men who have struck II on
the Klondyke and have come direct
from Dawson City to Madison square to
put their dust into circulation.
That this worthy purpose Is attained
goes without saying to men who know
the limited resources of the upper u
kon for entertainment.
Yesterday afternoon young William
lie Grand Cannon of Dawson CITY,
cousin of Aqueduct Commissioner Hen
~ w. Cannon, was reminding friend
that another returned klondyker, also
of Dawson City, had violated one of the
club rules when he had been robbed of
a bagful of nuggets in the Tenderloin
a few nights before.
J Keep the nuggets; you never know
when you'll need Them is maxim on
the Klondyke
At that moment a thin, wiry form,
clad in black from sombrero down,
strolled down the marble lobby.
Pat Calvin" cried Cannon.
THE same was the reply.
Why, / left you on Bonanza creek"
And you find me here"
Barring Joe Ladue, Calvin is the big
Of oil Ac Ia Il
hurst remarked, 'the only thing we
know about luck is that it will turn
Galyn's luck turned.
Wearing a sweater, Undiscovered over
alls and a brmless hat precisely as he
had crossed the Dalton pass, he re-
fused $1.000.000 for part of his holdings
as he stepped off the steamer at Seattle
a few weeks ago.
Calvin showed a pocket piece in the
form of nugget with a small streak of
quartz. It was the second largest mug
get ever ta ken out of the Klondyke, ana
is worth $40.
There he said, I'm going to give
that to my father in the County Kerry.
He is "a years old. But / think he will
dance an Irish jig when | drop that
before his eyes next month. My wife,
my sister and are going back to the
cid sod for the winter and the rest will
do me good after our drop over the Dali
ton trail.
My wife and l were in the first party
to come out over the Klondyke over
this trail We started with IL pack
horses and arrived with four. 1t was
the hardest journey l ever experienced.
j walked Sd miles, and when the horses
broke down my wife walked the last
$50 miles of the journey. Our provisions
ran low, and for few days we lived
on flour and water. And I'm telling you
that we We're mighty glad to get it,
4 have been eating oysters in New
York pretty steadily for "A hours, but
haven't found anything better than
flour mixed with water on the last
stages of that journey.
The Klondyke? Yes, some stories
have probably been exaggerated about
individual discoveries and yet, as one
of the pioneers in Dawson City, | can
say in all truth that the country is rich
with gold beyond any mans dreams
Six hundred and seventy-two claims
have been recorded along Bonanza and
Eldorado and Hunker creeks. and no
more claims are to be had there now.
But there are other creeks i'm other dis
trictS and other tributaries of the Yu-
kon which have not been scratched.
and | see no reason Why gold should
not be found there as in other places
People will not live OH oysters and
terrapin there this winter, but ! don't
think there Will be any actual suffering
for lack of food When it was known
that the steamers could not reach Daw-
son City about 5000 people went down
to Fort Yukon, 400 miles below for their
grub. About 5000 are left at Dawson
and they will get through the winter all
right. 1t takes 81 900 at least to get into
the country with enough grub to get a
start.
The climate need not keep anybody
away, for, although l have seen Ii 81
degrees below zero when you would
have to stop and catch your breath, the
climate on the whole is clear and
healthy and the weather from April to
June is the finest 1 ever saw
Mr. Calvin purchased a town lot in
Dawson City for $45 and sold il the
following spring for s11 600 1t is worth
$4,000 now. An old friend, Harry Ash,
q well-known gambler being unable to
find a site for a place of social recrea-
ton, was helped on by Calvin, who
loaned him this bit of ground for d
tent.
Ash put up bar 100 feet long and on
the opening night the receipts were $42,-
600 Champagne sells for $50 a quart
Whiskey two days old and made on the
spot is worth so cents a drink Mixed
drinks cost $3.50. Bartenders receive $40
and faro dealers are paid an ounce of
dust. Eggs sell for 81 so a piece at the
risk.