The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-08
GOLD BY THE BUCKET.
WONDERS OF I'VE KLoNDlKE REGION
NOT EALF TOLD.

Every o:SsiDf: q Fabulous Ezine OF Gold
Scores OF 05en gYeish Their Gold by the
Rucxorrr2I-Llkered Uoto Lottery.
The San Francisco Bulletin has le.
ceige2 lelter from Charles Haines,
dated Dawson City, July Goth. MIR.
! LlaiGes IS a vel known newspaper
J writer and MS letter is the first writ
! ten by 3 traioed newspaper man to
cone cuC oi the Klondike gold region.
He says:
The ?;ch dicgings have bec COM
! paTatiysly IDLE during the summer, al
F; though tie cutpIl from EIdorado and
! Donacza Greeks vas famous and there
IS plenty OF gold in sight. There is
every prosper Of an immense output
ct gold frorn this district next spring.
Tee total output this season is, as near
IS I can Judge, about 100000, but
very little ground has been worked,
lend the dumps will, like some Of the
! tailings of cid California piacers, pan
out thousands of dollars when worked
with improved machinery. The plac.
ers are the most pulling and deceiv-
ing I have ever seen. Imagine man
working on good 'coior' and finding
! the ground worth only few dollars
ger cay, and then turning to q waste
Of mud and moss with no surface IN.
! dicationS and unearthing bonanza.
! That is the situation hers and ali over
; 4 Ice TIA ha-o &N
mine moss at the expense Of health
and happiness, and it is with him
question CT making a fortune with
iequal chances with death. About me
are scores OF men VINO can weigh their
gold BY the bucketfull and who value
their claims 81 millions.
-Four hundred valuable diggers are
istretcbed along creeks and every dig
lying is fabulous mine OF gold, yet
There are weary men who have gone
srd returned 10 Dawson after search
ling the great country hereabouts and
never g. nugget do they show for their
toll and their long tramp over broken
ground and into country whose dis
advantages are exceeded by no other
iplacs on earth.
This Alaskan Northwest Territory
lis an old prize drawing proposition
THAT can Iiken to nothing that ad-
rnits Of a better comparison than lot
;:ery. & number Of spots are selected
On the creeks and rivers, and for one
iyear the miner Iabors. The year
lcIoses, the water runs, and the sea-
;son'S output pays expenses. Not two
miles away from the unfortunate one
/ works a man who has taken from an
iunviting bit of earth sack full OF
gold. The lucky one did not strike the
pocket because OF his ability as mi
ner; chance favored him and that was
Iall. IN short, the miner guesses at !:
land locates any and everywhere. In
nineteen cases out OF twenty he misses
land has to wait another year for q
inew trail.
! Dawson IS merely collection of
log huIs, saloons and mass OF tents,
iabout SIX hundred in number. Vixen
.the long nights cone and the glass
;goes down to IS degrees below zero
.there will be intense suffering here.
:aud shudder to think Of the results.
iProvisions are going to be very scarce
land there is little reason to doubt that
the entire town will have to go on
ishort rations during the winter and
lthai scuryy will be rampant. The
gold that will go down tbs river for
iSan Francisco will amount to $2,OOO,-
1000. There is a lot OF gold that will
iremain in camp, fer it is used as an
5equivaIent OF money and is legal ten
Ider at SIT per ounce. Of the 5000 or
$1,000 inhabitants, only 3 couple OF
!hurdred 81 the most have made big
!strikes.
/ There is plenty OF work st from
1915 to $40 per day and many me2
| have paid 50 so or less for living and
; saved the balance.
Reports CT cther strikes are con-
Istautly received here, and many are
;authertic as fsr ss Stewart and Poly
EriYe7s are concerned, but nothing like
$50 rich as the kiordike has been re-
:poried.
"Qaite numoer Of people are pre-
/. veriag to leave here for Juneau. In
lease the steamers cannot get through
with provisions, the outlook for coed
gruo supply is not encouraging.
/ Ia conclusion, the Alaska and
iNorthwest Territory gold fields will
! be developed slowly. Ten thousand
Imep rngy come here, but they will oe
los. il the vast country when they
;spread out to prospect. Not more
] than 500 Of them VIII strike nine.
/ Shen they do strike pay gravel, their
sforIxaes will De made. In years to
come, Shen at the sacrifice Of human
life and energy the treasures of this
igreat land arG-located, the wealth OF
|! the ncrto will be something beyond
comprehension"