Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30
TYPICAL CAM

Iahorcrs. as every person who comes mere
g. fortune hunting. and does not care u
consider the idea OF working for one -
no matter what wages are offered. me
interest In the Yukon fields mas Det"
great for a long time, but he Jusl-dls-
covered placer mines in the sou'he-71
corner OF the Yukon District, catei l.'
Klordike District. IS what has cfea'e4 llr
sensation The announcement OF tnls
fact and the report Of the nndlnB OF
quart rich in free gold has created
starnpede here from other portions OF
the great mining district.
Tho Klordile Diggings. from walcn j
write arc situated about ht'y-nVe nl4e7
m tho yukon river from Fort Cudahy.
T'hev arc on the KlCndike river a SooH
sized stream flowing into the Nuho-
from the east This stream, oWAh 10 us
swifircss and the quantity OF ah"ilo"
water. is not nayigabie Tor any pi' u"
Iightest Of boats. so that for the piac-l-H
purposc Of taking up supplies il IS use
The length of the Kondike IS ABOUT J."
r,uoe 4 large stream joins il ~ dis-
lance Of about fifty miles from the hloG1"
and entering from the south. The IN
dione bo1 named this creek "All-Gold.
The old-timers here say that the klondlHe
llletTIrI Vii Vastly NfN''a"'
California dgeings of early Gays.
The first discovery I'm the district was
made on a creek known as the Bonanza
bv one George COrmack. II Us apoit
twenty-nve miles in length. and has many
small tributaries. all OF which are gold
bearing. Prospecting is stA going on
and new claims are being staked daily.
About forty-fve miles south Of the Nlon-
dixie Indian river flows into the YUKON
tom the east All streams heading i'm
tho divide between these two streams
appear to be rich in gold. Already
sufficient number of claims have been
stakcd TO give employment 10 several
thousand men. and when the vastness
and richness OF this country becomes
known to the outside wocd there VIII
be an enormous rush TO IT, The new
fields at Klondike are, however. not only
the richest. but the easiest of access.
Never before i'm this country have such
convenient mines been discovered. Inc
mouth Of the Bonanza creek is less than
one hours walk from Dawson City IN
winter. Men are able to do all their
own frelghting, which IS a great saving
10 them.
ola miners who made new discoveries
last wear in some of the more remote
districts have practically abandoned the.s
Claims and gone 10 the Klondike, as they
know II viii be impossible for them 10
get men to freight their provisions
long distance through rough country,
and work when the mines a. klondise are
so rich and acces 3ble. One instance OF
this might be mentioned. Good prospects
were found easily last year on creek
known as Chicken creek, which is q lttle
owe. one hundred miles up Forty allie
river from this post. The creek was
staltd. cabins were built on many claims
and considerable preparatory w"H was
done. with the expectation that curing
The coming summer consideiaoic boiu
would he taken out This creek Is Ho"
practically abandoned.
The Rirch-Creek Diggings. IN Alaska
with Headquarters at Circle city, are also
..o,newhat difficult of access. especially
in the summer. and IN future the sam"
trouble of getting men TO work VIII be
ovnorienccd there as on the Foriy-Mile
Incomes. Already a considerable num-
ber ~ men have come up 10 the K'ondike
from Circle City, and II is reported that
thcre are many more on the way. ABOUT
three hundred claims have been staked
ON, IN bonanza creek alone. and nea"y
the same number on its Tributaries, or
",uns" as the miners oill them. la
I!nnkfr District more than one hundred
claims are staxcd out. Altogether there
ave IN the new Geld more IMAM H'e nun
drod claims
Work Ii going on this spring very
rapidly. and the prospects found are
rich. indeed. Heretofore scent DIRT
that is. 5 cents to the pan-"as consid-
cred GOOD pay. and where there Is
GOOD he'd of gravel averaging this amount
II Is good as 1t Will yield about $50 per
day 10 the man who works il. In Boz
nanza District $50 dirt Is not at all I'M
common and ovc- 500 has been found
IN a single pan. About lorty claims above
and several below Discovery on Bonanza
have washed over 81 10 the pan. and a
considerable nur,5er have washed from
IS cents up % 81 pan. On Eidosado
creek over twenty claims have over 81.
several syeras cling SO and one claim
averaging N3 TO the pan. This latter
claim belongs TO Clarence Berry. Adams.
7, Bear, Hunker, God Bottom, Victoria, and