The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-23
TO THE GOLD FIELDS.
THOUSANDS FRANTIC TO
CO TO ALASKA.
Excitement All Along tho Pacific COAT
Hundreds of Inquiries From the Inter
Wonderful Reports Fully Con-
hrmcd-Lucky Experience.

SAN Francisco. July 2i.-The re-
ports Of rich gold discoveries In the
Klondyke region and i, other parts OF
Alaska have. caused intense excite
mont NIL along the Pacific coast. and
in addition hundreds of kilograms OF
inquiry from all parts Of the country
have been received. Every inch OF
space on oil boats which will sail for
Alaska for months TO come has been
edesgpd already and " will bs neccs-
sary 70 sput many new steamers OF. tho
service II the rush continues.
When the steamer Allti left Seattle
and Port Townsend. Wash. yesterday
u had 1876 passengers, 500 sheep and
30 horses. Thousands gathered TO
watch the departure and the scenes
werc remarkable. Some OF the pas
scngers had slept on the deck oil Sun
day night and crowded the vessel Mt
daybreal. Mono would leave to get
food. Not an inch Of room was left
on the vessel The same scenes will
10 repeated with each vessel which
leaves.
GOVERNOR M'INTosH TALKS.
SEATTLE, wash, July 2i.-C. b. Nc
intosh, governor Of the Northwest
territory, In which Is included the far
famed Klondyke district, Is In Seattle.
He freely 81 subscribed to the truthful
ness OF tho stories sent out us to the
richness OF tho new diggings. lie es.
Inmates that the Klondyke and It's
tributaries yielded over 81, 900, 900 in
gold last winter. OF this amount
81, 200, 900 and upwards came by the
way Of the steamships Portland and
Excelsior. More than n 81, 600, 900 in
dust, he says. Is now stored away in
the cabins Of miners along the creek
being developed.
''The British Yukon yield OF gold
Tor 1897 tho governor declared. Twill
not be less than $4,000, 900. surveyors
nre now at work trying to ascertain
the feasibility Of u construction Of
s0ilroad into the Yukon. One route
.,ontemplates n line OF steamers from
Fort Wrangcl up the Styken river"
AN EX-KANsAN'S GREAT LUCK.
william Stanley, who returned from
the Klondyke IN the Portland. brought
. considerable amount of gold with
him, and said that he was heavily in
tercstcd In n claim that ho thought
would yield g., 900, 900. He was poor
before he left, and his family was in
distress during his absence. but now
ell Is we'll with them. Persons who
used to give Stanley n dime or fifteen
cents can hardly realize that he Is
now comparatively rich.
Stanley said that he had realized
that he was growing old, and that he
that last September he, his son and
two young men named Worden had
bcfriended u nan who had given them
. tip about the riches OF K~londyke;
that from claims % and 70 on Eldorado
creek they had taken 8Ii2, 900 in two
months; that they had also acquired
claims so and 81. and that they be.
lieved that the four claims would pan
out 81, 900 to the lineal foot
II believe" said Stanley. shat
there Is gold in every creek In Alaska.
Certainly on the Klondykc tho claims
are not spotted. It's gold, gold. gold
all over. It's yards wide and yards
deep. say SO because l have been
there aud have the gold tn show for II.
All you have to do il to run q hole
down and there you find plenty of gold
dust am On American by birth, but
of Irish parcntA formerly lived in
western Kansas, but my claim was not
quite rs good as tho one | staked out
on the Eldorado creek"
FACTS TO BE CONSIDERED.
CHICAGO. July alp. Il. Wcare. vice
president of the North American Trad
Ing company, is receiving hundreds OF
letters asking information regarding
the Alaskan gold fields. lie said TO
day. 1.-THE boats which sail from
Seattle thus month are %full-every
passage taken. That means that any
one who wants to 60 to Klondyke
must wait for the August boats. And
the journey is 1000 miles. People
talk about It rs II 1t was walking
across the street. They dom
realize what Alaska Is; what
the Yukon ia They will neec
. map to convince them Of the truth
that the country Of tho Yukon and il
tributaries in Alaska and British
America ix rs large rs the Who'll,
United States east Of the Mississippi
that IL Is longer than u trip to Europ,
before they reach the Bering sea IN
the mouth OF the Yukon; that by tn.
time thoy strike the Yukon the Alas
kan Arctic winter will be o them
by September as the winter settle
down and the Yukon country Is froze,
solid till next May. The expense o
getting from Chicago TO Seattle is SEQ
aud from Seattle to the Boring sea i
ESQ. There will be thousands Of Eas,
srn men who will go. but, OF course
the coast people have everything l
their favor. Ono thing must be RI
membered, that the Klondyke countr
Il