The record-union., 1897-11-01
SACRAMENTANs m ALASKA.
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM
NED ALLISON.
He and Others From SooRa2oato
VIII Try Their LsAe1i eA
Manook Greek.

Among those who left Sacramento
last summer for the Klondike was Ned
Allison, from near Isleton. He has got
as far up the Yukon az Rampant City,
from which place he writes IS followc
to his parents under date Of September
17th:
Dear Father and Mother: At last
We have reached Manook Creek. There
are about $50 people here. so the town
Is quite fiourishing. Philip Cooley came
up ahead Of US and staked out two
town lots, one for himself and one for
me. He also staked out q claim on
Miller Creek, about four miles from
here.
The Chief Engineer on the Bella gave
me a lay Of half his claim on Hunter
Creel % that we won't freeze for want
of work
George rhisby. Philip Cooley and
Walter Foley left this morning for a
twenty mile walk to Chapman Creek.
q new discovery. The man who dis
covered it just got back yesterday.
They are stalking out 1000 foot claim
SO that we will have plenty OF ground
The party who discovered 1t consisted
of three OF the Oldest miners In thf
district, and they say 1t Is the finest
creek anywhere around here. They got
30 cents to the pan OF the surface
There will probably be q rush Tor the
place tomorrow, as the miners hold a
meeting to-day, but we heard OF 1t, 20
the boys started with a guide before
the rush.
We have our grub all bought and PAID
for, and are building q little house to
store it in until We get our cabin built
on one of the claims. We stopped work
when the boys heard OF the strike, 20
It won't be finished until after they re-
turn.
You will see IN the papers an account
of a young man who was frozen 10
death up here, so I will tell you how 1t
happened. He and a friend started out
together, both strangers to the country.
and without guide, to locate a claim
up the creek, and got lost. They walked
and walked until they could not stand
I'D any longer, and as their clothes
froze to them one Of them died, but the
other has since recovered, though he
was raying wildly when found. If, In
stead Of keeping on their feet SO long,
they had sat down for whale and oMat
a fire. it would not have happened.
Mr.. johnson, fathers friend, IL going
down as soon as the boat comes down
the river, and he said he would 90 ana
see him and tell him all about the coun-
try so I will not take the time now.
except to say that it is rich. MSn1
thousand dollars has been refused for
some of the claims on Little Manook'
xuowkod vat
A man came in the other day with SIX
nuggets from Little Manook amounting
to $50, and as they are Of the finest
grade Of gold taken out OF the country
Mr.. Baxter, who Is also going back
with Mr. johnson. is trying to peisuade
him to let him take them to san Fran
cisco and exhibit them. The gold here
runs Sl9 to the ounce, while Klondyke
only runs SIS to SIT.
When the boys get back and are
rested we will go up to Alder Creek
and stake out some more claims. we
have plenty OF provisions. 30 have no
fear of our starving. Before Ge.orge
left for Chapman Creek he asked me
TO have you send his mother all the
news. as he hadn't the time to stop 10
write; also see Mrs. Cooley, as Phii
hasn't written the latest news.
man arrived from Dawson yeeter-
day in a small boat, and he says there
are about 10000 people at Dawson.
2.OOO Of them without any money or
provisions. So far there are four boats
and one barge loaded with PROVISIONS
waiting on the Yukon Flats trying to
get through to Dawson, but cannot on
account of the low water, and as the
river Is falling every day there IS not
much hope for getting through. II they
don't the people at Dawson will GER
tainly gtarve unless they can get nt.
We haven't had any very cold yea
ther yet. The lowest it has been was
Is degrees above zero, and that ISL
cold up here, IL you keep moving. We
sleep we'll. and hayn't been cold yet at
night. and when we get one cabin builf
on the claim S.e will be fixed o. X, and
we expect to have that all completed
before the winter sets in
We will spend our first Christmas
away from home, but I hope 1t VIII all
n. for the best. This will be the last
YOU will hear from US until the river
onenH again next June, unless they
omen a mail service between here and
circle city. which isn't at all probable.
as II is about 900 miles from here
Rampant City is the name OF this
nlace which 10 Just at the mouth OF
Manook Greek, where 1t flows into the
Yukon.
The scenery all the way up the river
was very beautiful, and an it took US
about two weeks to make the trap We
had plenty OF time to take II all In.
The delay was occasioned by several
breaks in the machinery. When we
reached Nulats, about 800 miles from
CooooOoCo