The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-20

Great Britain as the result OF the recent
gold discoveries In Alaska. has become
apparent to the statedepartment sena-
TOR Davis, Of the senate foreign relations
committee. has been requested to secure
the Immediate ratification OF a treaty for
determining the boundary line between
Canada and Alaska, In order TO lessen
the probable difficulty.
Chatham Davis has announced his In
tention OF calling this treaty up for ae-
ton AZ the next executive session Of the
SENATE. There Is said to be no objection
and prompt ratification Is expected
SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 19.-An inter
esting letter telling OF the recent trip OF
the steamer Excelsior to Alaska. has
been written by Captain j. F. Higgins
OF the steamer. to friend In this city,
He says; THE word Klondyke means
Deer river and Is called Reindeer river
on the charts 1t emptIes into the Yu-
kon fifty miles above the big river. The
geographical position OF the junction Is
70 degrees 10 minutes north latitude. 1873
degrees 50 minutes west longitude.
Bonanza creek dumps Into Klondyke
about Two miles above Yukon. Yukoldo-
RADIO is tributary OF the Bonanza. There
are numerous other creeks and trlbutar-
les, the main river being 800 miles long.
The gold so far has been taken from Bo-
nanza and Eldorado, both well named.
for the richness OF the pIacerS IL truly
marvellous Eldorado. thirty miles long,
10 staked the whole length. and as far as
worked has paid
Uniform Output.
As each claim is 600 feet long the creek
bed, there IS half million to the claim.
SO uniform has the output been that one
miner who has an interest in three
claims told me that II offered his choice
he would toss up to decide. One OF our
passengers who Is taking 81 900 with him,
has worked 100 feet OF his ground and re-
fused 100000 for the remainder and con-
fidently expects TO clean UP 100000 and
more. He has In bottle 1912 from one
nan Of dirt. His pay dirt while being
washed averages $3.50 an hour to each
man shovellng In. Two others OF our
miners who worked their own claims
cleaned up 5000 from the days washing.
There Is about 10 feet OF dirt above bed
rock, the pay streak averaging from four
10 six feet, which Is tunneled out while
the ground is frozen. OF course the
ground taken out Is thawed out by build
Ing fires and when the thaw comes and
water rushes In they set their sluices
and wash the dirt. Two of our fellows
thought small bird In the hand worth
a large one In the bush and sold their
claims for $4,000. getting 1850 down.
the remainder to be paid in monthly tn-
stallments OF $4,000 each. The pur-
chasers had no more than $1,000 paid.
They were twenty days thawing and
getting out dirt. Then there was no
water TO Giulce with. but one fellow made
a rocker and In ten days took out the
$4,000 for the first lnstallment. 50, tun-
ifieling and rocking, they took out 10000
before there was water TO alulce with.
l. otlcourse these things read like the
story OF Aladdin. but fiction is not all In
Il with facts at Klondyke. The ground
located and prospected can be worked
ont in a few years, but there Is still an
immense territory untouched and the
labortng man who can get there with one
years provisions, Will have better
chance TO make stake than In any other
part OF the world.
A conndencs Game.
SEATTLE, Wash. July 19.-The
amount of the treasure brought down
from the famed Klondyke by the steam
shin Portland IS now placed at 81 100000.
and there Is good reason TO believe the
ann, was nearer $1,000, 900. A sort OF con-
Adence game appears to have been work
al on the transportation company by the
miners. Each man was required 20 place
his gold chest in the ships safe, but
many of the miners secreted their dust In
blankets and luggage. which vas taken
either to their state rooms or thrown
careIessly about the ship. Clarence j.
Henry one OF the Klondyke kings,
brought down at least $4,000 in nuggets,
NOT cent Of which the Portland had any
record. The statement Is made on the
authority Of Captain Kidson, master OF
the weasel
when pressed for an estimate as to the
total Of the Portlands gold cargo, Cap
tain Kidson said It was no doubt nearer
SQ00O 900 than the amount accounted for
on the ships records.
AZ present only miners laws rule the
namp. but next yenr Dawson City Will
DO Incorporated and municipal officers
elected. The miners are determined that
order will be preserved at all hazards.
No sure thing gamblers will be permit
ted In either Dawson City or the dig
Rlngs. Information comes that several
etrikes have recently been made In tho
nelghborhood OF Forty Mile. II has
been chrlstened Minute Creek and Is now
manning out S22 a day 10 the man. An
other discovery on American creek, nfiy
miles below Forty Mile camp is said TO
bo having well and a great number or
men have nocked there during the last
few weeks. Tho pan runs from $40 to fls.
II ls thought likely many OF the prospec-
tora viii strlke for these camps thus re-
iisyinE the strain on Dawson CITY.
The ItIodus 60 tho Fields.
PORT TOWNSEND. Wash, July ID
The excursion otenmer Queen has ar
rived from Alaska with 40 passenger
principally tourists. The officers OF tho
queen state the merchants and trades
men in both Juneau and Sltka are clos-
ing their stores and shops and fastening
10 the new Eld0rado. Fifty business
men lan juneau fni Dawson city on July
~ and 100 would leave on the 10th, two
days after the Queen sailed The officers
any that by the time the Queen returns
10 juneau on her return trip, nine days
bonce, there will not be an able bodied
man left in town. Many mon dre leaving
Juneau FOR the gold fclds without pro-
visions or means to buy them,
Tho steamer AK sailed for Alaska at
midnight she carried forty horses and
1000 shebp Tor Dyce, where they VIII bo
landed and driven across the summit to
the Yukon valley
Biocktnen shy tho sheep arr The finest
band ever collected on eastern wash
inglon ranges. They viii be taken 10