Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-08-26
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FROM THE GOLD FIELDS.

FROM THE GOLD FIELDS. S
Returning Miners Tell Of rhe,r IL.
periences and Luck.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. 23.-The first
party of Klondikers to brave the dan.
gers of a trip overland to civilization ar
rived in Seattle Saturday on the steamer
Starr. with 80 pounds of gold taken
from five claims. Four are on Bonnnza
and one on Eldorado creek. The lucky
miners are Edward Thorpe, of Seattle.
who was supposed to be dead, George
Stewart, of Tacoma. and Joseph Winter
holen, of Juneau. They carried their
gold in two large black satchels. and
owing to their cititied appearance did
not attract much attention when they.
fastened from the steamer to the chr
that took them to the home of Thorpe's
father They were not anxious to at
tract attention. and changed their dress
ut Juneau. They are not talkatiye. but
what they do say is conservative and
worthy of consideration. They saw.
they came out because food was scarce.
The money brought was what they be-
lieved would pay their expenses and
give them big supply of food They
report rich stakes on Dominion creek
and Stewart river. People were rush
ing to Dominion creek. They were sur
prised to hear of the intention of the
Canadian government to collect royalty
on gold, and predicted that the miners
would resist. They estimate that the
North American Transportation and
Trading company's steamer Portland
will bring down 100000 to $500, 900 in
stead of $1,500,000. They say that their
clean-ups were made after the miners
who came down on the Portland left the
diggings. They say that there was
lack of rain up to July IL, and this in-
terfered with working some claims.
They think that the Portland on her
last trip down will probably bring
large amount of gold. -,-..:.t
They do. not say much about the
perilous journey they had after leaving
the head of Pelly river, ITS miles from
Dawson City. Their pack horse fell
over a precipice. with nearly all of
their provisions. They nearly starved
before reaching salt water August 10.
1t took them 40 days to reach salt water
from Dawson. Edward Thorpe, his
brother William, George Stewart and
George Bound. cousin of the Thorpes,
own half interest in the claim adioin-
ing Clarence Berry's on Eldorado creek.
They own four others on Bonanza creek,
adjoining those of George Cormaclz, the
discoverer. They do not pretend to
give values of their claims. Winter
holen owns a quarter interest in one
and one-sixteenth interest in another on
Bonanza. He said: II have not done
much work on my claim. The value of
the dirt is from $1,000 to $1,000 to the
length sof the sluice box" =
San Francisco, Aug. ga special to
/ the Bulletin from Dyea, Alaska, August
IA, tells of the pitiful condition of many
of the searchers for gold, who are now
stopping at Dyea, unable to proceed far
Their on their journey, owing to lack of
funds for provisions. Many of those
now in Dyea are physically unable to
make the trying trip and there are
many who will suffer great hardships
before the winter is over. Many of
those who arrived on the steamer Will
jeanette are absolutely without shelter,
seemingly having gone to that cold re-
gion depending on the open-hearted-
ness of others to keep them living.
Many of the people who are unable to
reach Dawson this winter have two tons
of provisions and no possible means of
transportation.
Chicago, Aug. 23.-One year ago Fred
Phlscator was poor man engaged in
the lumber business at Barodo, Mich,
Saturday night he arrived in Chicago
on his way home from Alaska. In a big
red pocketbook which he carried in the
inside pocket of his vest there reposed
certificate of deposit for $12O. 1000, be-
side which Mr.. Phiscator remarked that
he had refused 100000 for the claim he
left behind, and thought it was worth
S1'o00,oO0. It is his intention to spend
the winter with his family and friends
and in the spring he will lead a party
OF friends to the scene of his fortune
making.
Tacoma, Wash, Aug. 23.-The next
mining excitement will be on Peace
river, in Northwest territory. Mining
has been carried on there in a slow wav
for years, but discoveries made this
summer leave no room to doubt that an
immense amount of gold will be taken
out OF that river and its tributaries dur
ing the next two years. A. D. Kitchen.
prominent mining broker of this city,
has just returned from British Column
bia. At Vancouver he met a young
man named Johnson, who had lust
come down from Peace river with his
partner, bringing $4,000. The $4,000
brought out had been cleaned up bv the